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, Brusselss 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 Rosas cinemascopic big beat description, Bump &
Grinds 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 &
Grinds 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 its 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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