Best Behaviour, by Chris Cowie

Best Behaviour

by Chris Cowie

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1.	Therapy 05:51	info
2.	Dominica - Chris Cowie Remix 07:07	info
3.	Black and White - Bones vs Cowie 07:05	info
4.	Invader - 808 State vs Chris Cowie 05:50	info
5.	Sure Thing 07:26	info
6.	Flash Funk 06:31 video	info
7.	Tangent 06:48	info
8.	Day By Day 06:31	info
9.	Retrograde 08:38	info
10.	Swan Pressure 07:11	info
11.	T4 06:11	info
12.	Time Flies 06:27	info
13.	Hold The Day 06:45 video	info
14.	House Of God 06:58	info
15.	Air 06:49	info
16.	Junk Funk 05:41	info
17.	Frisky 05:38	info
18.	System 05:58	info
19.	Silver 06:16	info
20.	Mindfield 05:17	info
21.	Engage 07:04	info
22.	Uprising 06:53	info
23.	Dominica - Original Mix 07:05	info

about

For anyone to have produced over 200 records and be described by Danny Tenaglia as "genius" and yet still remain as anonymous as Chris Cowie takes some doing in this day and age.

This (until now) steadfast anonymity is rather like that of a super hero, especially as the chosen names for his public outings over the years include such wonders as Dawntreader (POW), Stonemaker (KA-BLAM!) and Scan Carriers (BIFF!!).

Monikers aside, Bellboy Records have reliably informed us that Chris does NOT wear his pants outside his trousers and does NOT move from his living room to his studio via a fireman's pole.

The release of Best Behaviour sees Chris Cowie stepping quietly from the darkened wings of the dance music stage into the spotlight and admitting that all those tunes we've been cranking it to for so many years are, in fact, his. That this hasn't happened sooner is illustration of a modest man with a rare talent.

The most engaging element of this collection is the variety of his productions. Admittedly, most are floor fillers of some kind yet assuming so many guises has allowed a free rein to experiment. The more up tempo, tech-stompers like "Therapy", "House Of God" (gotta love that Pulp Fiction/Samuel L. Jackson sample "We're gonna be cool") and "Silver" are glassy, funky cuts that demonstrate both a producer blessed with dance floor intuition and studio skills in even measure. "Black and White" might best be described as the thinking man's "Azzibo Da Bass" whist "Flashfunk" picks up where Underworld's Dark Train Mix of "Dark and Long" left off.

Worthy praise indeed but the absence of cheese indicates a lactose intolerance on the part of Mr Cowie; there are too many good ideas that prevent the music from descending into cliché. The more after hours tracks "Hold The Day" and "Mindfield" are slightly left of centre and extend his appeal away from the dance floor towards the sofa, though this is not a deterrent as there is plenty of space and texture to maintain interest.

It's rare that a double CD of dance music produced solo should contain no duds, yet Best Behaviour manages to do so. In one fell swoop Chris Cowie has arrived. Be excited... Be very excited.

Andy Puleston
20 November 2002
BBC Music Reviews

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released September 1, 2002

All tracks written and produced by Chris Cowie.

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Chris Cowie UK

Producing music for over two decades culminating in over 200 hundred commercial releases. Also responsible for the influential Bellboy Records and Hook Recordings. The labels sound became widely respected and often imitated.

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