View basket “Blen” has been added to your basket. 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 Kelly Moran Moves in the Field Electronica | Warp | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th March 2024 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kelly Moran Moves in the Field £25.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP362 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Heavee WFM Electronica | Teklife | 1LP Released 7th September 2018 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Heavee WFM £13.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Teklife SKU: TEKLIFE008 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bibio Beyond Serious Electronica | Warp | 12", EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released 3rd May 2017 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bibio Beyond Serious £12.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WAP397 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released Date: 3rd May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Silicon Personal Computer Electronica | Weird World | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 28th August 2015 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Silicon Personal Computer £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Weird World SKU: WEIRD071LPX Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 28th August 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Plaid Feorm Falorx Electronica | Warp | 1LP Released 11th November 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Plaid Feorm Falorx £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP356 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Graham's picks View Product Quick View Plaid Polymer Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 7th June 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Plaid Polymer £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP303 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kevin Richard Martin Return to Solaris Electronica | Phantom Limb | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 25th June 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kevin Richard Martin Return to Solaris £23.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Phantom Limb SKU: PHNTM20 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 25th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Richard H Kirk Dasein Electronica | Intone | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th June 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Richard H Kirk Dasein £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Intone SKU: INTONELP1 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Snow Ghosts A Quiet Ritual Electronica | Houndstooth | 1LP Released 3rd May 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Snow Ghosts A Quiet Ritual £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Houndstooth SKU: HTH103 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View LF SYSTEM Metropolis Live (Hungry (For Love)/Afraid To Feel) Electronica | Warner Music | 12", Single Released 20th January 2023 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders LF SYSTEM Metropolis Live (Hungry (For Love)/Afraid To Feel) £16.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warner Music SKU: 5054197368479 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 20th January 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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