Haunted Dancehall

I was eager to stop listening to this.

You remember that episode of Friends where Ross made a song by playing all the weird noises on his Casio? This is that, but the noises are a yipping dog and a coffee grinder. Also, it was kind of comical when Ross did it. Best track: Wilmot

Pointless bullshit noise. These aren't songs. The're pieces of songs desperately trying to pass themselves off as complete songs. Useless and angering. Why the hell is this even on the list?!

Being given the accolade of "the 47th best album of 1994" really feels about right, for this.

that's a no from me dawg

I expected a lot more out of an album titled Haunted Dancehall. Certainly sounds like the most boring place in the world.

Did not enjoy

Going in, I had no idea what to expect from Haunted Dancehall, as I had never heard of Sabres of Paradise, and am not generally interested in techno. To my surprise, Haunted Dancehall isn't bad at all. The Sabres position themselves halfway between ambient and dance music. I can easily imagine this playing in a bar or club or sushi restaurant. It's pleasant sonically and has a laid back, cool vibe, but has enough energy to provide a consuming mood, whether that consumption be food, drugs or alcohol. The first few tracks are quite abstract. The sound sources are varied and quite tasteful. No horrid synth patches here. The sonic manipulation is creative and tasteful as well. The rhythms are mostly fairly simple. The interest comes from how the various elements fit together. On these early tracks, the Sabres sometimes deconstruct the tunes a bit to point out the art in what they're doing. It's a savvy strategy because the parts fit together so naturally, the effort and creativity involved would otherwise go unnoticed. About six tracks in, the tunes get less abstract and more songlike. For me, this is a mistake because it calls too much attention to the functional nature of the music. This kind of music should glide over the smooth brains of the listeners, lulling them into the desired emotional state. Even here though, the same virtues of economy, taste, and studio mastery remain. After a few tracks, the Sabres return to a more abstract style for the rest of the album, which I actually prefer. How do I rate this? It's quite well done, but this is functional music, not really meant for close listening. If I put this on a playlist, it would be as a palate cleanser. Is it wrong of me to refuse to give a higher score because of a perceived lack of artistic ambition? Maybe. It feels like snobbery. Oh well. 3.5/5

First song sounded like really broken plumbing

The dancehall is haunted by the ghosts of those who died of boredom listening to this.

Garbage. Just shitty electronic music like this is the 70s. No music, just random sounds. Imagine paying for this. 1/10.

So out of all the EDM / IDM releases from Warp Records, the 1001 Albums book had to pick this one. Andrew Weatherall, who was at the helm of this project during the early nineties was probably a deciding factor for the inclusion of this LP (may he rest in power). The man got known for remixing songs by Happy Mondays, New Order, Primal Scream... So tell me you have a rock bias without ever directly telling me you have a rock bias, Mr. Dimery. And this while selecting a record whose DNA is 99% electronic. Nicely done... This album is still a more than decent representative of its overall genre, but it's got a huge problem if you want to consider it for a list like this: it's unable to dig one clear groove, and thus risks losing large chunks of its potential audience. Frankly, I think this lack of cohesiveness is here a fatal flaw. Worse, those stylistic U-turns, which could have been assets with slightly different choices, mostly fail to properly dynamize the tracklisting. The worst of both worlds, so to speak. To be more specific, the album is divided in three parts that don't really fit with each other. Its first third displays some sort of minimalistic EDM that's a bit too linear and drowsy at times. You do get the picture of bubbles being slashed by swords in the two-part opener, as announced by the latter's title... but after mere minutes of slow build-up, the predictable layerings of patterns at its heart can be as hypnotic for some listeners as it will be boring for others. Interesting, I guess... But "essential' electronic music? The second third of the record suddenly explores big beat and dub-adjacent territories, and this part just aged like milk. Dated breakbeats and weird loops are not enough to hide how vacuous those four or five cuts are... The last part then returns to very ambient soundscapes, and it's the one that fares better today. FAR better. Ironically, those last four cuts are also the moment where The Sabres Of Paradise are very close to the electronic masters from the seventies and the early eighties. As if only exploring the past could allow you to appear as relevant in the future (a phenomenon that's actually not so rare in electronica)... You can scent whiffs of Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre or John Carpenter in that great tail end of the album. But that admittedly derivative-albeit-pretty-nice-and-convincing upgrade is very much a last-minute course-correction, and therefore can't justify including the whole album in my eyes. Warp has so many better and stronger records and artists in its roster, from LFO and Boards Of Canada to Aphex Twin, Broadcast, PVT, Oneohtrix Point Never or Squid. Some of those artists are mentioned in Dimery's book, others are conspicuously absent in it. And it's up to you to discover them all... 2.5/5 for the purposes of this list gathering "essential albums" to listen to, here rounded up to 3. 7.5/10 grade for more general purposes (5 for musical competency + 2.5 for the artistry). Number of albums left to review: 128 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 377 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 223 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 283 (including this one)

