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Don’t understand the hate for this one. Solid techno/dance music. My only criticism is that it goes on too long; if this was a 45 minute album instead of 76 minute album
I rather liked this. More of a minimal instrumental electro pop than edm. Most of the songs were built around a good idea but each could have been half as long for twice the impact. Worst cover art so far!
There are some good tracks here, and I like the dub, spy-music and space elements sprinkled in, but it takes a while to get going and there is some chaff. Also, I’ll be petty and dock them points for their terrible name.
Fine as back ground work music.
There’s some really cool songs and sounds on here but some just go on far too long This album doesn’t need to be over an hour long I like it though it really picks up in the second half
This is so weird and so explorative. Definitely influenced trip hop to follow. It’s a mixed bag on where pieces of it land, however. Some gold in here and some poop.
T deed me veel denken aan the chemical brothers, al vond ik dit album wel veel minder spannend en verrassend, het werd hierdoor een beetje eentonig, maar was verder prima wel oke
Very of its time but pretty enjoyable. At least it's not more 90s big beat. It outstays its welcome a bit.
Not sure how this compares to other IDM artists of the 90s aside from Aphex Twin. It’s enjoyable and interesting enough to be engaging. Hard to tell if there’s any there there, but good enough to be worth a second listen sometime to make sure.
i mean its on warp records so its not gonna be terrible. but still, not stellar. i quite liked some moments while sometimes it just drifted on and on. you know
Yes it's repetitive and odd but it at points builds some interesting soundscapes that I could really get into. Still, yes, it is not super interesting compared to its contemporaires around 1994
This is not uninteresting but also not particularly enjoyable.
Synes det mangler litt oomph. Hørtes allerede datert ut i sin samtid, hvor spesielt Autechre kan trekkes frem som en mer dynamisk & grenseprengende act med tilsvarende tilnærming til ambient techno. Sabres burde jobbe mer med texturer, elementer, og produksjon for å virkelig nå opp. Jeg liker det på grunnlag av tid & genre, men tviler på at jeg kommer til å ta det inn i rotasjonen. Andrew Weatherall hadde nok mer teft som DJ, remixer, og producer enn han hadde som IDM-trio.
Another "not a listening album". I realised as I was driving to work that I was quite zoned out from the music but focused on the road more than usual (good job as there were some idiots about). I'm very easily distracted by sights and sounds - not in a neurodivergent way as far as I know - and this might be ideal for focusing on my pile of marking. I feel this may be useful! We shall see... As a listening album it would be bollocks.
This is not on Spotify so I had to listen on YouTube. I like electronic music, and I quite enjoyed this, but it's not a stand out album for me. There are much better EDM/IDM albums from the 90s out there. 3/5 for me.
pretty nice
found this interesting, especially as not on Spotify now. Nice ambient background vibes
My rating 2.6. See beginnings of electronica and industrial but seems incomplete.
Parecieran los mismísimos creadores de la banda sonora de Crash Bandicoot Algunas tienen una pizca de roots, pero este es un álbum de electrónica meramente Y para la época me parece muy bien ejecutado
This was a lot better than I thought it would be based on the description. It is moody, engaging electronica that held my interest for the most part. Liked the groove on songs like "Wilmot" and "Theme." Could have been shorter on many of the songs. Especially liked the closing title song. I keep saying it, but it had a Lynchian quality that really works for me.
Weird music tbh. No song really stood out. It was decent, but just like one long atmospheric drum and bass song.
I know IDM stands for 'intelligent dance music,' but this feels like industrial dance music to me: the sound of a factory waking up a night discovering its hidden sources of rhythm and pleasure. I'm not sure what the 'concept' of the record is besides the dancehall being haunted. I guess the vibes of the thing are Halloweenish, and there're a whole lotta sounds that can be considered menacing or ominous - there's a persistent sensation that the air is being violently, stealthily sliced - but for the most part I just listen to it as a collection of interesting, at times imaginative and groovy, electronic & ambient music. It's more 'soundtrack' than 'concept,' since the whole time I was compelled to seek the apposite scene: someone running for cover.
3.4 2x listened on youtube, catch up 1/20
I just finished listening to At Fillmore East by the Allman Brothers Band, and now I'm treated to another long album, this time at the hands of an artist who I've never heard of before. I haven't been a big fan of a lot of the nineties electronica albums I've reviewed, and given what other users have said about this album, I'm not really sure it's going to be up my alley. Regardless, this will be my last album of 1994, and I think my last electronica album as well. On to the haunted dancehall! I didn’t love Haunted Dancehall, but it certainly wasn’t as bad as I was afraid it would be. In general, I wasn’t a fan of The Sabres’ approach to crafting their sounds, but they certainly took a unique approach to making this album. The Sabres relied a little too heavily on sharp and discordant sounds for my tastes, but their beats were pretty catchy on most of these songs. I thought the songs on this album were much better when the band relied on gentler sounds to craft their melodies. I was pleasantly surprised that this album was pretty engaging for a techno album that was well over an hour in length, but I did think that the last four songs on the album were easily the best part. Those last four songs (particularly “Ballad of Nicky McGuire”) showed that The Sabres are very capable of crafting some great atmospheres with their music, but the first 75% or so of the album just didn’t have that. This isn’t the type of album I’d listen to again, but I thought it was unique, and it set itself apart from the other techno and electronic albums on this list.
Bueno
It's alright
This has some catchy tunes. Surprisingly, the title track was my least favorite.
37/1089 3.3751 This really hit at times but was off more than on. Some of it felt like tedious repetition. How many bars can you repeat the same beat? Hits...
#199 Haunted Dancehall ~ The Sabres of Paradise The Sabres of Paradise presented a no-quarter electronic sound built on the production of Booner, Burns and, the most famous of them all, Weatherall. All three were well known underground DJs, having collab'd with the likes of New Order, Bjork and Primal Scream but with the Sabres project, all their quirks are dialled to extremes to produce some funky leftfield sound choices, forcefully blending dub, ambience, techno and rave into this record. As a result, this album is quite delightfully strange. Each song feels like some strange world as electronic sounds echo and fade on a techno drum beat. However, you do feel like you are asking for more, and each producer has proven he can do more on solo. Nevertheless, a neat track to vibe on ambience.
I found this to be serviceable electronic music. I enjoyed it but it doesn’t compel me to give it multiple listens.
kk
3- Stars (7/15)
It's interesting if a little bit long. It would have made a killer EP.
