These early disciples of Stereolab's Duophonic label have created a masterpiece of analog film noir. Like Stereolab circa Mars Audiac Quintet, Broadcast build their songs around mantras. Come on let's go. The wind will blow. You can fall. these are embraceable slogans for the new millennium, delivered with haunting disinterest by Trish Keenan. The highlight here is the drumming. Every song has a distinct, hypnotic rhythm, at once assertive and calm. This drivin! g force dominated a live show at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill, mesmerizing the crowd for the 90 minute set In an album that laments the mechanization of our daily lives, The Noise Made By People somehow transcends the austerity of its subject matter, offering warmth in the echoes of the blips and beeps. When someone gets around to remaking Fritz Lang's Metropolis, this will be the soundtrack.