The Legends : Facts And Figures

<p><em><img src="http://www.qromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/thelegends.jpg" alt="" />Facts and Figures</em> is sugary, crystalline IDM by way of Swedish electronicians, The Legends.  The nine or so members of the group have refined an album...
6.8 Labrador
2006 

Facts and Figures is sugary, crystalline IDM by way of Swedish electronicians, The Legends.  The nine or so members of the group have refined an album saturated by arpeggiations remniscient of New Order.  But a lot more child-like.   

This, their third album out on Labrador, is another fine example of the Swedish technopop the label houses.  Facts and Figures puts the uptempo on display, featuring digitized vocals, synthpop drumbeat, and bouncing bass somewhat like Norwegians Röyksopp's or Erlend Øye's little brothers and sisters would do.

"Play It For Today" and "Lucky Star" have been issued as singles, and illustrate how catchy these tunes can be without abandoning their gazetronica roots. There's legit bounce and groove to these songs, but more subdued than the standard techno issue.  They claim to be "a hate of dance floors combined with dance music", which is appropriate, as the timing and quickness of dancetronica is present, but the ambition and drive to actually move isn't there.  It's dance music for your ears, not your legs.  Headphones are a more sufficient arena than a nightclub. 

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