156 Este disco me hace pensar en cuantas veces he tenido la discusión del "qué es arte/música". Si hubiera encontrado estos tracks en un soundcloud de una persona random habría pensado "ay, que tierno, está empezando y las canciones tienen mucho relleno". Pero como el disco está en esta canción me hace querer verlo como algo más. Así como esos cuadros abstractos que tienen puras manchas y te hacen pensar que tu hija de 5 años podría haber hecho algo mucho mejor. De todas formas, lo escuché ordenando la casa, con unos muy buenos parlantes y lo disfruté y encontré super loquillo a ratos. Lo escucharía de nuevo? Tal vez para trabajar, si es que me animo. Es como un techno-meets-lo-fi
Aivan kelpo varhainen elektrolevy!
Yessir
Wilmotic 3.5
This was fine? Good even? I'm not knowledgeable enough about UK electronic music from the 90s to understand why this is on the list. I liked the title track best. 2.5
Weird!
Background music for an early 00s drama
This was really weird, and really long, or at least it felt like it. Some of the songs were really interesting, like the sounds they chose went in really weird places, but I will admit some of them were just really confusing, like why did you choose what sounds like someone banging on wire and why did you add it to your vibraphone? Some of the songs were really cool, and some of them I would stray away from. 6/10
It felt different from the usual ambient/electronic albums out there, it was experimental, and the songs have a feel that only when listening to them, you find what they try to convey. It was fun!
An interesting album, I liked Wilmot the most.
Admittedly I liked this one more than I expected to, it's decent music to have on the background while I'm working even if it's not a genre I particularly enjoy.
альбом без слов и не со спотифая = не приснилось ли мне это. норм, не напряг)
Unique blend of atmospheres. Called by critics “techno’s first concept album”, to which I reply, *cough* Aphex Twin *cough*. Although there’s no comparison, but certainly they were both occupying this realm that would later be coined “IDM”. Good album
Mal wieder irgendwas zwischen Genie und Wahnsinn
An interesting listen! I enjoyed although it was definitely a little silly. I’m def more into this electronic/dance music now after going to Europe and also going estie’s sis’ DJ set so. Yeah!
A batida é gostosa. Não é o tipo de música que eu sentaria para ouvir. Mas numa festa, danceteria é uma boa pedida.
Not available on Spotify. Mellow EDM/tech music. It's actually not a bad album. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Wilmot
Was bin ich hörend?!?
A cool album had moments with really bizarre and interesting sounds/mixes. Overall felt pretty cohesive and consistent with it's sound. Doesn't completely blow me away though like the stuff that Daft Punk started mixing only a few years later.
Listened while driving to work. Not bad. More background music than something I’d really get into, but quirky and fun.
This wasn't great for a leg workout but great for stretching afterwards!
This isn't bad at all. Some of these early mid-90s techno projects have actually been boring as hell, so I didn't have high hopes for this one with it being so low-rated here. But I'd take it over like Roni Size & Reprazent or The Shamen any day. 3.5/5
figo, bella scoperta, 3.7 track preferita wilmot/return to planet D
Feels like the missing link between Goblin and the synth wave bands of today
Actually dug it quite a bit
i'm sure this blew everyone's tits off way back when. it's hard to put myself back in the mindset of someone 30+ years ago. but i still feel like some of this instrumentation sounds a lil cheesy and dated considering it was the 90s. i liked (and could really hear) the portishead influence. some of the songs were droney bangers. but overall: just ok for me
I’d never heard of this artist, I did enjoy the album I’d give it a high 3 it’s not quite a 4 for me
Some interesting review for this one - seems to have made a lot of people quite angry! It is somewhat dated, but still fairly enjoyable and atmospheric.
Definitely odd but I listened while I was focused on something else and it was pretty good background music. It got me locked in. I probably wouldn't enjoy it in any other context though. Fav- Tow Truck
It's good but it kind of all blurs together
I started out hating it and was seriously considering DNFing during the first song, but it grew on me. It feels like it could be the soundtrack to an Earthbound-like game. Wilmot was the standout track and the one I saved to put in regular rotation.
Ok but a bit repetitive
it was okay, cool album cover though
Some great tracks on this album, but it doesn’t quite work for me as a whole 3/5
This one left a bad taste. I feel like by 1994 this can't be a "it walked so we could run" situations? And, it really is walking.
Rough 3. Most of this album didn't need to be on that list. It's much too long and repetitive. But also, I get it. There's a specific vibe that it goes for and I dig it.
Very chill. Last week I went to a trip and started to listen a little bit of electronic music, I was very indetified with this. Now this type of music please me more. Very good start to the genre
I've never heard of Sabres Of Paradise before, even though they're right up my alley: dark, hypnotic electronica that's heavily infused with the Warp Records vocabulary. Although "Haunted Dancehall" definitely *was* a hypnotic listen, I wasn't too keen on the dub influences on here. Some sounds sound indeed a bit dated, unlike other contemporary artists (Aphex Twin's early work, for example ...) It's certainly not a pleasant listen, especially not during broad daylight, as I listened to it in the morning, but I can feel myself vibing to it more with the lights dimmed down.
Two surprises in a row? Seeing the name and the cover, I figured this was some new wave of British heavy metal BS. I was quite pleased to see it was electronica. And some fun stuff at that.
Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Planet D (Portishead Remix), Wilmot, Tow Truck I had a lot of thoughts running through my mind when I started listening to this album. Bubble and Slide and Bubble and Slide II are terrible tracks to open this album with. They are too distorted and out there to give you a good idea what kind of album you're going to be listening to; There's nothing to dance to. It's all echos and clicks and pops and dashes. Needless to say, I was dreading the 1h15m runtime this album is clocking. Once I got past the first few tracks, the album became more tolerable, perhaps even enjoyable on some of the tracks. Planet D - the Portishead remix is the first track that made me stop and check for the name of the song. It was catchy and interesting in ways that the four previous tracks were not. Wilmot and Tow Truck were also highlights for me. They remind me of two things: Nightmares on Wax (which should be both obvious and readily apparent) and An-ten-nae, the latter of whom has been developing the genre Acid Crunk. I hear a lot of similarities in this music and what An-ten-nae has been putting out, though more amped up. I could even bet money that An-ten-nae is sampling The Sabres Of Paradise, but I can't find any proof of this. It's a shame almost none of these tracks have any lyrics. Some of these beats could go really well some rap/hip-hop music.
