CD Review in Melbournes MCV magazine
Recent review in Crossfade Grimoire
Hot2Go
A recent addition to CG's hard-drive-of-slam, Australia's Hot2Go specialize in club-worthy disco and dance music that assures a good (if not dirty) time on the floor.
The music is unashamedly sexual in content and feel, guaranteed to shake up the tight-assed dancers of America by a furlong. Side note: you wouldn't believe how many prudish people I meet at clubs. Anyway, "Flog the Dog" is the best dance track about masturbation since "I Touch Myself by the Divinyls, also Australian. Coiincidence? Probably not. The track is gay techno with a wonderful 80's diversity in its sound and instrumentation. Glimpses of Soft Cell, Dead or Alive, and Erasure are all over this. As proudly gay as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and just as bumpable!
I was going to ask what "doof doof" means, but I can probably surmise that it's slang for fucking. "Backseat" isn't as airtight as "Flog", but it is a great dance song about fucking. (God..I LOVE the word "fucking"! Er...sorry.) Jettisoning innovation and today's millions of sub-subgenres for good old move-your-ass dance moves, the track is one hot number. Look for these tracks at a disco, gay or non, near you.
"Flog the Dog" 4.75/6.0 points
"Backseat (doof doof mix)" 4.75/6.0 points
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Second review in Crossfade Grimoire
Hot2Go
2L8 5.4
Australian Kiss 5.45
Hot 2 Go is one of the hottest current Australian tickets out there, and for good reason. Their thorough understanding of dance rhythms, polished arrangements, and entendre-laced lyrics makes them instantly more visible in the mass of faceless club and inspirational trance anthems that crowd the floor. They also have a knack for releasing unashamedly gay-oriented music with class and verve. Here's to hoping America gets over its closet problems soon and just enjoys the music!
"2L8" is a brilliant summaton of past and present influences, channeled through their own sound. Elements of Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Scritti Politti, even REM's pop-style, are present in the mix. W..hile not as dancey as their previous tracks, "Backseat" and "Flog the Dog", the track is a slow-burner that almost feels like a song from "Rent" if that seminal musical had been scored for electronica.
"Kiss" gets the higher nod for its prime bump'n'grind mix, great slide blues loop, and terminally oversexed lyrics. With its breathy falsetto/orgasmic tenor vocals and brilliant "because you kiss down under" double-entendre, file this song under next generation Prince in the folder marked "Great Songs About/For Fucking." Because America is really just a bunch of prudes who are only pervy when they think no one is looking, this song won't get much airplay here, but where people are a little more comfortable with themselves, this song is a potential 1!
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