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Speedy J - A Shocking Hobby

Label:
Catalog#:
NOMU74CD
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
10 Apr 2000
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
IDM, Industrial

Tracklist

1   Terre Zippy 3:05 X
2   Borax 5:02 X
3   Ferber Mudd 1:10 X
4   Balk Acid 6:39 X
5   Drill 8:00 X
6   Caligula 2:05 X
7   Vopak 3:32 X
8   Actor Nine 5:41 X
9   Sabina Seat 5:43 X
10   Amoco Cadiz 8:23 X
11   Manhasset 6:41 X

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - Urban Design Front
Written-By, Producer - Jochem Paap

Notes

Published by Speedy J Music/Strictly Confidential.
Recorded in Rotterdam.

℗ 2000 Mute Records Limited
© 2000 Mute Records Limited
Made in Great Britain
Label code: LC 5834
Barcode: 5 016025 682683

Matrix Variants:
ANOMU74CD | IFPI LA31 | ifpi 4B03
D9400 ANOMU 74 CD 01 | 0:1 | Technicolor | IFPI L126 | IFPI 2357

Comes in a card sleeve with outer card sheath.
Track timings taken from computer.

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Rated 5/5
Review by maroko Jun 03, 2008
I have to be honest here and say I've just now decided to jot down a few lines about Speedy J's much talked about album "A Shocking Hobby", and the main reason is that its true magnitude and greatness are only now crystal clear and palpable to me.
Eight years after it came out, and I can claim with enough confidence that in my ears, this still sounds like George Paap's production masterstroke.
Tracks like Drill, Actor Nine, Balk Acid and Amoco Cadiz are yet be surpassed in terms of production complexity, intensity and general sound quality.
Not for the candy ravers, not for laid back home listening, the type of music which would make your girlfriend question your sanity, the album remains a landmark classic. A benchmark in Speedy J's extensive opus, with potential to de(con)struct, taer apart, knock down and build back up from scratch listeners perception of music.
With a distinct and instinctive knack for provoking ample sets of moods, defying the odds and keeping a repellent attitude towards trends, "A Shocking Hobby" will continue giving rise to doubt, while its status of a unique work untainted by foreign factors remains in tact. One of the best albums I own. Heavy weight stuff this good doesn't come around very often, so missing out on this would be a capital mistake. 10/10.
Review by kompressorkanonen May 10, 2003
Given "A Shocking Hobby"'s harsh and abrasive character, you'd be forgiven to believe that Jochem Paap is a somewhat unbalanced person, when he's in fact an easy-going, polite and mild-mannered guy. Building on the same framework as its predecessor "Public Energy #1", this album combines sheer white noise, colossal breakbeats and deeply emotional strings to brilliant effect, perfectly balancing the contrasts between dystopian darkness and melancholic warmth. Sometimes depressing, sometimes hair-raising, sometimes beautiful and always breathtaking, "A Shocking Hobby" is a modern classic, although certainly not for the faint-hearted.
Rated 5/5
Review by Illabadilla Sep 16, 2001 (edited over 8 years ago)
I got this album when it was recommended to me by a guy that works at the record shop I shop at. I'm glad I bought it! Its somewhat minimalist drum n bass with some chilly atmospherics. The main focus seems to be the distorted trashcan-style beats. The everpresent distortion serves to really set the feel. "Ferber Acid" is the best track.