''Action Hero'' is the second full-length album from

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Little Nobody Andrez Simon Bergen is an Australian musician and writer. , Bergen lived in Tokyo, Japan with his wife, Yoko Umehara, and their daughter Cocoa. He has performed and released electronic music as Little Nobody. Biography Andrez Simon Bergen, ...

. This album was released on IF? Records in July, 2000 in Australia.

Artwork

The photography and artwork were designed by R. Klemczak.

Reception

"It's full of fascinating manic spirit, a refusal to simply settle down and be normal, which is, of course, brilliant. The jacking, snarly house tracks are wild. 'Apocoloppola', a lysergic, obsessive collage of film dialogue and weirdness, is stunning. And the hip hop tracks are unforgettable." Chris Johnston in

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newspaper in 2001, writing about ''Action Hero''. "Sample-heavy Australian record that if we were being terribly lazy we might describe as 'a bit like a more left field Avalanches, only better'. Generally quite old skool industrial in sound, this periodically throws some incongruous acid/filter house party shapes, which is a bit like

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breaking off from talking about monetary policy to dance the can-can. And we all know how great that is." Duncan Bell, reviewing the same album for Muzik magazine in the UK, in 2001. "A playful sensibility prevails in the music - the 15 tracks here oscillating between wall-of-sound big beat ('Nobody Plays Guitar') and an abrasive minimalism ('Track 28') reminiscent of

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, between dubby ambience and classic acid house. This sonic catholicism can occasionally prove distracting but, in Bergen's defence, he takes a rough-hewn approach to the collision (and collusion) of sounds that prevents this collection from lapsing into the merely tasteful or clever." Shane Donaldson, reviewing the album for ''

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'' newspaper, in 2001.''Action Hero Review'', Shane Donaldson. ''

'', 5–6 May 2001.

Track listing

# "Apocoloppola" # "HPF Sourced" # "Bare (feat. Marcella)" # "Devolution Maybe?" # "IF? Is Good (live)" # "Track 28" # "Tantalizing Tarantula" # "Alright Already (Enough Is Enough Mix)" # "Cocaine Speaking (Little Nobody's Mind-Bending Remix)" # "Jack Your Kitsch Up" # "A Zed & Two Rorts (live)" # "Acid Hoe-Down" # "Nobody Plays Guitar" # "The Kinky Kabukist" # "Profondo Rosso Finito"

Personnel

Andrez Bergen Andrez Simon Bergen is an Australian musician and writer. , Bergen lived in Tokyo, Japan with his wife, Yoko Umehara, and their daughter Cocoa. He has performed and released electronic music as Little Nobody. Biography Andrez Simon Bergen, ...

– Samples, Composition, Engineering * Francois Tetaz – Engineering, Mastering * Jeff Willis – Composition + Samples (Tracks 2, 9 + 13) *Marcella Brassett – Vocals (Track 3) *Elenor Rayner – Keyboards + Samples (Tracks 6, 7 + 12) *

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+ Biz-E + High Pass Filter – Additional samples

References

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