(IDM, Downbeat, Trip-Hop) [LP] [24/192] Wagon Christ - Toomorrow (2 LP) - 2011, FLAC (tracks)

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foobar2000 1.6.16 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-09-26 19:04:13
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Analyzed: Wagon Christ / Toomorrow
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.19 dB -15.20 dB 2:16 01-Introfunktion
DR9 -1.27 dB -12.76 dB 4:18 02-Toomorrow
DR10 -0.88 dB -12.57 dB 4:30 03-Manalyze This!
DR12 -0.81 dB -14.78 dB 4:15 04-Ain't He Heavy, He's My Brother
DR10 -1.42 dB -13.04 dB 3:32 05-Accordian McShane
DR10 -1.17 dB -13.23 dB 3:47 06-My Lonely Scene
DR12 -0.83 dB -13.22 dB 3:38 07-Respectrum
DR11 -1.85 dB -14.35 dB 0:29 08-Rennie Codgers
DR10 -0.83 dB -12.30 dB 5:43 09-Replicurtains
DR12 -0.99 dB -14.45 dB 5:33 10-Oh, I'm Tired
DR10 -2.18 dB -13.99 dB 6:33 11-Wake Up
DR12 -0.73 dB -14.56 dB 5:14 12-Lazer Dick
DR11 -0.85 dB -14.42 dB 4:21 13-Sentimental Hardcore
DR11 -1.90 dB -15.28 dB 4:07 14-Chunkothy
DR11 -3.00 dB -15.65 dB 4:10 15-Harmoney
DR11 -2.16 dB -15.37 dB 4:01 16-Mr Mukatsuku
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4798 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Keeping the flag raised for sampladelic techno the way it used to be made in the late '90s and early 2000s (especially helpful for anyone still waiting on that second Avalanches LP), Luke Vibert's Wagon Christ project returned on Toomorrow. Listeners curious about potential detours through indie folk or British neo-soul obviously haven't been paying attention for the past two decades; Vibert has a script with his Wagon Christ records, and he sticks with it here. Beginning with an ace double-shot of sampladelic madness ("Introfunktion" and the title track), Vibert has many of the usual tricks up his sleeve: a storm of acid techno for "Manalyze This!," a loose-limbed and funky midtempo jaunt on "Ain't He Heavy, He's My Brother," and plentiful other sounds cooked up in his long-running music lab. This is his third Wagon Christ LP for Ninja Tune (although the first two were seven and ten years earlier, respectively), and for older fans, hearing all these hallmarks of Vibert's production technique yet again might make for snoozy listening when compared to his classic Throbbing Pouch (especially when the record gets progressively less lively as it goes along). Still, it's important to recognize that this nicely outpaces the other sampladelic electronica being produced in the 2010s.