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Foreign Beggars’ Orifice Vulgatron provides the vocals on ‘Four Million Ways’ and it’s rockin’ electro at its best (see full review HERE).

And if you think the album will be loads more of the same, prepare yourself for a load of collaborations; and some from the outside lane to say the least.

The next track, ‘Absinthe’ features Sean Gill (of The Passengerz) and there’s no hint of drunkenness (although a big nod to Gary Numan’s old synth collection) whilst we love the chorus line, “nobody came to my party, but I don’t mind’ (it’s a bit catchy this one).

And on the subject of leftfield, Leigh De Vries brings “her monotone vocal style and natural barotone” to ‘Back For More’ that also takes us back in time to somewhere between The Human League and Throbbing Gristle; Ms. De Vries has been known to hang out with the Satanic Sluts Extreme! And sticking with naughty girls, Dominique Woolf (ex-Devils Gun) is in the fast lane at night on ‘Misbehave’ but is it a bit too Kylie to be dirty?

New York singer-songwriter Von Doom and Jim Davies (former live guitarist for The Prodigy, axe man for UK rock band Pitchshifter and DJ Hyper sidekick) all join in of ‘Poker Face’ that again, just misses it; too 80s?

But on the subject of The Prodigy, fans of the GM standard electro breaks will not be disappointed with the bangin’ tracks ‘Audio Assault’, ‘KickBox’, ‘Out Of Control’, ‘Milton’ and ‘When I Rock’.

Apart from ‘Four Million Ways’, the best of the collabs is LA’s Whiskey Pete, aided by siren, who MCs the instructions “get it down girl, report to the dancefloor”; binge drinkers break out to this one as its a BIG tune of a happy hour BOGOF double standard.

It’s been a few years since the General Midi Midi Style album broke through and since then, he’s been DJing all over the globe and you know when you hear a tracks like ‘KickBox’ and ‘When I Rock’ that he’s been road testing these tunes live in the club and fine tuned in the studio prior to them passing the dancefloor MOT.

And when General Midi is in overdrive, there’s not many better; Faster Polyphony! Kill! Kill!

Forthcoming Gigs:
6th June - ‘Operation Overdrive’ Album Launch Party, Fubar at The Attic, Manchester
12th June - ‘Operation Overdrive’ Album Launch Party with Fracture Clinic, Timbuk2, Bristol
25th June - Annie Nightingale’s Dance Village Opening Party, Glastonbury Festival - Radio 1
3rd July - Infectious Breaks, Ditch Bar, Portsmouth
with more to follow….

Reviewed: General Midi - Operation Overdrive (Distinct’ive Records) Cat. No: DISNCD186 Release date: 29th June 2009
Tracklisting:
1 4 Million Ways featuring Orifice Vulgatron (3:20)
2 Absinthe featuring Sean Gill (4:24)
3 Audio Assault (5:18)
4 Back For More featuring Leigh De Vries (4:20)
5 Get It Down featuring Whiskey Pete (4:33)
6 KickBox (5:05)
7 Misbehave featuring Dominique Woolf (4:02)
8 Poker Face featuring Jim Davies (3:58)
9 Out Of Control (4:15)
10 Milton (6:00)
11 When I Rock (6:17)
12 I, Robot

Links:
www.myspace.com/generalmidi
www.myspace.com/30hzverticalsound
www.myspace.com/dominiquewoolf
www.leighway.com
www.myspace.com/leighdevries
www.dentedrecords.com
www.myspace.com/whiskeypetemc
www.myspace.com/jimdaviesuk
www.myspace.com/jimdaviesmusic
www.distinctiverecords.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) Directed by Russ Meyer. www.imdb.com