Dubby breakbeat type sounds. A bit long. And took a while to grow on me. But I liked it overall.
Some of the songs on this album could be great background music for video game levels (but without the video game they aren't *that* engaging). Some feel like experimental sound-making and remind me of Stomp. A few have a bit more song structure / tune and feel like Dub (e.g. Wilmot, which is the top-played track, not surprisingly). This is kind of a borderline 2-3 for me.
Title track kinda lives up to the title but labeling the whole album that way set me up for disappointment. Still p good
This is definitely not bad, but it's not quite good. It's got a kind of spooky vibe and there are some conventional tracks and some of it falls into the outrun retrowave vibe that I was really into in high school. That being said, it's definitively not that and the sense of aesthetic is not committed. I think that there's plenty of talent but in a world before mainstream edm and hyperpop none of the pieces connected.
After reading a couple user reviews I thought this was going to be a lot worse than it was. My biggest complaint, which others have noted, is that it does have a fairly long runtime. I think this could have been cut by a quarter hour or more and it would've been fine. In fact I would've taken the last third of the album and just made a cool ambient album on its own. While I don't dislike it, I think it's not as interesting compared to some of the releases from the electronic music contemporaries of the time. It's particularly odd to see a Portishead remix on here, because they must've known each other and that song sticks out to me as maybe one of the best ones on the album. This is sort of a cross between ambient and IDM (I hate that genre name but it's not going away as a term) and more traditional 90's "electronica" big acts like the the chemical brothers, fatboy slim, etc. It's like you took them and smashed them together with a heavy does of Aphex Twin and more trip-hop style groups like Massive Attack, Sneaker Pimps, Telepopmusik and the like. This manages to be less engaging than all those other groups because nothing really stands out. This is foundational to those groups in sound, but not anything built on top of that foundation, which is what would make it better. I could definitely sit in a lounge or bar somewhere with this on and enjoy it even, but I don't know about anything further than that. It's music on a playlist of similar music as the perfectly fine filler.
Enjoyable.
This was meh for me. The music wasn't verified enough. Too long and repetitive for my taste.
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. This was a surprise for sure. Never heard of this group before. Would definitely check out more.
I like it. Not entirely sure why and what the right mood for it is but will revisit sometime.
I did not think I would enjoy this album but as I continued listening I liked how the it sounded like real instruments playing in a way to make an electronic music sound. Interesting.
Maybe the first electronic record we've had that I didn't hate or at least dislike. Not sure what it was but this one seemed more interesting to me. The last song reminded me of the theme music to the Exorcist.
Unable to listen, not available in nz
Honestly, this wasn't nearly as bad as the other reviews would have me believe. There really were several tracks that were just noise, but there were a few surprise tracks that I really enjoyed as ambient/atmospheric electronica. Not a great album by any stretch, but not the stinker I was led to believe it would be. 3 stars.
3/5
Never heard this album before. Like it. It became a little repetitive but it was still good.
Enjoyed most of the sounds.
Slow ambient/techno album from the mid 90's. Nice textures and good atmosphere, production is really great. It probably works better as a DJ set instead of an album, though. It was an interesting listen. 3.5 stars.
Captivating but slightly boring. I wanted to dislike it but I couldn't. Very zen.
they put the frogs in the metal pipes and called it music
music for people who listen to video game ost's
Quite liked this. Electronic but with plenty of variation. Imagine it could be a good night turning up for their concert.
Thought I would hate it reading about the album. Honestly, more enjoyable than I expected with some creative bits (beats).
Cool electronic record. Reminds me of some other records from my past. The rhythms and melodies are enticing and it keeps my attention. I enjoy the different sounds and sequencing that the producer created. It instills a lot of ambience and mystery throughout. I'd listen to this again.
Kinda liked but a little scary
The br*tish really are overrepresented on this list. Though to be fair, if it were my list I'd probably throw a bunch of Creed on there. Totally judging a book by its cover here, this looks corny as all fuck... Okay actually upon listening, this was pretty fun! I liked the layering of beats with instrumentals. I think it really helped that there were no vocals. Nice, jammy, vibey album.
Cool background tempo music 3/5
Wow, 47th best album of 1994. I wonder if the other 46 are on our list, too.
Nice
Mostly mellow background music, plus a few songs Gene Belcher would appreciate.
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.
This was an interesting album lol I don't know how else to describe it, it wasn't bad, it wasn't great, but it was interesting I like that they kept to the theme of the album but it just kinda was not as cool as I thought it would be lol, there were a couple of songs that were decent though!
Kinda cool
This grew on me and it generally made for good background music with some tracks that I really liked (Duke of Earlsfield, Tow Truck, Theme). There were a few moments I disliked, such as the tracks that had a "liquid" sound (e.g., Bubble and Slide, Theme 4, Ballad of Nicky McGuire) and when they kept rapidly switching between speakers in a couple of the later tracks (an effect which really sucks on headphones). Overall, I really didn't need to hear this before I die, but I didn't mind hearing it either.
Electronic
Some decent tracks
This album was a pleasant surprise. So fun to find good groups like this that I’ve never heard of.
eletronico véio doideira. uma pira.
Completely new music for me, and I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised
Meh. 3 Stars.
3+
2.5 stars. Decent ambient electronic music to focus work to. Standout was "Tow Truck".
Based on the album art, I was admittedly expecting a punk album, but that was not the case. This record is a good example of the early days of UK techno, but it's not my cup of tea. None of the tracks really stood out to me. It's good music to have on in the background while I work, though!
Not bad, not amazing. Definitely interesting to listen to.
This is the Google Keep version of a poem you're working on in album form. Nice for background stuff. Wilmot is a bop.
I feel like this list could have chosen some more dynamic or interesting electronic albums than this, but I grew to enjoy it as I listened. Reminds me of some of J.G. Thirwell's work or a much gentler Black Lung. A lot of it sort of blends together into background music, but there are interesting moments here and there. Standouts: Duke of Earlsfield, Return to Planet D, Chapel Street Market 9AM
I like it for background music. Not versed in techno enough to evaluate it beyond that.
Mr. Krabs was asking the radio host tk play this album when he was referring to the one that went “beeboobop”
An incredibly odd album with some interesting highs and terrible lows. The sounds used on this album range from upbeat and tinkering electronics, thumping trip hop drums, and sounds I can only describe as the cartoony and futuristic squelching of a ray gun from an old 8 bit SNES game Despite some big misses, I do respect the experimental nature of the album and really found myself enjoying the moments where the album slowed down and went away from the odd cartoony moments There's genuinely some stuff on here that I'd love to go back to, so it's hard to really nail it as bad. Odd and inconsistent, but not bad
doesnt hold up particularly well as an album but some interesting early days electronica music here
It’s techno; nice samples provide an olden times vibe in spots. Wish it was more haunted…. Still it was good to work to.
