It has taken Mount Kimbie only two EPs on Scuba's Hotflush label to set the electronic music world on fire with their distinct take on dubstep sounds. 'Maybes' and 'Sketch on Glass' incorporate influences from electronica and pop music, and have become emblematic for the recent stylistic breadth of dubstep. Their debut album 'Crooks & Lovers' takes this open-minded approach even further, even picking up influences guitar from guitar-based indie pop.
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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Essential 2010 Albums Now On Sale
We wish you an amazing 2011! To start the celebrations we have compiled 200 of our favourite albums of 2010 for our biggest ever New Year Sale!
From today on until January 16 all selected albums will be available for a special price - including many of the more...
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Mount Kimbie's debut 'Crooks & Lovers' on Hotflush made a massive impact this year, as the music world went crazy for their unique spine-tingling mix of cloudy textures, r'n'b vocals and off-kilter beats. This track from the album was just one gem of many, typifying their irresistible charm.
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Our favourites of 2010 - for free until the year ends
Say hello, wave good-bye... As the year draws to a close we look back on our favourite tracks of 2010. more...
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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Jimmy Edgar, Mount Kimbie, Modeselektor
It's the last day of the month and we trust you have postponed your planned trip to the beach in eager anticipation of our July 2010 Essentials. Traditionally a slow month, July has yet produced a number of outstanding releases that should make your sacrifice more...
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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Mount Kimbie, ASC, Peverelist
It's all coming apart. For years dubstep has seemed like a field of limitless possibilities, its syncopated rhythms and wobbly basslines lending themselves to endless permutation.
All this has changed over the past few months. Where a year ago only the more...
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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An Interview With Mount Kimbie
With only two EPs on Scuba's Hotflush label Mount Kimbie managed to blast the gates of the dubstep genre wide open. On the occasion of the release of their highly anticipated debut album, 'Crooks & Lovers', we talk to the red-hot production duo. more...
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The Album Crooks & Lovers (+Video)
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It's almost impossible to find a music magazine or web site which misses out on mentioning Mount Kimbie at the moment. zero" is certainly no exception, and there's a very good reason for this: The London duo's debut album, 'Crooks & Lovers', is simply one of the most entertaining, cohesive, and endearing listens of 2010 so far.Across its eleven short tracks 'Crooks & Lovers' manages to challenge the dubstep genre's past and future, its conventions and boundaries in such an inventive, gentle and playful manner that it's almost impossible not to succumb to its charm.
Defined by sweet, wistful harmonies, sparse future R'n'B beats, and shiny cut'n paste vocals, songs like 'Before I Move Off' and 'Carbonated' serve as the album's most immediately accessible tracks. Wobbly basslines and deep echoes make an appearance in 'Blind Night Errand' and 'Ruby', but only serve as reminders of where Mount Kimbie's music is originates from, readily giving way to strummed guitars ('Adriatic') or slow-motion folktronica ('Ode to Bear').
'Crooks & Lovers' is a remarkable debut, to be treasured all the more for its blue-eyed approach to stylistic freedom and its charming imperfections. It's an album fully deserving of the praise it is receiving, and certainly one any self-respecting music fan should have in his or her collection.
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