Juno Reactor - Shango
Label:
Catalog#:
MET 185
Format:
CD, Album, Digipak
Country:
US
Released:
17 Oct 2000
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Breakbeat,
Trance,
Tribal,
Goa Trance,
Ambient
Tracklist
| 1 | Pistolero | 6:13 | X | |
| Written-By - Stevens* | ||||
| 2 | Hule Lam | 4:00 | X | |
| Written-By - Amampondo | ||||
| 3 | Insects | 6:18 | X | |
| Written-By - Maguire* | ||||
| 4 | Badimo | 7:14 | X | |
| Written-By - Burton* | ||||
| 5 | Masters Of The Universe | 6:05 | X | |
| Written-By - Bley* | ||||
| 6 | Nitrogen Part 1 | 8:34 | X | |
| Written-By - Paterson* , Hunter* | ||||
| 7 | Nitrogen Part 2 | 6:26 | X | |
| Written-By - Holweck* | ||||
| 8 | Solaris | 8:58 | X | |
| Written-By - Ram* | ||||
| 9 | Song For Ancestors | 8:09 | X | |
| Written-By - Alexander* | ||||
Credits
Artwork By [Design] -
Squalis
Engineer - Greg Hunter , Otto The Barbarian , Richard Edwards , Steev Toth
Guitar [Pedal Steel] - BJ Cole
Mastered By - Kevin Metcalfe
Overtone Voice, Strings - Boris Salchack
Photography - Mike Diver
Producer - Juno Reactor
Tabla - Pandit Dinesh
Vocals - Busi Mhlongo , Taz Alexander
Written-By - Watkins* , Thobejane* (tracks: 4, 5, 9)
Engineer - Greg Hunter , Otto The Barbarian , Richard Edwards , Steev Toth
Guitar [Pedal Steel] - BJ Cole
Mastered By - Kevin Metcalfe
Overtone Voice, Strings - Boris Salchack
Photography - Mike Diver
Producer - Juno Reactor
Tabla - Pandit Dinesh
Vocals - Busi Mhlongo , Taz Alexander
Written-By - Watkins* , Thobejane* (tracks: 4, 5, 9)
Notes
Recorded at Bowl Court Studios and Brownhill Farm Studios
Mastered at The Soundmasters.
Under exclusive license from M.E.L.T. 2000 Ltd
Total time: 61:59
Made in the USA
© MELT 2000 Ltd
UPC: 7 82388 01852 4
Mastered at The Soundmasters.
Under exclusive license from M.E.L.T. 2000 Ltd
Total time: 61:59
Made in the USA
© MELT 2000 Ltd
UPC: 7 82388 01852 4
Recommendations
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Juno Reactor - Bible Of Dreams (CD, Album, Dig)
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Juno Reactor - Labyrinth (CD, Album)
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Shpongle - Are You Shpongled? (CD, Album)
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Infected Mushroom - The Gathering (CD, Album)
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Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom (CD, Album)
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Reviews & Discussion
This album is really where Juno Reactor decided to say goodbye to trance beats and hello to world music. While the previous album, Bible of Dreams, had hinted towards a more ethnic feel (chanting vocals, tribal instruments), Shango explores this genre to the fullest. While you can still hear the distinctive JR beats in the background, there isn't much dance appeal here anymore (exception being the track Insects which is particually bouncy). JR seems to be more interested in creating an epic world listening experience with this album forward.
This album is dark. In my opinion the darkest piece Juno Reactor have ever made. All the tracks have a feeling of immense doom, like Badimo or a hallucinogenic surrealism like Pistolero. Nitrogen 1 & 2 are an industrial/ambient duality, telling us of a dark and polluted future, and the final piece, Song For Ancestors, is spiced with maniacal laughter.
It's quite a good piece, like everything Juno Reactor have made - but I'd still like to call it their weakest one, judging by their standards. It's the transition between Bible Of Dreams and Labyrinth, a cocoon phase... not as innovative as the first or as accomplished as the second.
8.5 out of 10 I'd say.
It's quite a good piece, like everything Juno Reactor have made - but I'd still like to call it their weakest one, judging by their standards. It's the transition between Bible Of Dreams and Labyrinth, a cocoon phase... not as innovative as the first or as accomplished as the second.
8.5 out of 10 I'd say.