Haunted Dancehall

Hated this at the start, eventually enjoyed it a bit but I could’ve done without the last two songs. The album was starting to drag by that point.

Felt like I was at one of those glow stick goths under a bridge conventions, dancing around in New Rocks.

I don't get it

dnf i'm just not doing this

Too robotic. Not for me

Noise.

I’ll admit, I punted on this maybe 20 minutes into a 76-minute album. 30-year-old, spare repetitive techno really didn’t do it for me today.

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

instrumental album with some minor interesting moments, but mostly redundant and tedious as i usually find albums of this genre. this one was over 70 minutes, but it seemed like much longer.

Gross

... What the hell did I just listen to? Nope. No. I don't know what it was trying to be. But I think I just experienced what it feels like going through a very bad acid trip. Or maybe now I can relate better to people who chronically grind their teeth. I felt all the things, and I hated it.

"Boy, yesterday was a mediocre electronica album. Wonder what today will bring!" "Oh." This one had the benefit of being slightly more grating than the last one. So good job, I suppose!

The only edge here is the razor on the album cover. The sound never builds to anything and most of these tracks run for way longer than needed to get the point across. There's good electronic music out there but this ain't it.

Kinda boring 😐

Lots of variety in here. Every song has a distinct flavour to it, which makes it a very nice experience. Some of the individual tracks go on a bit too long to my liking, but as there is so much difference between the tracks it's not that big of a problem. I can imagine putting this on as a background when working as well as listening to it live with some kind of light show going on. I probably wouldn't _actively_ listen to it, but it feels great in a pairing with something else.

I don’t normally pay much attention to record labels, but I will make an exception for anything from Warp Records from Sheffield who specialise in electronica and dance music. This record certainly lived up to my expectations, falling into three sections. The opening tracks are all fairly sparse techno with minimalist beats but laying down some interesting patterns that build on each other. The record then moves into some heavier dub step with Middle Eastern flourishes and a richer soundscape to play with. The final tracks then come in with more of an ambient, modular synth feel with echoes of 70s bands like Tangerine Dream. My personal highlight for this is the track Theme which sounds like it could be the soundtrack for a classic heist movie with bold, brass stabs and a god like bass line underpinning it. Absolutely epic stuff.

I was not familiar with this project but Weatherall and Warp are known from me and I respect the work of the artist and the label. I was not disapointed, it's a really good electronic music record, with a good blend of sounds and influences. Will definitely listen to it again.

I'm a little confused by this album. What does it exactly have going for it? It's not interesting, not exciting, and it stimulates me on neither an intellectual level nor an emotional one. However, it's also not calming or ambient and doesn't really work as background music. Favorite Track: Wilmot

Into it

Nah

doesnt hold up particularly well as an album but some interesting early days electronica music here

Inconsistent and long A nice introduction to Weatherall

Garbage

Interesting moments, but just not enough happening for me.

Early IDM is usually really weird because it's still kind of playing to techno and electro ideas while also trying to do something different. It's cool to hear in a sort of "oh this is where it started" way but when you get to it sometimes it just didn't make sense to make an hour and 10 minute album made up of really basic techno beats that were flirting with ambient textures or library music-esque compositions. Is it bad that albums like these existed? Oh, no obviously not, it is made for a club mix so you have a lot to pull from and work with but when you are like me, sitting down to listen to this it does make for a tedious experience where the music isn't in the right setting and beyond that the sort of simplicity of it doesn't really work for me beyond a few songs (Tow Truck and Ballad of Nicky McGuire). It sucks because sometimes I do want to get back into listening to electronic music of this era because there's so much underrated things, but lengths like these makes me wonder that perhaps it was best to stick to EPs or singles rather than albums.

Notes before listening: Kicking screaming crying I do not want to listen to another electronic album from the 90s that's over an hour long. No no no. You can't make me. I am stomping my feet. Notes after listening: It's fine and usually interesting and sometimes pretty fun, but god damn did it need to be over 70 minutes long? I'm sincerely happy for people who enjoy this; I wish I could join their ranks.

why

It sounded like a soundtrack to a bad Megadrive game

It’s ok music for the background, movies, video games, etc. - but not for intentional listening. It’s not awful and finds some good grooves occasionally, but nothing here is particularly compelling.

