Dieselboy

No thread for these guys yet, so here goes...

1997 - Drop the Break

Cirrus was a duo from LA, that was pretty big on the electronica scene when they first arrived with their breakbeat style album Drop the Break. Their song Superstar DJ was a hit, and they received a lot of praise, as well as comparisons to another pretty big electronic duo The Crystal Method. One reviewer even said about them:

"Hailed in 1997 as the new Prodigy...The duo program acid and trance breakbeats for their material, but also added live guitar and bass to appeal to rock crowds at their frantic live shows."

I don't see them as sounding much like Prodigy personally, but the latter half of that description actually reminded me of how some people would describe Pendulum...whom I could also find myself comparing them too...even if there's some drastic differences in style as well.

As I said earlier, this CD is mostly breakbeat in the Crystal Method style, but there's a few more mellow tracks which really show diversity and also what is to come on their 3rd and final masterpiece of an album. A great example of this diversity is shown in the beautiful songs October 27 as well as:

Cirrus - Nassau









1998 - Back On a Misson

They followed up quickly with a second release entitled Back On a Mission. Since it was only released one year later, it is kinda just "more of the same" sounding...which isn't bad or anything. They evolve a bit though here and become a bit more live-sounding occasionally. They have some massive club hits on their hands again with songs like Back On a Mission and this one:

Cirrus - Stop and Panic


^Incredibly acid sounding, but you can also see them in concert in that clip behind the live guitars/drums/keyboards they use in their sets. They look like they would be such an incredible band to see live, judging from this video.








2002 - Counterfeit

Now for the reason I decided to make this thread in the first place.... In 2002 they released their 3rd and most recent album entitled Counterfeit.

Evolving into something that sounds like the band from the first 2 albums time traveled back to the 70's and borrowed some of their sounds, while becoming even more "live" sounding. This disc is just packed from start to end with huge songs, as well as an amazing amount of variety.

The breakbeat style songs are still here, and sounding heaps better than before (which is saying something):

Cirrus - Breakbeat Suckers


And they added in quite a few melodic more jazzy sounding songs such as You Are (Panacea), Half A Cell, and this one ...which reached number 10 on the U.S. dance chart in 02:

Boomerang (Radio edit is all I could find on youtube)


I love this disc and I think this album is criminally under-rated in the history of music. One of the few albums I'd give a 10/10 as a whole. This is seriously one of the best electronica albums of all time...OF ALL TIME.

For fans of any of the artists mentioned above. If you want a more mature sounding Crystal Method, maybe Pendulum, and also The Propellerheads. I definitely recommend checking out this last disc if you have time, and don't hesitate to ask for an up if you need...it's worth your time.