AmmonContact – New Birth

Name: AmmonContact - New Birth
Rating: 3.58 (19 reviews)

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Label:	Ninja Tune – ZEN CD105
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	May 16, 2005
Genre:	Electronic, Hip Hop
Style:	Trip Hop, Downtempo

Tracklist

1	Omniverses 1 (Los Angeles To The Astro-Infinity) Drums [Trap Drums] – Andres Renteria Electric Bass, Electric Guitar – Greg Malone Mixed By – Carlos Niño, Matt Pszonak Percussion – Carlos Niño Recorded By [All Other Instruments] – Matt Pszonak Recorded By [Drums, Strings And Samples] – Fabian Ammon* Written-By – Carlos Niño, Greg Malone	5:22
2	Naeem (10 Pounds 7 Ounces Of Love) Electric Bass, Electric Guitar – Dexter Story Kalimba – Joshua Spiegelman Mixed By – Carlos Niño, Matt Pszonak Recorded By [All Other Instruments] – Matt Pszonak Recorded By [Drums] – Fabian Ammon* Written-By – Carlos Niño, Dexter Story, Fabian Ammon*	2:19
3	Futuro (Hot Off The MPC To Disk Mix) Producer [Post Mix Production] – Carlos Niño, James Richards (3) Written-By, Recorded By – Fabian Ammon*	3:43
4	It Started As A Remix For Elvin ("Nobody, Nadie" Estela) Recorded By, Mixed By – Carlos Niño, James Richards (3) Written-By – Carlos Niño, Fabian Ammon*	2:19
5	A Satellite's Return (Hot Off The MPC To Disk Mix) Producer [Post Mix Production] – Carlos Niño, James Richards (3) Written-By, Recorded By – Fabian Ammon*	3:45
6	New Birth (Like Waves Crashing And Crashing Again) Mixed By – Carlos Niño, Matt Pszonak Producer [Post Mix Production] – Carlos Niño, James Richards (3) Written-By, Recorded By – Fabian Ammon*	2:40
7	Omniverses 2 (In Tribute To The Late Mary Hansen And The Ever Wondrous Stereolab) Drums [Trap Drums], Electric Bass, Electric Guitar – Dexter Story Mixed By – Carlos Niño, Matt Pszonak Producer [Post Mix Production] – Carlos Niño, James Richards (3) Recorded By [All Other Instruments] – Matt Pszonak Recorded By [Drums And Keyboards] – Fabian Ammon* Vocals – Angie Estrada, Gaby Hernandez Written-By – Carlos Niño	4:19
8	My People (I'm Spittin For The Freedom Of) Kalimba – Joshua Spiegelman Mixed By – Carlos Niño, Matt Pszonak Recorded By – Matt Pszonak Vocals – Lil Sci* Written-By – Carlos Niño, John Robinson (3), Joshua Spiegelman	2:05
9	Temple Jam (Collective Improvisation) Mixed By – Carlos Niño, Matt Pszonak Performer [Performed By] – Build An Ark Recorded By [Live At Temple Bar] – Swan Montgomery Written-By – Nate Morgan	7:58

Credits

Design – Keith Tamashiro
Mastered By – Eric Labson*
Photography By – Kevin Ramos (2)
Producer – Carlos Niño (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 9), Fabian Ammon* (tracks: 3 to 6)

Notes

℗Ninja Tune 2005
©Todosonidas Presents
Made in England

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 021392 414126
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 2): IMPRESS ZENCD105 01
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 to 2): IFPI L135
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 04AT
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0445

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	New Birth (2×12", Album)	Ninja Tune	ZEN 105	UK	2005
Recently Edited	New Birth (CD, Album, Promo)	Ninja Tune	ZENCD105P	UK	2005
	New Birth (CD, Album)	Ninja Tune	ZENCD 105	Canada	2005
	New Birth (2×12", Album, White Label)	Ninja Tune	ZEN 105	UK	2005

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Reviews

scoundrel Oct 26, 2006
Edited 17 years ago
AmmonContact continues their brand of spacy dublab-inspired trip-hop with NEW BIRTH. The beats here are laidback and smooth, and the melodies are content to drift on top of them. This isn't an album that you have blaring out of your hoopty; instead, this is a head-nodding album, something you put on when you're just chilling. "It Started As a Remix fo Elvin" carries this mood right into orbit, like a sonic meteor shower, while "A Satellite's Return" picks up the pace... but only by a slight bit. "Omniverses 2" develops a haunting theme, only to drop out halfway and slowly reintroduce the theme. Things only really start cutting loose on "Temple Jam," which sounds exactly the way the title implies: a jam session. A short and sweet album.