Semtex

by The Third Eye Foundation

Semtex cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 November 1996
  • Label: Linda's Outfit
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 48:22
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Matt Elliott heavily manipulated frantic jungle breakbeats into deeply unsettling, extremely lo-fi walls of noise on his debut project. Splicing aggressive, distorted drum patterns with eerie, cinematic string samples and overwhelming guitar feedback, the Bristol producer effectively bridged the gap between post-rock isolation and darkside drum and bass. The relentlessly dark, abrasive recording pioneered an incredibly dense, terrifying iteration of experimental electronics.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, atmospheric, downtempo, electronic, deconstructed, sampling, distorted

Tracklist

  1. Sleep (7:05)
  2. Still-Life (11:27)
  3. Dreams On His Fingers (5:47)
  4. Next Of Kin (6:09)
  5. Once When I Was An Indian (12:31)
  6. Rain (5:23)

Credits

  • Debbie Parsons - vocals [uncredited], guitar [additional, uncredited]
  • The Third Eye Foundation - primary artist, written-by [all tracks written], performer, engineer, producer

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