Actual Sounds + Voices (Nothing)
This album is the latest in an 11-year career that has seen Meat Beat Manifesto serve as a prominent influence for '90s industrial fixtures like Prodigy and Nine Inch Nails (whose frontman, Trent Reznor, heads the Nothing label). The title refers not only to Jack Dangers's well-known sonic cocktails, which sweep across genres with mind-numbing ease, but also to the album's more traditional band setup.
The live performers, including Lynn Farmer on superhuman percussion and John Wilson on "prepared guitars," propel the raw Meat Beat sound to greater heights, and a pair of Herbie Hancock's former Headhunters lend a jazz foundation that shines through. Actual Sounds + Voices catches some rhythm masters at the top of their craft.
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Dr. John
Burt Bacharach
Lida Husik
Vast
Lo-Fidelity Allstars
Jocelyn Montgomery with David Lynch
Meat Beat Manifesto
Fantastic Plastic Machine
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