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You would've made 2004's New York: A Mix Odyssey too if you were a former world-class house DJ who no one had heard from in a while. It was obvious, shameless, and pandering (electroclash, new wave -- all the easy marks), but it was also the jam. 2005's Nympho is equally shameless, and it gives even more props to the kind of dirty sex where no one knows anyone else's name. The big Mix Odyssey hit single "Hear My Name" is reprised, and Van Helden taps Spalding Rockwell again for the less successful, weird femme-Ministry thump of "Jenny." Evidently Mary Louise Perlman and Nicole Lombardi weren't available for "Come Play with Me" -- it features vocals from Misshapes models Créme Blush, instead. But it doesn't really matter who's singing on Nympho, from Van Helden himself (as Virgin Killer) to Aussie/New Yorker Jessy Moss, because the album is unblinking in its meaning. This music is about new positions and plunking cowbells, and guitar chords ringing out over insistent house hi-hats. Persistent, too, in the case of the incessantly repetitive "When the Lights Go Down" and "Into Your Eyes." It really feels like Van Helden isn't trying very hard with Nympho -- any DJ with record-collection savvy and downtown connections might make the same record, and speaking of Ministry's heyday, some of Nympho could even be My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. (See "Juicy Juicy.") But like he did with Mix Odyssey, Van Helden makes you forget the music's repetitive shamelessness in favor of getting sweaty in an underlit upstairs club somewhere, or even trying to emulate the activities the songs suggest. If that's the case, you're going to need a stretch limo, unisex lingerie, and a PA system that's all volume and treble.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Marcus Vazanno, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
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2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Composer, Lyricist
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Jessy Moss, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Marcus Vazanno, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Mary Louise Pearlman, Composer - Nicole Lombardi Spalding, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Mary Louise Pearlman, Composer - Nicole Lombardi Spalding, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Nick Gilder, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Marcus Vazanno, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Wright, Composer - Mann, Composer - Weil, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Armand van Helden, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, MainArtist - Andy Taylor, Lyricist - Marcus Vazanno, Composer
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
Album review
You would've made 2004's New York: A Mix Odyssey too if you were a former world-class house DJ who no one had heard from in a while. It was obvious, shameless, and pandering (electroclash, new wave -- all the easy marks), but it was also the jam. 2005's Nympho is equally shameless, and it gives even more props to the kind of dirty sex where no one knows anyone else's name. The big Mix Odyssey hit single "Hear My Name" is reprised, and Van Helden taps Spalding Rockwell again for the less successful, weird femme-Ministry thump of "Jenny." Evidently Mary Louise Perlman and Nicole Lombardi weren't available for "Come Play with Me" -- it features vocals from Misshapes models Créme Blush, instead. But it doesn't really matter who's singing on Nympho, from Van Helden himself (as Virgin Killer) to Aussie/New Yorker Jessy Moss, because the album is unblinking in its meaning. This music is about new positions and plunking cowbells, and guitar chords ringing out over insistent house hi-hats. Persistent, too, in the case of the incessantly repetitive "When the Lights Go Down" and "Into Your Eyes." It really feels like Van Helden isn't trying very hard with Nympho -- any DJ with record-collection savvy and downtown connections might make the same record, and speaking of Ministry's heyday, some of Nympho could even be My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. (See "Juicy Juicy.") But like he did with Mix Odyssey, Van Helden makes you forget the music's repetitive shamelessness in favor of getting sweaty in an underlit upstairs club somewhere, or even trying to emulate the activities the songs suggest. If that's the case, you're going to need a stretch limo, unisex lingerie, and a PA system that's all volume and treble.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:33
- Main artists: Armand van Helden
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Southern Fried Records
- Genre: Electronic Dance
2005 - Southern Fried Records 2005 - Southern Fried Records
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