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    Future Shock

    The Art of Xenos: Entertaining Aliens

    (2002)

    Reviewed by Bert Gangl

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    Label Syntax RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth2003
    hip hoprap

    A nice mixture of styles. The stellar lead-off track, "Best Believe," gets things moving underneath its tense, start-stop rhythms, and things progress nicely from there. The infectiously smooth "Foreshadowing" gains a light, bouncy '70s dance-pop vibe by virtue of Kaitlyn Casels' (Sackcloth Fashion) transcendently ethereal vocals. Several songs feature live bass, guitar and keyboards.

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