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 View Product Quick View Raymond Scott Soothing Sounds For Baby, Vol. 1-3 Electronica | Music On Vinyl | 3LP Released 31st March 2017 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Raymond Scott Soothing Sounds For Baby, Vol. 1-3 £29.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1854 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 31st March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists DEUTSCHE ELEKTRONISCHE MUSIK 4 – Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1971-83 Electronica | Soul Jazz | 3LP Released 16th October 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists DEUTSCHE ELEKTRONISCHE MUSIK 4 – Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1971-83 £25.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP459 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 16th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ben Chatwin The Hum Electronica | Village Green | 1LP Released 6th November 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Chatwin The Hum £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green SKU: VGLP058 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Africa Hitech Blen Electronica | Warp | 12", Single Released 12th January 2021 £6.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Africa Hitech Blen £6.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: nn216924 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 12th January 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Jlin Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography) Electronica | Planet Mu | 2LP Released 28th September 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jlin Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography) £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Planet Mu SKU: ZIQ399 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Empire Of The Sun Walking On A Dream Electronica | UMR / EMI | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th June 2024 £30.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Empire Of The Sun Walking On A Dream £30.00 Genre: Electronica Label: UMR / EMI SKU: 6527657 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nabihah Iqbal DREAMER Electronica | Ninja Tune | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th April 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nabihah Iqbal DREAMER £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ninja Tune SKU: ZEN288 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Disclosure Alchemy Electronica | Apollo | 1LP Released 15th December 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Disclosure Alchemy £25.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Apollo SKU: DSCLR002LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jane Weaver Loops in the Secret Society Electronica | Fire Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th November 2019 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jane Weaver Loops in the Secret Society £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP538 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nightmares On Wax N.O.W Is The Time Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Includes Booklet, Includes CD Released 12th June 2014 £51.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nightmares On Wax N.O.W Is The Time £51.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARP248LPX Formats: 2LP, Includes Booklet, Includes CD Released Date: 12th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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