Meat Beat Manifesto - Answers Come In Dreams album mp3

Jack Dangers, the myth, the legend, it's all true, I swear. Long, long ago, Mr. Dangers became the only non-core member of the band COIL ever officially sanctioned to do a remix work for that seminal act. He provided 2 mixes of the key track "The Snow", and indecently, they were titled the "Answers Come in Dreams" mixes, part one and part two. Only fitting, that so many years later, as COIL explore the space beyond that an album emerge with the same title. I don't draw that comparison without merit, as there has always been something mystical about Jack Danger's music, regardless of what style he was exploring at the time. Ultimately, he has never drifted to far from his love of break beat, and has programmed iterations of whatever style of break beat was popular at any given time into all of his albums, from early sonic experiments, to big beat, drum and bass, dub step and beyond. I could really care less about dub-step actually, and find it yet another flash in the pan passing fancy of the underground that will soon (if it already hasn't happened) be eclipsed by something else that claims to be "fresh and original." However, in the right hands, any passing fancy can be made deep and surreal, just ask the Metalheadz collective, who, long after drum & bass' star had waned, produce some of the best sounding stuff that genre can offer, past, present and likely future. Having never cared for Burial or any other "darling" of the dub step scene, I waited patiently for someone to take this style and do something interesting with it. With Autoimmune Mr. Dangers did exactly that, although arguably, he has been developing a penchant for dark, minimal break beat experiments since RUOK and Variaciones Espectrales (as "Jack Dangers"). I feel that here, on ACID, he refines the craft to a razor's edge, much like he did with break beat dub on subliminal sandwich. This album is dark, very dark. He pitches the majority of the ragga vocal samples aside (thank goodness) and just focuses on the drums and the bass. Although, with MBM, it's never really that simple, is it, and now I draw your attention back to the COIL connection. Deep within the mix of all of these tracks lies something very "between dimensions" sounds that creep more steadily into your sub-conscious with each successive listen, unloading a thick, thick atmosphere that was previewed in previous ambient outings like disc two of Subliminal Sandwich or Fantastic Planet Explored (again, recorded as Jack Dangers). It's that commitment to the sound in-between sound that leaves such a lasting impression for me when I listen to MBM, and why they remain such a vital artist for me to continue to follow as the years go on. There is nothing quite like following a artist for 20+ years and being consistently refreshed by their commitment to quality, while continuing to mine new sonic landscapes. Unfortunately, like another band I referenced in another review, this got stuck on Metropolis in the US, a label that is increasingly like the Wal-Mart of Indy record labels, spewing out the goofiest kinds of electro-industrial, which make an artist like Mr. Dangers seem oddly out of place. But regardless of where the music lands, clearly, MBM retain a "no compromise" attitude, and I find ACID to be another jewel in an increasingly busy crown.