Fans of great dance music -- from Basement Jaxx and Daft Punk to old-school industrial -- will want to check out Land Shark's new release. Slated for worldwide release September 12, 2006 the self titled, full length album from Land Shark a.k.a. Lance DeSardi on Coco Machete/OM will shake up any preconceived notions held by fans of all dance, rock, electro and alternative sounds. The Land Shark project is an edgy departure from Lance's previous releases as an underground house music mainstay. Still deeply rooted in dance rhythms, Land Shark takes derailing hard left turns into the sonic realms of industrial, punk and electro.
You'll also find some Land Shark RealAudio here. From the All Music Guide review: The music, all down and dirty house, will send the dancefloor into spasms of delight. "Riot" adds even more funk to the mix and a touch of industrial to further dirty up the sound, and by the time one gets to the uncomfortably catchy "Fear (& Loathing)," it all begins to feel like an adulterous dirty weekend ... so good, at least before the guilt kicks in. It's one hell of a ride, pulling house down into dark alleys it usually avoids, but De Sardi's careful never to take it too far, carefully balancing the set's sharp, dark edges with enough hypnotic rhythms and slick house styling to carry even the most trepidation-filled listener along the way.
The promo material boasts: The music itself, drenched in angular synths, gravelly basslines, hypnotic live and electronic drums, defies genrefication, just like the label from which it spawned.
Emusic says: It's packed with lean, limber dance grooves made more to fill floors than to blow minds. Which is by no means a problem: "Riot" reveals DeSardi's early love of darkwave, "Can You Relate" is taut and tense and "Shake Me" is four and a half minutes of ominous pulse and pound.
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