Featuring a star-studded list of names from Charli XCX, to Dorian Electra, to Injury Reserve, to Fall Out Boy, the 19-track remix record has elements of bubblegum-pop, screamo, rock, pop, hip hop and pretty much every genre you can think of, creating an album that is a masterpiece in its madness.
The album is insightful, moving, and points the way to new artists and their experimental music.
Though their music can be playful and funny, 100 gecs are very much not a joke. 1000 gecs & the Tree of Clues makes it clear that Brady and Les know exactly what they're doing and that they've got an army of highly inventive and creative supporters standing with them.
Tree of Clues is an often wonderful companion piece to the original 1000 gecs.
100 gecs maked the worstest album of 2019 and now they maked the worstest albun of 2020.
HEY IDIOTS!!!! IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MUSIC THEN LEARN HOW TO MAKE MUSIC FIRST
Idiot.
Bad album.
I’ve come to the realization that 100gecs is one of those rare acts that are both overhyped and underrated at the same time. And what I mean by that is there are just as many people saying this is the absolute worst shit they’ve ever heard as there people saying that this is the next big thing in music.
Which side are you on?
This is a big step down from the original material in a lot of ways. When going into this album, knowing what a good remix album is like helps a lot. One of my all time favorite albums is a remix album that does the material so much justice, that I didn’t even know it was a remix album until many years later. Something that added to the original vision, or even deconstructed it entirely for a whole new purpose. In a way that is almost conceptual. That being said, I didn’t have that ... read more
you know, if you shove so many guilty pleasures into the same project, i'm gonna actually start feeling guilty
a couple of these were incredible, the rest not so much
top 3: ringtone (remix) [feat. Charli XCX, Rico Nasty, Kero Kero Bonito], 745 (Black Dresses Remix), money machine (A.G Cook Remix)
honorable mentions: toothless, come to my show, hand crushed by a mallet (Remix) [feat. Fall Out Boy, Craig Owens, Nicole Dollanganger]
least fave: 800db cloud (Ricco Harver Remix)
This album changed my perspective on music entirely, the first 100 gecs songs I ever heard were from this album and made me fall in love and made me way more open to exploring new music.
1 | money machine (A.G. Cook Remix) 3:12 | 70 |
2 | ringtone (Remix) 3:34 | 93 |
3 | 745 sticky (Injury Reserve Remix) 3:32 | 65 |
4 | gec 2 Ü (Danny L Harle Harlecore Remix) 2:28 | 78 |
5 | hand crushed by a mallet (Remix) 2:55 | 86 |
6 | 800db cloud (Ricco Harver Remix) 1:43 | 71 |
7 | stupid horse (Remix) 2:12 | 78 |
8 | ringtone (umru Remix) 3:45 | 72 |
9 | xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx (Remix) 4:31 | 79 |
10 | 745 sticky (Black Dresses Remix) 2:51 | 72 |
11 | gecgecgec (Remix) 2:08 | 74 |
12 | xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx (99jakes Remix) 3:21 | 68 |
13 | gec 2 Ü (Remix) 2:46 | 70 |
14 | hand crushed by a mallet (nothankyou Remix) 2:40 | 65 |
15 | came to my show (intro) 0:33 | 53 |
16 | came to my show 2:20 | 75 |
17 | toothless 2:37 | 83 |
18 | small pipe (live at fishcenter) 1:19 | 56 |
19 | 800db cloud (live at fishcenter) 2:43 | 76 |
#8 | / | Variety: Jem Aswad |