October 21, 2012

The Art Of Noise - Below The Waste (1989)

"Below The Waste" is Art of Noise's fourth full-length original album and their last album for China Records before Anne Dudley reformed with ZTT's Trevor Horn and Paul Morley for 1999's The Seduction of Claude Debussy. The album saw the group experimenting with world music, collaborating with South African Zulu group Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, who provide a heavy layer of mostly non-English-language vocals on three tracks (Yebo, Chain Gang and Spit). The album was produced by Anne Dudley, Ted Hayton and J.J. Jeczalik. The album represents the diverging interests of the two remaining members of the original group, Anne Dudley and J.J. Jeczalik. Dudley's influence is evident in the album's ambient interludes of melodic, orchestral pieces, while Jeczalik's influence can be heard in the album's dub tracks and harder, rock-edged pieces. The latter songs also feature arrangements more typical of the band's earlier material, utilising sampling techniques, lengthy fade-outs, a diverse mixture of classical instruments, guitar riffs and percussion typical of industrial music. Like its predecessor, "In No Sense? Nonsense!", the album also features cover versions of previously recorded themes composed for television and film, namely "Robinson Crusoe" (originally the theme to the 1964 television programme The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe) and "James Bond Theme" which was submitted for the soundtrack of the 1989 James Bond film License To Kill and subsequently rejected by the film's producers. One of the tracks contains a sample from Con le mani by the Italian blues singer Zucchero Fornaciari.

Track listing

01.  "Dan Dare"  (A. Dudley/J. Jeczalik)  - 5:50
02.  "Yebo"  (A. Dudley/J. Jeczalik/W. Nkosi)  - 6:02
03.  "Catwalk"  (A. Dudley/J. Jeczalik/T. Hayton)  - 5:30
04.  "Promenade 1"  (A. Dudley)  - 0:38
05.  "Dilemma"  (J. Jeczalik/T. Hayton)  - 3:04
06.  "Island"  (A. Dudley/J. Jeczalik)  - 5:50
07.  "Chain Gang"  (J. Jeczalik/W. Nkosi)  - 3:06
08.  "Promenade 2"  (A. Dudley)  - 0:40
09.  "Back To Back"  (J. Jeczalik)  - 3:50
10.  "Flashback"  (A. Dudley)  - 1:50
11.  "Spit"  (A. Dudley/J. Jeczalik)  - 3:30
12.  "Robinson Crusoe"  (Reverberi/Mellin/Parys)  - 3:47
13.  "James Bond Theme"  (Norman)  - 5:30
14.  "Finale"  (A. Dudley)  - 2:40

Released : 1989
Recorded at:  Monsterrat, CBS, Mayfair, Air 1, Air 4 and Marcadet
Genre:  Experimental Synthpop, Ambient 
Length:  51:47
Label:  Polydor
Produced by:  Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik, Ted Hayton

Personnel
Vocals - Mahlathini And The Mahotella Queens
Leader [Orchestra] - John Bradbury
Musicians - Anne Dudley, Frank Ricotti, Hilda Buthelesi, J.J. Jeczalik, Keith Beauvais, Luis Jardim, Mildred Nyembe, Nobesothu Mbadu, Simon Mahlathini Nkabinde, Simon Morton, Ted Hayton, West Nkosi

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