I listened to it at work and didn't know when it ended.

cover looks like it might be rockabilly, but it's from the 90s. hmm. might also be techno cause dancehall etc. haha ok it's dank 90s techno. lol and of COURSE it's from the uk. classic 1001 albums editor shenanigans. i'll give it a chance, but at 1hr 16min there's no way this isn't gonna be WAY TOO FUCKING LONG. it's pretty... minimalist? granted I'm only on about minute 8 of 75, but I think I have a pretty good idea what to expect the rest of the time. And ok yep an hour later, that was pretty lame! This would have been a 3 if it didn't stay out its welcome, because it wasn't THAT bad for the first couple of songs. But the full thing? uuughhh, fuckin hell. 2/5.

There was a "game" for the ps1 called music 2000 where you could layer up a bunch of prerecorded samples and make "original" songs, and all of the songs you made sounded like this album. In isolation there are a few bits here and there that sound like the precursor to interesting music but it's repeated so much and put together in such a lifeless way that I lost interest after 30 seconds. And then it would go on for 7 minutes. I think there is a decent 4 minute album in this but as a whole it was dire and I can't imagine why it was included. Maybe the "electronic" music critic only had about 4 albums he actually wanted to include and after he ran out of orbital and portishead he has to scrape the bottom of the barrel for this nonsense.

Started hating it, listened to second half waiting late at night for a no-show bus - very atmospheric would reccomend

Maybe it’s the ADHD/transfemme brainworms, but this is exactly the kind of all-inclusive, anything goes, subtextual, just plain old weird yet chaotic experience teetering between a rave and a sensory deprivation tank that soothes my mind and speaks to my soul.

Couldn’t get into it. Maybe it’s because I was wearing trainers.

Tracks don't show much progression in their ~ 6-minute runtime. Best tracks are Wilmot and Tow Truck. 4/10, not bad but I'm always waiting for something to happen that never does

I think this aged poorly. Sounds like robots banging on garbage.

Absolutely brutal.

2.4 - As I listen to this, I picture a caffeine-addled Robert Dimery pacing frantically around his office at 4 am, just hours before a deadline to turn in a book draft to his publisher. CDs and LPs are strewn haphazardly around the room. In his panic, he slips on some liner notes and falls on his face. When he finally comes to, he opens his eyes and sees the cover to this album staring back at him. "Oh, here's one I can add! This one's obscure enough that it'll fly under everyone's radar! OK, only 389 more albums to go!"

