''Subliminal Sandwich'' is a 1996 double album released by

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. The album is more experimental than the group's prior material, composed of lengthier pieces that incorporate more ambient textures and drones and fewer samples or defined song structures. ''Subliminal Sandwich'' was composed during Meat Beat Manifesto's 1993 tour supporting their 1992 album ''

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'' and would have been released in 1994 or 1995 if not for legal tangles with the band's Belgian label Play It Again Sam. Two singles were released from the album, a version of

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' "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" and "Transmission". In 2015, ''

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'' ranked the album at number 47 in its list of "The 50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time," saying "it remains an interesting offering, drawing links between

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, dub,

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and

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with a touch of

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." The song "She's Unreal" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film ''

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'', on a "mix tape" entitled '' Josh's Blair Witch Mix''.

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Dangers (unless otherwise noted).

Disc one

# "Sound Innovation" – 2:18 # "Nuclear Bomb" – 6:12 # "Long Periods of Time" – 4:33 # "1979" – 5:25 # "Future Worlds" – 4:56 # "What's Your Name?" – 2:47 # "She's Unreal" – 4:10 # "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" (Keith Dobson) – 6:22 # "Mass Producing Hate" – 3:01 # "Radio Mellotron" – 1:07 # "Assassinator" – 5:22 # "Phone Calls from the Dead" – 3:13 # "Lucid Dream" – 2:09 # "Addiction" – 4:07 # "No Purpose No Design" – 2:18 # "Cancer" – 4:34 # "Transmission" – 4:09 # "We Done" – 2:07

Disc two

# "Set Your Receivers" – 0:23 # "Mad Bomber/The Woods" – 10:16 # "The Utterer" – 6:51 # "United Nations (E.T.C.)" – 4:05 # "Stereophrenic" – 13:03 # "Teargas" – 0:38 # "Plexus" – 3:29 # "Electric People" – 14:03 # "Tweekland" – 7:55 # "Simulacra" – 8:20

Personnel

* Jack Dangers –

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, samples,

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and dishes

Disc 1 collaborators

* Joe Gore –

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(tracks 5, 6, 7, 14) * Hell Louise – voice (tracks 6, 17) * Mike Powell – theremin, b. voice (tracks 3, 9) * Jonny Stevens – guitar (track 8)

Disc 2 collaborators

* Arjan Macnamara –

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(track 10) * Mark Pistel – Moog, OB 8, e. bow, theremin (tracks 3, 8, 9) * Mike Powell – theremin (track 5, 8) * Philip Steir – Octapad (track 2) * Jonny Stevens – 100 M system, OBM-X (tracks 3, 5) * Ben Stokes –

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(track 3) * Lee Walker – Jupiter 8, Jupiter 4 (tracks 4, 7) * John Wilson – feedback generator (track 3)

References

1996 albums Meat Beat Manifesto albums Albums produced by Jack Dangers Nothing Records albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub