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Northern Star
Electronic · 1998 · 12 tracks

Northern Star

Groove Armada

Dusty jazz samples meet skeletal trip-hop beats. A late-night London record that favors smoky atmosphere over the dancefloor's neon glare.

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It's the Groove Armada album for people who prefer smoky jazz clubs to neon festival stages.

A sophisticated, nocturnal cool that feels like a private jazz session in a rain-slicked city.

Northern Star · vs · Groove Armada
Spoken Word+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into spoken word than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Dr. Eiff
5:48
02
Captain Sensual (remix)
5:20
03
Entrance to Zanzibar
5:57
05
Dirty Listening
5:23
06
M 2 Many
6:14
07
Dan‐Solo (album edit)
7:32
08
Pressure Breakdown
6:10
09
What Have We Become?
5:48
10
Jeanneret’s Groove
6:57
11
Pillar 13
4:49
12
Bonus Stitch 1
1:05
13
Bonus Stitch 2
1:03
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the bossa nova sample in Dan-Solo introduces a sudden, sophisticated warmth into the otherwise cool electronic landscape.
The hypnotic repetition of 'You're dope' in M 2 Many over a skeletal, jazz-inflected beat that feels like a private mantra.
The transition into the deep, dubby bassline of Pillar 13 that anchors the album's final stretch in a thick sonic fog.
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