True Defective is an album about a night out… a full-on extended home - party - after-party, god-knows-what night out. It is tense, exhilarating, disconcerting, weird, full of ups and downs and comings and goings. It is Hip Hop, Electro, Funky Techno, Hard Techno, Electro-tech… a diverse soundtrack for a diverse experience. It also rocks.

First, the preparation. It starts with Hip Hop in an old school style, a true profession of what Julian is about; his morals and views delivered through some seriously fat beats, truly incisive lyrics, Suicidal Tendencies guitars, and all wrapped up with a Paris style analogue bass line to die for. There is even an electro battle break for all you Turntablists out there! Next is a touching piece of cyber-romance where a robot suffers from unrequited love, with a nod to early 80s electro-pop classic "I'm In Love With a German Film Star", by The Passions.

Then the night out proper. From track 3 onwards levels of dance floor intensity start to rise with a mixed succession of beats and samples that will see you dancing to Parliament snippets and crazed drum work outs, that "Funkytown" chorus, samba loops (made in São Paulo, not lifted off a sample CD), tribal inflections and Black Panther samples. All mixed live by the artist.

And finally, the after party. Track 9 is a weird dubbed out tribal workout which sounds like the sort of thing the machines get up to once you leave the studio. Closing the album is Track 11, a sleazy, electroid number that wouldn't go amiss on a Gigolo collection.

True Defective is a truly amazing piece of music... a reflection of Julian’s various and diverse influences. This is an album that operates at different levels, with its varied styles and possibilities of different interpretations. The title gives a clue: true defective is an oxymoron. As Julian says: "Black and white imagery throughout. I'm interested in the coercion and interactions of opposites, the movement between the ’Funk’ and harder more abstract sounds”. Its what makes things interesting, really isn't it? Julian agrees and concludes: "The real battle in the universe is not between good and evil but between banality and interest".

SCHEDULE AND FORMATS:
12" #1 release date, December 2004
Born and Razed (Battle Break Inc.): old school hip hop/electro
Techno remixes by DJ Bam Bam & Jamie Ball

12" #2 release date, March 2nd 2005
Juju Drums: funky percussive techno
Techno remixes by Leo Laker & Sandy Warez