No idea what I am getting in to here, but I did not use a private session. Seemed like ambient music, so I just had it on the background, didn't pay much attention to it and there wasn't much there to grab my attention. So I guess it works great as ambient music.
first listen meh
Okay background noise for work. Not really a great listen on its own. 3/5
Been aware of the name for yonks, always spoken of with reverence, and obviously the Andy Weatherall connection, but never listened. Ok, so is this the birth of chill out CDs? Once all the edges of this were knocked off I mean. This is far more disconcerting in places. Well, the early tracks are. Oddly, the linked Spotify version skips over Wilmot but the full album is available. I can't make my mind up whether I like it or not. I like dub, but this is kinda surface level dub, cross between that and big beat. Which if you hear now doesn't have the charm it did then. Now I'm at Theme and yeah I do feel like I could be listening to The Propellerheads. It also just repeats the same sting over and over and doesn't really build. Bring back the light dub please! ok, Ballad of Nicky McGuire when the synth kicks in, that's what I want.
Great album title, wish there were more of a haunted dancehall vibe to these tunes. Let's get some "Carnival of Souls" creepy organ music sampled or something! The songs are interesting but ultimately unsubstantial. It works well as background noise while doing other things, but I wouldn't spend much time with it otherwise.
I am just a casual fan of Electronic/Techno/House music, so I've never heard of this group. It's about what I expected and it is not bad it's just kind of there. The name of the album should really be something like "Background 76" and I half-expected to find out it was a movie or video game soundtrack. If you have a lot of work to do or need to run a 10K and really want to listen to something that is not distracting, this would be a choice.
EEN ELEKTRONISCH ALBUM, HET BESTAAT! Zo fijn, als de auteur van dit boek er opeens weer achter komt dat er muziekgenres bestaan buiten rock, hard rock, punk rock en britpop. Het is een beetje een breakbeat achtig elektronisch album? Zelfs ietwat ambient bij tijden? Of triphop, misschien is dat een betere benaming. Ken de artiest niet, maar aanvankelijk verwachtte ik een soort dancehall album, maar dat kon er niet verder vanaf staan dan wat het daadwerkelijk is. En god wat baal ik dan dat het een elektronisch album is, maar dat ik me werkelijk afvraag waarom dit album op de lijst is gezet in plaats van albums die het veel meer verdienen... Denk aan een Just Be van Tiesto, een Out of the blue van System F, albums van Armin van Buuren of Freek Funk van Luke Slater... Dát zijn allemaal top albums en verdienen het allemaal om op deze lijst gezet te worden, maar dat gebeurt niet want het is elektronisch. Dit album is... Prima, niet ontzettend bijzonder en ik had hogere verwachtingen toen ik de beschrijving las. Het luistert echter prima weg, maar ik zal dit niet snel nog eens luisteren. De laatste paar nummers maken eindelijk duidelijk waarom het album Haunted DanceHall heet. Daar word het een nare duistere plaat, precies waar ik een beetje op hoopte! Wilmot werkte trouwens niet, maar heb ik via een andere manier toch kunnen checken; eigenlijk was dat mn favo nummer van het album, lekker vibey! FAVO: Flight path estate, Theme, Ballad of Nicky MCguire, Haunted Dancehall, Wilmot
Tastefully put together but laid-back, almost ambient music.. has neither the oopmh of Propellerheads or the genius of Photek or Aphex Twin. 3.4
Ni idea de qué es esto. Mejor de lo que esperaba, aunque entiendo que haya gente que esto le guste más bien poco. Me he guardado: Bubble and Slide II y Theme 4.
This was fine, but I have no idea why this is on this list. It didn't seem like it was anything special.
In the first few seconds I was terrified. This is a novelty album but over time it became better.
3.57
I'd say about a third of it hits hella good, the rest is decent. On one hand I feel like this is a rather bizarre choice for 90s IDM albums, on the other hand it's pretty good. Feels like a solid 3.5, could grow on me.
spacy, dubby, plinky, cool
3/5
This is much better than I expected it to be. I'd use it as background music playing softly at a party in my kitchen or bathroom.
Haunted Dancehall is the second studio album from British techno producers The Sabres of Paradise. This is a concept album, of sorts, with all of the songs about the spirts found in a Haunted Dancehall. This is an interesting collection of dance track, in the sound and style of dance tracks of the early nineties.
Definitely a different electronic album. Sounded more like a movie score than anything that would be played at a club. Nothing really jumped out at me or made an impression but not bad.
I'm sure at the time it was very experimental and I guess it could still be considered experimental now compared to the majority of electronic music that people listen to (poppy EDM). Now days I feel like this is probably still a bit experimental for electronic but not too crazy. I dig this but it is a little more boring than what I really enjoy with electronic music. I tend to prefer the experimental stuff mixed in with more melody or story telling. It's a bit too repetitive and a lot of the times it feels like it's building but doesn't come with the satisfying drop which I think is something that electronic music really thrives on. This is more of a passive electronic album in my opinion and I likely won't listen to it again but I do like it.
Some of this has aged well.
Wenigstens nicht langweiliger Slop. Lange aber ich war nicht ununterhalten
It's giving Charli XCX pop 2 or how i'm feeling now
It's alright. I enjoy ambient electronica more than the average listener, but this album was a bit too staccato to blend in, but not interesting enough to stand out
I'm willing to bet that this was included because of that throwaway line about it being the "first techno concept album." To that end, it's a fine album. I like this music, for the most part.
I really wanted to like this album much more than I did, because it does remind me of other music I really like such as Moby or even Aphex Twin's ambient work. However, I found most of the album boring, and, again, not because it is more ambient, but because it just didn't have the "magic" I like in those other artists' work. I am impressed with what they were doing in '95, so I may try the album again in a few months.
