Hoodlum Priest - Heart Of Darkness
Label:
Catalog#:
9031-71830-2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Europe
Released:
Sep 1990
Genre:
Electronic,
Hip Hop,
Rock
Style:
Leftfield,
Alternative Rock,
Industrial,
Hip Hop
Credits
Artwork By [Concept] -
Hoodlum Priest
Artwork By [Design] - David Little , Gary Staines
Photography [Angel] - Derek Thompson
Photography [Band] - Schoerner
Photography [C Horse, Deep Dance, Rebel Angel] - Peter Warren
Photography [Caucasian] - Fenno Jacobs
Photography [Circuit Board] - Weinberg/Clark
Photography [Front Cover, Sex Spirit, Talk Dirty] - George Hoyningen Huene
Photography [Rock Drill] - Sir Jacob Epstein
Photography [Tyrell] - Dassy Schlagman
Producer - Thompson* , Grey* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10)
Programmed By - Gardner*
Vocals [Additional] - Anna Pascal , Carmen Daye , Claude Sabbah , Michael Rose , Paul Milliard , Zaharama
Written-by [Music], Performer - Thompson*
Written-by [Words], Vocals - Sevier* (tracks: 2 to 9)
Artwork By [Design] - David Little , Gary Staines
Photography [Angel] - Derek Thompson
Photography [Band] - Schoerner
Photography [C Horse, Deep Dance, Rebel Angel] - Peter Warren
Photography [Caucasian] - Fenno Jacobs
Photography [Circuit Board] - Weinberg/Clark
Photography [Front Cover, Sex Spirit, Talk Dirty] - George Hoyningen Huene
Photography [Rock Drill] - Sir Jacob Epstein
Photography [Tyrell] - Dassy Schlagman
Producer - Thompson* , Grey* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10)
Programmed By - Gardner*
Vocals [Additional] - Anna Pascal , Carmen Daye , Claude Sabbah , Michael Rose , Paul Milliard , Zaharama
Written-by [Music], Performer - Thompson*
Written-by [Words], Vocals - Sevier* (tracks: 2 to 9)
Notes
Track 6 duration erroneously given as 3:31 on release.
Artistically and conceptually, HOD is a dark, quite brilliantly visionary, and typically British ‘complete work’ album. Think Pink Floyd’s “Dark side of the Moon”. While the diversity of its’ ten tracks are as literate musically, it’s not as easy listening, but the complexity of sound cuts, clips, beats, rap and vocal samples make it fascinating and just as easy to picture imaginatively.
Darkness’s theme and imagery is the mental angst of Orwellian police-state imprisonment, depression, media manipulation and violence. 'Rock Drill' (5.12) explores the schizophrenia within the human mind so well, that its definitely not for seriously depressed teens.
The first of its’ genre that I ever heard, HOD emerged years before the real growth of ambient, dark sci-fi music began. The excellent lead track 'Tyrell' (7.15) with its’ inspired “Time to die” sample from the sci-fi fantasy masterpiece BladeRunner (Harrison Ford/Rutger Hauer-director Ridley Scott)
Contrasts ? ...Tracks like the pointless but relaxing Parisian dialogue of 'Sex Spirit'. 'Walker' and psychotic 'Talk Dirty' are equally rich, but destructive, explicit, visual sound movies in themselves.
Heart of Darkness tracks feature strong, unique, dramatic voice clips from film, poets and authors… some so real they might be stolen.
Rebel Angel (4.58) is as weird an ending track as you can imagine, like a movie that when you exit, makes you look back over your own shoulder and shiver… wishing that it was longer or had a sequel.