Kaleidoscope + Kaleidoscope Companion DJ Food SKU: AHED030 Barcode: 5054429144994 24.00 £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ahead Of Our Time Released Date: 16th July 2021 Buying Format: 4LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Quadruple LP including ‘Kaleidoscope’ on marbled blue 140g double vinyl plus the previously unreleased ‘Kaleidoscope Companion’ double LP on marbled orange and red vinyl, packed in a gatefold sleeve, including Music Declares Emergency poster/information flyer insert. Comes protected by bio-based shrinkwrap. Released in April 2000, ‘Kaleidoscope’ marked a new era for the DJ Food alias first conceived by label founders Coldcut. Now under the expert control of fellow Ninjas Kevin Foakes, aka Strictly Kev, and Patrick Carpenter, aka PC, the album broke with the past by reflecting a possible future of beats and pieces. Twenty years later, amid the first national lockdown in England, Kev and PC decided to celebrate ‘Kaleidoscope’’s 20th Anniversary by digging through their personal archives for material from the original recording sessions. They found more than they bargained for, compiling versions, alternate mixes and unreleased ideas into a series of mixes that have now been further refined into the ‘Kaleidoscope Companion’ and presented alongside the original album on quadruple vinyl. Opener ‘The Ents Go To War’, with its brooding arrangement and heavy drums, feels stunningly current, as does the hypnotizing dance between bassline and snare on ‘Skylark’ or the fidgety percussion and airy synthesizers of ‘Zoom Zoom’. Sonically, at least, DJ Food’s vision of the future wasn’t that far off and, as Kev remarked when they first released the mixes, some of these tracks “should have never been left in a drawer for two decades.” Elsewhere, the ‘Kaleidoscope Companion’ throws up plenty of “hey I know this!” moments. The big-band-meets-easy-listening ‘Hip Operation’ was repurposed for the first version of Sukia’s ‘Feelin’ Free’ remix while the swirling funk of ‘A Strange Walk’ was an unreleased version of the same remix that eventually made it onto the ‘Xen Cuts’ bonus disc. ‘Stealth’ is an alternate version of the Gentle Cruelty remix of ‘The Ageing Young Rebel’ (also included on ‘Xen Cuts’) but with Nordine’s vocal replaced by a sombre voice mulling the disasters of morbid self-attention. ‘The Crow (Slow)’ stretches out the melodic theme of one of the most recognizable tracks in the DJ Food repertoire, extending it into a soothing soundscape that eventually dissolves into an alternate dub version. At 13 minutes long, ‘Quadraplex (A Trip to the Galactic Centre)’ is the Companion’s meditative piece de resistance, pieced together from various takes of its separate composite tracks. Originally intended for the album, these tracks were instead reworked and cut up into an EP shortly after. Closing this trip into alternate possibilities is ‘Boo Hoo’, an early, shorter version of ‘The Sky At Night’ that gently carries the cinematic mood of the album back to now. As Kev puts it, “It’s not a new DJ Food album, it’s an old one that never was. In an alternate reality it might have become ‘Kaleidoscope’ but now, 20 years on, it’s a companion to the original album.” And while we’re stuck with our reality this companion is ideal for anyone wanting to peer into mirrors of possibilities. Artist DJ Food Genre Electronica Label Ahead Of Our Time Buying Options 4LP Coloured Vinyl Format 4LP , Coloured Vinyl , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings ‘Kaleidoscope’ Full Bleed (featuring Bundy K Brown) Cookin’ Break The Riff The Ageing Young Rebel (featuring Ken Nordine) The Crow Nocturne (sleep dyad 1) Nevermore (sleep dyad 2) The Sky At Night ...You Minitoka ‘Kaleidoscope Companion’ The Ents Go To War Prototype I & II The Crow (Slow) A Strange Walk Hip Operation Skylark Zoom Zoom Quadraplex (A Trip to the Galactic Centre) See Saw Stealth The Rook + Type 3 Boohoo Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Electronica Graham's picks View Product Quick View Squarepusher Be Up A Hello Electronica | Warp | 1LP Released 31st January 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Squarepusher Be Up A Hello £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP309R Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st January 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Elder Island Swimming Static Electronica | Elder Island | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th May 2021 £16.00 - £20.00 Select options Elder Island Swimming Static £16.00 - £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Elder Island Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th May 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Manu Delago Metromonk Electronica | Tru Thoughts | 1LP Released 27th January 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Manu Delago Metromonk £16.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Tru Thoughts SKU: TRULP337 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eno · Hyde High Life Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 25th August 2014 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eno · Hyde High Life £18.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP255 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th August 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beverly Glenn-Copeland Keyboard Fantasies Electronica | Transgressive | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 9th April 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beverly Glenn-Copeland Keyboard Fantasies £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Transgressive SKU: TRANS460X Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bibio Phantom Brickworks (IV & V) Electronica | Warp | 1LP Released 9th November 2018 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bibio Phantom Brickworks (IV & V) £14.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WAP428 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Daniel Blumberg GUT Electronica | Mute | 1LP Released 26th May 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Daniel Blumberg GUT £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Mute SKU: STUMM498 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jan St. Werner (Mouse On Mars) Glottal Wolpertinger Electronica | Thrill Jockey | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 3rd May 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jan St. Werner (Mouse On Mars) Glottal Wolpertinger £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Thrill Jockey SKU: THRILL488LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 3rd May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Juan Maclean, The The Future Will Come Electronica | DFA/SCD | 1LP Released 6th December 2019 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Juan Maclean, The The Future Will Come £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: DFA/SCD SKU: DFA2196LP-C1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th December 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duke Dumont Duality Electronica | Virgin EMI | 1LP Released 27th March 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Dumont Duality £18.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Virgin EMI SKU: V3243 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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