Cheese People - Cheese People (2009)

Cheese People are a Russian disco band from the city of Samara on the banks of the Volga and their self-titled album from 2009 is an interesting collection of music that rivals Gorillaz in its variety on one album. The female fronted four-piece have been compared to Datarock and New Young Pony Club yet they claim their influences are more in the vein of The Prodigy and Gloria Gaynor due to the slow rate of infiltration of modern western pop music.

In my opinion the comparison to New Young Pony Club is not an accurate one as the only real similarities are the female lead vocalist but Datarock could well be in the background here and there would be little difference. A better comparison would be to Shiny Toy Guns and their brand of disco with definite influences from The Prodigy in the very noticeable bass on most tracks yet there is no reluctance to experiment in any way on this album.

Just as Damon Albarn has done for Gorillaz throughout their career, each album not being treated with a set relation but rather a collection of tracks sharing a common theme, every track different from the last yet similar enough to be part of the same collection, Cheese People have achieved on this record. Here, all tracks share the common funky disco sound yet each one could come from a different artist if it wasn't made clear to the listener.

It is difficult to pick out a best track from this album as each one is most definitely a listening experience, sometimes bass-heavy, sometimes keys heavy, sometimes centred on vocals; tracks from this album could be played in clubs and discos from Europe to India, USA to Japan.

Although the lyrics at times can be a little silly it is not completely unexpected from an album made by non-English speaking artists and certainly does not detract in any way from the overall quality of this record.


Tracklist:
1. Stroitel
2. Ua-A-A!
3. Catch U
4. Boombaster
5. Moon
6. Wake Up
7. O-Djaz
8. Tibet+6++
9. Down & Down
10. Open My Eyes
11. Eats Your Popcorn
12. I Hate This Sound
13. Ua-A-A! (Yow Row from Gari Remix)

FLAC:
http://rapidshare.com/files/394726033/cp-2009-cp.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/394735879/cp-2009-cp.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/394746479/cp-2009-cp.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/394747767/cp-2009-cp.part4.rar