Nix für mich

I know nothing about this album. That's always dead exciting. The songs look long which is a worry. Bubble and Slide sounds nice. Slightly afrobeaty. Bubble and Slide 2 has some lovely filters over its beat. Glitchy. I love it. Duke of Earlsfield goes dubbier. And a bit crazy towards the end, another great track. Flight Path Estate is more slight, but is also shorter in line with it's relative lack of ideas. It's immediately followed by Portishead's mix of Planet D which is straight back up there again. Gloomy and dark while also feeling quite chilled. Wilmot has a baseline that makes me want it to go full junglist lunacy... It doesn't, but I still love it. It sounds like music from the weirdest arcade machine on the planet. Tow Truck is actually pretty sexy - like spy film music. Theme follows in a similar style, before another short noise experiment called Theme 4. In short, I am coming back to this, and I an gutted it's never had a vinyl repress - C'mon Warp Records, please do it!

Funky. Good background music. I'm bobbing my head along to it as I work.

The soundtrack to a migraine.

Finally some good electronic music! I do not understand the hate this album got. It is fresh

IDM even in 1994 already had some quite interesting and important releases and even the idea of mixing Ambient soundscapes and ideas with it wasn't new as one could hear on the Aphex Twin debut. To be fair, this album was going a much more classic Ambient approach than Aphex Twin and deserves at least that credit for what it brought after. But that still does not mean that the album is good. There are certain elements that are done very well and even interesting but most that the album offers fails the most fundamental thing that Ambient tries. It does not create a relaxed ambience that can work as background music but also as a beautiful soundscape if you listen closer. Instead, the album is just annoying and in some cases gets progressively worse with how demanding it is and I don't use demanding as a compliment here. 'Bubble and Slide' opens the album in not the most pleasent way with something that sounds like a clogged toilet turned into a Techno beat. It sounds abhorrent and disgusting as if a Goregrind Metal vocalist decided to put his voice through the worst computer synthesizer that one could find and play around with it. The additional synths (those that bring in the Ambient) as well as the Industrial aspects don't really improve it much and the song ends sounding as terrible as the start. And as if wasn't enough, 'Bubble and Slide II' comes in as the second part of that same song but luckily, the toilet sounds are gone and replaced with overly repetitive drum machine sounds that sometimes get broken up by some synths before it repeats again. Repeating the same thing is very often what makes Ambient interesting but it is also very easy to f*ck up as they did here. If it was a less obnoxious drum machine and more of the Ambient synths, it would've been okay but the result as they did it here is too much, too loud and just annoying. After around 3 minutes, it does get better and does exactly what I just said but still not enough to be good because after a while it goes right back to what it did in the beginning. That middle part is the only listenable and not bad one but it isn't good either and the song as an entire entity is overall just bad. The following 'Duke of Earlsfield' is even longer at nearly 9 minutes of playtime and is actually the longest track on the record. I do think that both the drum machine as well as the other synths and production choices are much better here and actually create something that is a nice mix of IDM and Ambient even though I wished there was more of the latter because the way it is here, is just a little bit questionable as you can clearly hear their ambition but very much wonder why they didn't go into that more. But apart from that, the song is actually quite okay, if not good. The mix of bell synths and the darker and more distorted Ambient synths later on feel like they are implemented in a good way, only the the part at the 6 minute mark holds it back a little bit. Overall, this is a pretty good IDM track. The darker and more distorted tones are amplified a lot on 'Flight Path Estate' which is present from the very first second. And while I liked it the firt few repetitions, the longer it played the more annoying it got. Until the additional synths come in, it's just hard to listen to and once something else appears, it feels like it doesn't really fit. These Ambient synths on their own would've been lovely and actually sound like something you'd hear in Minecraft but these loud soundscapes are just unbearable. One part of it I love, the other I hate but the second plays for much longer, so it's a not a good song. The track 'Planet D' was mixed and produced by Portishead and although I really like some of what Portishead did back then, this is certainly not one of them. The drums and the Ambient synths are really well made but for some reason they decided to put an unfitting sound as a "hook" into an otherwise okay IDM & Trip Hop track. The song isn't bad by any means but a couple of their production choices do feel rather weird. But it still is a listenable and okay song that just doesn't do very much at all which does help the Ambient aspect of it but not really the Electronic or Trip Hop side. The lead single 'Wilmot' comes around with some very interesting choices that range from tropic sounding guitar to cow bells to weird soundscapes and some very obnoxious vocal samples. But, that was just the intro (which isn't good by the way). The actual song mainly builds around a very present bass and adds a lot of different elements, some of which we heard in that weird intro. I feel like nothing here fits together, it's all thrown into one pot and stirred a