Broken Soul Jamboree

Well, that was very cool. It turns out I played this album over a decade ago and never returned to it, so thanks for sharing! I loved the rewarding headphone experience and the blend of digital and acoustic sounds. Standouts: Big Question Small Head, Brocken Spectre, Dead Soon, Herriot Method and Tit for Tat.

Listening to this album, and browsing very quickly to what Tipper released after it, it seems that there are two sides to this British electronic producer's artistry: there's a more chill-out-oriented side nicely represented by *Broken Soul Jamboree*, which is also adjacent to the more atmospheric IDM household names from Warp Records or Ninja Tune (has the user who submitted this LP already listened to that album by The Black Dog, also submitted in the second list?). Looks like *Cloaked*, released this year (2026), returns to that vein... ; and then there's a more animated and angular side, where David Tipper "Skrillexed" his music, dirtying his sound and adding all those sudden drops and roaring sub-woofer-propelled basslines, probably to please the trendy clubbers attending his shows. I might be wrong about this, especially since I know so little about that scene, but I have always considered that Skrillex and his copycats ultimately make very disposable music, favoring admittedly impressive surface effects over truly evocative or engaging substance. I don't expect that long term memory will apply to those 100% hedonistic endeavors. So, under that light I find *Broken Soul Jamboree* far more interesting than some other soundscapes created by Tipper (that are yet more popular according to my streaming service). Wikipedia says this artist is an expert in sound design, and it shows here. There are whiffs of trip-hop throughout, but they mingle with more off-kilter textures and intents, creating a one-of-a-kind "ambience". I am especially fond of the mysterious and sensual chord modulations found in "Cuckoo" or "Dead Soon", or that unexpected key change right in the middle of the lush-yet-also playful "Tit For Tat". The layers of strings and woodwinds over Morrocan Gnawa percussions in "Reality Harshness Defender" is also extremely gripping and cinematic. So is the one of "Royal Dragon Sir". And those dreamy steel drums in "Ever Decreasing Circles" make the latter a very convincing closer. So yeah, the last leg of *Broken Soul Jamboree* is especially strong. And all across the tracklist, harp, guitar or glockenspiel sounds bring nice organic flavors to the digital layers. You navigate through territories whose borders are glued to the ones of Amon Tobín, Future Sounds Of London, later Orbital, or Boards Of Canada. You don't have the hauntology aesthetics found in the latter, but you have the same "floating" impression over soft breakbeat layering, which owes more to a deep care for textural weaving than the use of bizarre harmonies. It's very good stuff overall. Thank you for submitting this album, whoever you are. If you are reading these words, I encourage you to browse through Rone's discography, in case you're not already familiar with this French producer. I have an inkling his music could be to your liking. Same with Rival Consoles or the more "ambient" releases of Bicep and Floating Points. IDM is such a wide continent, and I know I have only brushed its surface so far. Thanks for helping me add one more name on my map. Hope I can return the favor with my own suggestions. 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums, rounded up to 4. 8.5/10 for more general purposes (5 for the musicianship and production values + 3.5 for the artistry) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 118 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 125 (including this one) Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 281 ---- Émile, *quatre* nouveaux messages pour toi au dessus, du *Solid State Survivor* de Yellow Magic Orchestra au *Atrocity Exhibition* de Danny Brown

Oh wow. I know Tipper vaguely, I think Higgins is an incredible track, so I'm really looking forward to what can come from an album. And how nice to get an album from Tipper, who's from Wimbledon, when I'm actually visiting Wimbledon! What a delight. --- Well. After a set of unplanned, but probably entirety predictable circumstances, my visit to Wimbledon involved the London Ambulance Service, alcoholic stupors and not very much listening to Tipper. As I retreat to the sanctuary and civilisation of the North East, I have finally gotten to listen to this album, and I find that I need to do so by making some observations about London. London has some of the best carribean food outside of the West Midlands. London has better restaurants, but worse service, than Paris. London is a melting pot. And this album is a melting pot. As I leave the urban oven of the city, the reflection of the place is stamped through this album. It has so much thrown into it - tabla, dub, island, beats, breaks - it coalesces into something cohesive - but not necessarily pleasant. It is a good place to visit, for sure. But I do not want to live here.

Ambient, triphop, backbeat describe this album. It is a really nice listen. 3.5

Broken Soul Jamboree is an electronic album by Tipper. It incorporates some trip hop and Indian influences (drums and other instruments). For me it's way too much layback making it background music. As it sounds a bit dated too (late 1990s dance vibe), I'm not so much impressed, not a punishment either though.

Now this is some proper fucking fungus music. This is totally what I'd be listening to if I were a bioluminescent mushroom growing in a dark cavern. Thumbs up.

Cool downtempo with jazzy elements mixed in

Electronic, breakbeat, glitch hop, trip hop, ambient. Instrumental. Ni fu ni fa.

Nothing to write home about, but at decent listen at least. Chill electronica was what I needed while writing my thesis today and this fit the coffee shop work zone niche perfectly. Not sure the runtime needs to be a full hour, but there are enough interesting textures and experiments to keep things mildly interesting.

MId

Great music for working to, not sure if I’d explore further than that.

Tipper more like trippy

Pleasant listen.

Not without high points of interest, and I didn't mind listening to any of it. As I so often find with this genre thoug, extensive periods just seem like stings of electric blips to me, I don't get it. Trivia of interest, I wrote a song titled Ever Decreasing Circles in college - pushing 35 years ago - influenced I assume by the same strangely dark 80's English middle-class lifestyle comedy.

It's all right, I like the game soundtrack vibe 3

Broken Soul Jamboree is interesting to start with but, like a lot of the electronica on this list, the subtleties are either quickly lost on me or it just sounds very similar all the way through. It's background music at best, 2/5.

I didn’t enjoy this one, Ilnit my kind of music.