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

Kind of weird but not god awful. Def wouldn’t listen again.

Just an hours worth of noise and not even groovey noise

Stupendously bad, so bad you'll be wishing that straight razor on the album cover was in your hands instead

Acid techno...stuff

Kraftworkian in nature but perhaps a bit too simple and repetitive. 3/10

Thought this was great, groovy, an IDM album that was great for working and walking and reading. It's such an easy record for such a low score on 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.

Pointless, repetitive noise

This already has my attention. Not sure what’s going on but I like it. Eerie dance grooves. This is a really good album. Really fun and suited for Halloween for sure.

had few cool tunes but few +6min songs rapidly felt draggin but i found some parts i could sample. I would go by an (2.5/5.0)

Some interesting sounds Some irritating sounds Mostly fine sounds 2

This sounds like my ass after I've had too much taco bell. None of these songs are interesting enough to listen to for 45 seconds, let alone for 8 minutes. I feel like this site is punishing me for giving me some actual good music last week. Proof that not everything was good in the 90s.

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.

"Hey, look, I've learnt how to make these really cool beats with the computer and I can add all sorts of samples and effects on top of it!" "Sounds interesting, did you write any songs or use it for any creative purposes?" "Well, I guess not, but I did it with a computer, so it's innovative..." "I'll take 76 minutes worth!"

Elektronische Musik, eher ein Klangteppich

When I saw I got another UK electronica album and it had the lowest ratings out of all of them so far, I got really worried. But honestly this one is my favorite and I don't even think it is close. I love how metallic everything sounds, and the beats are really funky. This one is massively over hated, not really sure why this one in particular got so many 1's. (it didn't need to be this long though) Mid 4.

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

Didnt listen

A genuine surprise this. My familiarity with early Warp records is pretty low, but I thought this was great. Experimental without being inaccessible. Able to grab attention and also serve as decent background music.

Brutal listen. Not sure how this one is considered a paragon of music.

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.

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

1/10

Good stuff, very nice vibe with some good atmosphere

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

The Good: Music in a dancehall… The Bad: seems the dancehall is haunted… The Ugly: figuring out that the sabers of paradise are there to aid in ending one’s life!!! I recall hearing “trance” music the first time; it put me in a trance, for sure… Then I made the decision that trance was not for me, and now I’ve been forced to listen to it again. So, get 4 babies to bang on some pots while you record the sound, then head into your basement, or attic, and load those sounds into your garageband software, then just create a short sequence, repeat it a thousand times, and you have 1 song, which, as fate will have it, sounds almost identical to all the other 13 songs on this here record. 1*

Eh it’s alright.

The 90s and the invent of the cd seems a real case of people trying to use the entire length of the cd, which can be a major negative This album could be 30 mins

My first impression was that this was going to be terribly unlistenable, but there were actually some decent tracks here. It was a little long.

Not my thing. Sorry.

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.

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

It would get zero stars if possible. Was not feeling this album

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"

Using a term Robert Dimery and this band would better understand, this album is "shite". It's probably one of Yoko Ono's favorite albums to yowl to.

Couldn’t get into this much at all

another shitty electronic album that goes on for far too long

This was fine, but I have no idea why this is on this list. It didn't seem like it was anything special.

Nonsense.

Some cool IDM sounds on here on the first handful of tracks before moving towards more traditional song structures. There’s a lot of interesting ideas and sound design, specifically the synths, that often make up catchy grooves and fun sections, though some people may find the sound design dated it didn’t stand out to me as a negative. However so much of this project feels unnecessarily bloated and many of the tracks are overly reliant on one instrumental run or line that is repeated ad nauseam. I think if the runtimes on the tracks were cut down or even a good portion of the tracks removed this could have been a more enjoyable listen. If the goal was ambience and atmosphere I can see the appeal, it certainly does well at creating atmospheres. However there’s no consistency to the type of atmosphere being created, flip flopping between dark and moody and futuristic and upbeat one track to the next, which unfortunately for me meant as soon as I was getting into each atmosphere it goes away completely. Alternatively this record feels like it could have been made with the purpose in mind of being sampled for future dance music. Almost laying out all of these ideas, not refining them into full tracks hoping that others will do it, or coming back to them later with remixes. There were a lot of times I really wanted to enjoy this album as a whole but it just doesn’t do enough to earn its runtime. 2.5/5

