The Contino Sessions
by Death in Vegas
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 September 1999
- Label: Concrete
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 47:56
- Community rating: 3.64/5 from 8 ratings
Artists on this release: Jim Reid, Simon Hanson, Bobby Gillespie, Gary Burns, Steve Hellier, Mat Flint, Ian Button, Dot Allison, Seamus Beaghen, Will Blanchard, Iggy Pop, Ali Friend
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'The Contino Sessions' is a dark, incredibly hypnotic fusion of electronic trip-hop and neo-psychedelic rock. Death in Vegas constructs a distinctly nocturnal, urban atmosphere by merging big beat drum loops with heavily distorted space-rock guitars.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, female vocalist, male-vocalist, melodic, repetitive, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Dirge (5:43)
- Soul Auctioneer (5:59)
- Death Threat (4:49)
- Flying (7:05)
- Aisha (5:52)
- Lever Street (3:38)
- Aladdin's Story (4:44)
- Broken Little Sister (5:18)
- Neptune City - Andrew Weatherall Mix (4:43)
Credits
- Death In Vegas - primary artist
- Mat Flint - bass, written-by
- Fearlessbeaven - design [sleeve], task design
- Ian Button - guitar, written-by
- Richard Fearless - producer, mixed by, written-by, lyrics by
- Tim Holmes - producer, mixed by, written-by, keyboards
- Simon Hanson - drums
- Spencer Bewley - handclaps
- Dot Allison - vocals, leader [choir arrangement]
- Bobby Gillespie - vocals, lyrics by
- Seamus Beaghen - keyboards
- Iggy Pop - vocals, lyrics by
- Steve Hellier - written-by
- Ali Friend - double bass
- London Community Gospel Choir - choir [vocals]
- Will Blanchard - drums, percussion
- Unknown - written-by
- Jim Reid - vocals, lyrics by
- Gary Burns - keyboards