Urban Gamelan

by 23 Skidoo

Urban Gamelan cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Illuminated
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 59:50
  • Community rating: 3.15/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Sketch Martin, Simon Boswell, DJ Lim, Johnny Turnbull, Fritz Häaman, instruments

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Fusing the metallic percussion of early industrial music with traditional Indonesian gamelan structures, the Sheffield collective crafted a highly unique, rhythmic masterpiece. The album relies heavily on repetitive, hypnotic grooves, scrap-metal bashing, and prominent dub-reggae bass lines. It stands as a brilliant cross-cultural experiment within the British post-punk and experimental underground.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. F.U.G.I. (5:41)
  2. Fire (5:20)
  3. Misr Wakening (3:08)
  4. Jalan Jalan (4:49)
  5. Urban Gamelan (Pt 1) (3:59)
  6. Sirens (0:59)
  7. Helicopterz (2:54)
  8. Kongo-Do (3:01)
  9. Language (Dub) (4:46)
  10. Drunken Reprisal (2:51)
  11. Coup De Grace (1:47)
  12. Coup - 12" 45 Version (4:13)
  13. Coup (In The Palace) (4:07)
  14. Language - 12" 45 Version (5:38)
  15. Language (12" Dub) - 12" 45 Dub Version (6:31)

Credits

  • Sketch Martin - bass
  • DJ Lim - bass, percussion, instruments [kegs], instruments [jugs], instruments [gas], bass drum, vocals
  • Fritz Häaman - drums, percussion, instruments [metal plates], instruments [co2 cylinders], drums [bass drum], vocals
  • Johnny Turnbull - guitar, congas, percussion, instruments [kendang], instruments [hi hat], instruments [glass jug], instruments [cylinders], congas, vocals
  • Neville Brody - sleeve
  • Schizo-P - voice [prophets voice — fire]

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