Let Us Play!

by Coldcut

Let Us Play! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 September 1997
  • Label: Ninja Tune
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:54:40
  • Community rating: 2.89/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Hexstatic, Stuart Warren Hill, Jamie Odell, Cheyne Towers, Talvin Singh, Salena Saliva Godden, Jimpster, Outer Bongolia, Paul Brook, Annie Quicke, Gwen Jamois, Tom Chant, Bernard Purdie, Hex, The Herbaliser, Chris Leslie, Steinski & Mass Media

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The founders of the legendary Ninja Tune label returned after an eight-year hiatus with a groundbreaking, multimedia-integrated triumph of sampling culture. Brilliantly fusing frantic breakbeats, spoken-word political commentary, and jazz-inflected turntablism, the album stands as a profoundly playful, visionary masterclass in electronic plunderphonics.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental, Leftfield, sampling, rhythmic, political, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Return To Margin (8:32)
  2. Atomic Moog 2000 (Post Nuclear Afterlife Lounge Mix) (7:06)
  3. More Beats + Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up Mix) (6:08)
  4. Rubaiyat (6:42)
  5. Pan Opticon (6:59)
  6. Music 4 No Musicians (7:02)
  7. Noah's Toilet (4:33)
  8. Space Journey (4:20)
  9. Timber (4:32)
  10. Every Home A Prison (7:03)
  11. Cloned Again (4:40)
  12. I'm Wild About That Thing (The Lost Sex Tapes: Position 1) (7:24)
  13. Atomic Moog 2000 (Bullet Train) (3:55)
  14. Frog Jam (3:15)
  15. Natural Rhythm (3:56)
  16. Timber (4:55)
  17. More Beats And Pieces (5:41)
  18. Panopticon (5:03)
  19. Atomic Moog 2000 (5:03)
  20. Music For No Musicians (4:05)
  21. Noah's Toilet (3:46)

Credits

  • Robin Brunson - animation [the digital duo rendered by]
  • Rob Pepperell - artwork [coldcut dj set box], written-by
  • Paul Brook - drum programming, programmed by [additional], written-by, arranged by [strings]
  • Mr. Sho'nuff - other [game scriptures & dichotomy of coldcut]
  • Bernard Purdie - written-by, drums
  • Jamie Odell - written-by, keyboards
  • Jello Biafra - written-by, featuring
  • Jonathan More - written-by

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