Los Angeles: Critical Mass [Full Album] (1998) Mindspore Records
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Los Angeles: Critical Mass [the emerging electric underground]
Label: Mindspore Records - MSP-0004-2
Format:
CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: Drum n Bass, Downtempo, Future Jazz, Trip Hop
“Erupting from the project studios of los angeles is the work of a group of fresh young artists, producers, djs and old friends. Building their scene on the foundations of drum&bass;, ambient-dub and breaks&beats;, these Angelinos are mapping the new frontiers of electronic music. In a place teetering on the edge of the continent... they have achieved critical mass." Mindspore.com, 1998
Tracklist:
00:00 1. Dove (29) & Mr. Soon - Quay-Czar (Cavestar Remix)
Programmed By - David Bianchi, Joseph Jakob*, Joseph Nugent, Kevin Crosslin
Remix - Cavestar
- Mr. Soon aka Joe Jakob, helped produce peyote singers Primeaux and Mike on “Sacred Path” for Canyon records. Jacob teams up with undiscovered producer (until now), Dove aka Dave Bianchi, and Cavestar for an analog bigbeat 70’s flashback.
05:12 2. Trinity (19) - Lost Cities
Keyboards [Wurlitzer] - Roberto Antonio Chavez
Sampler, Programmed By, Keyboards, Bass - Steve Snow
Saxophone - Juss Renard
Vocals [Drum & Bass Section] - Lisa Woodward
Vocals [Dub Section] - Ia Kamandalu
Written By - Woodward, Kamandalu, Chavez & Snow
Written-By - Kamandalu*, Woodward*, Chavez*, Snow*
- Ex-Quango producer/engineer Steve Snow joins keyboardist Roberto Chavez (ex Duncan Sheik, Monkey Meet) and friends to stir up this mix, a mysterious cocktail of breakbeat drum&bass.;
10:28 3. T.H.C.- Unsaid Warning
Music By, Programmed By - George Sarah
Vocals, Lyrics By - Sarah Folkman
- George Sarah and Sarah Folkman bring us their ethereal trip-pop anthem. Radio includes 91X, KROQ’s Jed the Fish’s Catch of the Day, KCRW, Groove Radio 103, KXLU, KBLT, and KUCI. THC has releases out on Intelligent Records, Hypnotic, and Full Contact/Fifth Colvmn.
15:53 4. Cavestar & Moore*- Say The Word
Music By, Programmed By - Kevin Crosslin
Vocals, Lyrics By - Mona Moore
- Cavestar & Moore team up again to delicately fuse drum&bass; with ambient-soul. Mona Moore’s alter ego sings with Oversoul 7. Cavestar’s self-titled CD on Mindspore Records is currently charting throughout the USA and Canada on CFBU, CITR, CKUT, KBGA, KCBL, KCRB/KRCB, KDUR, KKFI, KUSP, KZSC, WEFT, WFHB, WICR, WIUS, WKNC, WORT, WRTC, WUMR, WWUH, and WYEP to name only a few. Cavestar, s/t, appeared on the top 20 College 500 electronic chart throughout the fall of ‘97.
21:14 5. Mr. Soon - You Are The Dream
Written-By, Producer - Joseph Jakob*
- Mr. Soon returns with this digital tribal trance journey.
25:05 6. Zimar - Energy
Other [Words Of Energy] - Tom Hopkins
Producer - Zimar
- Zimar downloads his computer cut-and-paste soundscapes for this funky trip-hop/ambient cut. Look for “Ghia” on his own Abstrakt Reality Records.
30:05 7. Aldebaran (12) - L'Orque Epaulard
Written-By, Producer - Charles Askell, Jeff Hogan
- Alerbaran is Charles Askell, who now resides in Paris. Recorded and produced in LA by KCRW engineer Jeff Hogan, this track is a mingling of West Coast electronica and Euro-ambient styles resulting in a distinct cosmopolitan sound.
35:34 8. Twist Top - Jangle
Written-By - Carlos Vasquez
- A celebration of urban rhythmic diversity unfolds in the oscillations of this high energy bpm techno-rollercoaster. Twist Top has recordings out on Industrial Strength Records, Fast Food, Tribal America, and Yoshi Toshi Records.
