Meat Beat Manifesto: c or d, s & d

I thought Jack Dangers pulled off bringing in some jazz ringers like Bennie Maupin, which is something some of the other electronic producers tried to do with less success (like Carl Craig).

Storm The Studio often tops it though, just because i go back to it the most, and it was a cornerstone release for me... (it saved me from Wax Trax/EBM conundrum)

(I also interviewed Jack, though backstage during the Organic 1996 festival in Arrowbear, CA.. he was really down-to-earth and great.. My interview got interrupted often by Loop Guru being really noisy at their "press conference" backstage... ugh.)

where to start w/ these guys...?

You've got plenty of recommendations upthread!

yes Ned but i would like the updated-for-2011 ilx approved list of great MBM albums. don't make me start a poll... :X

(j/k, have read thread, it's tooo short though! more chat plz)

Satyricon or 99% is the best overall album. Armed Audio Warfare has great production but vocals more annoying/dated. Radio Babylon is my favourite stand-alone tune.

MBM remix of Depeche Mode's Rush is great.

go in this order

99%
Storm The Studio
Satyricon
Subliminal Sandwich
Actual Sounds and Voices
Armed Audio Warfare
anything else
R.U.O.K.

now we're talking! thanks DJP

"R.U.O.K."

^ is this what fans/critics said to MBM when they heard this album? lol

kind of

it's not that it's bad as much as it is... well, that album is not why I like MBM

Storm The Studio is the most aggressive / revolutionary & the one that made the deepest impression on me
99% is not as 100% as the former but it's more polished, flows more smoothly as an album -- remarkably out there and incredibly distinct sound
Satyricon kicks the speed for pot, trippier & mellower interludes, less noise more dub, more variety, singing gets more melodic which opens up the music for some listeners while leaving others behind, really well done pop album
Subliminal Sandwich is where the vocabulary of traditional dub music overwhelms the noise innovation -- sprawling 2 CD album, first disc with the 'songs', second disc with the immersive instrumentals. expertly done if not as much my thing, though 'Electric People' on disc 2 = as good as any of it
Actual Sounds And Voices tries to pull together the diversity of the previous one into a single flowing album, not pushing it forward but bringing it together

Storm The Studio LP / mp3 edition - has 'Strap Down Part 3', left off the CD
Armed Audio Warfare = compilation of pre-Storm The Studio tracks, even noisier, all over the place but good
NOW 5" CD single - fantastic dub remixes from 99%
Original Fire - odd and ends compilation released right after Subliminal, has Storm The Studio outtake "I Got The Fear Part 5"

Albums since then are completely quality works but not as distinctive as the first two which I still listen to, people are still catching up to what he did on those two

xpost DJP's priority list OTM

Loudness Clarifies is awesome.

http://www.coldwaves.net/la/

well, the saturday line up is rather f*cking fantastic.
sometimes i hate the uk festival scene as we would never ever get such brilliant all in one place.

I stand by Actual Sounds + Voices being the best album... so far, it's the peak of the ultra dense, spacey, and floor-shaking elements done best.

just done my first headphone listen to this with my new cans, and damn was it special.

Where to start? I would say by watching Emergency Broadcast Network videos on Youtube. Jack Dangers produced all their music, if I recall correctly.

I'm starting to think Subliminal Sandwich is their most underrated album but that's mostly because I'm listening to "Nuclear Bomb"

I agree! 99% and Satyricon are all-time for me, but I find myself pulling Subliminal Sandwich more often.