Do you ever contemplate the deeper meanings, the big questions, wonder about your purpose in life? At the risk of sounding like a pretentious existentialist, I have to admit that I do. While listening to The Love Theme's second EP release, appropriately entitled 'Two', I found myself pondering such matters. Only, I was actually wondering what the purpose of some musical acts is.
The Love Theme, it seems to me, exist to annoy with hyped-up breakbeat dance built on heavy repetition and looped samples. It's hardly a huge step forward from the days of M/A/R/R/S and Bomb the Bass. Where it was novel back then, it's anything but a full decade into the twenty-first century, and as such, 'Two' sounds pretty dated. Some might call it retro, I suppose. But for me, 'Tension' causes just that, 'Boogaloo' is immensely annoying, and 'Bum Bum Bum' just gets on my tits.
The best / most interesting track of the four to my ears is 'Prey', slapping a reading of an extract from one of Hamlet's soliloquies over a laid-back electro groove. It’s got a certain amount of atmosphere and doesn't bang half as hard, which comes as a relief. Still, if you want a real heady collision of literature and dance / hip hop, I'd recommend 'Spare Ass Annie and Other Stories,' the collaboration between William Burroughs and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. Alternatively if you’re looking for sacrilegious mistreatment of 'Hamlet,' go straight to Stewart Home's audio piece 'Divvy,' and give this a miss.
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