Groove Armada – Vertigo (1999)

Another ‘Dance Band’ introduced to me by my daughter Laura.  I missed their first album and this is their second, but on a new label – so maybe it still counts a s a debut.   This was the album which had the big hit single ‘I See You Baby’.  It is an incredible album, their masterpiece really.  Almost every track is brilliant, and it is very varied – with the sublime ‘At The River’ counter-balanced by the full-on ‘Chicago’.  As seems to be the way with Dance Groups; there is a core of musicians (two in this case) and lots of extra vocalists and mixers.  Still the results are pretty amazing really.  This is really more trip-hop than heavy dance and some of the melodies are simply awesome.  I was too old and stuck in my 70’s and before listening mode to really appreciate it at the time, but this stuff is quite hypnotic and addictive when you get into it.