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Atomic Moog 2000 / Boot the System
Electronic · 1997 · 7 tracks

Atomic Moog 2000 / Boot the System

Coldcut

A high-stakes collision of ticking-clock tension, jazz-inflected breakbeats, and political hacking aesthetics. Dense, rhythmic, and unmistakably 1990s Ninja Tune.

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It's like a jazz club inside a mainframe that's about to explode.

A high-tension digital countdown balanced by sophisticated, nocturnal jazz textures.

Atomic Moog 2000 / Boot the System · vs · Coldcut
Surreal Abstract+1.7σ

The writing leans notably further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks
01
Atomic Moog 2000 (Bullet Train edit)
3:53
02
Atomic Moog 2000 (Post Nuclear Afterlife Lounge mix)
7:42
03
Boot the System
7:19
04
Re-boot the System
7:08
05
Atomic Moog (The Bomb)
7:36
06
Crash the System
8:15
07
Atomic Moog (Full Blast)
6:05
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rhythmic tension of the ticking clock vocal sample that mimics a literal time bomb before the bass drops.
The transition into the Post Nuclear Afterlife Lounge mix where the aggression dissolves into a hazy, jazz-inflected dreamscape.
The chaotic, glitch-heavy breakdown in Boot the System that sounds like a mainframe physically collapsing.
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