Exorcise the Demons
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| Exorcise the Demons | ||||
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| Released | March 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–99 | |||
| Genre | Drum and bass | |||
| Length | 73:56 | |||
| Label | Astralwerks Virgin Records[1] | |||
| Source Direct chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
Exorcise the Demons is a studio album by drum and bass artists Source Direct, released in 1999.[4][5] The album contains 9 tracks, three of which, "Concealed Identity", "Mind Weaver", and "Technical Warfare", are previously released singles. "Call & Response" and "Capital D" are available on the duo's previous compilation album, Controlled Developments (1997).
"Call & Response" appears in the 1998 film Blade, in which the track is being listened to, on headphones, by the villain, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), whilst he searches a library's archives; the song did not appear on the film's soundtrack.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]Robert Christgau praised the "beats developed in perceptible patterns, prudently minimalist middle registers, fun vrooms and slams as musical content", and called it "light instrumental music at its diverting best".[3]
Fact ranked it #96 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1990s, writing that it's "a thrilling document of smacked-out, misanthropic jungle for stalkers, serial killers and ne’er-do-wells".[7]
Track listing
[edit]- "Call & Response" – 7:09
- "Mind Weaver" – 8:45
- "Haunted" – 6:45
- "Technical Warfare" – 8:42
- "Love & Hate" – 9:22
- "Capital D" – 7:36
- "Dubstar" – 7:21
- "Wanton Conduct" – 8:43
- "Concealed Identity" – 9:33
References
[edit]- ^ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct". The Quietus.
- ^ Exorcise the Demons at AllMusic
- ^ a b "Robert Christgau: Album: Source Direct: Exorcise the Demons". robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (23 January 1999). "Astralwerks' Source Direct Tackles Dark 'Demons'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Echlin, Hobey. "Exorcise the Demons". Detroit Metro Times.
- ^ "Lost & Found: Source Direct's paranoid d'n'b thriller Controlled Developments (1997)". 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s". 3 September 2012.
