Los Angeles: Critical Mass [Full Album] (1998) Mindspore Records

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Los Angeles: Critical Mass [the emerging electric underground]

Label: Mindspore Records – MSP-0004-2

Format:

CD, Compilation

Country: US

Released: 1998

Genre: Electronic

Style: Drum n Bass, Downtempo, Future Jazz, Trip Hop

“Erupting from the project studios of los angeles is the work of a group of fresh young artists, producers, djs and old friends. Building their scene on the foundations of drum&bass;, ambient-dub and breaks&beats;, these Angelinos are mapping the new frontiers of electronic music. In a place teetering on the edge of the continent... they have achieved critical mass." Mindspore.com, 1998

Tracklist:

Programmed By – David Bianchi, Joseph Jakob*, Joseph Nugent, Kevin Crosslin

Remix – Cavestar

- Mr. Soon aka Joe Jakob, helped produce peyote singers Primeaux and Mike on “Sacred Path” for Canyon records. Jacob teams up with undiscovered producer (until now), Dove aka Dave Bianchi, and Cavestar for an analog bigbeat 70’s flashback.

Keyboards [Wurlitzer] – Roberto Antonio Chavez

Sampler, Programmed By, Keyboards, Bass – Steve Snow

Saxophone – Juss Renard

Vocals [Drum & Bass Section] – Lisa Woodward

Vocals [Dub Section] – Ia Kamandalu

Written By – Woodward, Kamandalu, Chavez & Snow

Written-By – Kamandalu*, Woodward*, Chavez*, Snow*

- Ex-Quango producer/engineer Steve Snow joins keyboardist Roberto Chavez (ex Duncan Sheik, Monkey Meet) and friends to stir up this mix, a mysterious cocktail of breakbeat drum&bass.;

Music By, Programmed By – George Sarah

Vocals, Lyrics By – Sarah Folkman

- George Sarah and Sarah Folkman bring us their ethereal trip-pop anthem. Radio includes 91X, KROQ’s Jed the Fish’s Catch of the Day, KCRW, Groove Radio 103, KXLU, KBLT, and KUCI. THC has releases out on Intelligent Records, Hypnotic, and Full Contact/Fifth Colvmn.

Music By, Programmed By – Kevin Crosslin

Vocals, Lyrics By – Mona Moore

- Cavestar & Moore team up again to delicately fuse drum&bass; with ambient-soul. Mona Moore’s alter ego sings with Oversoul 7. Cavestar’s self-titled CD on Mindspore Records is currently charting throughout the USA and Canada on CFBU, CITR, CKUT, KBGA, KCBL, KCRB/KRCB, KDUR, KKFI, KUSP, KZSC, WEFT, WFHB, WICR, WIUS, WKNC, WORT, WRTC, WUMR, WWUH, and WYEP to name only a few. Cavestar, s/t, appeared on the top 20 College 500 electronic chart throughout the fall of ‘97.

Written-By, Producer – Joseph Jakob*

- Mr. Soon returns with this digital tribal trance journey.

Other [Words Of Energy] – Tom Hopkins

Producer – Zimar

- Zimar downloads his computer cut-and-paste soundscapes for this funky trip-hop/ambient cut. Look for “Ghia” on his own Abstrakt Reality Records.

Written-By, Producer – Charles Askell, Jeff Hogan

- Alerbaran is Charles Askell, who now resides in Paris. Recorded and produced in LA by KCRW engineer Jeff Hogan, this track is a mingling of West Coast electronica and Euro-ambient styles resulting in a distinct cosmopolitan sound.

Written-By – Carlos Vasquez

- A celebration of urban rhythmic diversity unfolds in the oscillations of this high energy bpm techno-rollercoaster. Twist Top has recordings out on Industrial Strength Records, Fast Food, Tribal America, and Yoshi Toshi Records.

Written-By – Oversoul 7

- Los Angeles electronic pioneers OS7 offer up this single, showcasing their signature cutting edge trip-hop expertly welded to catchy pop hooks. OS7 has tracks available on MCA Records in Japan, and on “Acid Jazz Test Part 4” and “Trip Hop Test Part 3” on Moonshine Music.

Remix – DJ Hive*

- TM maintains their strict anti-publicity policy. Hive remixes Kiss.

Copyright © – Mindspore Records

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mindspore Records

Compiled By, Producer – Kevin Crosslin, Kevin Lincoln (2)

Compiled and produced for K2K.