Super Collider Super Collider Loaded 3/99 [cat#??] One of the better singles of 1998 was “Darn Cold Way O Lovin’” from the UK’s Super Collider duo. After hearing the housed up remix from DJ Harvey, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was yet another in a long line of British chart wannabees. Super Collider, however, is actually Cristian Vogel and Jamie Lidell, two of electronic music’s damn-them-all-and-I’ll-do-what-I-want bunch. And it’s Lidell who’s providing the pipework here. Promos of the Super Collider full length have been doing the rounds since last September, and Loaded are now set to drop this bomb in late March. Simply put, Vogel and Lidell’s Super Collider is going to blow up the notions that innovative electronics can’t be paired with listenable vocals, and vice versa. Picture “Hot Thing” and the Prince of 1987, Wax Trax!’s Pig from the same period, and generous helpings of downtempo machine funk from Vogel paired with Lidell’s often manipulated vocals—you’re half way there. Single number two is a double hit of “It Won’t Be Long” (floor scraping bass with floating highs) and “Take Me Home” (Sly Stone meets SC’s 4/4). Already one of the best albums of 1999. --Andrew Duke More Super Collider: Check out Super Collider's first single in RealAudio here. And their second single in RealAudio here. Stay tuned: the world premiere of the Super Collider album will be held soon on the Cognition Audioworks site (tbc) and an interview with Super Collider will air on a future edition of In The Mix. Back to album reviews index