their album has been out for a couple of weeks.. and it´s damn good.. if you like eletro bleeps and rock.. get this one..

i got to know them in october in conjunction with the release of the unisex latest single where archive had remixed one of their tracks..

the album is called "noise" and i guess it´s available at jamarico or better record shops--

for those who want to see them live you will have to wait for the montreux jazz festival on july 12th... i will remind you..

web: here!

enj0y

http://www.montreuxjazz.com/2004/e/Programme/default.htm

Friday 2nd July Explosion
> Faithless
> Wax Poetics

Saturday 3rd July Sing it!

> Alicia Keys

Sunday 4th July Rock Summit
> Cheap Trick
> Deep Purple
> Status Quo

Monday 5th July Metal!

> KoRn

Tuesday 6th July An Evening with B.B. King
> B.B. King
> Dr John
> Earl Thomas
Wednesday 7th July Welcome Back!
> Phil Collins
Thursday 8th July The Green Night
> The Corrs
> Renée Olstead

Friday 9th July Hot Night

> Solomon Burke
> Van Morrison

Saturday 10th July Dance Hall
> Sean Paul
> Seeed
Sunday 11th July Samba From Rio


> Luiz Melodia
> Os Paralamas do Succeso
> Revelaçao
Monday 12th July Blues Summit with Special Guest:
Carlos Santana
> Buddy Guy
> Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
> Otis Rush
Tuesday 13th July Santana
With Support:
> Salvador Santana Band
Wednesday 14th July Blue Night
> Shakti feat. John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, V. Selvaganesh, U. Shrinivas, Shankar Mahadevan.
> Bryan Ferry
Thursday 15th July Santana - Hymns for Peace
With special guests:

> Chick Corea, Idrissa Diop, Herbie Hancock, Angélique Kidjo, John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Steve Winwood and other guests.
Friday 16th July Colours
> Dido
Saturday 17th July Grand Final


> Chic with Nile Rodgers
> Seal
> The Wire Daisies

i think they're gone too far. i bought the last one "it all looks the same to me" and it's kind of a radiohead-pink floyd-modern-electroni-rock-thing. really good music actually that creeps you out and infects your subconscious mind (or whatever...). can't listen to it anymore, too intense.

if you trace them back to their first album "londinium" (with karl hyde from underworld on the guitar) - that was the pure essence of triphop in that time when it came up! still a breathtaking album that was never beaten by any of these bristol-bands back then.

me for myself, i'd make a huge difference between archive in londinium-times and the post-rocker that will play at montreux this year.

i'd be up for it anyway!