- Category: Music » Dance & DJ » General/Electronic
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: June 9, 2008
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Werk
- UPC: 5060096472568
- WAPI (Tower ID): 109942172
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #132875 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #101599 in Dance & DJ (See Top 100 Dance & DJ Bestsellers)
- #1098 in General/Electronic (See Top 100 General/Electronic Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Foundation Bit" by Disrupt to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Foundation Bit"Browse more products related to "Disrupt"ReviewThe Wire (p.71) - "Many of the versions here are reworked and improved....All cuts have been mastered into the netherworld of deep bottom end by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin..." ReviewThe Wire (p.71) - "Many of the versions here are reworked and improved....All cuts have been mastered into the netherworld of deep bottom end by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin..." Title NoteWhatever dub once was has long since mutated into something else entirely, less a living sound than a template for other individual obsessions around the globe. Thus Jan Gleichmar, who performs under the Disrupt moniker, and his debut album, Foundation Bit, which smashes together early video games, general science fiction references, and more into his preferred interpretation of the form. Given the often joyless (and worse, downright tedious) realms of many modern dub variants, Foundation Bit has this going for it from the start -- humor, of an implied sort perhaps, plus light to match against the overwhelming shade. The heavy echo and slow bass crawl kicking things off with "Tubby Rom Module," for instance, may be simply exactly what one expects, but the shimmering treble tweaks and computer gurgles keep things from simply being yet more hauntology run amuck. If Gleichmar doesn't screw around much with the expected basics -- there are the vocal snippets chopped and swirled into infinity, the compressed horn section moments, and plenty of other signifiers that stand for dub without even trying -- it's the squirrelly bits he slips in on a variety of songs that make them the treats they are. "Jah Red Gold and Green" has a title that says it all, but the burbling computer voice sounds like it should be part of Berzerk, while "Blast You to Bits" has a core dialogue exchange lifted straight from the ur-source of all computer-animated action movies, Tron ("Bomb 20" does the same with Dark Star). Meanwhile, funny (and punny) titles are hardly unknown in dub; still, it is a bit surprising to realize that nobody had figured out the slap-your-forehead term "THC 1138" before now. ~ Ned Raggett Album DescriptionWhatever dub once was has long since mutated into something else entirely, less a living sound than a template for other individual obsessions around the globe. Thus Jan Gleichmar, who performs under the Disrupt moniker, and his debut album, Foundation Bit, which smashes together early video games, general science fiction references, and more into his preferred interpretation of the form. Given the often joyless (and worse, downright tedious) realms of many modern dub variants, Foundation Bit has this going for it from the start -- humor, of an implied sort perhaps, plus light to match against the overwhelming shade. The heavy echo and slow bass crawl kicking things off with "Tubby Rom Module," for instance, may be simply exactly what one expects, but the shimmering treble tweaks and computer gurgles keep things from simply being yet more hauntology run amuck. If Gleichmar doesn't screw around much with the expected basics -- there are the vocal snippets chopped and swirled into infinity, the compressed horn section moments, and plenty of other signifiers that stand for dub without even trying -- it's the squirrelly bits he slips in on a variety of songs that make them the treats they are. "Jah Red Gold and Green" has a title that says it all, but the burbling computer voice sounds like it should be part of Berzerk, while "Blast You to Bits" has a core dialogue exchange lifted straight from the ur-source of all computer-animated action movies, Tron ("Bomb 20" does the same with Dark Star). Meanwhile, funny (and punny) titles are hardly unknown in dub; still, it is a bit surprising to realize that nobody had figured out the slap-your-forehead term "THC 1138" before now. ~ Ned Raggett If You Enjoy "Foundation Bit (Import) (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Foundation Bit (Import) (CD)" by Disrupt (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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