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CALVIN HARRIS - I Created Disco
| NME | | You all know the Calvin Harris story by now (23 year-old Dumfries bedroom producer is turned, via furious adding on MySpace, from Marks & Spencer shelf-stacker into major Kylie-collaborating player). But far more important is just how crazily talented Harris is. Like Chromeo set to turbo, 'Acceptable In The 80s' was a slice of retro electro-funk so infectious it probably even had Frank Gallows getting his new rave bosh on to it in the privacy of his own bedroom. And there's plenty more where that came from. Actually, there's probably a bit too much at 14 tracks. But let's not moan, because in the ridiculous, knowing likes of 'The Girls' and 'Disco Heat', Harris has distilled all of the synth-popping, amp-busting sounds of electroclash and disco-punk into a complete set of proper pop uppers....full text |
| | Virgin | | With the dayglo delight that was top ten smash Acceptable In The Eighties, this 23-year-old Dumfries bedroom producer certainly "set his stall out" - as you'd expect from a former M&S shelf stacker. The track's debt to that decade's tinny, electro-synth disco sound not only grabbed the attention of Kylie's "people" (Harris-penned tracks are in the pipeline), but lays the foundation for much of this purposely provocatively titled debut....full text |
| | Times Online | Brilliant title aside, Harris’s debut is less than satisfying, though not uninteresting. The deadpan opener, Merrymaking at My Place, and the amusing title track are good examples of his sardonic electro-pop, familiar from the inescapable hit singles The Girls and Acceptable in the 80s.
However, his gimmicky cynicism is wearing over a whole album. Maybe he really is just a Scottish misanthrope who makes records in his bedroom....full text |
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