Out Of Breach (Manchester’s Revenge)

Mu are still best known for their sleazy, trippy 303 anthem, ‘Paris Hilton’, but this, their debut album, sees them delve deeper into a style that’s darker and weirder than their only big hit. On ‘Breach’, it doesn’t sound like Mu come from Manchester - maybe they’re football fans – as they screech deranged Oriental raps over backing tracks that take in electro, glitch and punk funk influences. Although their off the wall approach occasionally ends up sounding daft - witness the childish ‘I’m Coming To Get You’ - when their refreshingly amateurish arrangements hit the spot, they sound, unlike most electronic acts, raw and dangerous.