- Action Hero (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Action Hero
Type =Album
Artist =Little Nobody
Released = July 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Electronic
Length = 73 mins.
Label =IF? Records
Producer =Andrez Bergen
Reviews = *Muzik magazine, 2001Last album = "Pop Tart"
(1998)
This album = "Action Hero"
(2000)
Next album = "Bare"
(2000)
-"Action Hero" is the second full length album from
Melbourne 'sLittle Nobody . This album was released onIF? Records in July, 2000 in Australia.It was accompanied shortly lately by the release of the "Bare" remix EP, which featured vocalist Marcella Brassett and mixes by
Little Nobody , theLN Elektronische Ensemble , 8-Bit, Kandyman, Son Of Zev and Isnod. A remix byDJ Rush was not included.Tracks of "Action Hero" appeared on compilations from
Kiss FM Australia , Sydney label Nine09, and Volume 2 inSi Begg 's infamous cut-up beat [http://www.sibegg.com/noodles/ Noodles Discotheque] series in 2001."Action Hero" was one of the 4 final nominees for Best Album of the Year in [http://www.threedworld.com.au/ 3D World] 's 2001 Australian Dance Music Awards, of which
The Avalanches were the eventual winner.The album also featured "Cocaine Speaking", a track reputed to be Melbourne's most remixed techno track - other mixes have since arisen in Australia from
Pnau , theLN Elektronische Ensemble , Digital Primate, Sameer Sengupta (aka Pocket), Kandyman, Son Of Zev, Zog, Tone Float and Cinnaman (Dirty House), as well as internationally from Jason Leach (Subhead),Si Begg ,Captain Funk and Ingmar Koch (Dr. Walker/Air Liquide).Track listing
# "Apocoloppola"
# "HPF Sourced"
# "Bare (feat. Marcella)"
# "Devolution Maybe?"
# "IF? Is Good (live)"
# "Track 28"
# "Tantalizing Tarantula"
# "Alright Already (Enough Is Enough Mix)"
# "Cocaine Speaking (Little Nobody's Mind-Bending Remix)"
# "Jack Your Kitsch Up"
# "A Zed & Two Rorts (live)"
# "Acid Hoe-Down"
# "Nobody Plays Guitar"
# "The Kinky Kabukist"
# "Profondo Rosso Finito"Personnel
*
Andrez Bergen - Samples, Composition, Engineering
*Francois Tetaz - Engineering, Mastering
* Jeff Willis - Composition + Samples (Tracks 2, 9 + 13)
*Marcella Brassett - Vocals (Track 3)
*Elenor Rayner - Keyboards + Samples (Tracks 6, 7 + 12)
*Honeysmack + Biz-E + High Pass Filter - Additional samples"It's full of fascinating manic spirit, a refusal to simply settle down and be normal, which is, of course, brilliant. The jacking, snarly house tracks are wild. 'Apocoloppola', a lysergic, obsessive collage of film dialogue and weirdness, is stunning. And the hip hop tracks are unforgettable." Chris Johnston in
The Age newspaper in 2001, writing about "Action Hero". ["Action Hero Review", Chris Johnston.The Age , 2001.]"Sample-heavy Australian record that if we were being terribly lazy we might describe as 'a bit like a more left field Avalanches, only better'. Generally quite old skool industrial in sound, this periodically throws some incongruous acid/filter house party shapes, which is a bit like
Gordon Brown breaking off from talking about monetary policy to dance the can-can. And we all know how great that is." Duncan Bell, reviewing the same album forMuzik magazine in the UK, in 2001. ["Action Hero Review", Duncan Bell.Muzik , 2001.]"A playful sensibility prevails in the music - the 15 tracks here oscillating between wall-of-sound big beat ('Nobody Plays Guitar') and an abrasive minimalism ('Track 28') reminiscent of
Autechre , between dubby ambience and classic acid house. This sonic catholicism can occasionally prove distracting but, in Bergen's defence, he takes a rough-hewn approach to the collision (and collusion) of sounds that prevents this collection from lapsing into the merely tasteful or clever." Shane Donaldson, reviewing the album forThe Weekend Australian newspaper, in 2001. ["Action Hero Review", Shane Donaldson. "The Weekend Australian ", 2001.]References
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