Underworld - Bruce Lee
Label:
Catalog#:
JBO5010033
Format:
CD, Maxi-Single
Country:
UK
Released:
15 Nov 1999
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Deep House,
Techno,
Downtempo,
Experimental
Tracklist
| 1 | Bruce Lee (Short) | 3:00 | ||
| 2 | Bruce Lee (The Micronauts Remix) | 8:56 | ||
|
Remix [Credited To], Producer [Additional] [Credited To] -
Christophe Monier
,
George Issakidis
Remix, Producer [Additional] - Micronauts, The | ||||
| 3 | Cups (Salt City Orchestra's Vertical Bacon Vocal) | 9:23 | ||
| Remix, Producer [Additional] - Salt City Orchestra | ||||
| 4 | Bruce Lee (Dobropet) | 4:10 | ||
Credits
Engineer, Mixed By -
Mike Nielsen
,
Rick Smith
,
Tom Morrison
Mastered By - Kevin Metcalfe
Performer [Underworld] - Darren Emerson , Karl Hyde , Rick Smith
Producer - Rick Smith
Written-by [Written] - Underworld
Mastered By - Kevin Metcalfe
Performer [Underworld] - Darren Emerson , Karl Hyde , Rick Smith
Producer - Rick Smith
Written-by [Written] - Underworld
Notes
Track 2: Remix and additional production at Atelier de Musique Electronique Paris XI.
Track 3: Remix and additional production for Paper Recordings
Recorded and mixed at Lemonworld.
Mastered at Soundmasters.
JBO Ltd: Saga Centre, 326 Kensal Road, London, W10 5BZ.
Management: Jukes productions Ltd., P.O. Box 13995 London W9 2FL.
Published by: Underworld, Sherlock Holmes music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music for North America
V2 Distribution: UK - 3MV/Pinnacle
Germany/Austria - Zomba Distribution a division of Zomba Records GmbH
Benelux - PIAS
Eire - Record Services
France - Sony Music
Italy - Universal Music
Poland - Polstar/CDN
Scandinavia - M.N.W.
CH: Zomba Records Switzerland
BIEM mcps
℗ 1999 Underworld exclusively licensed to JBP Ltd for UK and Ireland; World excluding UK and Ireland V2 Music Ltd.
© 1999 Underworld exclusively licensed to JBP Ltd for UK and Ireland; World excluding UK and Ireland V2 Music Ltd.
The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Underworld exclusively licensed to JBP Ltd for UK and Ireland; World excluding UK and Ireland V2 Music Ltd.
JBO5010033
707.1033.3
LC 1801
CB 608
Made in E.C.
Barcode: 5 033197 100333 >
Track 3: Remix and additional production for Paper Recordings
Recorded and mixed at Lemonworld.
Mastered at Soundmasters.
JBO Ltd: Saga Centre, 326 Kensal Road, London, W10 5BZ.
Management: Jukes productions Ltd., P.O. Box 13995 London W9 2FL.
Published by: Underworld, Sherlock Holmes music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music for North America
V2 Distribution: UK - 3MV/Pinnacle
Germany/Austria - Zomba Distribution a division of Zomba Records GmbH
Benelux - PIAS
Eire - Record Services
France - Sony Music
Italy - Universal Music
Poland - Polstar/CDN
Scandinavia - M.N.W.
CH: Zomba Records Switzerland
BIEM mcps
℗ 1999 Underworld exclusively licensed to JBP Ltd for UK and Ireland; World excluding UK and Ireland V2 Music Ltd.
© 1999 Underworld exclusively licensed to JBP Ltd for UK and Ireland; World excluding UK and Ireland V2 Music Ltd.
The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Underworld exclusively licensed to JBP Ltd for UK and Ireland; World excluding UK and Ireland V2 Music Ltd.
JBO5010033
707.1033.3
LC 1801
CB 608
Made in E.C.
Barcode: 5 033197 100333 >
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Reviews & Discussion
This quirky Bruce Lee single is bloody interesting (pun). Released in 1999, it's still as challenging a listen today, as it was then. Salt City Orchestra's spin on Cups is deep house, disco, ambience, all squeezed into an ultraviolet track that soars cooly on a higher plane and, as the vocals remind us, 'over the ocean'. The Micronauts turn the rather unattractive original Bruce Lee into a punchy, aggressive, mean, fighting machine. Throbbing bass accompanies psychedelic mayhem. Dobropet, is one of the most understated and adventurous space of impressionistic evocation. After a short spoken introduction on head wounds, the track dips into a lengthy silence, suddenly transporting the listener back to a scene of fight, with gongs going off amidst glitchy, pulsating beats: the heart is thumping, the crowd is cheering, the glitch is disorienting like a concussion, and the gong is going off between rounds. The listener begins to feel like the wounded, dazed, confused yet resilient Bruce Lee. It's a marvel, it really is.
Underworld's BRUCE LEE EP is surely one mixed bag of mediocrity, greatness and weirdness. The title track is easily one of Underworld's most mediocre, I'm still confused as to why it was even released as a single. However, The Micronauts prove that remixing can turn anything into something great. They take Bruce Lee into a dark experimental territory and put out a menacing squelchy monster. However, the real gem here is the incredibly beautiful and heart-warming remix of Cups by Salt City Orchestra. Truly music for the soul and one of most monumental deep house tracks ever produced. Dobropet mix of Bruce Lee is just plain weird - just crowd noise over glitchy 4/4 beat.
This is the kind of releases that's very hard to rate. On one hand, I could easily give 5/5 for tracks 2 and especially 3, but tracks 1 and 4 are really not my cup of tea. So, 4/5 overall.
This is the kind of releases that's very hard to rate. On one hand, I could easily give 5/5 for tracks 2 and especially 3, but tracks 1 and 4 are really not my cup of tea. So, 4/5 overall.