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│Artist :││VA │
│Album :││shake the nations (WSCD023) │
│Style :││Electronic │
│Type :││Sampler │
│Quality :││192kbps / 44,1 KHz / Full Stereo │
│Supplier :││Shiva │
│Ripper :││SMC-Crew │
│Ripdate :││Jan-05-2003 │
│Encoder :││Lame │
│Size :││169,10 MB │
│CD Songs :││CD1: 11 CD2: 12 │
│Source :││CDDA │
│Label :││Wordsound │
│URL :││n/a │
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│Additional Information to VA - shake the nations (WSCD023) │
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│WordSound has been quietly bombing the underground with the certified dope for│
│three years now, and what better way to celebrate our 3rd anniversary than │
│release a retrospective of the whole catalog--remixed. │
│ │
│Shake The Nations (WSCD023) , a double CD set, features a taste of each of our│
│22 releases to date as well as a sneak peek into the future. Not only that │
│but, each track is remixed by a different member of the WordSound posse. Here │
│at last is a chance to experience the collective power of the WordSound │
│guerilla army at its finest. Mix alchemists include Bill Laswell, Prince Paul,│
│Spectre, Professor Shehab, Dr. Israel, Megabyte, The Eye, The Count of Monte │
│Cristo, Doug Scharin, Ish Allen, Scotty Hard, Captain Kowatchi, Eraldo │
│Bernocchi, Kevin Martin, and O.H.M. Over two hours of quality music from the │
│stars of Subterrania. Dub, hip-hop, trip-hop, drum'n'bass, electronica, Latin,│
│Middle Eastern, ambient, noize, other-world--you name it, we got it │
│ │
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│ │
│Once again, WordSound delivers. The little Brooklyn based label has grown to │
│be a mighty force in the ambient dub/abstract hip-hop circles, and releases │
│like this show good reasons. Using the whole 23 mythos thing, WS chose to │
│celebrate their 23rd release by compiling tracks from the first 22, and one │
│from the now released Spectre disc The Second Coming. Rather than just │
│rehashing the songs, most are remixed by others on the WS roster, along with a│
│few direct off of the discs, and a few unreleased. │
│ │
│Being placed in order, the first track, "Chicken Walk '97", credited to │
│WordSound (from the album The Red Shift) is a rather cheesy, yet intensely │
│funky, track of corny vocals, funky bass and beats, and what sounds like an │
│accordion. "Scarab Medley", originally by Scarab, is remixed by Scotty │
│Hard/Scott Harding, and it comes out a phat dub track of great beats and │
│middle eastern wind and stringed instruments. Dr. Israel's self mixed │
│"Saidisyabruklinmon Nobwoycantess" is about as understandable lyrically as its│
│title, but the actual track is an unbelievably dope song of rapid jungle │
│beats, thumping beats, reggae vocals by Israel, and backing loops of "Go │
│Brooklyn!" Hard to describe, but easy to love...one of my favorites among both│
│discs. Dr. Israel's mix of "Freedom Street" (from The Seshambeh Project) is a │
│dubby track of manic drums, echoed/reverbed vocals, sax, and great basslines. │
│"King Cobra in the Temple of Smoke", originally from Spectre's Illness disc │
│(then titled "Spectre Meets The Psycho Priest in the Temple of Smoke", remixed│
│by Free Time (with King Cobra) becomes an almost straight forward hip-hop │
│track, although with a decidedly sinister bent. Other standouts on the first │
│disc include Israel's "Psalm 87", remixed by Captain Kowatchi...dubby reggae │
│mixed with Bible stories is actually a cool thing. Also, SIMM's Eraldo │
│Bernocchi gets downright funky on mixing Prince Paul's "J.O.B.", turning a │
│somewhat unmemorable album track into a dope remix. │
│ │
│The second disc begins with Spectre and Scotty Hard's collaborative track "The│
│Joust", remixed by Corporal Blossom, sounding as dark and slow as one would │
│expect. Another Spectre track, "Hidden Gods" is here, remixed by DJ Vadim, │
│which also lives up to expectations, being mostly Vadim's clear, dope beats, │
│and dark instrumentation via the Ill Saint. "Drunken Monkey", by Ebn E Sync, │
│also features some Middle Eastern instrumentation and vocals, meshed with some│
│crazy jungle beats worthy of DHR. "Eliminate the Countdown", a reworking of │
│Bug's "Countdown to Elimination" by Ish, starts out really corny, but the │
│addition of strings and piano adds extra tension to the bass and drum rhythms.│
│Bill Laswell's mix of Scarab's "Fall of the Towers of Convention" (retitled │
│"Towers open Fire") initially starts out bland with some annoying female vocal│
│samples, but the addition of some strong drums and Laswell's traditional colon│
│rumbling bass perks it up well. Kevin Martin remixes Sensational's "Skit n' │
│Scattern'" to an even more noisy level, and also improving the track with the │
│mix. Spectre's "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" is the final track, and a │
│good choice at that. │
│ │
│Basically, we have the aforementioned superb tracks, and the rest are good, │
│but just not as outstanding. I'm sure other Wordsound heads already have this,│
│but anyone into dark illbient/dub-hop type stuff owes it to themselves to grab│
│this. │
│ │
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Tracklisting [123:35 min /169,10 Mbs ] │
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│ CD1 │
│ │
│01 Wordsound - Chicken Walk '97 (Splice Remix) 03:48 │
│02 Scarab - Scarab Medley (Scotty Hard Remix) 05:15 │
│03 Dr. Israel - Saidisyabruklinmon Nobwoycyantess 04:01 │
│04 Qaballah Steppers - Trust 06:03 │
│05 The Seshambeh Project - Freedom Street 06:13 │
│06 Free Time - King Cobra In The Temple Of Smoke 03:53 │
│07 Wordsound - Rise Of The Fall 06:45 │
│08 Roots Control - Forward Roots 05:55 │
│09 Dr. Israel - Psalm 87 (Captain Kowatchi Remix) 06:05 │
│10 Eraldo Bernocchi - J.O.B. (Eraldo Bernocchi Remix) 04:26 │
│11 Wordsound - Mystery Of Senior Sanchez 04:21 │
│ │
│ CD2 │
│ │
│01 Spectre Vs. Scotty Hard - The Joust 05:04 │
│02 Wordsound - Prince Charming Goes Bananas 05:14 │
│03 Spectre - Hidden Gods (DJ Vadim Remix) 06:15 │
│04 EOE - Loa_Lower (Slotek Remix) 06:15 │
│05 Ebn E Sync - Drunken Monkey 06:56 │
│06 Wordsound - Mumbo Jumbo (Megabyte Remix) 05:17 │
│07 The Bug - Eliminate the Countdown 04:16 │
│08 Scarab - Towers Open Fire (Bill Laswell Remix) 07:49 │
│09 HIM - Science Of X_Weird Science (Spectre Remix) 04:58 │
│10 Wordsound - Fallout 05:02 │
│11 Sensational - Skit N' Scatterin'_Electrotherapy 04:26 │
│12 Wordsound - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold 05:18 │
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Another great release from mighty SMC ! Enjoy this release and trip like we do│
│ │
│SMC in our 3rd Year always brings you the best dope for your ears. │
│ │
│Greetings & Respect goes out to: all groups who share fine music │
│ │
│If you think you can do smthg for SMC, contact us ! We are always searching │
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[29.12.02]