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Album Review: Trainer

  • Artist: Plaid
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: July 10, 2000
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

After negotations broke down between former Black Doggers Ken Downie, Ed Handley, and Andy Turner, what was projected to be a three-disc set with nearly all the existing Black Dog Productions rarities became instead a two-disc set of Handley/Turner productions recorded during the first half of the '90s. Trainer is still a near-essential document of early British techno, including a raft of rarely heard classics like "Scoobs in Columbia," "Norte Route," and "Angry Dolphin," plus the entirety of their ultra-rare Mbuki Mvuki mini-LP. The Handley/Turner production aesthetic balanced sublime, Detroit-inspired synth with hyper-kinetic drum programs and breakbeat madness years before England's love affair with jungle. Grabbing tracks from far-flung but like-minded labels like ART, Planet E, A13, and Clear, Trainer includes over two hours of warped acid house from a B-boy perspective -- it's hardly a coincidence that Black Dog Productions shared initials with South Bronx's finest. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Uneasy Listening [#] Plaid Plaid (5:37)
Anything Plaid Plaid (5:01)
Slice of Cheese Plaid Plaid (6:00)
Link Plaid Plaid (6:02)
Perplex Plaid Plaid (4:05)
Summit Plaid Plaid (4:38)
Bouncing Checks Plaid Plaid (5:30)
Yak Plaid Plaid (5:51)
Scoobs in Columbia Plaid Plaid (5:35)
Chirpy [#] Plaid Plaid (4:47)
Prig [#] Atypic Atypic (4:52)
Eshush [#] Balil Balil (4:42)
Blah Atypic Atypic (4:47)
Norte Route Balil Balil (5:19)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Fly Wings [#] Plaid Plaid (4:07)
Whirling of Spirits Plaid Plaid (5:54)
Choke and Fly Plaid Plaid (5:51)
Small Energies Plaid Plaid (6:08)
Jolly [#] Atypic Atypic (6:07)
Letter [#] Tura Tura (5:20)
Soft Key Tura Tura (5:18)
Reishi Tura Tura (9:01)
Uland [#] Balil Balil (4:09)
Tan Sau [#] Plaid Plaid (6:08)
Android Plaid Plaid (6:59)
Angry Dolphin Plaid Plaid (8:15)

Credits

Plaid (Producer), Plaid (Main Performer), Balil (Producer), Atypic (Producer), Tura (Producer)
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Trainer
Compilation album by Plaid
Released 10 July 2000 (2000-07-10)
Genre IDM, electronic, techno
Length 145:14
Label Warp Records
Producer Plaid
Professional reviews

Trainer is a two-disc compilation released in 2000 by Plaid. It includes the group's rare 1991 debut Mbuki Mvuki, as well as other hard-to-find or unreleased material. Some of the tracks were recorded under Plaid's aliases Atypic, Balil and Tura.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Uneasy Listening" – 5:37
  2. "Anything" – 5:01
  3. "Slice of Cheese" – 6:00
  4. "Link" – 6:04
  5. "Perplex" – 4:05
  6. "Summit" – 4:38
  7. "Bouncing Checks" – 5:29
  8. "Yak" – 5:51
  9. "Scoobs in Columbia" – 5:34
  10. "Chirpy" – 4:47
  11. "Prig" – 4:52
  12. "Eshush" – 4:42
  13. "Blah" – 4:47
  14. "Norte Route" – 4:31

Disc two

  1. "Fly Wings" – 4:06
  2. "Whirling of Spirits" – 5:55
  3. "Choke and Fly" – 5:51
  4. "Small Energies" – 6:09
  5. "Jolly" – 6:07
  6. "Letter" – 5:20
  7. "Soft Key" – 5:18
  8. "Reishi" – 9:01
  9. "Uland" – 4:09
  10. "Tan Sau" – 6:07
  11. "Android" – 7:00
  12. "Angry Dolphin" – 8:13

 
 

 

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