Not great

Electronica just doesn't do it for me

I'm glad that at the time of release there was no stream available! Who knows - the album probably would not only use the full capcity of a CD but the full capacity of a server?! It constantly varies between something that I mostly would describe as noise and something that could become music and back to noise. Simply not my jam! 1,5

Feels like a gimmick album to me. Not really a fan.

In the first few seconds I was terrified. This is a novelty album but over time it became better.

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.

This shit sounds like the soundtrack to a mediocre Playstation racing game from 1995

some songs sounded good but a lot of it had no progression and just repeated and i don’t really seem to enjoy stuff like that

Bad

3.57

Many of the global reviews aren’t giving these tracks an honest shake.. electronica needs to be repetitive enough to continue adding layers to evolve, which will increase track length and therefore album length. Was this repetitive and overstay its welcome at over an hour? Sure, a bit. It’s a bit more simplified than more modern electronic dance songs, but it was a different time and different capabilities. Wasn’t my favorite album by any stretch, but the global rating is lower than it deserves. 3.5/5 rounding up

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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

Started of as sfx got better as it went along

I think they recorded this in a toilet. Not a bathroom, a toilet

I know the name andy wetherall from somewhere idk where though anyway honestly with albums like this I just wish they had a singer or something, each song feels like a constant build up going to a dead end. 2/5 in the background it’s okay but still not for me

Electronica album. Eclectic. Would not recommend without drugs or hallucinogens.

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.

Some nice ambient tracks but nothing that really hit me

Another electronic album. Not very interesting and wouldn’t be fun at all party either. 1.5/5 Won’t listen again

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."

Too long, too repetitive. You have the whole world of electronic music production at your fingertips and this is what you make? Such a waste.

An electronic album that dabbles a lot in it's negative space. It's all about the notes you don't play, although I feel that's mostly applicable to jazz. Unfortunately does very little interesting things with its runtime, counter to the likes of Aphex Twin who explores his soundscapes much more thoroughly.

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.

This kind of electronic instrumental is pleasant enough but nothing really grabbed me. I guess Wilmot made me smile when it came on.

Very much of its time. Really tiresome in a surprisingly large number of places. Benefited much less than you'd expect from being the album I got right after Kid Rock.

spacy, dubby, plinky, cool

3/5

Very generic electronic music. Couldn't care less about this, but not actively bad

Eletronic ambient sounds.

was pleasantly surprised to find out this was an andy weatherall joint. perfect album for playing cards to, a delicious mix of dancehall, ambient, and electronica weirdness

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.

Never heard of this previously. I saw some of the poor reviews, but quite enjoyed the vibe of the first track, and found myself thinking it might end up with a four star score. But as it wore on I got more and more tired of it. By the end of an hour and a quarter I was thoroughly fed up of it. Two stars.

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.

3.8 probs, round up for warp

Pretty cosmic sounding electronic music from 1994. I can't really comprehend how this influenced the broader scene but it was generally pleasant or weird in a cool way.

This was odd

First few tracks are real meh, but then once you get to Planet D, it gets better

This was terrible

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

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.

This was totally new for me - didn't really leave me feeling anything. Wouldn't return, but it was fine in the background.

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.

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!

Some of this has aged well.

Eh palloso

Industrial/Techno is not my thing.

Wenigstens nicht langweiliger Slop. Lange aber ich war nicht ununterhalten

First track — kraftwerk influence ? Portishead 💙 Interesting blend of electronica/techno/funk

Nah

Really fun techno. Great background track

This would be a good soundtrack for a new Austin powers movie

It's giving Charli XCX pop 2 or how i'm feeling now

interesting instrumentals that i might put on in the background or could hear in a movie score

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

Much worse than the Beatles.

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.

