Temposhark have a sexy, slightly sullied
sound but there’s a certain something it lacks, perhaps
a sense of real grit which it evidently aspires to possess. ‘Invisible
Ink’ is a great reflection of their sound taken in
a different direction. Its solemnity and calmness still has
every inch of its sexiness but seems to pull off the chill
out thing rather more effortlessly than the attitude thing.
The remixed tracks also featured on the
sampler are unsurprisingly much stronger than the original
tracks. Break beat producer Kevin Freeman and hip hop act
Border Crossing breathe life into these mediocre, uniform
tracks and give them the fortitude they have been crying
out for.
The ‘Tom plays with his Dinner’,
bootleg remix featuring that world famous Suzanne Vega sample
is still unconvincing of their musical prowess – the
mix isn’t different enough from the original to be
considered groundbreaking and leaves you feeling wholly dissatisfied.
Temposhark may be aiming to fill the position
of electro gods for the Pop Idol generation but regrettably
they’ve missed…
6/10
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Jemma Volp-Fletcher
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