Nightmares On Wax - N.O.W. Is The Time '2014

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[3:29] 01. Nightmares On Wax - You Wish
[7:04] 02. Nightmares On Wax - Mind Eye
[7:53] 03. Nightmares On Wax - Argha Noah
[7:55] 04. Nightmares On Wax - Calling
[5:48] 05. Nightmares On Wax - Dreadoverboard
[5:32] 06. Nightmares On Wax - Thinking Of Omara
[5:02] 07. Nightmares On Wax - Be There
[6:19] 08. Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
[6:20] 09. Nightmares On Wax - Morse
[4:09] 10. Nightmares On Wax - I Am You (Live In Chicago)
[3:25] 11. Nightmares On Wax - Passion
[3:33] 12. Nightmares On Wax - Give Thx
[5:35] 13. Nightmares On Wax - 195lbs
[5:30] 14. Nightmares On Wax - 70s 80s
[5:24] 15. Nightmares On Wax - Flip Ya Lid
[4:47] 16. Nightmares On Wax - Be, I Do
[6:20] 17. Nightmares On Wax - (Man) Tha Journey
[3:59] 18. Nightmares On Wax - Now Is The Time
[5:56] 19. Nightmares On Wax - Bless My Soul
[4:41] 20. Nightmares On Wax - Da Feelin
[6:23] 21. Nightmares On Wax - African Pirates
[5:12] 22. Nightmares On Wax - Mega Donutz
[2:50] 23. Nightmares On Wax - Mission Venice
[4:03] 24. Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous
[3:20] 25. Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath
[5:20] 26. Nightmares On Wax - Im For Real
[5:03] 27. Nightmares On Wax - Set Me Free (Piano Dub)
[3:25] 28. Nightmares On Wax - Nights Interlude

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AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman
Acronymically titled after a track from the 2013 album Feelin Good, N.O.W. Is
the Time anthologizes 25 years of output from Nightmares on Wax, the Warp labels
most enduring act. This is an even-handed, roughly two-and-a-half-hour overview
of George Evelyns work with Kevin Harper and Robin Taylor-Firth that draws from
all seven Nightmares on Wax albums, from 1991s A Word of Science through Feelin
Good. Each release is represented with either three or four cuts. The only
selections that werent bound to proper albums are the early Warp classics Im for
Real and the piano dub of Set Me Free, along with a live version of I Am You
that is more powerful than the studio version heard on In a Space Outta Sound.
Instead of being sequenced chronologically, the tracks are ordered for flow,
with the raw, more energetic earlier material like Dextrous (Warps second
release) and Aftermath tucked away near the end. Given the roughly equal amount
of attention paid to each album, some career highlights -- such as Case of Funk,
regarded well enough to be included on Warp 10+2: The Classics 1989-1992 -- are
absent in favor of merely pleasant downtempo material. Evelyn and company
quickly moved from rough dancefloor workouts to relaxed, sampledelic syntheses
of hip-hop soul, funk, jazz, reggae, and easy listening. That method was more or
less maintained until they implemented more live instrumentation in the 2010s.
All of it fits together surprisingly well here -- a satisfying, if imperfect,
sampling.

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