''Interference'' is the fourth album by English band
Cubanate
Cubanate are an English industrial band from London, England, founded in 1992 by Marc Heal and Graham Rayner with Phil Barry and Steve Etheridge. The group became well known for their combination of electro-industrial with distorted heavy me ...
. In contrast to the band's previous releases, it incorporates
drum and bass
Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...
rhythms instead of regular dance beats, and the lyrics are more introspective and personal than what characterizes Cubanate's older material.
This album heavily focuses on use of the
Amen Break
The Amen break is a drum break that has been widely sampled in popular music. It comes from the 1969 track "Amen, Brother" by the soul group the Winstons, released as the B-side of the 1969 single " Color Him Father". The drum break lasts abou ...
as can be heard in "It", "Isolation", "Hinterland", "Other Voices", and "Voids".
The UK version of the album features two previously unreleased tracks, "Pleasure Kick" and "Ordinary Joe", recorded in 1996; accordingly, these tracks follow the more traditional Cubanate style.
Track listing
UK release
# "It" – 3:11
# "Isolation" – 7:46
# "9:59" – 4:27
# "Hinterland" – 6:10
# "Ex" – 1:55
# "Internal" – 4:39
# "Other Voices" – 5:36
# "The Horsetrader" – 4:44
# "Voids" – 4:17
# "An Airport Bar" – 8:03
# "Pleasure Kick" – 5:26
# "Ordinary Joe" – 5:38
# "9:59 (
Front 242
Front 242 is a Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. Pioneering the style they called electronic body music, they are a profound influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.
History Formation
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Remix)" – 5:01
US release
# "It" – 3:11
# "Isolation" – 7:46
# "9:59" – 4:27
# "Hinterland" – 6:10
# "Ex" – 1:55
# "Internal" – 4:39
# "Other Voices" – 5:36
# "The Horsetrader" – 4:44
# "Voids" – 4:18
# "An Airport Bar" – 8:00
External links
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Allmusic review of the US version
1998 albums
Cubanate albums
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