Beat
by Bowery Electric
- Type: Album
- Released: 12 November 1996
- Label: kranky
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:03:35
- Community rating: 3.83/5 from 12 ratings
Artists on this release: Lawrence Chandler, Martha Schwendener, Wayne B. Magruder
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A seminal post-rock/trip-hop album blending downtempo, hip-hop-inspired drum loops with hazy, distorted shoegaze guitars and minimal, ethereal vocals. Produced by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener, it is described as a "narcotized fog" of sound鈥攄ense, atmospheric, and melancholic, often compared to Massive Attack or Portishead.
Genres
Descriptors: repetitive, downtempo, atmospheric, dreamy, minimalist
Tracklist
- Beat (07:16)
- Empty Words (03:45)
- Without Stopping (05:13)
- Under the Sun (03:32)
- Fear of Flying (05:39)
- Looped (02:39)
- Black Light (06:53)
- Inside Out (07:19)
- Coming Down (04:38)
- Postscript (16:41)
Credits
- Martha Schwendener - bass, keyboards, vocals
- Wayne B. Magruder - drums
- Lawrence Chandler - guitar, vocals, keyboards, programmed by
- Catherine Opie - photography by [cover]
- Bowery Electric - producer
- Rich Costey - producer