Really not what I expected. For being an ambient album of noises and beats it is truly awesome.

Just no.

Occasionally dated and a bit MIDI, but this all clicked into place when I found out it was Andrew Weatherall and Jagz Kooner; it sounds a lot like Primal Scream's "Vanishing Point." Great to get a 25-year overdue track ID on "Theme" as well.

As someone who really enjoys electronic acts of many genres from the past 5 decades, I am sincerely perplexed why this is on the list? Clean production but not particularly inspired, even for 1994.

Big no, I'm usually more tolerant to different things but I couldn't listen to this album it made my head hurt. Bad

Not for me

yahoo haunted beats

Movie soundtrack at best

37/100. I don’t even know what I just listened to. This album was painfully bad—some songs were so terrible that I might have overrated others by comparison. The 77-minute runtime doesn’t help either.

It's like The Sabres of Paradise couldn't afford the proper equipment to make electronic music so they just used whatever they had around the house. Not enjoyable at all.

I didn’t mind it

to eery for my taste all in all but some songs were enjoyable to walk or clean too. 2.5-3 stars

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.

I'm thankful for this list for showing me all the different flavors of annoying you can get from british electronic music

That's one of the most boring things I've ever listen... hell of a way to end the year, huh?

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.

I don’t think I needed to listen to this.

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.

++: 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"

Ah yes I yearn for the days when in I played the colander, Glynn on the spoons, Brian on a bit of corrugated roofing and Gwyneth on vocals. How great we sounded or so I thought. This album reminds me of those days and I wonder if only we had persevered then maybe we might have produced an album worthy of an entry on the 1001 albums you must hear before death. But we didn’t and this lot of wannabes (The Sabres of Paradise - really???) stole out rightful place. If only they had come to me for some musical advice and guidance. Their loss and sadly because of this crock of excrement also anybody else misguided to listen. It’s Christmas Eve and I really did want to show some Christmas goodwill but this album brings out the Scrooge bah humbug in me. I wonder if tonight I will be visited by the musical spirits -Music (Selling England By The Pound) past, Music (Songs Of A Lost World) present, Music (Next album by Steven Wilson) future then tomorrow on Christmas morn I shall rejoice at that days 1001 choice. 1/5 24/12/24

Really awesome. I was listening at work which helps though. Way ahead of its time. Very cool stuff

I don't know not quite my thing

Feels quite Trip Hoppy. Nowhere near as bad as some of the reviews suggest. Rounding up in sympathy!

Not for me

Without value.

I can imagine it as background at a trendy art exhibition as you spend time looking at reimagined rubbish, drink some bubbly, and then go home to find out you've bought a milk carton with ribbons attached.

Now was this boring or WHAT. This sounded like a backtrack that was given to someone who’d never heard music before or something and just kept going for ever. BORING and gave nothing.

If the first 2 tracks are any indication of the full album ... how is looping something basic/boring that I would have made at 21 on my first drum machine anything remotely interesting to listen to for 10 minutes....? ...and it *was* an indication. I can see the appeal of music in this genre of course and there's definite usage as a background aspect for some of these tracks but there's nothing special or unique or notable in any way about this album. It very literally could be a demo reel for any early/mid 90s electronic instrument. TL;DR: There must be 500 more-interesting and creative techno/downtempo albums than this. Shocking waste of an hour listening to what conceivably could be a big gag on all of us. 3/10 2 stars

Surprisingly good, really grew on me as the album went on. I went in expecting something new and different and it was very much what I got! Definitely one to listen to with good headphones to get the true effect of the various sounds that play throughout.

Ok, not the best

I actually really enjoyed this. Experimental in a very tasteful way, almost whimsical. Hard to keep myself from hopping along

Kind of just noise to me.

Excellent for nap time. Seriously, gonna keep this one.

There are a few moments of really lovely electronica here, but they're totally outweighed by the kind of relentless blipping that puts you in mind of being too sober in a bar late at night, listening to conversations you have no part in and waiting to go home.

Interesting beats to have in the background while working but nothing memorable to write off.

Don’t love a lot of instrumental music, but this was so annoying to get through chapel street market at 9AM made me feel like I was on a 7 minute torturous loop

Another interesting choice. Sounds like sound effects not music.

