Fantastic Plastic Machine - Luxury (1999)

What is it about Japanese pop-tronica that makes it so irresistible? Although you'll figure out the formula halfway thourgh this album, it'll be with a smile on your face. Fantastic Plastic Machine (Tomoyuki Tanaka, Masaki Tsurugi) combine old 50's & 60's drum loops, an equisitie taste of lounge, and an honest approach to retro-fun (i.e. the opposite of smug artist Beck) into a cheery blend you'll want for after dinner parties or hip mix tapes. It's their fresh attitude that allows them to pull off a cover of "There Must be An Angel," complete with five-minute closing chorus (!). There's the wake-up entrance "Theme of Luxury," the French/American odd poetics of "Honolulu, Calcutta," and the goofy "Electric Lady Land." "You Must Learn All Night Long," is the real-old school breakbeat beach party number that sticks out as the best track. It's by no means perfect, and you won't play it that often, but what the heck, I'm giving it a 5: when was the last time a CD made you smile?

Tracks:
01 Theme of Luxury
02 There Must Be An Angel (Playing with My Heart)
03 Honolulu, Calcutta
04 Electric Ladyland (English Version)
05 He Became a Beatnik
06 Bossa For Jackie (Dedicated to Mrs. Kennedy)
07 You Must Learn All Night Long
08 Lotto
09 Satellite Beats
10 I've Forgotten My Fagotto
11 The Girl Next Green Door
12 MPF (Mezzo Pianoforte)
13 Mr. Fantasy's Love
14 Electric Lady Land (Japanese Version)
15 Bossa For Jackie (Summer Review EP Version)

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