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Röyksopp - Poor Leno - 19-Oct-07 04:32 AM
I'm a big fan of the Istanbul Forever mix. I recently heard, on the Cybernetic Broadcasting System, the track Stressed Up by Andre and Leslie which it seems the start of this version of Poor Leno is, in part, based on. Particularly the guitar riff.

It is quite soft but is particularly lush and epic. No vocals but the vocal line is taken by a pair (it's a very layered track)of resonant synths.

Barbarella - Barbarella (Remix) - 04-Sep-06 08:05 AM
I rate the Irresistable Force mix as among his best work and is up there with his interpretation of Coldcut's Autumn Leaves. I recently discovered that it's chords are taken, possibly sampled, from a track on the 1977 Cluster and Eno LP, called Wehrmut (translated as 'military courage' in German).

Coldcut - What's That Noise? - 25-Jul-03 06:58 AM
People Hold is the usual version. Superior pop-house of the time with fine vocal from Stansfield before she went 'classy'.

Fat (Party & Bullshit) is one of thsoe great tracks that defies easy categorisation. Farting analogue bassline, horn stabs conga heavy breaks.

I'm In Deep is a funny one. A bit of a dirge at times it's not as 'up' as the rest of the album and sits oddly here. Acidic bassline, the Fall's Mark E Smith singing down a telephone-ah.

No Conncetion is the most straightforward track on the album. Basically deep house or early trance (proper trance like your mum used to like though not Ian Van Dahl) in feel.

Stop This Crazy Thing. Junior Reid, gorilla backing vocals, that analogue bass paping away, Ska brass section and drums and a great summer hit.

My Telephone is bit of a concept track where previos cut-ups have been scatalogical in approach this was about those damn phones ringing all the time an dthis was befor the rise of mobiles! Perhaps they just had loads of telephoney sample lyiong around. Nicely keyed ring tones and what have you, vocals quite nice but didn't deserve a single release.

Theme From Reportage was , as the tiitle hints, the theme to Reportage which was an investagative news piece as part of BBC2 DEF II youth TV slot. I like this. Short and sweet. Nice analogue bass again and loads of "Don't touch that dial" and "Is anybody out there" type samples.

Which Doctor? - This is a sort of spooky hodge podge of samples and breaks with synth FX piano notes here and there. It's a very What's that Noise sort of track.

Smoke 1 was later re-used as the backing for Find A Way feat Queen Latifah. A hip-hop backing track it is really. 100 BPM funky break, nice sub bass.

Doctorin' The House (Say R Mix). This is far superior to the Acid Shut Up mix from the remix 12". No samples to speak of this complete rethink is more a pop-house version.

What's that noise features tribal rhythms and chants and ha s sort of world music feel whilst staying part of the album and undeniably Coldcut.

Overall the album is a complete mixed bag of styles and ideas but it still holds together pretty well. It has a couple of hits and guest vocals and has stood the test of time pretty well. Nearly every track has little voice samples and Fx between them to glue them together and they are one of the reasons I love the album although in many way it would have been better with Beats and Pieces on it instead of on the bonus 12". The CD corrected this though. This is for me The Coldcut album.

Coldcut / Matt Black & The Coldcut Crew - Beats + Pieces / That Greedy Beat - 25-Jul-03 05:36 AM
This is the rarer vesrion (as far as I can tell) of the B 12"s with the edit and More Beats mixes of the original replaced by by That Greedy Beat. A less dense effort than B this track is still very good stuff but never seems to have the punch on it's own that the A-side manages. It's best used in the mix as heard on the 70 Minutes Of Madness JDJ mix CD.

Coldcut / Matt Black & The Coldcut Crew - Beats + Pieces / That Greedy Beat - 25-Jul-03 05:27 AM
Probably the best cut-up Coldcut have ever done. Featuring: the break from Led Zep's When The Levee Breaks; wah-wah guitar from Afique's House of The Rising Funk; Scratched up Vivaldi; Tom Baker as Doctor Who "Alright. Just One More Time" and much, much more. The Mo' Bass Remix is the extended workout where the edit is more concise. Finally More beats just leaves the Led Zep break with the occasional James Brown sample for fun. Never tired of this in 15 years.