It’s ALRIGHT ! No, honestly, this is good !! Blimey. Well I don’t know about you but I was ready for a total piece of guff. Norman’s been putting out rubbish for so long now it’s hard to remember that he was once England’s answer to Jazzy Jeff. And The Housemartins were pretty magic as well. Well this sounds nothing like Jazzy Jeff or The Housemartins, or indeed any of the dodgier end of Herve’s production that you might have suspected to flourish under the Fatboy’s thumb. Instead Machines Can Work is good old fashioned jacking acid, lovingly created by 2 aficionados with zero nobbing about. A repeated vocal sample, 909s a 303 and a couple of synthy swells, job done. It’s got a pureness in it’s simplicity, and a chunkiness to the production that ensures it won’t sound out of place on the precision sound systems of the mega clubs these two thrive in. All in all, a genuinely enjoyable piece of classic dance music
