.----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------' .--------------------------------------------------------------------. | <prev> -< 06-03-02 accelerator 089 >- <next> | | .----------------------------------------------------------------. | | | "art-works [of noise]" | | | | on accelerator today i covered the work of innovative eighties | | | | sample-heavy techno-popsters, the art of noise. i played music | | | | from 1983 through to 1999, released on zang tuum tumb, then on | | | | china (formerly www.china.co.uk) and finally back on ztt after | | | | members of the band reformed in 1998. the show featured a load | | | | of classic a.o.n. tracks from the eighties, two tunes from the | | | | late nineties plus a selection of tracks from the band's three | | | | remix albums - 'the ambient collection' from 1990 (compiled by | | | | youth and alex paterson of the orb), 'the fon mixes' from 1991 | | | | (containing mixes from a variety of big-name techno producers, | | | | e.g. carl cox, the prodigy and graham massey of 808 state) and | | | | from 'the drum & bass collection' from 1996 (with remixes from | | | | the likes of doc scott, dom & roland and lemon d). i presented | | | | the show as two extended mixes which are labelled below as A & | | | | B. sadly the official website www.theartofnoise.com appears to | | | | be offline but there's a comprehensive site on the group here. | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------' | | -< set track-listing >- | | A1 'beat box' (diversion 1) - art of noise [ztt '84] | | A2 'no sun' (interlude 4) - art of noise [china '91] | | A3 'moments in love' - art of noise [ztt '83] | | A4 'crusoe' (the l.f.o. mix) - art of noise [china '91] | | A5 'opus 4' (p.f.m. remix) - art of noise [china '96] | | B1 'legacy' - art of noise [china '86] | | B2 'crusoe' - art of noise [china '90] | | B3 'dreaming in colour' - art of noise [ztt '98] | | B4 'island' - art of noise [china '90] | | B5 'close (to the edit)' - art of noise [ztt '84] | | B6 'approximate mood swing no. 2' - art of noise [ztt '99] | | B7 'something always happens' (doc scott mix) - art of noise ['96] | | .----------------------------------------------------------------. | | | top trivia factoid: i've noticed just recently that the art of | | | | noise have full writer credit on 'firestarter' by the prodigy! | | | | i guess this is due to the prodge sampling a.o.n.'s "hey!". :) | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------' | '--------------------------------------------------------------------' .----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------'