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 ROGER
DOYLE
Babel Volume 1
2000
CD
Silverdoor SIDO 001CD
Distributor: Shellshock
One CD From a five-CD box set
This is taken from a five CD box set. Three of the CDs follow the concept
of being in an enormous tower, with the music representing the different
rooms/moods of the building. Although I've no knowledge of how effective
this is as all I have is Volume 1 from the KBBL 2 CD supplement. This
is the fictitious radio station from the tower.
Starting with 'The Morning Show' it's done in the style of a real radio
show with adverts and phone-ins etc. This is mixed in with music over
the course of twenty-eight tracks. Some of the music on here was stuff
left over from Roger Doyle's back catalogue although some he specially
composed for the concept in which Roger was helped by various collaborators.
A lot of the stuff here sounds a bit like The sort of thing The Art
Of Noise would do, i.e. warped electronic pop. The second part is
'The Entertainment and Leisure Pursuits Show' which during its sixteen
tracks follows along the same lines as 'The Morning Show' although in
a more chilled-out sometimes jazzy style. With the exception of 'No More
Mr. Nice Guy' which almost touches on heavy electronic industrial, it
is quite surreal. Maybe it would make more sense if I could hear the other
four CDs or maybe it would make even less. It's probably more intriguing
than it is entertaining.
JOHN MARSHALL - 18 October 2000
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