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Drum ClubDrums Are Dangerous

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Electronic

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Techno

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Drums Are Dangerous7:39
Crime Pays8:45
Crystal Express4:59
Space Angel Station10:19
Reefer9:05
De-Lushed9:36
Rock'n'Roll Is Dead8:35
Plateau Of Wolves6:23
The Illuminated3:03

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    Cover of Drums Are Dangerous, 1994-08-08, CDDrums Are Dangerous
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    Butterfly Records – BFLCD10UK1994UK1994
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    Cover of Drums Are Dangerous, 1994-09-01, CDDrums Are Dangerous
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    Instinct Records – EX.286.2US1994US1994
    Cover of Drums Are Dangerous, 1994-08-08, VinylDrums Are Dangerous
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    Butterfly Records – BFLLP10UK1994UK1994
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    Cover of Drums Are Dangerous, 1994, CDDrums Are Dangerous
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    Butterfly Records – RTD 159.1791.2, Big Life – RTD 159.1791.2, Rough Trade – RTD 159.1791.2Germany1994Germany1994
    Cover of Drums Are Dangerous, 1994-08-08, CassetteDrums Are Dangerous
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    Butterfly Records – BFLMC 10UK1994UK1994
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    Butterfly Records – BFLLP 10X, Big Life – BFLLP 10X, Butterfly Records – BFLLP10UK1994UK1994
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    Instinct Records – EX.286.4, EX-286-4US1994US1994
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    Drums Are Dangerous
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    Butterfly Records – RTD 159.1791.2, Big Life – RTD 159.1791.2, Rough Trade – RTD 159.1791.2Germany1994Germany1994
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    Reviews

    • djased1's avatar
      djased1
      This is still pretty cheap for some reason, jump on it before it spikes in prices! Wonderful wonderful album, gotta love that 1994 sound - techno, early trance, ambient all working together wonderfully!
      • sellerto's avatar
        sellerto
        The title track, Drums Are Dangerous, is quite an extraordinarily complex piece of music for its genre. Purposely out-of-key adding layers of acid, didgeridoo, and a myriad of interesting melodies and rhythm. There are other mixes of this track, but this one is a classic. Sadly, it is not often available on streaming services in its full seven-and-a-half minute version.
        • errorsinspace's avatar
          errorsinspace
          Edited 2 years ago
          A true pinnacle of the ambient techno sound of 1993-1995. Drum Club was one of my most favorite electronic acts of that time. This album showcases all that and more. Their wide-ranging appeal is full bloom. The acid house tribal ambient tinged 'drums are dangerous' with the epic vocals of "everyone knows, rhythm and water flows...drums are dangerous". 'Crime Pays' introduces the dub to album. I think one of the keys to this album is none of the songs really exceed 125 BPM if I'm not mistaken. Lends itself to being timeless. Of course the sounds are very 1994 but thats part of the classic feel. This is as a close to being a hippy for me. The closest I would ever get to a burning man. The idea of it for 1994 ideally would be playing this album. Or Astralasia, PWOG, Exquisite Corpse or the like. This is almost ideal UK trance of me. Deeper and more tribal than Leftfield. Never as cheesy as Underworld. Embracing dub was a big reason for that. Hence most of their remixes related to Drum Club having some sort of more infused dub elements and names to the mixes. The highlight for the album for me is the back to back tracks of Delushed and Rock n Roll is Dead. Euphoric to say the least. And also 'Reefer' which is a great buildup track to those 2. While the first album had perhaps more songs to like individually, I always come back to this album more. Its more of a good listen all the way thru. 3.94 rating at the time of this comment. Easily should be in the 4.3-4.5 range.
          • stuart_in_oz's avatar
            stuart_in_oz
            Be sure to remove the white Illuminated 12" from the awful polyvinyl sleeve that it came in. Mine has some small outgassing marks on it. Not enough to affect the recording noticeably at this stage, but I've since removed from the plastic sleeve to avoid further damage.
            • rollinmatt's avatar
              rollinmatt
              I was lucky enough to see the Drum Club play this live at 'The SoundShaft' club, London in the early / mid nineties. Like some crazy orchestra they mesmarised the ravers with their fluid sounds. Anyone else remeber?
              • kentandrew's avatar
                kentandrew
                Edited 18 years ago
                These guys are very floaty, hippy-esque, and loose, but 3 tracks are equally worthy of being in an iPod. Delushed, Rock'n'roll is dead, and the illuminated stand the test of time in my opinion. The last track is sort of a late bloomer. Delushed is instantly appealing. No offense, but I have come to believe that pagans are weenies from listening to these guys, PWOG, and exquisite corpse. I like more oomph in my music. There needs to be more gusto to life than this.

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