Product Description

'Machine Says Yes' is the debut album by the London duo, FCKahuna. Their sound has been described as a mix of electronica and ambient pop music. The singles 'Glitterball', 'Hayling' and 'Mindset To Cycle' are included.

Track Listing

1. Fear of guitars
2. Glitterball
3. Machine says yes
4. Growler
5. Nothing is wrong
6. Bleep freak
7. Hayling
8. Mindset to cycle
9. Microcuts
10. North Pole transmission

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28587 in Music
• Released on: 2003-02-03
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Three years on... it still works
Topical reviews are no doubt helpful for new releases, but reviews posted some time after a release can have a poignancy of their own too. With the honeymoon period well and truly over with FCK's 2003 outing, it's welcoming to know that three years on this long player still cuts the mustard. The London duo's mix of dirty house sounds and atmospheric pop has had a longevity not usually awarded to your 'average' dance release. Stand out track, "Nothing is wrong" still rips a hole in your speakers like the day it was born and another fav' of mine, the dark and sexy "Bleep Freak", oozes a funked up bass rumble that would make any dance floor weep. But more than this, this is a start to finish album. The softer, plush moments, for example "Hayling", compliment the 'throw it together' kitchen sink production on the house tracks. It's all about the grooves. And years on, good grooves never wear out. Just ask James Brown.

House and chill get thrown into the big melting pot
Ok, if you're coming into FC Kahuna on the back of Hayling expecting an album in a similar vein, you're going to be disappointed. FC Kahuna are one of the finest gritty dirty dirty house acts that you can find today. As a result, this is a house album! Where FC Kahuna's quality shows through is their ability to straddle genres at ease, being able to please indie heads and chillout heads in one fell swoop. House fans will find themselves right at home in the almost Daft Punk electronic disco of Glitterball, revel in the menacing bass of Growler and be simply extatic over the upcoming single, Nothing Is Wrong (for me, the #1 track here). Then there is the other side of FC Kahuna, the gentle chillout of Hayling, soothing trip hop beats and synths with softly sung vocals, indie heads might find their home in Fear Of Guitars or the electro-pop of Machine Says Yes.

FC Kahuna have created something with their own unique vision. No-one has a sound like Kahuna, but this album shows that there is more to the world of Kahuna than gritty bleep house. Its a quality vision, also worth checking is their 'Another Fine Mess' mix they've done. Welcome to Kahuna.

ps. you'll see two versions of this album available, one on electroclash label City Rockers, and the more recent addition on Fatboy's Skint label. There's no real difference to the tracks, the order has been shifted and the packaging re-done. The quality is still intact however! ;)

Great first track...but the rest is fairly mediocre
I first heard this track (hayling) on radio1 and immediately fell in love with it's deeply romantic blurry chords with twinkly effects, lazy lounge room drum beat. And all accompanied beautifully by the most enchanting ethereal female vox i've heard since zero7. It wouldn't be out of place on a zero7 album.
But then after that the album takes a distinctly daft punk sound construction (their first album). Which to me evokes no feelings whatsoever. And ultimately we all listen to music for pleasure which many of the tracks on the album have a very neutral sound. Just a beat, a repetative bassline and some anoying sound effects. Now you can pull that sort of a thing off with drum and bass, but not this.
Track 6 though returns to the lullaby sound of track 1 with trickly water effects, fuzzy sweeps and fluffy organ chords with another dose of sweetie pie vox.