41:00 9. Oversoul 7 - I Sing Loud
Written-By - Oversoul 7
- Los Angeles electronic pioneers OS7 offer up this single, showcasing their signature cutting edge trip-hop expertly welded to catchy pop hooks. OS7 has tracks available on MCA Records in Japan, and on “Acid Jazz Test Part 4” and “Trip Hop Test Part 3” on Moonshine Music.
44:21 10. TM - Kiss (DJ Hive Remix)
Remix - DJ Hive*
- TM maintains their strict anti-publicity policy. Hive remixes Kiss.
Copyright © - Mindspore Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ - Mindspore Records
Compiled By, Producer - Kevin Crosslin, Kevin Lincoln (2)
Compiled and produced for K2K.
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但在一起去都会被折叠起来就可以的观点或者
any chance of reissuing the 1998 one?
@@Ravver Not really. Too many legal hurdles.
youtube > spotify
period.
Not even close.
Always been
I feel like Spotify subscribers are being scammed after using a free trial of it lmao. Such an inferior service and library with terrible app UX. And KZhead recently added a button on certain videos that takes you from the KZhead app directly to KZhead music so you can easily add it to your library there. They can't be compared.
No
My daughter sent me here and I'm absolutely blown away! This album was my baby in 98. Thank you so much for all the kind words, everyone! I wish you all could've been at release party K2K had at the El Rey Theatre. Show of the century! All the bands on the disc were friends, and we played the whole night like a DJ set. Players from each band were changing places all night. The music never stopped. Maybe we'll have to do a Volume 2. Cheers!
@@davidhays2846 Thank you, David! Did Lynn give you a Cavestar disc too? That was my first release.
mad respect to you!!! love this❤
@@tecesphere Thank you!
Thank you for this wonderful piece of music. As I always said, spontaneous music is the best,never thought I'd find an album like this recommended to me on youtube..
stuff like this is why I adore the internet. awesome record, and I'm so happy you could see it appreciated once again 25 years later.
With how bad KZhead treats it’s community at times, they have a strange but amazing knack to always recommend the shiniest hidden gem albums you’ve never heard
I guess I’m just in an abusive relationship
@@chrisa7134 😂😂😂
Good things are not free in this life my friend. Less we pay with money
@@tonidakaj0 derp
just had the same thought!
I had a metal head friend that said “if you like the art then the album will be good”. That advice is still holding.
Go hand to hand
It's like food. You eat with your eyes first
As a metal head, this is not true unfortunately. Lots of awesome album art spoiled by mediocre to terrible music.
@@ghostbusterz whole heartedly agree. I've been disappointed a lot by promising covers and not even just music. Video games and books are guilty in this too
Meatloaf had joined the chat
i love when the album art matches the soundscape of the music
Yeah
Music is art and art is aesthetic
it's a really important element of electronic music IMO
the only reason i clicked on this video was because i was hoping the music sounded like the cover looks, and it sure does!
Yeaa, what goes with the art , photography of something
This is the future they promised me.
idk why but this made me giggle
Yes, music is nonsense now. This will be on mainstream sooner or later in the future.
Then 9/11 happened...
I honestly thought that too
Today Mindspore is not a record label, but a Deep Learning subsidiary company of Huawei. Fuck this.
Man I wish 90s retrofuturism actually came true instead of the disappointing future we now live in
Don't take the black pill. It's up to you.They had us thinking the world was going to crumble on Y2K.
@@cavestar2008 Whatever dude. There are no pills.
You'd be surprised what was niche for awhile now is slowly making a comeback, trust the process, start dressing 90's and listen to dnb again
there are pills if he believes it, worry about your own beliefs and leave others to theirs@@powerboon2k
exactly, what's old becomes new again with added flavours and colours ;)@@boi5599
Album covers really had style back then. Loved it.
RIGHT
@@tothejazz4828 very urban, pretty futuristic. Look for "Red Snapper - Our Aim Is To Satisfy".
