''360°'', also known as ''Dread Zone... ...360°'' is the first album by the British band

Dreadzone Dreadzone are a British electronic music group. They have released eight studio albums, two live albums, and two compilations. Career Dreadzone were formed in London, England in 1993 when ex- Big Audio Dynamite drummer Greg Roberts teamed up ...

. It was released in 1993 on

Creation Records Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...

and set forth the combination of dub, trance, electro and sampling for which Dreadzone was to become well-known. Although unsuccessful in the charts, the album attracted the attention of

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...

, who gave it significant airplay. The album cover is highly similar to the early covers in '' The Best Dance Album in the World... Ever!'' series.

Track listing

Samples and influences

*"L.O.V.E." begins with a sample of dialogue from ''

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'' (1955), spoken by

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:"''L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. The right hand, friends, the hand of love. Now watch, and I'll show you the story of life''".

The dialogue "''We're going to have an orgasm that you can't even comprehend''" is an extract from

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's documentary

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. Piano fragments are sampled from "Moments in Love" by

Art of Noise Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music ...

. The closing words "''And what is love? ....Love is the inspiration of poets and philosophers. Love is the voice of music''" are spoken by Burt Lancaster in the 1960 film

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. *"The Good, The Bad And The Dread" "''When you hear a strange sound, drop to the ground''" is spoken by

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in the 1968 film ''

Once Upon a Time in the West ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' ( , "Once upon a time (there was) the West") is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, who co-wrote it with Sergio Donati based on a story by Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Leone ...

''. Musical samples are taken from

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's score for ''

For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. German actor K ...

'' (1965). *"The Warning" The opening dialogue section

:''Don't move.'' :''That's what you get for messin' with the police'' :''Hands behind your heads, interlock your fingers, down on your knees. Let's go''

is taken from the 1988 film ''

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''. A snatch of dialogue from ''

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'' ("''Ooh! Ahh! Come on!''") is used as a rhythmic trope. *"Dream On" samples a cry "Marijuana!" from the 1970 film ''

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''. *"Skeleton At The Feast" : "Like a little grain of gold glittering in sand" and other snatches of dialogue are from the 1936 film ''

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''.

Personnel

* Greg Roberts – keyboards, synthesizer, programming * Tim Bran – keyboards, synthesizer, programming, mixing, engineering * Melanie Guillaume – vocals * Deborah Irie – vocals * Dan Donovan – keyboards * Alison Goldfrapp – vocals (tracks 4, 7) * Ted Hayton – editing

References

Discography
at Discogs
Dreadzone band website

1993 debut albums Dreadzone albums Creation Records albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub