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CirrusDrop The Break

Cirrus - Drop The Break album cover

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

House, Ambient, Big Beat, Jungle, Trance, Breakbeat

Year:

Tracklist

Future6:06
Leap Into The Light5:04
Break In (Transatlantic Move Mix)4:57
Ghetto Of Life4:13
Superstar DJ5:19
Abduction1:41
Superstar5:36
Drop The Break5:09
October 274:53
Nassau5:51
Break In5:27
Yallah Habibe7:44
Bionic Hippy7:32
Untitled3:46

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    Cover of Drop The Break, 1997-04-22, CDDrop The Break
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    Moonshine Music – MM 80065-2US1997US1997
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    Moonshine Music – MM 80065-1US1997US1997
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    Moonshine Music – MM-80065-4US1997US1997
    Cover of Drop The Break, 1997, CDDrop The Break
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    Angeles Diablo Corporation – AD CD 20302Singapore1997Singapore1997

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    Reviews

    • brienoconan's avatar
      brienoconan
      Edited 4 months ago
      Individually, many of the tracks on Cirrus’s debut album are enjoyable and well-crafted; albeit “Drop The Break” suffers from the duo’s impulse to cater toward late 90s commercial audiences and an inability to edit themselves. Cirrus is at their best when crafting rave tracks with rock elements rather than rock tracks with rave elements. Barry and Carter are talented and capable musicians, no doubts about it, but here they played it safe, and I just wish they took more risks like they did with "October 27".

      There are several fantastic highlights, but 1/3 of this album should’ve remained on the cutting room floor. The repetition, disorganization, and unnecessary length of tracks like “Yallah Habibe” saturate the album with fluff and detract from the truly impressive tracks like “October 27”, “Leap Into The Light”, and the bonus track at the end of "Bionic Hippie". "October 27" is the highlight of the album, the opening piano is gorgeous, and the moseying break compliments it well. The sudden transition to jungle partway through comes as a surprise, but it's a remarkably seamless transition and manages to maintain cohesion despite the drastic switch-up. The mere existence of "Abduction" alone brings the entire album down at least one star in my book. It's irredeemably distracting, seemingly quirky just for the sake of it. It serves no material purpose other than to keep the listener from having to hear thirteen straight minutes of "Superstar DJ". kentandrew states it perfectly: "the material on this cd is basically an ep stretched out into an album."

      Although "Drop The Break" is plagued by the duo's early growing pains as electronic producers, it's still an important album in the development of the west coast breakbeat and American big beat and worth listening to at least once, but the duo is far from - as their label put it - “America’s version of The Prodigy”.

      Favorites: Leap Into The Light, Break in (Transatlantic Mix), Drop The Break, October 27, bonus track

      Dislikes: Abduction, Yallah Habibe
      • Operation_Ivy's avatar
        Operation_Ivy
        Just yesterday on various streaming services, a "25th Anniversary Remastered Deluxe Version" of this album was released, featuring the original tracks plus ten remixes. But can't find any information about it elsewhere which seems kind of strange. Additionally, the 25th anniversary would have been last year, leading to more questions about this release.
        • BigBeat25's avatar
          BigBeat25
          Most of the songs are a sort of pay tribute to the jungle genre revisited with a breakbeat style. Both "Future" and "Leap Into The Light" set the tone for what this LP is gonna sound like : catchy, unforgettable ethereal synths and loops with fast-paced beats for the most part.
          However, there are 2 particular tracks that I won't keep in my playlist. The skit "Abduction" is not really useful and I find the downtempo Indian tribute "Yallah Habibe" too long and really repetitive.

          "Bionic Hippy" is arguably the masterpiece of this CD, and more especially the hidden track starting at the eighth minute mark. If I had to imagine what heaven would sound like, I will choose this particular piece of music. It's that good. When you know that the group name "Cirrus" designate thin clouds that are amongst the highest in the atmosphere, the correlation becomes obvious.

          "Future", "Leap Into The Light" and both "Superstar" and "Superstar DJ" are the other highlights off this LP for me. "Superstar" in particular also has a relaxed atmosphere that is as heavenly as "Bionic Hippy". The first album that comes to my mind when I think of similar sounds is "One One Seven In The Shade" by Dirty Beatniks.

          To sum it up, it's definitely one of the coolest, chilled out albums I have ever known, even though I do not enjoy all of the songs like I do in "Back On A Mission" and "Counterfeit". Just a matter of taste, I guess...
          If you haven't checked out both these following LP's yet, I strongly advise you to do it. "Back On A Mission" is the perfect space odyssey soundtrack while "Counterfeit" is more danceable and accessible but no less enjoyable.
          It's a real alternative to other awesome American breakbeat acts like The Crystal Method or DJ Icey.
          • JumpinJaxx22's avatar
            JumpinJaxx22
            Since the day it dropped, this CD is still in heavy rotation. I remember pressing play and upon hearing the intro track, Future, I knew this album was going to be something amazing. Followed by Leap Into The Light, which to this day, I still cannot believe how it wasn't released as a single. The only downside to that track was that it wasn't longer. I could go on and on, but this album is dope from start to finish. This was my soundtrack of summer in 97. Absolutely a classic and definitely needs to be remastered and re-released.
            • kentandrew's avatar
              kentandrew
              I used to listen to this all the time when I was in high school. The grand feeling introduced by the piano on "October 27" that turns into a jungle tune when the riff is played at double pitch is unforgettable. I heard "Future" on someone's cell phone as a ring tone once. "Leap into the light" was another favorite, and my memory eludes me but I think it was used in an advertisement on tv a few years ago. "Nassau", however is my personal weakness, and when that latin guitar kicks in, you feel like the beach party has begun. One thing to notice though, is that any song with the word 'break' in it is usually a remix of the same song. "Superstar dj" is also a 'break' song, so actually the material on this cd is basically an ep stretched out into an album.

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