Prince Blimey

by Red Snapper

Prince Blimey cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 September 1996
  • Label: Warp
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:01:17
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Ali Friend, Anna Haigh, Richard Thair, David Ayers, Ollie Moore, Tim Holmes

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Distinguishing themselves heavily from their electronic peers, the group anchored their dark, dance-oriented productions with aggressive live instrumentation. Ali Friend's prominent upright acoustic bass serves as the driving force beneath frantic breakbeats and cinematic brass sections. It remains a crucial recording that successfully bridged the gap between the live acid jazz movement and the shadowy aesthetics of UK trip-hop.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, rhythmic, atmospheric, instrumental, sampling

Tracklist

  1. Crusoe Takes A Trip (6:39)
  2. 3 Strikes And You're Out (5:50)
  3. Thomas The Fib (5:41)
  4. Get Some Sleep Tiger (4:08)
  5. Fatboy's Dust (5:15)
  6. Moonbuggy (1:49)
  7. The Paranoid (5:38)
  8. Space Sickness (4:09)
  9. The Last One (4:17)
  10. Digging Doctor What What (7:03)
  11. Gridlock (5:10)
  12. Lo-Beam (5:38)

Credits

  • Ali Friend - double bass
  • Richard Thair - drums, percussion, membranophone percussion
  • David Ayers - guitar
  • Ollie Moore - saxophone, flute, melodica, clarinet, written-by, clarinet flute guest melodica saxophone
  • Anna Haigh - written-by, vocals [paranoid vocal]
  • Jon Collyer - featuring

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