Sneaker Pimps

Along side other rock-influenced electronica acts such as Massive Attack and Portishead, the Pimps released this LP in the midst of the mid-1990s Trip-Hop craze. The outstanding and catchy "6 Underground" track is featured twice on the album (one being a remix by Nellee Hooper) and since has been remixed by top producers such as Fila Brazillia and Perfecto.

One thing that has not changed in the current electronic-dance revolution is the old
pop-music male/female division of labor. With some exceptions (Margaret Fiedler of Laika,
Riz Maslen of Neotropica, and a few others), too much electronica relies on the boys to
handle the heavy machinery and the girls to croon over the beats. Two new English groups
don't veer from this formula, but they do stretch the margins of this fruitful idiom... More >