++: Bubble and Slide, Bubble and Slide II, Flight Path Estate, Planet D, Theme, Return to Planet D +: Duke of Earlsfield, Wilmot, Tow Truck, Theme 4, Jacob Street 7Am, Chapel Street Market 9Am, Haunted Dancehall +-: Ballad of Nicky McGuire 7,0/10
A fine ambient album, although it's kind of weird how this list has so many of these. Favorite track: "Ballad of Nicky McGuire"
It's nowhere near as bad as so many are making out. That said I do struggle to see how something like this made it onto the list. I guess it's filling some kind of quota. Overall, it's perfectly nice, mellow background music. Some tracks are a bit repetitive and weird and offer nothing, but mostly it's a perfectly reasonable time.
Never heard of them before. I really liked Wilmot, and there were a few others that weren't too bad. Some of the songs lean towards electronic ambiance: it's innovative and edgy, but not necessarily something you listen to for the sake of listening. Its groundbreaking, but not well grounded and fleshed out, so it tends to be a little stark. I'm glad it was on this list, and I'm conflicted and indecisive about the actual rating, so I'll give it a 3, because I'm more likely to listen to it than the Verve.
I love 90s electronic music. However, not really the industrial spirit of this album, which is not really up-tempo and does not have nice sounds nor melodies. Missed opportunity. Verder wel te luisteren hoor.
I suppose it is a take on dance hall, not just the one I was expecting. It's mid 90's electronica, perhaps one of the better example.
Very low-key slow techno feel
EZ listening.
Thought this was alright, not normally a fan of instrumental electronica but I was intrigued by some of the sounds and haunting vibe created. Album is a bit repetitive so I can't go higher than 3*
Trip Hop? Really did not get along with many of these songs as they felt noise rocky. Tow Truck was an exception though, really enjoyed that one. Same with Theme. THERE IS A PLANET D Overall, not an album I loved, but it did have redeeming qualities. The beginning really soured me, but I grew to enjoy it as the album carried on. Would be interested to listen to this group more if this is one of their earlier works. Interesting we have this album, Gotan Project, and upcoming Portishead as it pertains to trip hop. Kev must be happy! This is on the low side of 3. A few 1 star songs at the beginning, followed by a couple 4 star songs, then a bunch of 3s to finish. Definitely wanted to give this a bump to 3 for keeping me engaged for better or worse.
We have had exhaustingly long albums recently jeez. This is a great background album while working damn. Happy it's a more relaxed techno instead of a fist pumping one. Jacob Street 7am feels like I'm in a spaceship. I'm not sure I'll ever come back to this, but I did enjoy that a decent bit. Just a tad too long. High 3.
This was a pretty cool discovery for early 90’s experimental electronic music. It’s basically a mix of dark trip-hop, ambient, and dub, creating an interesting and moody blend.
It’s 90s atmospheric electronic music. I can’t say that I have strong feelings for or against it. Good background music to make you feel like you are a hacker while you are doing spreadsheets at work. Def captures the 90s sound and would say I expected that it was new than it was. Not a bad way to spend 45 minutes.
This sounds haunted in like a mad creepy stalker-ish way, not so much dancehall way
It's pretty interesting background music and way ahead of its time. More interesting stuff abounds, though.
Very...ambient. But inoffensive, I guess.
Background music for work. Never heard of them before, but didn't mind
Back when IDM actually was intelligent, this was an interesting take on just what you can do with beats. It still sounds interesting today, but ultimately never quit makes it past “good ideas” into great and memorable music
Getting tired of British techno acts on this last. This isn’t obnoxious at least. Kind of cool.
I like it. Knew nothing of it going in. Probably good study / work music.
This is probably as good as a >1 hour techno album will ever be. Each track fixates on a theme and expands upon it for 5 to 9 minutes, meaning that your enjoyment desperately hinges on whether you like the theme or not. Favorite one: 'Duke of Earlsfield'.
The moment this started, I realised my assumptions were way off. It took me a few songs thinking 'oh my god and this goes on for how long?!?' before I could find anything in there. Probably one of the more difficult albums to ease myself into, but once I acclimatised there were a few great tracks. Definitely interesting use of sounds. More than I bargained for, for sure, some parts more worth it than others. But it helped me wear out a bolder outfit I've been wanting to, and at least it wasn't too hard to zone out of the sci-fi ones that I didn't gel with!
Good ambient/trip hop style album. Boards of Canada ish. Portishead does a cool remix. Really weird samples but good music to zone out to when working (which is how I'm listening to it currenty).
Dance music you can’t dance to
Went in with really low expectations. This one seemed to be one of the better electronica albums for me, not really sure why. Still not my go to's but this one kept my interest better. Will I listen to again: 2%
Chill tunes to walk around the city with
Ambient Techno with weirdly interesting sounds which still kept me listening the whole album. Surely not what I am looking for in music.
elettronica non male
Very "soundtrack of your life" kind of tracks, great to listen to while you're on a train or subway to make the trip seem more dramatic.
Interesting
3.4 - Not sure what to make of this, it was quite interesting and enjoyed parts. Some parts were a bit much
This album was so interesting to me through the first few tracks, but really trailed off in the second half and I lost interest. A lot of the sounds that were super interesting in the first half disappeared and were replaced by dated more generic electronic beats. Fave Tracks: Bubble and Slide (I and II) 3/5
For what it was, this was alright. Probably wouldn't listen again though.
Ambient electronica music. This was fine.
Decent electronica album. Nothing groundbreaking and nothing awful
Very sparse, background muzak, ambient techno. I could actually find myself listening to this when I need to concentrate, so I didn't hate it. It wasn't great though, so 3 stars.
Haunted Dancehall is a fine electronic album, but the songs do not really stand out. It's missing any urgence and just bleeps along.
Not bad if you want something in the background or if you’re pretending to be in one of those late-90s thrillers where everything looks grainy and yellowish green.
A little out there and droney but I liked it. Good music to work around
I'm not a fan of the canned sound in the beginning, but the album got better. The tracks that stand out most are Wilmot and the title track.
one hour and seventeen minutes of that sound it makes when something bad is about to happen down a dark wet alley in a nineties movie, like boom boom boom chi chi chi chi, plus other good sound effects that could be in a Steven Seagal thriller.
Fun background music.
John Cage once praised electronic music for its ability to create "any and all sounds that can be heard". In practice that means that artists sometimes spend as much time sculpting individual sounds as they do entire songs. This can definitely be heard on 'Haunted Dancehall' which is filled with unusual sonic experiments, backed up by downtempo beats. It reminds me a bit of the days when the first synthetic colors were being created. The colors themselves were more exciting that what most artists did with them. Of course, not everyone is going to love that and there is possibly a fine line between electronic music like this and a sound effects library with added beats. I enjoyed 'Haunted Dancehall' more as it went on but to some extent, it does sound more like a musical CV than a real album. Indeed, Andrew Weatherall was a highly sought after producer and remixer, before and after Sabres of Paradise. Love it or hate it, they were at least trying new things.
