Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon '1992/2012

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[2:07] 01. Meat Beat Manifesto - Potsounds
[4:54] 02. Meat Beat Manifesto - Mindstream
[4:08] 03. Meat Beat Manifesto - Drop
[5:23] 04. Meat Beat Manifesto - Original Control (Version 1)
[5:03] 05. Meat Beat Manifesto - Your Mind Belongs To The State
[4:16] 06. Meat Beat Manifesto - Circles
[0:40] 07. Meat Beat Manifesto - The Sphere
[5:32] 08. Meat Beat Manifesto - Brainwashed This Way/Zombie/That Shirt
[5:23] 09. Meat Beat Manifesto - Original Control (Version 2)
[4:34] 10. Meat Beat Manifesto - Euthanasia
[6:00] 11. Meat Beat Manifesto - Edge Of No Control (Part 1)
[3:16] 12. Meat Beat Manifesto - Edge Of No Control (Part 2)
[1:53] 13. Meat Beat Manifesto - Untold Stories
[4:49] 14. Meat Beat Manifesto - Son Of Sam
[1:28] 15. Meat Beat Manifesto - Track 15
[5:06] 16. Meat Beat Manifesto - Placebo

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ABOUT THE ALBUM

1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
Total length: 01:04:27
Main artist: Meat Beat Manifesto
Composer: Mark
Label: [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue
Genre: Industrial, Dub, Hip Hop, Breakbeat, Acid, Downtempo
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
1992 Play It Again Sam [PIAS]
2012 Play It Again Sam [PIAS]


A Meat Beat Manifesto album is a special thing, since it usually manages to
encompass the styles of other acts while still having a distinct voice of its
own. Satyricon features the sample-trippy goofiness of the Orb, the sharp,
rock-flavored house of the Chemical Brothers, the streamlined trance of Orbital,
and the well-oiled angst of Nine Inch Nails, and thats just for starters.
Long-term frontman Jack Dangers truly has a producers ear, which gives his blend
of dance music a considerable advantage: he takes a musicians approach into a
programmers territory, and his use of vocals actually upgrades a songs impact
rather than diminishes it. Theres more song structure here than in any of the
aforementioned acts, making this something like a pop group for sworn enemies of
the genre. The infectious electronica and obscure samples create an almost
constant (and successful) tension between groove and anxiety, between clubbers
abandon and confused introspection. Musical partner Jonny Stephens takes on an
almost equal workload as producer/engineer/mixer and multi-instrumentalist, and
his lap steel guitar contributions add a wonderfully bizarre layer to the album
(comparable to the pairing of Luke Vibert and BJ Cole). Songs like Mindstream
and Edge of No Control Pt. 1 add just the right amount of Stephens Hawaiian
space cowboy to the mix -- kind of like a warmer alternative to Theremin.
Several other high points along the way in this stuffed-to-the-gills album
include: Your Mind Belongs to the State, a nightmare funky channel-surf through
the fractured minds of mental patients and social outcasts, and Original Control
(Version 2), a wicked laboratory of robots gone amuck, rave/house sirens, and
acid-soaked sequencer riffs, making the whole thing sound like an ugly (and
wonderful) catfight between Moby and Squarepusher. Again, with all the
soundbites, Dangers must shop flea markets and bad video stores two days a week;
his vast arsenal of obscure samples range from failed sci-fi to closed-door
psychoanalysis to British TV commercials. There are only a few times his sample
cup runneth over in excess (Brainwashed This Way/Zombie/That Shirt, Untold
Stories), but even these diversions are fascinating. This album still sounded
good ten years later, and its probably why they were still respected then. One
for the books.
© Glenn Swan /TiVo




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