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The group, whose main members are half African, half German, were joined by Kano, a forerunner of the UK Grime scene, on ‘Slowlife’ and French hip hop collective Saïan Supa Crew on ‘Thing’.

Hip-hop dancehall rhythms are to the fore on ‘Good To Know’ but these guys (well, there are 11 of them) like to mix it up and they’ve got a very commercially tuned ear, as they display on the title track. They already have three gold albums to their name and this one is destined to follow that success.

‘Rise & Shine’ featuring Cee-Lo Green is a likely single as it’s got that Fat Freddy Drop soul-big horn bounce to it. ‘Waterpumpee’ and ‘She Got Me Twisted’ are similar in feel while ‘Stand Up’ is full of energy. ‘Pressure’ and ‘Music Monks’ get all kasbah dancehall but it’s ‘Thing’ that stands out with Kano who makes ‘Slowlife’ (the version without him sounds quite odd).

JA’s Lady Saw turns up on ‘Please, Please’ and Tanya Stephens on ‘Double Soul’ but they’re not the strongest tracks here. Talking of which, ‘Goosebumps’ is for lingering fans of Buster Bloodvessel but there’s definitely more good than bad including a selection of bonus tracks including their big hit, ‘Dickes B’.

It’s hard for a predominantly live act to make an impression on CD (also see Medeski, Martin & Wood) but for Germany’s finest, this is as close as they could possibly get and you wonder what’s Next!?

Hectic Mix nominations: ‘Thing’ (French Version), ‘Slowlife’ with Kano, ‘Pressure’, ‘Rise & Shine’, ‘Waterpumpee’ and ‘She Got Me Twisted’

Reviewed: Seeed — Next! (Four Music) Cat. No. FOR 88697041752 Release date: 14th May

Tracklisting:
Good To Know (3:20)
Next…! (3:07)
Rise & Shine (3:50) feat. Cee-Lo Green
Stand Up (2:38)
Waterpumpee (3:50)
Music Monks (The See(e)dy Monks) (3:25)
She Got Me Twisted (3:11)
Thing (3:14)
Goosebumps (2:52)
Pressure (2:32)
Slowlife (4:18)
Please, Please (3:36)
Respectness (4:19)
Double Soul (3:45)
End Of The Day (3:38)
Bonus Tracks
Thing (French Version) feat. Saïan Supa Crew (3:13)
Slowlife feat Kano (4:46)
King Rodriguez (Live Berlin Arena 2006) (3:08)
Dickes B (4:45)
Papa Noah 2004 (4:04)

Links:
www.myspace.com/seeed
www.myspace.com/saiansupercrew
www.myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley
www.myspace.com/ceelogreen
http://www.myspace.com/tanyastephensmusic
www.fatfreddysdrop.com