Product Description

'Night Works' is the second full album release from tech-house duo Layo Paskin and Matthew 'Bushwacka' B. Taking the elements of techno, house, electro and breakbeat, then fusing them with dub, blues, and cinematic soundscapes, the album works its way through full on club anthems to downtempo chilled out grooves.

Track Listing

1. Vinyl
2. Ladies & Gentlemen
3. Shining Through
4. Sahara
5. We Meet At Last
6. Mainlining
7. Let The Good Times Roll
8. All Night Long
9. Strike
10. Sleepy Language
11. Blind Tiger
12. Automate
13. Love Story
14. 2MRW

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23184 in Music
• Released on: 2002-07-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
On Night Works, London-based breaks innovators Layo and Bushwacka! refine their mutant dancefloor rush into a true artform. Their firm debut, 1999's Lowlife, marked them out as a duo eager to be all things to all ravers, hurling everything from phat basslines to curiously subtle orchestral instrumentation into the mix. But this long-awaited follow-up is something else altogether. Where Lowlife was big, Nightworks is massive. Where Lowlife was curiously subtle, Nightworks is sublime. Thanks to Bushwacka!'s sparkling production, this broiling cauldron of techno, rave, breakbeat, and jungle solidifies into one coherent vision. But it's the impressive tunecraft of Layo that makes really makes tracks like the seratonin-drenched "Love Story" and the thumping house rush of "Strike". Naturally, it's not all capital-letter TUNES: there's a more intricate, noodly edge to the downtempo likes of "Sahara" that should keep the chill-out enthusiasts happy. Reflecting its creators' diverse background in everything from the underground club and pirate radio scene, to classical music and new-skool bootlegging, this is a 21st century electronic milestone that'll sound as good screaming out of a speaker in an underground London club as it will streaming from of your headphones. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Late night vibes from two excellent DJs
I'd heard several of their sets which were all excellent - they blend smooth trippy beats with jazzy vibes, a smattering of sliky vocals and persuasive rythmns and give anyone who ahs the pleasure a great night. If you get the chance to get to a club where they are playing, don't miss it.

Night Works ambitiously aims to reproduce their nights in your front room and it nearly carries it off.

However, the mix doesn't quite flow - there are one or two duff tracks that break the overall feel of the album. It's still good, but short of the excellent statndard of their live mixes.

Absolute Quality
Simply, this is a must have album! I got it when it was first released and i don't think i've stop listening to it. Love Story has got to be one of the best tracks ever!! Your cd collection is not complete until you have this one.

Night works doesn't quite work
For the record I've been a massive fan of Matthew B's work since his Plantastik releases in the early 90s and was really looking forward to this album based on his sterling run of form.
However, compared to Layo and Bushwacka's brilliant Lowlife debut this is a disappointing follow-up which for the most part smacks of Sunday afternoon lark abouts.
The downtempo tracks barely register as complete works (excuse the pun!) and there's way too much filler for such a short album. Even the single Love Story appears here in ciminally truncated form.
On the plus side, All Night Long is a swinging slab of scat house genius and Let the Good Times Roll a masterclass
in widescreen breakbeat alchemy. Had there been more hyperbole-inducing tunes like these, I'd have been happy.
This talented duo can do a lot better than this rather rushed sounding, average effort. Fingers crossed for the inevitable third album.