The Chemical Brothers

Bridging the gap between rock and Mainstream electronica, the duo's fifth release Come With Us reminds us why they are top producers. The progressive and epic singles "It Began In Afrika" and "Star Guitar" have quickly become dancefloor favorites, while the bittersweet "The State We're In" (with Singer/Songwriter Beth Orton) proves they also know when to chill.

With each new album, the Chemical Brothers don't reinvent the wheel so much as rotate
the tires. None of their studio albums, including Come With Us, their fourth, have been
dramatically different, sonically, from one another - they're all furious sets of wired
rhythms and sasquatch kick drums. That said, the slowly blooming "Star Guitar," wherein a
dreamy melody hatches from an array of Ritalin beats, is evidence of a band that... More >