Moving into a more song-oriented direction for this, Booka Shade's third album, The Sun & The Neon Light feels like one of those records were a dance-oriented electronic act suddenly feels compelled to grow up a bit. This isn't inherently a bad thing, and opener 'Outskirts' is a lovely piece of orchestral techno, with a great string arrangement. Inevitably with these sorts of affairs, the songwriting isn't exactly the best, but nor is it horrendously bad as tends to be the case in the overwhelming majority of these "hey let's sing over this one!" scenarios. The Sun & The Neon Light is a pretty ambitious affair, and some fans might even brand it as a tad boring, but once you get over the initial lack of 'bangers' (apologies), there's so much depth and detail here, you'll keep returning to this for a good long while, and cards on the table: that's not something you can say of many techno albums.
A1 Outskirts (Babelsberg Mix)
A2 Dusty Boots (High At Noon Mix)
B1 Control Me (Non Vocal Mix)
B2 Duke (Arrival Mix)
C1 Charlotte (Extended Mix)
C2 Redemption (Factory Mix)
D1 Sweet Lies (Spotlight Mix)
D2 Monkey On My Deck (Studio Version)
