This my friends, is a truely groundbreaking album. And I hope I'm not the only one thinking so. Most of you know the story of Storm the studio, but for the uninitiated here's a quick rundown: Meat Beat Manifesto were recording their first album but the studio surprisingly burned down. What was salvaged from the fire came out as singles first, only to appear as reworked pieces on Storm the studio.
I'd call this album "four songs remixed into fifteen parts" if life was easy, but it's way more than that. While "remixes" are supposed to keep the sound and feel of the original tunes, these mutated and mangled entities haven't got much in common with their original counterparts.
But what was pushing new ground, was the music itself. Combining various aspects of electronic music, rock, funk and hip-hop into something I just called "weird" back when I first heard it. It's got so much things going on throughout the disc that I won't even bother to begin with describing it all. It simply needs to be heard, preferably in repeated doses, to be understood. Just so we're clear on this, this album holds a very dear place in my heart, as it opened up a whole new world of music and influenced the fuck out me.
It's the soundtrack of going to a party, only to realize that you're the only one who is totally blazing on acid. It's a bright, colourful and freaky electronic symphony! Lap it up and enjoy!
"Rock and roll music is an art form. Rock and roll is here to stay."
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