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| Prelude | 0:53 | |
| Slam | 5:45 | |
| Plasticworld | 6:22 | |
| Fasten Your Seatbelt | 6:38 | |
| Through The Loop | 6:14 | |
| Sounds Of Life | 5:21 | |
| Girl In The Fire | 4:54 | |
| Tarantula | 5:31 | |
| Out Here | 6:07 | |
| Hold Your Colour | 5:29 | |
| The Terminal | 5:42 | |
| Streamline | 5:24 | |
| Another Planet | 7:38 | |
| Still Grey | 7:52 |
Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold Your Colour (CD, Album) | Breakbeat Kaos | BBK002CD | UK | 2005 | |
| Hold Your Colour (3x12", Album) | Breakbeat Kaos | BBK 002LP | UK | 2005 | |
| Hold Your Colour (4x12", Album, Promo) | Breakbeat Kaos | BBK 002LPD | UK | 2005 | |
| Hold Your Colour (CDr, Promo, Copy Prot.) | Breakbeat Kaos | BBK002CD | UK | 2005 | |
| Hold Your Colour (CD, Album, RE) | Breakbeat Kaos | BBK002CDR | UK | 2007 | |
| Hold Your Colour (CDr, Promo, RE) | Breakbeat Kaos | BBKCDR | UK | 2007 |
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referencing Hold Your Colour, 3x12", Album, BBK 002LP
referencing Hold Your Colour, CD, Album, BBK002CD
This is music to get speeding tickets for! Although this usually isn't the genre I listen to, "Hold Your Colour" is one of the most powerful albums from 2005.
Much like Kosheen before them, they manage to open their Drum'n'Bass sound to a larger audience while not falling into mainstream. Tracks like "Slam" and "Hold Your Colour" keep your speakers busy, while the two slower, breaks tracks "Fasten Your Seatbelt" and "Out Here" stand against their faster neightbours without giving in quality. There is of course the odd downpoint with "Through The Loop", a track which just seems to not going anywhere, but then again you are still left with more than 70 minutes of excellent beats and outstanding tunes.
Much like Kosheen before them, they manage to open their Drum'n'Bass sound to a larger audience while not falling into mainstream. Tracks like "Slam" and "Hold Your Colour" keep your speakers busy, while the two slower, breaks tracks "Fasten Your Seatbelt" and "Out Here" stand against their faster neightbours without giving in quality. There is of course the odd downpoint with "Through The Loop", a track which just seems to not going anywhere, but then again you are still left with more than 70 minutes of excellent beats and outstanding tunes.
Girl In The Fire is one of my all-time favorite drum&bass tunes. It starts out sounding like a lounge tune or maybe some muzak you might hear in an elevator, but it picks up and goes wild. These guys took a sound and really took it up a notch. The guitar work and keyboards are wild. I just can't help but dance to this one.
It's funny, about a year ago I had started work on a drum&bass tune sampling the boatride song from Willy Wonka. I thought it'd be such a badass tune. Then I heard this and thought, "Fucking Pendulum beat me to it!" I was both pissed and excited at the same time. They had done what I was planning, but they had done it way better than I could've. This track is great, a real rinser that just beats the crap out of you.
Plasticworld is a nice jazzy tune. More smoothed out liquid-funk, Fats adds some chill words to this track. With the horns and funky beats, I just love to get down to this one.
The Terminal has some strange composition, but I like it. There's some crazy bass and wicked beats there, it's just not arranged like your typical drum&bass tune. This one feels like it might've belonged on the Jungle Sound LP.
Sounds Of Life is a great track. Beautiful female vocals, quick funky beats and and amazing tune, I loved it immediately. I heard this before the album came out and this was actually the reason I got it. Still one of my favorites, but the rest of the album matches it with style.
Buy this album. Easily one of the best drum&bass LPs ever released.