Hardly anybody is being that bold in Britain at the moment because everybody wants a hit, even if the royalties don't amount to a fraction of what counts as money these days.

The exceptions are to be found with records like A CALLED GERALD's "Voodoo Ray" EP, thankfully full of unusual samples and free of those hard, bright hitbound drums. It's a record which seems to exist out of a burning desire to make music rather than slung together with all the heart and soul of a toy manufacturer.

[Author: By David Tipp]