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quoted 66 lines BUMP & GRIND>BUMP & GRIND >Abstract Theme Variations >SR173 (cd) / SRV173 (lp) >UPC: 1753-32817-2 > >Driving Fast On A Slippy Snowy Road… The Abolition Of Rules And Styles! > >After the ‘Pan Odyssey E.P.’, the album ‘Init Sequence’ (featuring remixes >from Scanner and Third Eye Foundation), a remix on the ‘…Versus Kompakt’ >12”, Brussels’s soundtrackers duo is back with a second album on Sub Rosa! > >‘Abstract Theme Variations’ is offering you a freaky -with taste- zapping >through the world of sounds and music, from deconstructed disco to techno, >electronic jazz to abstract soundtrack, distorted electro to aerial >intelligent high-techno, funk to hip hop, without forgetting their usual >not to be missed interludes… The Abolition Of Rules and Styles! What is >constant though, is once again the passion for grooves and smashing beats. >A manifesto for freedom in music. > >“ATV” is: action, tenderness, emotions, politic, adult programs, and many >more! No limits of styles allowed, even within a track, like the furious >SLF/DRK, going from smooth, intelligent electronica to brazilian anthem >then turning in straight square techno. The only way to obtain the same >feeling is to listen to your favorite album, driving fast on a slippy, >snowy road. Ride on! > >Track Listing > >1. Hip and Scratches, 2. Ear[th]eye[d], 3. Bad Night, Last Dream, 4. Ring >Modulation, 5. Blurred, 6. 2099 A.Disco, 7. For The Walls, 8. Tibet, 9. Log >And Lodge, 10. Shortcut Latino Fevered, 11. DRK [Some Kind Of Tribute], 12. >Nobel Prizes, 13. Symphony For Muted Head, 14. Faskil [Part 1], 15. Railway >Melody, 16. 5 Sec. Of Great Sampled Music. > >Bump and Grind Discography > >Init Sequence SR158 Full Length CD >Pan Odyssey QU321 12” >VS Kompakt QU442 12” > >Press for ‘Init Sequence’ >“More diverse than Sub Rosa’s “cinemascopic big beat” description, Bump & >Grind’s debut album also commandingly reels in frenetic drum & bass, >swirling ambient techno and march-of-the-robots electro. Two remixes by >Scanner and Third Eye Foundation justify those producers’ lofty >reputations.” Alternative Press, May 1999 > >“’Init Sequence’ by Bump & Grind does just that… it bumps and it grinds >with its varied and textured mix of techno beats, jungle breaks, and >ambient waves. Never a dull or overly repetitive moment on this well >produced CD that also features remixes by Third Eye Foundation and Scanner. >Bump & Grind will lift you up with their cinematic atmospheres and then >slam you down with their big beats and breaks. Heck, the well designed CD >inserts are reason enough to get this release.” Outburn, #8 > >“On the basis of brevity alone, it would make things a lot easier if Bump & >Grind’s title was simply self explanatory. Fortunately, though, there is a >lot more to this band than will ever be conveyed in that name; in that >respect it’s not misleading. ‘Init Sequence’ mixes carefully constructed >atmospherics and melodic overtones with almost every form of electronic >rhythm possible, from drum n’ bass to techno. As the album progresses, the >songs frequently shift pace and direction, and the outcome is a fully >realized collection of diverse, cinemascopic tracks. Scanner does a solid >guest remix of track 12, and Third Eye Foundation end the disk with a >stellar reconstruction of ‘Pan Odyssey’, which has virtually no resemblance >to the original song and takes it to new heights…” Interface, Version 15
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