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[CRAZY-HORSE]

CHAKRADIVA "the new economy" cd,2001.

i know what youre all going to say..."never heard of these guys", well, nor did anyone else after this 2001 release to coincide with their supporting act role on Kylie Minogue's Australian 2001 tour.
actually, this aint that bad IMO, its stood up ok over the last decade....
these guys are a duo act who call themselves "boy 1" and "boy 2" and who cover their faces in "hoodies" as to suppress their identities...very immature, but hey, it obviously floated their boats for a few months!..these guys play all the synths and real instruments,do all the vocals,production etc, and on stage they do all that break dancing crap ala 1980s retro style. very cringeworthy i know, but they werent that bad in fact.
music ranges between straight synth pop(pet shop boys style), through to some dance grooves.
look,
they had their 15 minutes,probably made a bit of money with Kylie then went back into obscurity again, as i cannot find evidence of any follow up release, which is a shame as this aint that bad for dance/synth pop....some of it is quite catchy especially the first two tracks, which are my favourites, but still both only get "like" scores...nothing great on here, just a consistantly ok album...
i didnt expect many track on youtube from this one due to the fact that it didnt sell well at all...and i was right, only one link available and its to one of the songs i dont like, but it gives an idea about what these guys were doing at the time...

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: trouble and desire
best tracks: strong and divine

tracks:

1. strong **
2. divine **
3. i dream **
4. trouble and desire *
5. glitter king **
6. drive *
"Drive" By Tim Hall & Ian Shadwell aka "Chakradiva" - YouTube video
7. party's over **
8. trojan horse **
9. full of love **
10. OM **

3s=0
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 1.8