More than ten years after
the Art of Noise left
Trevor Horn's ZTT label to record on their own, original members
Anne Dudley and
Paul Morley reunited with
Horn plus
10cc's
Lol Creme to record another LP, organized around the work of French modernist composer
Claude Debussy. With a guest list including John Hurt as well as
Rakim, the album charts the artistic use of sampled breakbeats -- pioneered by
the Art of Noise themselves -- with nods to '80s hip-hop plus their '90s equivalent, drum'n'bass. Though
the Art of Noise doesn't sound quite as brash as they did in their '80s prime,
The Seduction of Claude Debussy is an interesting showcase of what made the group great. ~ Keith Farley