little bit too much. There are definitely Ambient IDM ideas here but there is too much change here and there that it doesn't really end up being good at either one of them. Ambient lives off of well repeating beautiful sounds that put you into a trance and IDM lives of a certain repetition that is worked around with some artistic ideas and aspects but here it's just too much. I cannot fully enjoy the song because the moments when I do think that it's about to actually work, the next weird detail is added while another one goes astray. The entire time, I am just confused and annoyed by everything the song does and it ends up being very unpleasent. I have no idea why they thought repeating a loud alarm siren at the start of 'Tow Truck' was good idea. Nearly the entire first minute is ruined by it but luckily, it does go upwards from there. The dark and Western sounding guitar is really well worked into the song and I think that it if the drums were a little bit less obnoxious and the siren wasn't put in there again, it would've been a good song but overall I am just too annoyed by those "details" that I can't really put much love towards the parts that I do enjoy. It's an okay track, still The albums second half is started with the 'Theme' that goes into a epic sound that builds up and nearly feels like from a spy movie. It has energetic and epic guitars and the whole thing is just EPIC... Well, it would've been if they didn't decide to add way too loudly mixed drums and bass above it that make all the good stuff feel like background music. I do think that these epic parts are really great but the rhythm section they plastered on top destroys it all and tuns a great song very, very average. Which is sad because it could've been one of the albums best tracks. Of course after a first theme you need a second one, or better a fourth one because 'Theme 4' for some reason appears as a very short, nearly interlude like track that has some Ambient elements going for it but they are mixed so incredible loud that instead of being atmospheric, the are unbearable to human ears. I bet that a bat or a dog might find this more pleasent but I definitely do not. If they had just mixed the atmosphere quieter it would've been okay but this is really bad. 'Return to Planet D' does a similar thing where it tries to do the Ambient IDM mix but mess up with the mixing and make parts way too loud that should not have been made this loud. Some synths are also pretty terrible, giving me flashbacks to the toilet sounds at the start of record and while I think that a slightly different production and better mixing would've saved it, the way it got onto the album is just terrible. The album really doesn't get better when 'Ballad of Nicky McGuire' again features synths that sound like a clogged toilet. It isn't as terrible as the opening track and some production elements do actually work, the main rhythms are just unlistenable. And if a terrible sound isn't enough, it is streched to over 8 minutes of repeating terrible synths and annoying sounds. Just the sheer length with the production is enough to qualify this for a terrible song. It does get better later on but the first half is unlistenable while the second is just not good with a lot of very high pitched, nearly stinging synths and the clogged toilet sounds. On the other hand, some synths are quite good and actually have a well sounding Ambient tone to it but they go under between all the badly produced and mixed ideas. 'Jacob Street 7am' goes into a Space Ambient direction and tunes the IDM a little bit down. It does create a nocturnal and dark sound but some production ideas just don't work especially the distorted synth and "drum" parts. If it was stripped down and more bare bones, it would've been passable but like this it's just not really good. It has an ambition and you can hear that ambition but they fail at actually making it happen. It ends up sounding really annoying and ruined. They ruined a good song into something really bad. With a similar title, 'Chapel Street Market 9am' comes next and extends the spacey sounds into an even longer track and also adds even more annoying and misplaced addtions that ruin a completely fine Ambient track. Even the drums are better mixed and if they were a little slower, would've actually made a good song but the synth that I suppose was intended to sound like some mechanical sounds from a spacecraft or something, ruins the well made Ambient synth that plays more in the background. It is more pleasent to listen to that its predecessor but that still does not make it close to being good. In fact, they streched it another three minutes with some synths that are definitely too loud and ruined the okay first half into something that causes physical discomfort. Something that Ambient should never do. NEVER. Still, they made them so obnoxiously loud that I feel like my eardrums have taken permanent damage from listening at medium volume. The album closes with the title track 'Haunted Dancehall' which has some more high-pitched and too loudly mixed synths but also some dark and distorted ones that are mixed even louder and make the entire song sound even worse. It does not work at all and sounds absolutely abhorrent. Abysmal, terrible, unlistenable, torturing. Whatever you wanna call it, it probably fits here. favourites: Duke of Earlsfield least favourites: Haunted Dancehall, Bubble and Slide, Return to Planet D, Wilmot, Ballad of Nicky McGuire, Chapel Street Market 9am Rating: light to decent 3 (if it wasn't for Duke of Earlsfield, it would've been a 2) https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Good listen. I like this type of repetitive background muzak vibe. Jacob Street 7am and Chapel Street Market 9am were standout for me. I'm glad I listened to this album today. Don't read 1 star reviews, they'll warp your mind.

