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Label:
Catalog#:
BRASSIC 2CD
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
16 Sep 1996
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Big Beat
Tracklist
| 1 | Song For Lindy | 4:49 | X | |
| 2 | Santa Cruz | 7:29 | X | |
| 3 | Going Out Of My Head | 5:14 | X | |
| 4 | The Weekend Starts Here | 6:40 | X | |
| 5 | Everybody Needs A 303 | 5:48 | X | |
| 6 | Give The Po' Man A Break | 5:52 | X | |
| 7 | 10th And Crenshaw | 4:19 | X | |
| 8 | First Down | 6:17 | X | |
| 9 | Punk To Funk | 4:58 | X | |
| Written-by ['young Scene' Sample] - K.Mansfield* | ||||
| 10 | The Sound Of Milwaukee | 6:16 | X | |
Credits
Notes
Recorded at The House Of Love.
Track 4 heavily samples "Fluid" by Jestofunk, this is uncredited.
℗ & © 1996 Skint Records.
Distributed by 3MV/Vital & EFA for G.A.S. Territory
Barcode 5 025425 505225
CD matrix:
DISCTRONICS
S BRASSIC 2 CD 01
Track 4 heavily samples "Fluid" by Jestofunk, this is uncredited.
℗ & © 1996 Skint Records.
Distributed by 3MV/Vital & EFA for G.A.S. Territory
Barcode 5 025425 505225
CD matrix:
DISCTRONICS
S BRASSIC 2 CD 01
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Reviews & Discussion
On track 4, The Weekend Starts Here, Mr Cook cheekily fails to give any credit whatsoever in the sleeve notes to the very heavily sampling of href="http://www.discogs.com/release/68677">Jestofunk's "Fluid" (track 3 on Love In A Black Dimension.
In fact, having done a bit of searching on the web, it seems that very few people are even aware of this sample.
I'd say The Weekend... sounds almost the same as Fluid. (As if Jestofunk asked Fatboy to remix it for them, and he came up with The Weekend... The deep synth melody is blatantly stolen, and I'm really surprised this doesn't seem to be more common knowledge...
In fact, having done a bit of searching on the web, it seems that very few people are even aware of this sample.
I'd say The Weekend... sounds almost the same as Fluid. (As if Jestofunk asked Fatboy to remix it for them, and he came up with The Weekend... The deep synth melody is blatantly stolen, and I'm really surprised this doesn't seem to be more common knowledge...
This album helped set my sights on the deeper and more sophisticated world of electronic music. Until this time I was still listening to many various things, FSOL, Chemical Brothers, Atari Teenage Riot, etc. This album taught me a thing or two about well crafted deep techno (big beat). It is Cook's best album, and had a "real" sound to it, as opposed to today's dance floor friendly yucky stuff.
This is what got me started all those years ago in the world of electronica. At the time Daft Punk was too underground for me and Prodigy was too mainstream. I found this CD to be the first to make me want to dance. Santa Cruz and The Weekend Starts Here are two of the best road trip songs. Produced before the Big Beat sound was exploited, this is the true sound of Big Beat. Norman Cook took what Filla Brazillia was doing on there upbeat albums and added some serious funk. If you like the newer Fatboy sound, but want something a little more funk and soul to it it's worth your while to check this out!
Oh, and the harmonica loop is taken from Black Sabbath's "The Wizard"...