The Roots of El-B

by El-B

The Roots of El-B cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2009
  • Label: Tempa
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:18:21
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Presented by Ammunition Promotions and the writer Blackdown, the compilation gathers fifteen tracks from 2000 to 2002, the white-label period when Lewis Beadle of Streatham was reshaping UK garage from within Groove Chronicles' orbit. It includes Ghost's 'Lyrical Tempo' alongside his remixes of Zed Bias's 'Neighbourhood' and Brasstooth's 'Celebrate Life'.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, minimal, instrumental, percussive, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. The Club (5:29)
  2. 2000 (5:18)
  3. Express (5:17)
  4. Show A Little Love (5:45)
  5. Lyrical Tempo (5:00)
  6. Digital (5:18)
  7. Buck N Bury (Original Mix) (5:04)
  8. Time Out (El-B Remix) (5:38)
  9. Neighbourhood (El-B Remix) (4:54)
  10. Celebrate Life (El-B Remix) (5:00)
  11. Serious (5:39)
  12. Cuba (4:53)
  13. Cruiser (5:31)
  14. Amazon (4:57)
  15. Among The Stars (4:38)

Credits

  • Blackdown - compiled by, compiler
  • Give Up Art - design, art direction
  • Beau Thomas - mastered by
  • Martin Clark - photography by
  • Shaun Bloodworth - photography by

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