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What’s That Noise?
Electronic · 1989 · 9 tracks

What’s That Noise?

Coldcut

A frantic, brilliant collage of 1980s street sounds. Dense layers of hip-hop breaks, soul vocals, and political samples that defined the UK's sampling revolution.

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It's like a 1989 block party happening inside a sampler.

A high-energy, kaleidoscopic celebration of urban noise and rhythmic ingenuity.

What’s That Noise? · vs · Coldcut
Playful+1.6σ

Playful saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
03
(I’m) In Deep
5:23
04
My Telephone
5:27
05
Theme From “Reportage”
1:35
06
Which Doctor?
5:00
07
Stop This Crazy Thing
5:56
08
No Connection
3:37
10
Not Paid Enough
7:25
11
What’s That Noise?
2:45
13
Stop This Crazy Thing (Hedmaster mix by Adrian Sherwood)
7:06
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition into the Tarzan call on Stop This Crazy Thing that somehow makes perfect rhythmic sense.
The hypnotic repetition of the telephone line hook that dissolves into a wash of 80s synth textures.
Adrian Sherwood's dub-heavy remix where the bass becomes a physical presence that swallows the original melody.
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