-I love fun shit like this omg… they did a perfect job naming this album. Sounds exactly like a quirky haunted dancehall, maybe from like a Nintendo game or something even. Warp Records always delivers -got a little bloated and less enjoyable toward the end but omg I love the first half so much -Favorites are Bubble and Slide II, Duke of Earlsfield, and Wilmot

Toilet beats

Day341 - i fully expected to hate this album and boy did i ever

Eh.. dont really understand why is this on here, but here we are

rarete pero molon aunque un poco largo

Groupe/artiste inconnu. Répétitions sans intérêt, je ne suis pas allé au bout. =>1/5

Not a fan of this. Really simple and boring, and a lot of the patches sounded annoying with the amount of comb filtering or resonance added. I can't even imagine people really dancing to this.

Super boring 1/5

This is a new sound to me but around “Wilmot” I started getting into it. Afterwards it became bad again. 2/5

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.

at first i hated it, did not understand the wierd noises droning in my ears. but then "planet d" hit and something clicked and i started to feel inspired. all in all it is a decent album that lends itself to some background sounds that help daydreaming. if you leave out the first couple songs.

Ok. I have never heard of a concept album for techno. I always thought techno was all conceptual. Who knew?

Never heard this album before. Yawn.

It was fine, but not something that I needed to hear urgently.

Blue up some bald guys and this could be the soundtrack to the Blue Man Group in Las Vegas circa early 2000's. A bit underwhelming for EDM, and too distracting for ambience. There were a few good songs, and aspects of songs that were interesting, but the album didn't work for me.

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.

Not horrible, but not my thing.

Nope

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.

Very weird. Dont really know how to feel but doesnt warrant a 1 Best track - Wilmot

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.

Supererfun tracks. Interesting vibe.

This sounded like computer game menu music. I did not enjoy it very much but it was not unlistenable.

Noise.mp4

Kinda forgettable

More video game music

Honestly could not distinguish any of the songs from one another

Mostly electronic ambient noise. I was in the most receptive state possible at the beach and i could find some relaxation in the album, almost like a not-as-good Challengers soundtrack.

Haunted Dancehall is the second studio album by The Sabres of Paradise, originally released in 1994. I'm not really into the whole world of IDM music so this wasn't the best listen. There's some additional influences on here such as dub and ambient. In fact, it seems like this record was broken up into sections. The first group of songs has a pretty heavy industrial vibe. The next group of songs is more of that dub vibe with reverbed drum tracks, etc. The album finally delves into a chill ambient vibe, very reminiscent of pioneers like Eno. It just feels very disjointed to me. Lots of the songs take a really long time to develop their full melodies. Sometimes it can be hypnotic but overall felt disorienting on a lot of these tracks. There's also some questionable production choices. This is produced very bright and loud which is fatiguing. Not to mention the length of the record, which took full advantage of the CD era clocking in at 77 minutes!

In Friends, there is a scene where Ross performs a 'song' in Central Perk on his keyboard and I honestly think that would fit more on here than this shit. 0.0

Weird pseudo techno but weak at best

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*

There were some interesting bits, but every track was way way too long, most of the time wasn’t even sure when a track started or stopped.

Someone was taking the piss with this one, right? Firstly in making the thing cause it sounds like someone discovered a drum machine and just made a record using all the sounds it makes. And secondly for putting this album on this list. Piss being taken left, right and centre.

Ay no por qué me hacen escuchar esto

Another electronica album that despite some inkling of variety still bores the shit out of me. I am 420 albums in and have heard 36 electronica albums vs 18 country albums… something is very biased about this list. I hope in the future there is some Pantha du Prince ion here instead of more of this terrible rave electronica.

