Bricolage

Electronic · 1997 · 17 tracks

Bricolage

Sample manipulation where dusty jazz fragments collide with frantic drum and bass. Cinematic, gritty, and unmistakably nocturnal.

It's like a 1950s jazz club was sucked into a supercomputer and spit out as a drum and bass masterpiece.

A restless, nocturnal intelligence that balances cinematic tension with rhythmic playfulness.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks

01

Stoney Street

5:53

02

Easy Muffin

5:02

03

Yasawas

5:24

04

Creatures

5:22

05

Chomp Samba

6:08

06

New York Editor

4:56

07

Defocus

5:10

08

The Nasty

4:36

09

Bitter & Twisted

5:05

10

Wires & Snakes

5:27

11

One Day in My Garden

5:44

12

Dream Sequence

7:19

13

One Small Step

6:11

14

Mission

7:09

15

Daytrip

5:47

16

Shiny Things

6:54

17

Creatures (Hidden Agenda Defocussed mix)

6:18

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition in 'Stoney Street' where the upright bass line locks into a frantic, skittering breakbeat

The haunting, melancholy brass melody that floats over the heavy, distorted rhythm of 'Easy Muffin'

The way 'Chomp Samba' deconstructs traditional Brazilian rhythms into a glitchy, mechanical jungle workout

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