I love the spooky, dark vibe throughout this album. It really feels conceptual in spite of being entirely instrumental. One of those albums you can just get lost in. I'm always happy to see more electronic inclusion here as well.

Surprisingly great! Don't get why this record gets so much hate - it's inventive, has some good tunes here and there and it manages to keep your attention, though it's over an hour long. 9/10, but 5/5

Oh this is so awesome and right up my alley. I'd never heard of these guys before so what a treat. Bubble and Silde starts off on the right foot but Bubble and Slide II take the cake for me. Duke of Earlsfield is a jam with Planet D, Wilmot, and Theme amping up again. There's just so much to like, for me, on this album.

this was fun and kind of meditative. Not really a style that I gravitate towards, but I really liked the interesting sounds progressing flow of the music throughout. It kind of hums along at a really good pace and keeps it interesting. I also really enjoyed the incorporations of other genres and sounds. I heard reggae, rocksteady, psych, blues and even some kind of rockabilly. This was really cool!

The album starts out sounding like an Animusic sequel and ends like a Dario Argento soundtrack .

Though I prefer Andrew Weatherall's other project, Two Lone Swordsmen, slightly more, I do appreciate this. Has lots of interesting layered pitch shifting and dubby reverb and delay all over it, giving it a high contrast blend of treble and bass. Very textured atmosphere, but it definitely has a harshness to it, so I can see why some people find it unpalatable. I gravitate towards the more downtempo numbers like "Duke of Earlsfield" and the one remixed by Portishead. If I heard this high AF at a 90's rave it might've broken my brain.

Weird and haunted - in a good way. Unique beats.

Really good stuff. Had never heard of it before.

This record is a mood. I like it and I will listen again. Wilmot is my favorite track.

As soon as I saw this was on Warp Records, I knew to expect something off-beat and interesting. Put this on in my earbuds while running errands. Great instrumental background music. Very interested in hearing more of their work.

Really interesting sonically. Can tell that this album had an influence on the urban/hardccore music to come from the UK in the years to follow.

On of the best electronic albums I've heard

It's of a time. I bet it sounded rad in 1994

Interesting compositions. Anyone familiar with Warp Records at least has an idea what they're in for. Dance music meant to give you pause, rather than make you move. The front half tends to be a little too repetitive at times, especially considering how long the album is, however if you give each song time to flesh out, things to enjoy about these downtempo grooves will be revealed, especially on the back half where it becomes less beat-centric. Actually reminds me of an atmospheric video game soundtrack. I prefer Weatherall's Two Lone Swordsman project more. Wouldn't call this essential. Highlights: "Planet D", "Theme 4", "Ballad of Nicky McGuire"

Thoughts before listening: Feels like this will be techno of some sort. I get really bored with the electronic albums on here, and I would assume the same for this one. Review: This is okay. It's still repetitive and overly long like most of the electronic albums on here, but the songs are at least somewhat interesting. There's definitely a cool, laid back vibe that I'm digging although at 1 and a quarter hours this is a bit much. Would be perfect background music for a club or something, but I'm not sure I can take this much ambient soundscapes in one sitting. 3-stars

Too long, but generally held my attention. A nice variety of musical ideas.

