Children of the Lord Maxi-single
Artist: Joy Electric
Label: BEC Recordings
Length: 4 Tracks/ 15:02 minutes
The Children of the Lord maxi-single is a basic promo for
Joy Electric's new album, CHRISTIANsongs, with two songs that appear
on the album ("Children of the Lord" and "Make My Life a Prayer") and two
that don't ("I'm OK, You're OK," and a remix of "Children of the Lord"
by Cloud2Ground).
All the music is analogue and wonderfully done, and the title track
is an instant classic of great music and childlike sarcasm that clearly
outshines the remix. Cloud2Ground is the moniker given to work by Jeremy
Dawson, a Christian trance artist. Although his early techno material is
innovative and standard setting, his remix of "Children of the Lord" does
not do the piece justice. Incorporating typical synth breaks and an overall
progressive style of music, Dawson forces the song to undergo a very rough
transition from "Happy Hardcore" to trance. As a result, this remix just
doesn't work well in the context of a Joy Electric album.
"I'm OK, You're OK" is an eighties new wave song with a dance
groove a lot like Joy Electric's earlier songs. The cover of Keith Green's
"Make My Life a Prayer," shows Ronnie Martin's more spiritual side.
The music follows Joy Electric's standard formula of basic synth pop grooves
and hissing percussion, and it sounds like it was truly sung from the heart.
Justin W. Jones (5/29/99)