Groovy, spooky, overall not bad.
Nice beats but too damn long!
Upon my first listen, I immediately hated this. Had to turn it off. Another electronic instrumental album that sounds like any kid in their teens threw up on their Soundcloud in the 2000's? No thanks. Wrong mindset to be in. Took a break. Listened to 3 other albums. Revisited. This has to be listened to on headphones to thoroughly enjoy. I had to focus. There are some cool things going on in here. Often times, has a Tarantino score feel to it. Not much to really say. If you like electronic and instrumental music, you will like this. I am not well versed in this world to know what this genres Beatles is VS what its Limp Bizkit is. (best VS worst, if ya didn't catch my drift)
would’ve been fun in 1994 on ecstasy in Europe.
This album was alright. Interesting concept especially for the time but a bit too long. Not sure it deserves all the hate it gets but I guess music is subjective
More largely forgettable '90s music that doesn't hold up very well (as well as overstaying its welcome by being 15-20% too long). This feels in the mode of aural wallpaper and it being fairly tasteful and somewhat stylish wallpaper only gets one so far. "Wilmot" might be best cut and "Tow Truck" is not terrible and "Chapel Street Market" is undoubtedly interesting, but one feels no impulsion to rush back for a verifying re-listen, which helps explain why this doesn't really belong on this or any other list of the ages.
As a big EDM fan there was a lot to like about this album. You can see the proto EDM emerging from the bones of this. There is some really synthy, funky and jazzy rhythms here that get built upon the make the genre what it is today. That being said, you could also see this whole album being recreated today pretty easily of FL Studios by a high schooler. I think it's innovative in what it tries to do and what it inspires but the actual execution is lacking for me. Overall, I can appreciate the attempt.
I'm still waiting for it shift into second gear...
#228. This is rave music. Probably something better to be experienced rather than listened to with a critical ear. 3/5: fairly pleasant, if monotonous
If you are reading the one-star reviews that say that this album is just the sound of pots and pans being banged together and has no actual songs on it, please note that those reviews should come with a disclaimer reading, "I listened to the first 30 seconds of the first song and said 'hey this isn't like everything else I listen to! It hurts my wittle ears" and turned it off. Please disregard my opinion." The first couple of songs are a little discordant but then it really picks up. I liked this album despite it not being my normal cup of tea. "Theme" sounds like a blaxploitation film soundtrack done by the Chemical Brothers. I should not be surprised that I enjoyed this since one of the guys from Portishead contributed to it and I love that group. This is a pretty solid album for me, although it admittedly has its flaws.
Title really suited to this album.. enjoyed grooves and eery techno acid house tunes…
Música tecno experimental, comienza el disco con mucho "breakbeat" a medio tiempo con las dos partes del tema "Bubble and Slide" señalando la dirección que va a tomar el álbum. Abundan las secciones de música "ambient" y minimalista. Para mi gusto destacaría "Wilmot", "Tow Truck" y, si acaso, la que da nombre y cierra el álbum. En mi opinión, en este disco encontramos demasiada extravagancia sonora sin sentido junto a unos pocos pasajes rítmicos estupendos.
Is it any more than meh? Not so much. "Wilmot" and "Tow Truck" and "Chapel Street Market" each has its merits, but one won't be spending much or any further time with this record. Best to have left in the '90s, the indifferent musical decade from whence (rather appropriately, one must say) it came.
I'm definitely intriqued by electronic/ambient music and found this pretty easy to enjoy. There were some segments that detracted from the vibe (Return to Planet D), but overall it is a cool journey.
Bringing techno to the scene, English musicians are almost always a step ahead it seems. It's a double album so it does stretch on for a bit at times, but a continued shift and evolution of music towards the future
This is pretty good. It starts out perhaps just a bit less compelling, but builds steam as it progresses. Some of that impression may be that I wasn't ready to listen to low-key edm in the beginning but the quality and creativity shine through here. I was in once the portishead remix hit. Weatherall did some great stuff.
Some chunky beats there and then, better towards the end but a bit too… boring?
I often say, on reviewing an album, about how it is good, fine, well done, BUT: yeah, it iis among the many and doesn't stand out per se and meh... Now I could technically say something similar about Sabres of Paradise... except that they are not quite "among the many." Not really. They seemed to me, song after song, to be just a step up from the greater crowd, hinting at something in there that gives them a spot at the head table. I will put them on my playlist and go through their catalog to see how I feel after that, but with this single album, things are looking pretty good.
As a 90's raver, I like this album and dont get the shade .
Kinda fun rhythmic instrumental stuff. More offbeat than a lot of the albums on here. But at the end of the day, still just a silly little thing to put on in the background. The title track is a delight, though.
It's long, a little tedious, perhaps boring at times. But I think the reviews here are overly negative. A lot of these tracks make great use of space and texture, and the grooves are tight. Check out "Duke of Earlsfield" to hear what I mean. There aren't many gimmicks here. Just stripped down electronic beats.
I found this to be enjoyable-enough electronic music - plenty of interesting stuff happening and it wasn't too abrasive/etc but it didn't have anything that really made me feel like I wanted to be sure I came back to listen again someday. I counted a LOT of influences in here, though I'm not sure which way there were going haha. Glad for the listen - will prob not return.
Thought this one was fine for what it was, a collection of dancefloor tracks aimed for spinning at the club. Definitely not meant for targeted, full-length listening, but it helped me focus and get some work done as some great background music. Not sure why it's on here outside of a historical reason, but I can't be mad at this LP for doing exactly what it said on the box.
Little too experimental for my tastes but different and cool
This was a super intriguing album! I can't think of a better album title, since it's all very electronica in nature, while also having some very dark wave, sci-fi undertones. Both the title and the artist name immediately intrigued me. To that point, the "additional production" provided by Portishead is very apparent to me. I don't know how involved they were overall, but I can hear their sound all over this album. I won't necessarily say I loved this album, but it did catch my attention and keep me entertained! That's more than I can say for some things on this project. Definitely an obscure, intriguing inclusion!
You know, I thought this was gonna be a real chore after the first track. But I put it on while working and eventually settled into kind of a groove with this. It was almost like listening to a soundtrack, which I do sometimes to help me focus.
