| Destroy Rock & Roll |  | Artist: Mylo
Label: Ministry of Sound UK
Category: Music
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 880624
Format: Import, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 724387333024
EAN: 0724387333024
ASIN: B0009Z1096
Release Date: September 6, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Valley of the Dolls | | • | Sunworshipper | | • | Muscle Cars | | • | Drop the Pressure | | • | In My Arms | | • | Guilty of Love | | • | Paris Four Hundred | | • | Destroy Rock & Roll | | • | Rikki | | • | Otto's Journey | | • | Muslcecar Reform Reprise - Mylo, Macinnes | | • | Zenophile | | • | Need You Tonite | | • | Emotion 98-6 |
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Album Description
With influences ranging from Prince ('Guilty Of Love') through to Daft Punk ('Ottos Journey') and even Scissor Sisters ('Musclecar Reform Reprise'), it's little wonder that The Face described him as 'Scotland's answer to Royksopp'. By refusing to adhere t
Album Details
The Debut Album from Isle of Skye Native Mylo, (Aka Myles Macinnes). Some of the Many Influences Heard on "Destroy Rock and Roll" Include Royksopp, Groove Armada, Daft Punk and Even Scissor Sisters and Prince.
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Pure Electro bliss September 22, 2006
Jonathan White (Chicago, IL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mylo has put out one of the best electronic albums to arrive on the scene in years. Destroy Rock & Roll combines nearly every electronic sub-genre imaginable and does so flawlessly. Here's a track-by track-review:
Valley of The Dolls- A breezy, down-tempo reinterpretation of The Sandpipers easy-listening hit "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" from the Russ Meyer film.
Sunworshipper- Sample-heavy smooth Jazz cascades over an unknown recording of a presumed former hippie.
Muscle Cars- The pace picks up a bit with this flawless Electroclazh.
Drop The Pressure- One of the album's most popular tracks. A fun, though potty-mouthed journey into Acid-House.
In My Arms- An 80's influenced electro-pop gem combining the chords from Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes" and the vocals from Boy Meet's Girl's "Waiting for a Star to Fall".
Guilty of Love- The Electro-pop theme continues with this quirky though enjoyable masterpiece which combines strings from George Duke's "Guilty"(The title gets its name from a line in the aforementioned song) and a child-like piano melody.
Paris Four Hundred- Fast paced electroclash reminiscent of Kraftwerk.
Destroy Rock and Roll- Title Track in which a conservative cult leader calls out the names of many "devilish" 80's rock musicians over a house beat that uses an inverted section of Steely Dan's "Aja". The spoken-word portion is actually a sample of a recording made by The Church of Universal and Triumphant. Experimental Rock group Negativland famously used the sample on their album "Escape From Noise".
Rikki- Electroclash combining a cut-up female vocal.
Otto's Journey- Daft Punk-esque electro-disco. Used in a Kraft Zesty Italian Commercial.
Muscle Cars (Freeform Five Reprise) - A driving, up-tempo remix with female vocals.
Zenophile- The album switches back to down-tempo territory with this 60's pop-influenced nugget combining a guitar, smooth electro chord progression and a section from Dusty Springfield's "Where am I Going".
Need You Tonite- Revisiting familiar territory with this sample-heavy adaptation of UK pop songstress Judie Tzuke's "Stay With Me Till Dawn".
Emotion 98.6- Moby-influenced fare brings this album to a close.
Definably worth checking out.
 An Outstanding Loveable Album that seems to revive a genre... May 25, 2006
Harkanwar Anand (the land of dreamers)
(p.s - if you've ever half liked royksopp ,get this for yourself)
Mylo's debut cd is a breakaway from the slack the genre contains. Yes, this is commercial music yet it manages to defeat the hypocrite me and soothes my ego with it's ocean of dramatic sound.
"drop the pressure" is the first song i heard from this disc. In a lot of ways, the tracks underline Dj Mylo's ability to bring "non-dancers" off their feet and into a jiving mood. This is a very good cd if you lived in the 90's listening to music like Robert Miles, a bit of Prodigy and some random electronica tracks and always wondering why you never got into the genre.
Destroy Rock & Roll does surprisingly well as it is beyond being judged. "Sunworshipper" , "Drop The Pressure" , "Rikki" and "Need You Tonite" are the best tracks on the disc.
Sunworshipper is the kind of track that you play in the night and wonder to yourself about the artist named Mylo. It is a total zonked out experience mostly.
