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No Shortcuts
Electronic · 2010 · 15 tracks · 1h 19m

No Shortcuts

Gramatik

A heavy-hitting fusion of soulful vintage samples and early 2010s bass weight. Cinematic, rhythmic, and deeply rooted in the boom-bap tradition.

October 29, 2010 · Cold Busted

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A confident and soulful journey through urban nightscapes with a heavy rhythmic pulse.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 1h 19m
01
No Shortcuts (intro)
2:04
02
Day of the So Called Glory
5:49
03
Who Got Juice
6:26
04
Liquified
5:32
05
Never That Easy
5:28
06
Take It Back
5:02
07
Blood Ties
6:12
08
I Really Do Believe
5:12
09
Defying Gravity
4:36
10
The Night Hawk
4:31
11
Step 007
5:30
12
The Uprising
5:12
13
Damage Intended
5:30
14
Red Baron of WW3
6:31
15
To Get By
5:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the sitar melody on 'Blood Ties' weaves through heavy, undulating bass lines
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does No Shortcuts sound next to the rest of Gramatik's catalogue?

Nostalgia+1.2σ

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

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