That's because people were just getting into advanced graphical editing techniques, and everything was new and exciting. Ideas were fresh because the aesthetic was novel and futuristic. This is also during a time before the turn of the millennium when people still had hope for the future.
the music was better too
Has a very Bowery Electric Lushife vibe. Or they has this
The late 90s and early 2000 was an incredible era for abstract underground trippy hip-hop vibes. Combined with the similar cover art style. Both were a match made in heaven.
Thank you!
the style of the 2000s and 90s needs to come back, I want to see more trippy art with thick long letters and random techy stuff it's awesome
@@VOMIT.K I'm' on it!
@@VOMIT.K They'll most likely f it up like they f-ed up the 80s nostalgia.
@@DacLMK yea they made 80s nostalgia squiggles and shapes and block letters when the 80s didn't have that design at all
Ah, the Sony PS1 scene. Finding these electronic break beat mixes made you feel like you really found a hidden gem
KZhead is good for only one thing: the algorithm’s recommendations for music
I wanna go to clubs and lounges that play THIS kind of electronica and 2000s house
that's actually a brilliant business idea
It's just too niche unfortunately....
@@marcorossi2854if you had the right dj or dj's it might work
We had them in the early 2000’s…then it turned into cafe bar culture and got saturated and sanitary…like hearing Zero 7 in Starbucks…
We should definitely bring that back
This is the type of album Nardwar would pull out out of nowhere on vinyl perfectly preserved to ask you how it influenced not only you but entire generations to come for the next 20 years. For you to answer: Holly cow Nawrdwar!! How did you know that??
for him to respond “you’re [your name]! we HAVE to know!!”
This is also the type of album where the artist goes “oh this is for me?!?” and Nard hesitantly goes “uhhh not exaaactlyyyyyy!!!”
How tf you kno dis!? HOW!? is you da FBI? CIA?
😂
"Nah. This is insane. Insane"
I like it when videos like these pop-up. It's like you didn't search for it, they chose you! 🤩
Yesterday was The Penguin Orchestra
If it chose you, it's because you have excellent taste. Thanks for listening!
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For more music similar to this, I recommend the following: Amon Tobin/Cujo (same person, different "stage names"). Supreme Beings of Leisure The compilation album Wallpaper Mach 1.5 The Hotel Costes compilation albums The music used in Gran Turismo Sport (specifically those from Lenny Ibizarre and Kay Nakayama). The OST for the game "TOCA Racer Driver 3" Dzihan & Kamien (specifically the album "Gran Riserva"). Afternoons in Stereo Audio Lotion Beats Antique (specifically the albums "Contraption" volumes 1 and 2). One-T (album "The One-T ODC", absolutely astounding). Dadamnphreaknoizphunk (yes that is actually the artist's name). Moodorama (specifically the album "My Name is Madness"). Bonobo (specifically the album "Dial 'M' for Monkey"). TOKiMONSTA (specifically the album "Midnight Menu"). Emancipator (specifically the album "Baralku"). Röyksopp (specifically the album "Melody A.M."). The Pinker Tones The Chemical Brothers (specifically the album "Push the Button"). Thievery Corporation (very similar to Supreme Beings of Leisure, both used gratuitously in the early "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" golf games). RJD2 Xploding Plastix Cut Chemist Peder (a song from the album "And he just pointed to the sky..." was used in Breaking Bad) Faithless (albums "Outrospective", "Reverence" and "Sunday 8PM"). Gotye (albums "Like drawing blood" and "Boardface" (no longer available online likely due to sample copyright)). Hexstatic (album "Telemetron"). Mr. Scruff (album "Trouser Jazz"). The OSTs for the N64 games "Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA" and "Rush: 2049" The OSTs for the Trackmania games (specifically "Valley", "Canyon" and "Stadium"). The OSTs for the "Grid" games from Codemasters (specifically the original, 2 and Autosport). The OSTs for the F1 games from Codemasters (specifically 2012, and 2015 through 2017). The OST for the GameCube game "F-Zero GX". The OSTs for Forza Motorsport 3, 4 and 6 (3 and 4 very much fall into the category of lounge/spa music, 6 is a bit more intense/orchestral).
