Armand Van Helden

This Progressive House icon takes a bold political approach with this 2000 release. Catchy rock guitar riffs and repetitive vocals by guest Fiona Mar on "Little Black Spiders" represents the "single," however the Disco-driven "Full Moon," with Common, is clearly the most enjoyable track on the LP, despite its awkward contrast to the album's anti-capitalist points of view.

Armand Van Helden's new record is either the most daring and confrontational house
record of the century, or it's a cry for help. It may well be both. On Killing Puritans, Van
Helden -- who's also one of the world's highest-paid remixers -- ricochets from death-metal
disco (the Teutonic romper stomper "Little Black Spiders") to a crazed cyber-salsa house
thumper called "Watch Your Back," which features veteran computer-jam freak... More >