When life gives you lemons, make lemonade! Lemonade (the album) is certainly made like this; with influences from grime, house, dub-step and dancehall music, this debut album is certainly unique. Opening track, ‘Big Weekend’ sounds exactly like a big weekend (well one with lots of booze, partying, sex drugs, rock and roll and all that jazz of course!), with strong beats, almost haunting vocals, on top of an undeniably techno beat that sounds like it would fit in upon trendy electro Parisian style.  It is evident that this trio from Brooklyn are clearly musically talented and have a vast knowledge of the world; there is literally an influence from almost every culture on this six track album.
If you want a modern, trendy, new age album, this is definitely the one; with tracks that certainly defy boundaries and create atmospherics from another era. ‘Unreal’ is a track which has a distinct post punk bass line and simple rhythmic lyrics that fit in perfectly with the cymbal clashing dancehall beat, whilst ‘ Nasifon’ has strong bhangra sounds mixed in with the recurring electro house dance beat, creating a culturally mixing track. If you think all this sounds messy, then you’d be right! It is a mess, but somehow it’s a mess that just really works! It’s definitely worth a listen, if not just for the joy of a half an hour journey round the world on one big acid trip of techno house!

By Amber Brooker

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