Notes
All tracks written and produced at the Stooodio, Oxford (UK)
Track 1, 2, 9 - recorded at Otherworld, The Fridge, Brixton, London, 4th October 1996
Track 3, 4 - recorded at Transmission, Coven ii, Oxford, 28th March 1996
Track 5, 8 - recorded at Pagan, The Theatre Factory (Tyssen St Studios), Dalston, London, New Years eve 1995/1996
Track 6 - recorded at Vitality, Brookes University Students Union, Oxford, 25th May 1996
Track 7 - recorded at Science Fiction, The Fridge, Brixton, London, 28th June 1996
Mastered at the Town House. Distributed by Flying, UK.
Total time 73:54
The title intended by the band was supposedly aLIVE but wasn't printed correctly on the release.
While not innovative as some of its contemporaries, it is just so much fun to listen and/or dance to, with really uplifting segments of melodic bliss and a distinct old school mayhem factor, both of which are simultaneously staying in touch with the deeper, more psychedelic aspect of the music through all the little details and samples it uses.
I love for it being so uptempo and fast. It's a 74 minute adrenalin rush through your entire body. I also have a soft spot for the ecstatic climaxes on Cthullu and Silence, the great build up on Two Dawns Over Baleswar and the overall acid frenzy of Rifa.
The whole album is an uncontrollable roller coaster ride through numerous stops on the dance floor. The tunes are raw, wild, energetic, overwhelmed with determination to make you move, and an irresistible likeability factor, making this one of the few album which successfully contains all the ingredients of a always welcome "have a good time all the time" attitude. One of my all time old school favorties. Boy, they sure don't make 'em like this any longer...