MONEY

Money pictures -copyright and thanks to Laurie Russinko

Money is the side project of Saul, Dave, Mark and Jim.  Michael has also been involved.

During the Whiplash sessions at Dave's house in Wales, the guys began to experiment with dance music and Money is the result of this.

So far, there has been no official release of any material, but there was a four-song demo distributed at the NXNE Music Festival in Toronto in June 1998, where Money made their, to date, only live performance.

Money is on hold at the moment as James takes precedence.  There is however the possibility of a release at a later date.

The first song on the demo is BIKER, a repetitive beat with a male voice fed through some kind of voice distortion machine. In parts it's slightly reminiscent of 'Born Slippy', but it is a million miles away from James.

ALRIGHT heads off in a more conventional trip-hop direction with male voice and female backing vocals.  My guess is that it is Saul singing and his voice doesn't sound half bad.

The Dolly Parton C&W standard JOLENE is covered as the third track here and is the standout track on the demo. It definitely has commercial potential as well with a mainly female vocal, perhaps one of the vaunted leather-clad Money girls, with a male rap later in the song.

The final track RUSH PUSH CASH is sadly a bit of a cop-out as it samples Come Home as if we hadn't heard enough versions of it already as Money cover a Yargo track. Vocals are limited to mostly repeating the song title.

Whilst as a demo, it is interesting, it's difficult to see exactly what audience Money would appeal to.  The James connection immediately makes them unhip with hard-core dance fans and it's not out-and-out techno. Most James fans will probably dismiss it out of hand as there is no obvious connection back despite the people involved.

Interesting, but not essential.

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