Tobin, Amon - 1997 - Bricolage

Amon Tobin's jazz-jungle fusions as Cujo (for upstart label Ninebar) earned him many props, but that began to change with his debut for Ninja Tune. Blurring the already vague line that separates jungle's rhythmic meditations from those of the hottest jazz (Elvin Jones, say, or Jaco Pastorius), Bricolage manages a difficult hybrid of heart, soul, atmosphere, and brain-bending plunderphonics that loses neither perspective nor direction over the course of the albums. Like his preceding EPs Creatures and Chomp Samba (from which a few of Bricolage's cuts derive), the album mixes fast and slow but maintains a solid focus on innovation without sacrificing a sense of purpose. Somehow, Bricolage manages to be both consistent and consistently engaging, a feat few drum'n'bass LPs seem able to manage.

		1		Stoney Street	Tobin	5:53
		2		Easy Muffin	Tobin	5:02
		3		Yasawas	Tobin	5:24
		4		Creatures	Tobin	5:21
		5		Chomp Samba	Tobin	6:07
		6		The New York Editor	Tobin	4:56
		7		Defocus	Tobin	5:10
		8		The Nasty	Tobin	4:35
		9		Bitter and Twisted	Tobin	5:05
		10		Wires and Snakes	Tobin	5:27
		11		One Day in My Garden	Tobin	5:43
		12		Dream Sequence	Tobin	7:19
		13		One Small Step	Tobin	6:11
		14		Mission	Tobin	7:08

¡Aquí!

Foetus - 2001 - Blow

This is the remix album of Flow. Flow itself was a superlative album from Foetus, but the efforts provided by Phylr, Ursula 1000, Franz Treichler (the Young Gods) and more end up with ultra-effective post-industrial beat music. Following Gash and the stifling business relationship with Sony were six years of chemical and alcohol suicide. This ended with J.G. Thirlwell, aka Foetus, making some positive changes, putting him into a state of creative flow that brought out Flow. That triumphant rebirth brilliantly shines through on Blow, a high watermark in the Foetus discography.

		1		Cirrhosis of the Heart [Amon Tobin Mix]		6:35
		2		The Need Machine [Franz Treichier Mix]		5:49
		3		Victim of Victor [Jay Wasco Mix]		3:58
		4		Mandelay [Phylr Mix]		4:59
		5		Quick Fix [Charlie Clouser Mix]		5:28
		6		Kreibabe [Pan Sonic Mix]		4:19
		7		Shun [Kid 606 Mix]		4:08
		8		Suspect [DJ Food Feed Em Their Rights Mix]		6:02
		9		Grace of Gad [Kidrey Thieves/Sean Beavan Mix]		4:25
		10		Heuldoch 7b [Panacea Mix]		3:48
		11		Someone Who Cares [Ursula 1000 Sheracer Mix]		4:16
		12		The Need Machine [J.G. Thirlwell Mix]		7:28

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