I quite enjoyed it but there are so many more albums that deserve a place on the list rather than this

some good tracks but this is not anyone's favourite album

This is why I don't like skipping albums! When listening to 'Bubble and Slide' as the first track I almost wrote this album off as a psychedelic bore. That couldn't be further from the truth. I could imagine that certain substances may enhance the experience of this album but it was enjoyable whilst working away regardless. I found myself head bobbing away slowly when listening to tracks like 'Planet D' and 'Tow Truck' put me in the mindset of James Bond as a lead character in Snatch. This whole album was a chilled out trip that I would never have had the pleasure of riding usually. 3/5 because of the lack of wow factor but this was a lovely listen.

enjoyed it more the more i listened. interesting.

A small handful of decent songs but the rest really do just sound like extended interludes that just keep going and going and going. Also calling this a 'concept album' is pretty silly IMO, since there is really just a general vibe and no storyline. 4/10

Hm. I'm not sure why exactly so many of these semi-experimental-yet-ultimately-background-electronic-music albums keep getting into this collection, but I wish they would stick to a much shorter run-length. Like all of the albums in this project, I feel compelled to listen to the entire album, but 1+ hour listening sessions to music I'm not particularly enamored of tends to downgrade the rating simply out of frustration, and this is no exception. Overall, this seems like an album that would have done really well as the soundtrack to an adventure/platforming video game, and if it *had* been that I would be giving it rave reviews, as most video game music isn't nearly as layered or atmospheric. But it isn't, so I guess I would have enjoyed many of the tracks more if there had been (a) less repetitive layering of the sounds, and (b) some (any!) lyrics. (The only thing that kind of substitutes for lyrics, I suppose, are the kind-of-interesting-but-also-pretentious "excerpts" for each track that are allegedly from a non-existent book named "Haunted Dancehall" by James Woodburne; the tone of the extracts is kind of compelling (a mix of Michael Moorcock and Jeff Noon), but cumulatively they're too short to really give any sense of a plot, sadly.) The album kind of picked up with "Wilmot" and then to some degree "Theme", but that wasn't really enough to warrant even three stars, I'm afraid.

The minute this started I questioned it. I looked it up in wikipedia, something I avoid doing while listening to new music and saw this album was voted the 47th best album of 1994 by New Music Express. Then I looked it up at the wikidot site for this project and saw that it has been voted off the island is no longer considered necessary to hear before I die. Which is good because it makes me want to run into traffic. Stopped listening after ten minutes.

Man the names of the band and the album are so damned cool that I really wanted to like this more. It is competently produced beats with interesting sounds admixed. And I'm sure it's fine for dancing. But listening? I dunno man I don't think I could recognize any of these songs as distinct entities, and wouldn't notice if the album was played back in completely different order. Except for the one with weird vocal "bips."

I think of myself as someone who likes dance music, but this website probably thinks I hate it because it keeps serving up these boring albums.

Ein Remix ist gut. Der Rest nicht.

A wide range of ringtones trying to pass off as "songs".

Starts and ends boring with a strong middle. This album's greatest weakness is its length. Whether a song is good or bad it goes on too long. This is background IDM music with some Dub flair. The drumming and dub are well done at points. The electronic parts I find boring, but the songs Wilmot and Tow Truck are dynamic and fun. I would have given it 3 stars if it were half its length.

