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The first remix collection from the Grid, and the last album before their indefinite hiatus, assembles the band's biggest singles in theremin-acid house fallout form. Founders Dave Ball and Richard Norris were unconventional and inventive in the way they stuck by the ideas of light rave loops and weighty experimental effects, but not in an irritating, obvious way. Their mixes of "Figure of 8," a minor favorite of Deko-Ze's, "Rollercoaster," "Texas Cowboy," and "Swamp Thing" weren't much different than the originals apart from an accent on their tendencies toward acid house and Andy Warhol samples. It was when they gave listeners new song "Diablo" (flamenco guitars, smoky vocals) and they allowed others to enter their strange home, be they Justin Robertson or Andrew Weatherall, that the band's crossbreeding of cowboy cartoons and large-beat Goa dance asserted just how wrongly underrated they really were. Unfortunately, this was to be one of the last releases from the Grid. After Music for Dancing, Ball joined the Soft Cell reunion, Norris worked with Joe Strummer on his solo Rock Art and the X-Ray Style album, and it was nearly five years later when they resurfaced as a duo to produce Billie Ray Martin's 4 Ambient Tales LP.
© Dean Carlson /TiVo
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Dave Ball, Composer - Dave Ball, Lyricist - Richard Norris, Composer - Richard Norris, Lyricist - The Grid, Mixing Engineer - The Grid, Performer - The Grid, Producer
(P) 1995 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
Dave Ball, Composer - Dave Ball, Lyricist - Ingo Vauk, Recording Engineer - Ren Swan, Mixing Engineer - Richard Norris, Composer - Richard Norris, Lyricist - The Grid, Performer - The Grid, Producer
(P) 1993 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Dave Ball, Composer - Dave Ball, Lyricist - Richard Norris, Composer - Richard Norris, Lyricist - The Grid, Mixing Engineer - The Grid, Performer - The Grid, Re-Mixer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Dave Ball, Composer - Dave Ball, Lyricist - Dave Ball, Synthesizer - Guy Barker, Trumpet - James Reynolds, Mixing Engineer - Philip Bagenal, Recording Engineer - Richard Norris, Composer - Richard Norris, Keyboards - Richard Norris, Lyricist - Steve Sidelnyk, Percussion - The Grid, Mixing Engineer - The Grid, Performer - The Grid, Producer - Vanessa Quinones, Vocal
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Dave Ball, Composer - Global Communication, Producer - Mark Pritchard, Re-Mixer - Richard Norris, Composer - The Grid, Performer - Tom Middleton, Re-Mixer
(P) 1994 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
Album review
The first remix collection from the Grid, and the last album before their indefinite hiatus, assembles the band's biggest singles in theremin-acid house fallout form. Founders Dave Ball and Richard Norris were unconventional and inventive in the way they stuck by the ideas of light rave loops and weighty experimental effects, but not in an irritating, obvious way. Their mixes of "Figure of 8," a minor favorite of Deko-Ze's, "Rollercoaster," "Texas Cowboy," and "Swamp Thing" weren't much different than the originals apart from an accent on their tendencies toward acid house and Andy Warhol samples. It was when they gave listeners new song "Diablo" (flamenco guitars, smoky vocals) and they allowed others to enter their strange home, be they Justin Robertson or Andrew Weatherall, that the band's crossbreeding of cowboy cartoons and large-beat Goa dance asserted just how wrongly underrated they really were. Unfortunately, this was to be one of the last releases from the Grid. After Music for Dancing, Ball joined the Soft Cell reunion, Norris worked with Joe Strummer on his solo Rock Art and the X-Ray Style album, and it was nearly five years later when they resurfaced as a duo to produce Billie Ray Martin's 4 Ambient Tales LP.
© Dean Carlson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:34
- Main artists: The Grid
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deconstruction
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P)1995 BMG Records (UK) Ltd
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