Did I find this perfectly fine? Yup. Was it slightly better than the other electronic albums we’ve heard? Yup. Was it still too long? Yup? Did I listen to more than half? No comment.
Actually. I kind of liked it. Is this project indoctrinating me? I was expecting to hate it and was so not looking forward to listening. But I thought the sounds were really interesting and they did a cool job. At one point during my listen, I considered giving this a four.
I don't think it's anywhere near as bad as the reviews on here would have you believe. A lot of people say they're fine with electronic music, but what they really mean is they just like Daft Punk. I agree it's overlong though, chopping it down to an hour would've been nice, but there's still bangers on here and it keeps it pretty varied. 'Wilmot' especially was a good time.
duke of earlsfield, planet d (portishead remix), tow truck, haunted dancehall
I'm a simple girl. I see portishead and I like. the rest of the songs kinda sound like I'm in a tunnel made of aluminum and there's someone outside hitting the walls
It dragged a fair bit but I actually kinda liked it. Did a lot of interesting things and every song felt like a journey to me. Would listen again, just don’t know under what set of circumstances
I thought it was neat while listening but I will never think of it again
I don't know what to expect here with these guys. 1 minute into the first track and I don't even know what genre this is. Interesting. So far all lyricless. It's made for some good background noise. it's a little different but I like different. Hm, Portishead Remix on Planet D. I had to watch/listen to Wilmot on youtube. That's definetely the one with the most substance. I'll listen some more at the gym. But I'm giving this one 3.
Jazzy beats. I liked this.
Spent too many hours asa youth listening to this under certain influnces. In the cold light of day 20 odd years doesnt have the same appeal. Smokebelch is their tune and its not on this one. Glad it exists mind.
Super cool! Amazing variety with lots of weird, funky sounds.
This one was quite different and pretty thematic. I didn’t mind it. Listens: 1 Fave Tracks: Ballad of Nicky McGuire Rating: 3
"Haunted Dancehall" is the second studio album by English electronic music group the Sabres of Paradise. Techno is the musical genre. The group includes Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns, all involved in the production and mixing. Portishead also contributed to the mixing and production. The album reached #57 in the UK charts. "Bubble and Slide" opens the album with Carribbean-dub sort of electronic beats. This song quickly goes to "Buuble and Slide II." Ambient synths are added to the electronic beats. "Wilmot" has a Middle Eastern synth sound. Vocal chants. Loud pounding noises carry the beat. Various noises are thrown in: bird, lasers, tapes rewinding. Robotic vocals later on as well. The first single "Theme" layers different sounds throughout. Synth horns. Wobbling synths. A techno beat. A James Bond guitar. I like this song. "Ballad of Nicky McGuire" goes all over the place. It opens with video game sounds (For some reason Q-bert came to mind). Metallic noise beats with an underlying electronic drum beat. About midway through it changes gears and goes totally ambient. And, then goes back. The self-titled "Haunted Dancehall" closes things. Echoing high pitch sounds and eerie "Tubular Bells"-esque synth keys highlight the song. This album had enough variety from song to song to keep my attention. It is all instrumental with repetitive beats sometimes echoing and pulsating. A number of songs fall into the ambient category. Lots and lots of various noises used effectively. A shout out to the production and mixing teams. For those into techo or ambient music, this is one you probably like.
Interesting- not quite my cup of tea but not bad.
Vroeger had ik iets van The Orb en iets van Orbital. Dat was ruim voldoende in het genre vage elektronica. Nooit verder gezocht. Als ik niet die platen had, maar deze, was het ook prima geweest.
Techno uit de vroege jaren 90, maar het begin klinkt alsof Giorgio Moroder nog steeds in de jaren 70 lekker vrij minimalistisch aan het rommelen is op zijn Moog. Er zit een breakbeatje in, maar ook lounge deuntjes. Het is sowieso allemaal een stuk trager dan wat ik had verwacht bij techno. Het werd niet op de radio gedraaid, het is niet bekend van een of andere film en ik ken ook geen feestjes of loungebars waar dit soort muziek gedraaid werd. Dus ondanks dat het best wel relaxed klinkt verder, vraag ik me af wie dit nu daadwerkelijk luisterde in die tijd? En hoe kan het dan weer dat dit in deze lijst staat? Ik blijf me continu verbazen over de selectiecriteria. Waarom staat yabba-dabba-dance er niet in?? Desondanks is het prkma achtergrondmuziek voor een magere 3
This is a 76 minute collection of chill beats - I put on headphones and cleaned my house and grooved. No words, no hooks, just vibes. "Planet D" and others are a predecessor to the Lo-Fi Hip Hop girl era. Good Sunday cleaning tunes. "Wilmot" is not on Spotify, I pulled it up on YouTube and was glad I did - more lively with some dubby horn pops. "Tow Truck" has surfed out guitar and a slinky spy-noir sound like some Portishead songs. According to Wikipedia, Portishead collaborated on some of these songs, so that adds up.
Technical skills demonstrated at the expense of an audience.
Interesting music that’s way outside my usual listening sphere. I like this album and would not have expected to. Love this project!
Atmospheric to cinemascope soundscapes. What appears to be mostly an experimental electro album sometimes proves to bounce between dark crawling Death in Vegas vibes and a heist movie score.
Not bad but not for me.
As with many of these 90s techno albums, it’s far too long. But some of the songs have merit.
Cool
Taustamusiikkia 100% Mutta menihän se taustalla
Not my cup
Another totally average album with electronic music. Nothing too catchy, nothing too terrible, just a long list of tracks with some random beats and flows. Extremely unremarkable.
This was the perfect distraction music that I needed as I got my head down for a Monday morning work task. I didn't want complications and Dylan introspective lyrics; I wanted uplifting noise to carry me through the morning. The sound is stretched out, even through a pair of AirPods. Lee Scratch Perry comparisons are obvious. There's also a lot borrowed here from early Art of Noise. The beat is always one step behind. It was the rhythm I needed to tap, tap, away on the keyboard. The mix of Wilmot here is unrecognisable to the 12" I bought almost thirty years ago. The Sabres still sound fresh compared to some of the crappy ED music of today.
Fine
Quite a chill album, doesn't really excite, good for background.
