The Mellowtrons / Meat Beat Manifesto "Bittersweet Synthphony / Not Playing God" 12" SKA 012 1999 (15:42)The Mellowtrons "Bittersweet Synthphony" (6:57)
Meat Beat Manifesto "Not Playing God (Funny Noises Mix) (8:45)A Meat Beat 12" on Skam? Well, maybe a Mellowtrons 12" with an MBM re-mix (which I think is more accurate). These two tunes sound pretty Meat Beat-y to my ears. Both are slow with dub-y bass lines, lots of blips and bleeps, some short atmospheric interludes, weirded out intro and outro spoken samples, etc. "Bittersweet.." is more bass driven with a heavy, distant beat loop. It's good, but a little dull in comparison to the flipside. "Not Playing God.." has a more up front beat and more depth: scratches, samples, squelchy keyboard lines and floaty atmospheres. There's only 1 Jack Dangers. The black/white paper insert is a short account by The Mellowtrons of the 3 days spent with Jack Dangers in which the remix was done (near the end of work on Meat Beat's '98 album "Actual Sounds + Voices"). All in all a decent 12", but probably only absolutely necessary for the must have everything MBM completists ...
Where did I get this 12"? - mail order via Riouxs Records.