From C Twomey Sent Tue, Jan 26th 1999, 02:07
From C Twomey Sent Tue, Jan 26th 1999, 02:07
CD1: 1. Hammurabi Radio Mix 2. Hanging Gardens Mix (Pete Lazonby) 3. My Pastie Weighs A Ton Mix (Jimmy Cauty/The Scourge Of The Earth) CD2: 1. Aluminium Glue (Scanner Mix) 2. Tower Of Babel (Terminalhead Mix) 3. The Blue Mix Vinyl: 1. Pirate FM 2. Nine Inch Nimrod (Menni Mix) aka The Black Dog 3. An Eye For An Eye (Future Loop Foundation Mix) The Babylon Project is a call for peace in the Middle East from The Black Dog and Israeli superstar vocalist Ofra Haza. After a several year gestation nine mixes are available over three singles imported from the UK. The Black Dog's glorious "Hammurabi Radio Mix" will be an oasis of quality amidst the desert of talent in the UK charts. The middle eastern-sounding track is named after the Babylonian king who wrote the first civil code "that the Strong may not oppress the Weak" (back in the day - 1770 BC). The scholarly society of ancient Babylon has gotten a bad rap from Rastafarian myth-reading of the Biblical old school (who's authors slagged the ancient city while borrowing The Code Of Hammurabi for Moses' Top Ten list). The KLF's Jim Cauty borrows a gold calf-worshipping direction-style from Cecille B. DeMille, during a widescreen production with an Orb-like name, "My Pastie Ways A Ton," that involves helicopters, radio noise, a choir and a finale of church bells. The Black Dog replies with a more David Lean-like panarama during "The Blue Mix" which introduces a Muslimgauze-type groove with grand organ chords. Other remixers along for this three-humped camel ride include Scanner, who's "Aluminum Glue" mix runs a violin loop over jazzy snares, and Talvin Singh-collaborators Terminalhead who's "Tower Of Babel" remix speaks the language of acid & breaks. On vinyl the Planet Dog label's Future Loop Foundation provides a Reprazent-ish tech-step mix, and Ofra shines with a free style lament in The Black Dog's "Pirate FM" mix. >Hello. > >Apparently, Black Dog's 'Babylon' is scheduled for a UK release on >February 15th. The single, that is. Although the album can't be far >behind. > > >-- >/\/)ark > >headspin - http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/