Need You Tonite has quite a lot of heart and earns respect with more listens. It reminds me of Royksopp's "Sparks" cause it contains a similar wall of sound. It just might be the best track on the disc.
tracks I didnt like one bit include "Muscle Cars" , "in my arms" , "paris four hundred" and the title track, "Destroy Rock And roll"... You see these are filler tracks and one realises this with consequenet listens. These filler tracks are also why I give this 5star album Four Stars. "Otto's Journey" is acquired listening which will make you smile. "Zenophile" is smooth. Emotion 98.6 is almost apologetic and seems to be lacking direction.
So much for my love for Mylo. I loved this cd all in all. Somehow one of the top cds of 2005. Maybe the best despite earning only FOUR STARS. Influences moods easily...
Cheers,Lovers
This CD is great! May 2, 2006
Martin Seidler (San Diego, CA - Berlin/Germany)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Since I am not big of a writer, and i had the feeling to support Mylo in any way, heres a short review.
I really like every single song of this album, he did a great job, my favs are "Otto's Journey","Paris Four Hundred" and "Guilty of Love". So if you like something to chill, dance or sleep in with, pick MYLO.
Iam really lookin forward to future Albums.
a very good dance/electronica CD, but I wouldn't call it classic January 2, 2006
C. Cross (New Haven, CT USA)
"Destroy Rock & Roll" is one of the better independent albums to come out this year, and even if it IS kind of generic, the majority of tracks here are highly entertaining. It's also pretty cool and worth noting that it was made by one guy who was bored one year and started messing around with songs on his laptop (that's right, EVERYTHING was made on his laptop). It unfortunately loses its steam after "Otto's Journey", but the rest of the songs are ok. The 9 good songs it does have aren't groundbreaking, nor are they "great" tracks, but they're pretty good dance tunes (and that's it, they're pretty much just mindless dance songs, but there's a good number of them). I'm not sure who else to compare them to - possibly Royksopp. If you liked Royksopp's "Melody A.M." I think you'll like this album (though that one is much better). Recommended for electronica fans and possibly clubheads (mostly because of the song "Drop The Pressure").
Highlights include:
"Valley Of The Dolls"
"Sunworshipper"
"Muscle Cars"
"Drop The Pressure"
"In My Arms"
"Guilty Of Love"
"Paris Four Hundred"
"Destroy Rock & Roll"
"Ottos' Journey"
"Emotion 98.6" (to an extent)
Destroy it, or revive it August 18, 2005
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
The Isle of Skye is not exactly where most people think of bright, inventive new electronica coming from. But that is where label founder/artist Mylo got his start, crafting complex, warm and danceable electronica on his computer. Now he's being put up as the savior of dance music.
Why? Apparently he says he's "just having fun." Here's hoping he keeps on having fun, for the sake of music fans. His debut "Destroy Rock & Roll" is a surprisingly fresh and fun sound, with bubbling electropop, staccato breaks and unstoppable basslines.
The first trio of songs show the sunnier side of Mylo -- it starts off with a warm wash of summer electronica that seems appropriately called "Valley of the Dolls," some languid downtempo, and some fun dance music that would sound at home in a kids' video game.
Then things take a slightly harder line, with rapid electronic jabs, computer twiddles and sampling. Songs like "In my Arms" sound like thinking men's club tune, danceable but also very complex. Then there are songs like "Guilty of Love," a smooth, sweet, still catchy number. The title track is a break from the usual, with a tongue-in-cheek recitation of all the legendary people who have contributed to the "destroying of rock'n'roll."
And as the album winds down, Mylo gives his colorful album another twist. The final three have a stately, almost classical downtempo sound, with yearning vocals layered in. Listening to these, it's impossible not to wonder where Mylo will go next in his career.
Like any other kind of music, electronica is hard to do -- for every genius, there are a bunch of idiots who think a catchy beat is all it takes to make it memorable. Which makes it impressive that Mylo has done all this at twenty-four, with mainly a computer, and put it out on his own little label.
Aside from his rich electronic noodling, Mylo also layers in some charged guitar licks and thin basslines. He also diddles around with the pace of the songs -- "Rikki" opens with your basic electronic song, but it's deliberately given little breaks, so that it sounds like a CD skipping, even as a smooth little electropop melody comes in. The skipping vocals will probably drive you insane after a few minutes, but it can't be said to be boring.
"Destroy Rock & Roll" won't destroy your taste for rock'n'roll, but it might revive some interest in the tumultuous world of electronica/dance pop. Definitely worth listening to.
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