A Recipe For Disaster

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Total Tracks: 14   Total Length: 71:24

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12.14.10
A veritable playground of rhythm
1995 | Label: Ninja Tune

Befitting this project's functionalist history (the duo Coldcut originally used the DJ Food name when creating break records for scratch DJs), A Recipe for Disaster is crammed with exceptionally funky sampled beats. It's a veritable playground of rhythm, with each track showcasing a different approach to sampling and rhythm manipulation. Tracks like "Brass Neck" mine late-’60s funk and let the choicest loops play with minimal editing, while "Fungle Junk" finely chops and processes its source rhythm to transform it into drum and bass.

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