Album opens on a distinctive note with Bubble and Slide. True to its name, it sounds like a quantized sample of water glugging through a drain. Some bright synth lines are laid over top before we follow the water down the drain into Pt. II. This second part turns to a shuffling drum beat with sci-fi electro-beam synths and other effects on top. Duke of Earlsfield keeps the vibe alive with a jazzy bass progression and percussion elements that feel like they are being cast through a tunnel. Whole thing is great to bob to. Just finished the review of Dummy and happy to see Portishead cropping up again here. Certainly can feel their production influence on Planet D with the distance and dreamlike elements to the punchy trip-hop beat. Wilmot is a fun little dubby number. Honestly I lost focus after this point to some more pressing work. On vibes alone this one scores around a 4. I feel like it was longer than necessary, but the instrumentation was interesting and I could vibe continuously.

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.

This started off as some strange industrial techno type music and I thought I had a long hour and 17 minutes ahead of me. But quickly turned into some pretty sweet electronic beats a few songs in. Wilmot is where I really got engaged into the album with its electronic reggae action going on. Then from there it was a pretty awesome album. There were some glonky ass sounds on Ballad of Nicky McGuire that were cracking me up. This was a high 4, a bit too long and some pretty boring filler songs in there made it not a 5. But overall much more enjoyable than I thought it would be.

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.

Couldn't get through this

British group doing electronic music. Enjoyed tow truck and bubble part 2. Many of these ran too long.

Not my bag. Dutifully i did listen completely, to every work. Electronic music had moments of zen, but usually found myself thinking how much longer is this… If wishing to play as EDM, the works called Theme and the Ballad of Nicky McGuire seemed best.

I have literally never heard of this group before. After a few songs I think I got why the album's called Haunted Dancehall. Not really my genre, but it's fine for what it is (straight-up electronica, I guess). I liked "Bubble and Slide II" better than "Bubble and Slide (I)". Even though there are a lot of noises here, they weren't noises that hurt my head -- just peaceful little clinklies and wooblies.

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.

I couldn't even with this album. It put me to mind of this toy I got for my partner a few years ago--the Orba 2, which you could play with to make little electronic songs/loops/beats and use as a MIDI controller. My partner made more coherent and interesting songs in the 10-15 minutes playing with it than I found on this album. I don't even know how they got Portishead involved--I had high hopes for that, but they were cruelly dashed upon the shores of this \"album.\" It's the sonic equivalent of a page of a middle schooler's notebook filled with doodles.

Ok

horrid.

shite

Actually really cool, I don’t normally like experimental stuff but this was awesome techno.

Bangers all down the whole tracklist. Constantly grooving and managed to experiment at the same time

That's a lot. Not horrible, but I didn't overly enjoy it.

Just noise…not very musical

not a fan. good for focusing and playing as background music for repetitive tasks.

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.

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?”

Terrible. Monotonous

This sounds haunted in like a mad creepy stalker-ish way, not so much dancehall way

Firmly in the middle of the pack. 2.5 stars.

I know Andrew Weatherall was a legendary producer and all (Screamadelica etc) but this just bored. No hooks, not trancelike enough, not interesting enough. Only listened to it once and I usually give every album at least two listene

Life is too short. DNF

Te trippy

Heyrið, þetta er leiðinlegt. Hér er eiginlega ekkert nema samansafn umhverfishljóða. Wilmot og Chapel Stree Market 9 am eru skást, en eru ekki 7-8 mínútur af þeim of mikið líka?

I'm a fan of electronic music generally, but this is so uninteresting. Aphex Twin was releasing music around the same time that was leagues more complex and better constructed. Not the worst on this list but shouldn't be here. 2/5

beaucoup aimé des morceaux un peu long pas mal en fond un peu chelou

Interesting.

I tried to like this but it ended up being annoying. 2 stars

Some tunes would be nice

Had never heard of this record and it was surprising. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would

2-3 Wilmot!

Fav: Wilmot Least Fav: Bubble And Slide Certainly the strangest album I’ve listened to so far, and it doesn’t feel very haunted but all the songs slap. Some…interesting choices for these songs but they just work

No recuerdo nada de este disco

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

The title is by far the best thing about this tedious techno album. The tracks don’t build or develop at all and it’s just so painfully long at nearly 80 minutes. At its best it sounds like music for a PS2 spy game, and at its worst it doesn’t even register as intentional sound, let alone music

It's pretty interesting background music and way ahead of its time. More interesting stuff abounds, though.

