Barry Adamson "The Crime Scene" / The Jon Spencer Blues
Explosion "New Year (Destroyer)"
Slut Smalls SMALL 004 1999 (6:12)
side A
Barry Adamson "The Crime Scene" (3:15)
side AA
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "New Year (Destroyer)" (2:57)
The fact that Barry Adamson and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are both on Mute Records seems to be what brought these 2 together on this split 7" on the Slut Smalls label. Adamson's "The Crime Scene" is a very fast paced instrumental that seems to be the musical equivalent of a car chase scene. Skittery, rapid-fire bass notes and beat box beats are layered with keyboard lines and police siren samples. There's a brief sampled dub song interlude, then back to the chase. "The Crime Scene" would be right at home on Adamson's "As above So below" album. I'm not much of a Jon Spencer fan but this track is a lot of fun. Alec Empire (Atari Teenage Riot) handles the mixing, which helps explain the insanely brutal percussion fills and quick jabs of sonic weirdness inserted amongst the yells and the guitar riffs. Yeah, this one rocks. I guess I'm completely spoiled by cds these days because each side of this 45 is practically finished bye the time I cue the needle and sit back down ...
Barry
Adamson at Mute Records
my Barry
Adamson page
Jon
Spencer Blues Explosion at Matador
Records
Where did I get this 7"? - mail order via Action Records.