It's Saturday afternoon and your reviewer's about to indulge his embarassing passion for cult TV by taping yet another unspeakably naff, but actually entirely enjoyable episode of 'The Persuaders' off Granada Plus.
And somehow there's a horribly accurate symmetry falling into place. The episode opens with one of those predictable nightclub scenes where Brett and Danny frug about like pillocks on the dance floor, eyeing up the upper class totty, while the background 'happening sound' is.... frighteningly close to what I've been hearing from "7x8", the new ANJALI single! Like, groovy, baby.
So yeah, "7x8" is timewarped, but it stands there with its' hands on hips and says: "Yeah? So whatcha gonna make of it, eh?" Because - probably against my better nature - I actually really like "7x8". Maybe it's the sitars, maybe it's the booming, twisting bass, the bigger-than-thou breakbeats or that effortlessly seductive vocal. "You're never gonna find another girl like me," she purrs and you get the feeling she might just be right.
Moving further into the EP, "Singing Sitars x9" is actually a slightly smoother remix of "7x8", with the John Barry-style guitars higher in the mix, what could well be a theremin buzzing away and the sitars meshing tighter than ever. Oh, and sadly the vocal's dropped out altogether, but then resistance is pretty futile by now anyway.
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Final track, "Scape 1" initially sounds like some kinda weird junglist throwback, but clears the way for atmospheric, near-ambient vistas and something closer to a standard, tranced-out dance track. It's OK, but doesn't have half the scary pulling power of "7x8."
So, the only (il)logical course of action is to put the damn thing back on and frug around like a pillock yourself. Begrudgers be damned: Brett and Danny were right all along. Oh God, am I a saddo or what?
No, actually, please don't answer that question.
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