Mix Master Mike - Anti-Theft Device

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Music Review: A Real Trip
Rating: 5 Stars

The way the album is put together is really interesting, in that there are various bits which seem to tell a story if you listen carefully enough. However, the story never seems to really finish - not even at the end of the album.

For DJS the album works as a "master at work" sort of thing - similar I guess to a trumpeter listening to Miles Davis - and as far as I'm concerned, my own skills will never come remotely close to the skills exhibited here.

The way I prefer to listen to this album is as a sort of game of sample-finding. Throughout the album there are vocals from various rappers (Beastie Boys, Guru and I think NWA) and also various bits lifted from movies and advertisements. As an example, one track samples Austin Powers' nemesis Dr Evil saying "welcome to my underground lair", at the time I heard this track I hadn't actually seen Austin Powers - now I have and can appreciate the irony with which the sample is used.

The real standout for me is the early part of the album. After Mike's intro and a sample of the Beasties, we get into one of the funniest sci-fi spoofs ever created. The story of "colonel Vlaha" is going well enough until we lean that NASA claims that the voice (which sounds familiar) was not Vlaha's. This then gives cause for a voice to tell you to turn up your speakers very loud to maximise the noise that will come through them.

Far from being some kind of monotonous beeping sound - as I had expected - it turned out to be another sample. This really is the story of the entire album.

Mike continually throws in bizarre samples which make you stop and think "haven't I heard that somewhere before?" before another one comes in which just makes you burst out laughing.

In short, this is truly a work by a master DJ and one which deserves inclusion by anyone interested in art of turntablism or of hip-hop generally. It is an album which will really grow on you with repeated listens and having had them you certainly won't be disappointed.

Description of Anti-Theft Device

Dance & DJ CDs

• Music > Styles
• Pop
• Rap & Hip-Hop