One thing you have to say to the De Waele brothers: they are never predictable. That was already the case at the time of the varied breakthrough album of their band Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice (1998) - and also afterwards, when they mixed the most unlikely records together as 2 Many DJs and introduced the phenomenon 'mash up'. Due to this lucrative DJ career, it took six years for
… Soulwax's third album to be released. Any Minute Now differs from their previous work and is also a sum of it. As befits true DJs, they have their finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist. The music can be described as a mix of electro and dirty rock, not coincidentally the most trendy music styles of the moment. At the same time they have made sure that the whole doesn't sound slick, which means the band will not lose its coveted underground status this time too. Any Minute Now is a record that strongly divides opinions: from outright negative (Q: 'every aspect of this music is horrible!') To very enthusiastic (OOR: 'is head and shoulders above the competition.'). (MS)more