Idk man my feet are itchy

I like British EDM music. LTJ Bukem, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, etc. I did not like this. I thought this was altogether far too slow. It sounded like a B Movie soundtrack. I really hate giving albums 1/5. This will be my first. I'm grateful that in 1001 albums, there are some things in the list like this, albums I'd never-ever listen to on my own that aren't just "forgotten gems". But I have to be honest. I could have gone my entire life never listening to this one. I'll never listen to it again, that's for sure. 1/5

I’m sorry, but this is probably the dumbest band name I’ve ever heard. …and once again, I ask, “Why is Stereolab’s “Dots and Loops not on this list?”

Why is this on here?

Sploinky and super strange

You can really count on Robert Dimery, an English writer and editor who had previously worked for magazines such as Time Out and Vogue, to churn out some forgettable English Electronica on his list. Jokes aside, I came close to getting locked in on some of the weird stuff going on in the arrangements, but it was so bland and repetitive I couldn’t do it. I guess if I had grown up on this kind of stuff or had heard it contextualize at the time, I would be singing a different tune, but as it stands right now I can’t be bothered to push myself into forcing appreciation for this. Top track: Bubble And Slide II

This type of British electronic synth garbage is way over-represented on this list. Most of the tracks on this piece of shit album are just random noises. An hour I'd love to have back to listen to something worthwhile.

I wasn’t really expecting this. This is the kind of music I would expect to hear in Spongebob during his rave with the jellyfish. The first 2 songs sound like electric zoo. They are kind of funny to me, but uninteresting. I also do not like songs without lyrics, so none of these songs really stood a chance anyways. I probably wouldn’t even put any of these songs on as background music, except maybe Wilmot.

One of my favorites from the day. A remix is on the horizon I understand. Good for some nostalgia. I was deeply into the electronic music of this period thanks to the guys at the local music store. Got some great music during that period.

Can’t get enough of it.

A wonderful sprawling trip and a huge step up from their debut album, this is cinematic, moody, mysterious with wonderful melodies, wouldn't have been out of place in Warp's Articificial Intelligence series.

All of the curmudgeons on here can do one. This is awesome

Atleast it's not boring. You guys suck off the most bland 70's band but put this in the ground. A 5, out of spite.

Never heard of this before, but wow this is wild. 4am music. A perfect fit for the Warp label. Going to spend some more time with this.

I loved this. Background working music. Will be on repeat. It's like they are a precursor to Skrillex and more aggressive EDM that has come out in the last 10 years.

Supererfun tracks. Interesting vibe.

A strong fun electronic album. Enjoyed it end to end .

yes

Thoroughly enjoyed this even though the first track sounded like some guy taking a shit

Great for studying.

This was interesting to listen to right after Fela Kuti because they’re not dissimilar. This almost felt like an evolution of afrobeat, although this band isn’t from Africa AFAIK. I loved this and it was perfect for my purposes today: travelling long distance by car. Like yesterday’s album, I wish the songs were shorter because I’d definitely listen to them frequently if they were…but I do want to keep this one my phone regardless, so it gets a 5 from me.

Great background sound.

Good experimental! 5/5

странный альбом но допустим....

Musiikkia korvilleni. Säännöksi voisi sanoa että chilling and wibing albumit aina ansaitsemassa yhtä tähteä. Nytten ei ansaitse heh. rento tunnelma ei johtunut laiskuudesta. Heh. Mukavan moody, mutta ei satunnainen, tässä on tarkasti määritelty mielintila. Hyvin experimental kun ottaa huomioon vuoden 1994. Stands the test of time. Kuitenkin heh.. Aphex twin dropannu 1992 senkertaparempaapaskaa heh. Onko tämä upgrade heh.. Jos oltais poimittu parhaat.. vois tämä esittää olevansa. Tokavikassa kappaleessa Chapel Street Market 9 Am lirahtaa vähän ruskiaa housuikkoon. (Objektive shit).. heh… PASKALTA KUULLOSTAA, KORVAAN TYLSÄHKÖ.Intensia jää jonnekkin.. filleriä..kö… Niin sitä luulee.. Heh.. VEDETTY KUIN KOIRAA NARUSTA.. kuuntelijaa… Vika biisi.. albumin nimikkobiisi…heh.. viimeisenä tulee.. päräyttää paikat paskaksi.. Meaning… Beuty. Buety of Sound.. Meaning.. in sound.. sound, ,, sound no text… No lyyrik.. Finding something is true.. after.. after your awakening… After beuty.. cannot discripe.. discribe the feeling.. Another world opens.. maybe full of problems… but when door open.. you dont see problems, they are hiding.. you only see light… Light shines.. glimmers and shines,, deep understanding, reflections of light.. trigonometry… light goes.. and goes…. you dont.. You dont go… you watch the glimmering… The newness should scare,, but no.. it cares… scare is not present, its away.. instead,,, love… happiness,,,, finding,, the… the,,, the,,, Light dims, door closed position.

