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  ZENCD176CD  £10.00

Label

Ninja Tune

DJ Food

The Search Engine

Eleven years after the last DJ Food album release (Kaleidoscope), Strictly Kev and various friends, associates and like-minded collaborators return with a new full-length. The Search Engine distills the best parts from three EP’s worth of material into a continuous 56 minute album of unbridled creativity and laser-sharp focus. Collaborations abound in the form of vocal appearances from Natural Self (aka Nathaniel Pearn), JG Thirlwell (Foetus, Steroid Maximus etc.) and The The's Matt Johnson. The latter reprises his vocal on a cover of his own track GIANT, nearly thirty years after its first release. Musical hook-ups include 2econd Class Citizen, who trades sample-attacks with Strictly for the suite of nine tracks that make up the 11 minute Magpie Music. Dr Rubberfunk lends his drumming skills to the opening track and old DJ Food partner PC and Solid Steel's DK add their own ingredients to the mix. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all to those who associate the DJ Food name with the early 90s Jazz Brakes records is just how heavy The Search Engine is. Styled as a kind of psychedelic rock album made with samplers, Strictly Kev has not been afraid the frug the fuck out, with thundering drum work and fuzz bass perhaps the central muscial signature of the work.

Tracklist

• 01. All Covered In Darkness (Pt.1)
  02. GIANT feat. Matt Johnson
  03. intermission: a new language
  04. The Illectrik Hoax feat. Natural Self
  05. Sentinel (Shadow Guard) feat. DK
  06. Prey feat. JG Thirlwell
  07. In Orbit Every Monday
  08. outermission: sheer fiction
  09. Percussion Map (Pt.1)
  10. Magpie Music feat. 2econd Class Citizen
  11. A Trick of the Ear (Album edit)
  12. Colours Beyond Colours