Elektronische 1., 2. - die komischen Drums gönnen einem keine Pause, wenig Abwechslung und nur bis zu einem Punkt progressive Erstmal nachlesen, um den Hintergeund ein bisschen zu verstehen - war wohl das erste Techno- Konzeptalbum
Pet peeve: Wikipedia and most of the reviews here calling this techno. This is downtempo, ambient, Latin, afrobeat, triphop, jazzy, a bit of dub—a nicely varied sampling of styles actually—but not techno. Anyway, it’s pretty good.
Neat little album! Definitely will revisit in the future
Good electronic music. There are a fair amount of sound effects — metallic noises, the sound of a sword being unsheathed, etc. — especially early on in the album. I could do without that. But when the beats get going, the music slaps. A lot of songs have live instrumentation too, or at least live-sounding samples. It’s a mix. Highlights: - “Duke of Earlsfield” has this great hip-hop bass line in the beat and then adds in a xylophone sound that could have been in Super Mario Bros. - “Wilmot” has a very different energy and I love the scatting vocals. It’s really not even an electronic song. It starts with a Middle Eastern style, settles into a reggae/dub beat and adds swinging jazz horns. Amazing!
The second time I listened through the whole record. But it’s still not my kind of music.
3,5
Dancehall dancehall everyday
Wilmot is the key standout, the rest is sounding a bit dated
I'd really like to like it, because there are some pretty interesting ideas (including the name "Haunted Dancehall"), but the truth is that it's mostly boring
Not my cup of tea.
The album starts off very weak, but there's some cool stuff later on, particularly the Portishead remix of Planet D. I'm not sure why this album made the list, though.
I like this well enough. Somehow I've never heard of them, though it fits right into the mid 90's techno evolution that Warp was a central part of - and I'm generally a fan of. It doesn't hit me the same as other high-profile albums from the same scene though.
Won't be rushing to listen to this again but it was nowhere near as bad as some of the reviews suggested.
7th August 2023 Listened late as still catching up. All been lazy days while we wait for baby. At first I thought I would hate this and would be a real slog, but with beats from Afro, ska, reggae and Motown blending with atmospheric electro it was a welcome surprise. Blade runner vibes. 3.5 if I could.
Nice
Música de estilo chill-out. Agradable para escuchar de fondo. Melodías un tanto repetitivas. Sin voces en todo el disco
weird. 3 stars.
It starts off quite mechanical and dull. I was thinking maybe these were the guys to use this type of drum machine or process for the first time, but drum machines had been around for two decades by then. It picks up halfway, with Theme, introducing different moody and ambient sounds. The last song, which it turns out is the title track, was probably the best, IMO. I'll round up since I only listened to it once.
I was indifferent to this one.
too long. not as bad as expected. it has moments where it's good. ballad of nicky mcguire after 3 minutes, the end of return to planet d, tow truck minus the sirens.
It's OK, could be setbreak music. Good driving around music and that's what I do so it works.
Solid dancehall album. Be great for times I need Deadmau5 type music in the background.
Ca pas vraiment de sens comme album. genre D'électro, avec des bruits bizarres et c'est quand meme long.. Mais j'ai pas détesté, ca s'écoute pas si mal. 3.25
J'ai apprécié mais je pense que c'était une anomalie
Overall, just very scattered. Lots of neat ideas and nice atmospheres, but ultimately it lacks a focus that I would have loved to see applied to the first 3 tracks.
Electrónica.
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Quite boring, really didnt grab my attention, even though I normally like this stuff. Didn't hate it, but I have heard much better.
Not really my kind of music but bonus points for the mighty Andrew Weatherall
Weird ah hell but cool
Prima plaat, veel vette nummers. Maar rare toevoeging aan de lijst. In deze categorie zijn er meer vernieuwende platen te vinden, die beter zijn.
Nice trip hoppy feel, will listen again...
Kind of interesting electronica but overall this is all just background to me, nothing I'd want to listen to deliberately. If it was on, I wouldn't swap it. But, not something I would be like "Oh yeah let's throw on Haunted Dancehall!".
Als je dit intensief luistert is het eigenlijk gewoon niks, maar tijdens werk beviel me dit meer dan ik eigenlijk wil toegeven.
I don't know what it is about this album that I like. It isn't what I normally listen to and I'm not saying I think it is amazing. I just really enjoyed it. Background music with a bonus. It's different. I plan to keep playing this one in the future.
A little long, and a little dull, but not terrible
eh
Closest to dark ambient music/hauntology in this list so far (I don’t see many others arousing a similar comparison). The day before I heard this I happened to be scrolling through the worst-rated albums on this list, so that might have affected how I perceived this one. There’s definitely a common theme of non-musical, avant-garde elements in those albums, and this is no exception; where did they get those bizarre, metallic sounds for Bubble & Slide? Yet if they wanted to evoke rain dripping through a decaying discotheque’s ceiling, then sure, they pulled it off. HL: “Haunted Dancehall”, “Duke of Earlsfield”, “Wilmot”, “Planet D (Portishead Remix)”
You appreciated the theme of the album, might listen again as background music
I'm told that this has been described as the first techno concept album (whoever said that should really get out more), but if that's the case, then I have no idea what the concept of this album is, since there are no words. It's pretty mediocre overall. Not bad by any means, but it builds very slowly and there was never really a moment that made me sit up and pay attention. By the time I was halfway through the album I was ready to be done with it 3/5
Experimental techno this was certainly interesting and different , glad I listen but not sure I’ll rush back.
It’s definitely a vibe, so it’s not for everyone.
Didn't really know what to say about this one, other than it provided a mesmerizing soundtrack for both my wife and 5 year old grandson while they did a painting project.
Weird but cool. Trip hoppy
This sounded like extra-harsh trip-hop and staying up all night. Not sure if that's the point, but it worked for me if it took a little long to get to it.
interesting - very low fi and not my usual tea. very background music but Ballad of Nicky Maguire was good with that synth cutting in.
Un autre cas où la pochette ne m'inspirait pas. Je suis agréablement surpris de cette écoute. Plus l'album avançait et plus j'aimais pour finalement réaliser que Geoff Barrow de Portishead est impliqué ainsi que Mr. Scruff. On sent un courant de musique électronique apparaître dans cet album.
Fine!
A bit of a slow start, but picked up a bit in the middle. Still a pretty strange album, but worth a listen.
Música electrónica. Empezó gustándome, pero terminó rayándome. Venga, un 3.
Excellent road trip music when you don't know what you feel like listening too.
solid electronica sound. Did not strike me as overly distinctive.
I liked this more than I thought I would - great music for background music/while working. Would put it on again for focusing.
3.75