Art Of Noise
Below The Waste

Off-Beat Records    OBR-01011-2  (1989)

Rock/Pop
CD, 14   Tracks, 52:39  Length
01 Dan Dare Anne Dudley 06:01
02 Yebo! Anne Dudley; J. J. Jeczalik; West Nkosi 07:11
03 Catwalk Anne Dudley; Ted Hayton; J. J. Jeczalik 05:29
04 Promenade 1 Anne Dudley 00:32
05 Dilemma Ted Hayton; J. J. Jeczalik 03:01
06 Island Anne Dudley; J. J. Jeczalik 05:49
07 Chain Gang J. J. Jeczalik; West Nkosi 03:07
08 Promenade 2 Anne Dudley 00:38
09 Back To Back J. J. Jeczalik 03:53
10 Flashback Anne Dudley 01:45
11 Spit Anne Dudley; J. J. Jeczalik 03:31
12 Robinson Crusoe Gian Piero Reverberi; Robert Mellin; Georges Van Parys 03:47
13 James Bond Theme Monty Norman 05:18
14 Finale Anne Dudley 02:37
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Keyboards Anne Dudley
Keyboards J. J. Jeczalik
Musician Art Of Noise
Producer Anne Dudley; J. J. Jeczalik; Ted Hayton
Personal Details
Index # 120
Owner Dave
Tags Abstract, Modern Classical, Ambient
User Defined
Purchased Used
Notes
Following the multi-instrumental flair of In No Sense? Nonsense!, 1989's Below the Waste showed the Art of Noise almost completely ditching their elliptical art-punk roots for worryingly stylized, low-key ambient compositions that bordered on world mall-music. The now fully emerged fusion of village chants, ground percussion, rumbling guitars, jumpy handclaps, and mostly generic machine sound showed considerable personal growth, but the band seemed unqualified for it. The textures of the album were all wrong, from the puffed-up, intrigue-free cover of the James Bond theme to the Ron Grainer-like dribble of flutey jazz of "Island" and the dated and cringingly fake synth-thunderclaps in "Dilemma." A misfire. -- Dean Carlson (allmusic.com)