Meat Beat Manifesto - Impossible Star '2017/2018

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[2:41] 01. Meat Beat Manifesto - ONE
[2:44] 02. Meat Beat Manifesto - Bass Playa
[6:00] 03. Meat Beat Manifesto - We Are Surrounded
[3:03] 04. Meat Beat Manifesto - Unique Boutique
[5:32] 05. Meat Beat Manifesto - Nocebo
[3:55] 06. Meat Beat Manifesto - Impossible Star
[14:53] 07. Meat Beat Manifesto - Lurker
[5:17] 08. Meat Beat Manifesto - T.M.I
[3:00] 09. Meat Beat Manifesto - Liquidators
[3:32] 10. Meat Beat Manifesto - Nereus Rov
[4:41] 11. Meat Beat Manifesto - Synthesizer Teste
[3:05] 12. Meat Beat Manifesto - Rejector
[5:43] 13. Meat Beat Manifesto - The Darkness

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ABOUT THE ALBUM

1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
Total length: 01:03:54
Main artist: Meat Beat Manifesto
Composer: John Corrigan
Label: MBM Records
Genre: Techno, Minimal, Breakbeat
Hi-Res 24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(c) 2017 MBM Records

Meat Beat Manifesto were far more prolific throughout the 1990s and 2000s than
they were during the 2010s -- 2018s Impossible Star is only their second
full-length of the decade, following Answers Come in Dreams by eight years. Even
though Jack Dangers and his cohorts have seemingly slowed down their
productivity, theyve never stopped exploring the outer limits of abstract,
beat-heavy electronic music, nor have they run out of things to say. Their
previous two albums, Answers Come in Dreams and 2008s stellar Autoimmune,
plunged into the then-emerging dubstep sound, and a few tracks on Impossible
Star retain those types of crawling tempos and killer bass drops (particularly
Unique Boutique), but the overall sound of the album is a pretty well-rounded
mix of ambient textures and crunchy beats. Vocals do appear on a fair number of
tracks, either by way of samples (usually paranoid snippets immersed in static,
as on We Are Surrounded), or delivered through vocoders, emphasizing the groups
electro roots. T.M.I is the groups most direct statement about the late-2010s
political climate, with Dangers coming to the conclusion that Misinformation is
all were gonna get now. The albums title track features driving, bashy beats, a
fusion-inspired bassline (flashing back to the groups jazzier albums like At the
Center), and mellow, spacious synths, along with a puzzle of vocoders and
samples, forming a message that Peace is impossible. Its subtly bleak, but it
never sounds as intense or apocalyptic as anything off Storm the Studio. Nereus
Rov is another winning blast of blown-out shotgun beats and calmly detached
spaciness. The centerpiece is the driving 15-minute space suite Lurker, which is
essentially three songs in one. Impossible Star is another strong showing from a
veteran outfit that has continually resisted categorization or
commercialization, and has remained innovative as well as relevant.
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