Bodyrox 250
Credit: eh? is that cool?

So I get given this tune on the start of a new electro night, and I am in charge of the decks. OK, I am going to blind-play it to the fans of a Mull Historical Society show...and in the resulting silence, I think I can hear some crickets kick in. For some reason I think this is a sign of great things!

OK, since this is totally cheesy pop, maybe I should of introduced the crowd in in easy with some Mark Ronson. The Spice Girls-eque onslaught starts shifting the sensitive indie fans out of the venue. This would be a Geri lead song… She is dressed in full Union Jack Regalia then in a Sci-Fi Barberella outfit straddling a rocket ship. But this isn’t the Spice Girls, it is some naff outfit called Bodyrox that a probably the biggest thing to come out of Berlin since Ace of Base... 
 

I know Ace of Base are swedish, and Bodyrox are from the UK but the line works ok so it stays in.

 

The beat is repetitive and uninventive doesn’t change from the two notes the entire track, I wonder if BodyRox ever bought 'NOW 94' and figured why push the envelope beyond this? The guest, Luciania, busting out a rap for us is pretty awful: totally sub-Robyn, Uffie, Product 01, etc. Fuck it, let's go back to the 80’s and watch J Trimm bust out how to do this properly:

 

'What Planet You On' by BodyRox ft. Luciana is out on 7 January 2008 on Island Records.