Xploding Plastix - Sports, Not Heavy Crime

It's fascinating how an obscure electronica duo from Norway can promote itself so well across genres. I've seen reviews of this album not just in electronica circles but also in rock, jazz, prog, and even metal websites or magazines. It even was reviewed in Exposé, and has an entry in the GEPR, though the entry consists of a thoroughly befuddled review - sorry, Fred. Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents garnered such high praise from such a diverse array of critics that it was recently re-released (as just Amateur Girlfriends) with bonus tracks, despite being released only three years ago or so in the first place.
So what's the big deal? This is an album chock-full of interesting and creative IDM-styled electronica: breakbeats, heavy sampling, all of it augmented with vaguely symphonic touches ("Tintinnamputation" sounds downright cinematic, even melodramatic, with what prog reviewers would call, well, "sweeping keyboard washes") that perhaps have made it more appealing to prog fans than most electronic music. There are also live instruments played here and there, most notably keys and bass, but these are not the focal point of the album. The best tracks have an almost funky aggression in the bass, such as in the opening cut; or are heavily rhythmic and propulsive and would fit in well as the soundtrack to an action-packed movie car chase scene, such as in "Treat Me Mean, I Need the Reputation."

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[Petarda9000]

Dumb video, awesome sound

[Symis666]

Great video! ;]

[lungkusher]

amazing video man, keep it up

[Kulichable]

Impressive clip :)

[PlanetGreenTV]

wow this video rules ... totally creative. that walk he does when the drums start is so cartoonish and awesome

[chiara65chiara65]

xtraordinary video for an xtraordinary song