Very...ambient. But inoffensive, I guess.

this feels like taking drugs inside the brain of your grandma.

Not the best I’ve heard, but I won’t tolerate any Andrew Weatherall slander around here, and he definitely doesn’t belong in the bottom 20.

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

Ein Remix ist gut. Der Rest nicht.

This is #day63 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... how about a shload of bleep-blah-bloo techno? When I give an album the lowest score, I have two reasons in mind: 1) I'm convinced that this album should have never made it to the list because of little to no historical, esthetic, or other value in it (there could be other grounds for that as well), and 2) The music itself doesn't strike a cord in me. Haunted Dancehall is a case in point of both. The good news is that one track was blocked on Spotify, so I didn't have to sit through the whole thing. But anyway, that was arduous. It's been the third album this week scoring a 1 out of 5 from me, and it's only Friday. Looking forward to #day64.

In a time where electronic music was experiencing a ton of innovation, you have this which is just pointless sounds and noises.

Ah yes, NME’s 47th best album of 1994. Who can go wrong with the 47th best album of the year? 2/5

Excuse me sir, but I think I'm in the wrong challenge? I was supposed to do that 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die experience but I think I'm doing the 1001 Albums That Are a Chore to Go Through instead.

Seriously? What the hell is this?

This is one of the worst album I've ever heard, and considering the shit we've been through with this list, it's really saying something!

Terrible!

Why is this on here?

XD LMFAO EVEN XD PASS NNN

Love it

Background music for work. Never heard of them before, but didn't mind

What a load of piss. This is as bad as it gets.

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

I'm already groaning before even listening. A 90's album that I've never heard of - it has to be British and probably average. The band and album name promise so much, so lets have a listen and see what this is. My fears were not unjustified. This does not even try to live up to the interesting title. Not surprisingly it's British. It's tedious and after the halfway mark I started listening to part of a song before skipping to the next just to get through it.

Eh…

Leider habe ich abgebrochen. Es war mir zu nervig das Geräuschkulissengeklimper . Tut mir leid

Getting tired of British techno acts on this last. This isn’t obnoxious at least. Kind of cool.

2.4

What am I supposed to get out of this? What does this want from me?

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

This never went anywhere.

This Alternative band was not slapping for me. Hate that there’s no singing. I like some of the beats though Cool that it’s experimental techno. <<planet D, ballad of Nicky McGuire

I like it. Knew nothing of it going in. Probably good study / work music.

Getting a lot of "my very first beats tape" vibes here. Not offensive, just totally disinteresting to me.

I like electronic music, but this just wasn't terribly interesting. Probably another marginal UK band included on the 1001 because the author is from the UK...

Too many sirens

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'.

I think I rather enjoy some of what SoP (do people call them that?) try to achieve here. They fully explore each song and let them evolve organically. I just don’t remember if I truly like it or not after 75 minutes of techno… But as I’ve come to learn from this list, it seems to be the excruciating standard runtime of any techno album.

Talentless Dance music posing as art. 1/5

I can only speculate about what drugs makes this sound good. Definitely none of the ones I'm taking!

Not a huge fan

It’s not terrible music, just overly repetitive with not much to say. I’m sure it was cool for its time, but now it sounds crunchy and antiquated. Can’t say I’ll go back for another listen.

This was less "Haunted Dancehall", and more "My Car Broke Down" or "Bad Night at Taco Bell". ZERO stars.

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!

I'm struggling to find the right words to explain just how...hollow...? this album felt. I don't know, any way you slice it this was not very vood.

Suckage.

Game over music for a forgotten bad videogame.

I was so intrigued by the title of this album. Imagine my disappointment to find out it’s yet another bland, uninspired electronic album. The only thing worth listening to on here is the song “Theme” because it reminds me of Oceans 11 or Catch Me If You Can.

wHaT!?!?!?!

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).

Neat noises not much more. Minimal type albums like this either have it or they don’t.

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%

It was alright, don't think I would actively listen to this again but would be okay background music

I can get into ambient music but honestly this is way too unsubstantial for its length. There’s only a few highlights, and unfortunately the Portishead collab here is a big dud.

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.