Surprisingly good.

Oh heck yeah! I loved it!

Best Sabras of Paradise album? Probably, starts off with the classic sounds of Bubble and Slide and contains The Balled of Nicky McGuire, one of the best electronic songs of the 90s.

amazing

Comes ar you like a ray, like a beam. Loved it.

One of the all time greats.

Spooktacular 👻

Completely unfamiliar with this one. I like it a lot. An innovative techno LP from 1994. Standout tracks: "Duke Of Earsfield", "Wilmot", "Tow Truck", "Theme", "Ballad Of Nicky McGuire"

nice songs for coding...

Solid techno, but not much else to say. 3.5 bumped up to 4.

So much better than yesterday’s Bob Dylan album.

Two things came to mind when thinking about The Sabres of Paradise's Haunted Dancehall: this is the most obscure Warp album I've not come across and it features Andrew Weatherall. Winning ingredients, if you ask me. Well, Haunted Dancehall does the things that tickles the brains of every 90s intellegent dance music obsessed fan. It's long, it's sonically adventurous and it is full of techno bangers. It may have stayed obscure in the minds of many that come across this project but, thankfully, it has proven its worth being on here. Favorites: Bubble and Slide, Duke of Earlsford, Planet D, Wilmot, Tow Truck, Ballad of Nicky McGwire, Jacob Street 7AM.

I actually liked this album quite a lot. It takes some getting used to, as it's not music that grabs you right away. But the more you listen, the more it opens up. The mood and atmosphere are its greatest strengths, dark, patient, and slowly unfolding. It feels like a sonic journey through abandoned clubs, rain-soaked streets at night, and introspective spaces. At times the production is primitive and repetitive, but that’s part of the aesthetic, and it works. This isn’t music built around hooks or choruses; it’s designed to create space and mood. Some tracks get a bit lost in the haze, but there are several clear highlights. “Wilmot”, with its strange yet catchy calypso twist, and “Ballad of Nicky McGuire”, which feels cinematic and brooding. Haunted Dancehall isn’t something I’d put on for just any moment, but when the mood is right, it really lands. A curious, understated, and atmospherically rich electronic album that still feels fresh today. 4/5

Wasn't sure what to expect, I never heard of this group but I really liked it.

I wasn't expecting electronic. By the band name and album title, I was braced for some death metal. I enjoyed it a lot.

After the many negative reviews I read here, I was expecting something terrible. But it wasn't like that at all. The music takes a bit of getting used to. But I enjoyed it. It reminds me of DUB and LowFi, which I know from Kruder & Dorfmeister, Tosca or Peace Orchestra. I'll have to listen to this band again. 4/5

This was actually a very good electronic album. It's not even lo-fi, it's just lower fidelity because of it's age, and I dig it. I couldn't name any tracks off of it a few hours after listening to it, but I would listen to it again. It doesn't really hit a pleasant groove until Duke of Earlsfield, though.

London based electronic. Felt less fun than the Manchester/Factory scene, but also less disciplined/rigid than Kraftwerk. Most of it worked well to listen to while working, but some tracks were not good for that.