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Ladytron’s 2001 debut album, building on a string of strong singles and EPs, was an equally striking full-length statement, the UK quartet making one of the strongest cases for the wave of worldwide acts reinterpreting and updating synth-pop aesthetics for a new generation and millennium. It wasn’t simply recreation, as nods to hip-hop beats and more made clear, but with the cold, tense charge of songs like “Discotraxx,” “Playgirl” and “He Took Her To A Movie,” in combination with their stark aesthetic presentation, Ladytron simply did the business.