Thank you for the recs. Love GT soundtrack as well.
Most of the 3 labels: *Warp Records, Rephlex Records & Ninja Tunes* back-catalogues would interest people who want more of this type of music.
Thanks brother, much appreciated. I instantly fell in love with Amon Tobin stuff. I'll check out the others later.
Appreciate this. thank you
I'm very happy to see this is being appreciated, I updated it with more and will continue to do so overtime.
KZhead definitely beats Spotify on gems in music Whole album sounds like need for speed high stakes soundtrack, fantastic
What an absolute hidden gem of an album, thank you so much for the upload. The KZhead home page is quickly becoming my favorite place to find new music.
Yes same here. Something has changed in a year coz i find new music much more easily
It has been my fav for years.
Just like the old days
trueeeeee (:
So true
The opening track as I’m driving home from work to feed and walk my dog, take massive bong rips, then head straight to my night job hits different
Let's go🔥🔥 so glad you made it here📍❤🔥™
Refreshing like iced lemonade But for my ears
@@davidhays2846 and it still is
I get more stunts and fronts than Bruce Willis !
Iced Lemonade You Can Hear
Don’t put iced lemonade in your ears
Yeah man. Its like half iced tea half lemonade in music form
Late 90's Early 2000's ... Gosh those PS1 long sessions with my brothers everything was so fresh and the future was so Unknown 😿
yo man, u can still have those days today, being lead into another direction than where the unknown future taught you to be what you always knew was right. Innocence becomes unnecessary where today a world would teach you back when you had it things were better.
Purple shield, citric acid 90s raver house. This here tho reminds me of downtown groove spots
If you were recommended this, its because you inherit Main Character Energy.
aww thank you 🖤🖤🖤
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No
I was recommended this twice brah brah
Blessed 🙏
Reminds me of massive attack
this album has such a silent hill and vampire the masquerade bloodlines vibe to it
Good taste lol
Hails!!!!
Oh yes
I think because the main music composer of silent hill, Akira Yamaoka, was heavily influenced by groups like Portishead and Massive Attack. And those two groups can be seen as trip hop, which this album has a similar vibe to.
@@213ARod Yes haha it's the other way around xD A lot of games had this vibe because that's how the downtempo scene was back then. In my case, it brings me back to games like Gran Turismo and all the jungle dnb craze back then xD, Good times.
I was born in 1984, and even of I can't clearly remember my teens years, listening to this genre brings me back to that sort of spiritual feeling of living in a futuristic world. Artists like Massive Attack, Aphex, Plug a.k.a. Luke Vibert, Kruder&Durfmeinster, Tosca, Zero7, Royksopp and all the others less known guys who contributed into developing this unique musical and ahestetic movement changed the prospective of so many people lives probably without even realizing.. 🙏
You have excellent taste. What did you think of Volume 2?
Well said, fellow 80’s baby. ✌🏻
Makes me wish I could go back to the spring of ‘98.
Yeah I hear ya. I always wanted to revisit 1996 again.
This reminds me of driving across rhe Ben Franklin Bridge at 3 am coming back from parties in Philly.
I was not born yet, but yea that would be cool
Spring '98 was special 👌 and there were still seminal records on the charts.
@@rra022001 yeah I was a freshmen then and I always tell people if I could just relive on loop an era 96-2000 would be it
I miss those days when the style of this music and graphic design on the cover were in demand...
the 1990s and 2000s had the best of art and design and it all needs to have a large comeback
@@VOMIT.K An underwhelming, underappreciated comeback is all that's gonna happen. We've entered an era of hyper commodification where even album covers are just slightly edited copies of copies of something that may be original. There is noturning back from that as we're perpetually stuck digging in the cultural goldmine created in the 20th century.
Things had style and taste back then, now it's all bland trash.
@@VOMIT.K it’s definitely coming back
@@by.johnjackson4883 you guys are painfully out of touch. 2000s aesthetic has been back for years, it's already on the way out now.
This has Midnight Club 2 vibes and I'm here for it!
Same here. Nice.
That’s exactly the vibe. Love it
You know with that album cover shits about to be lit
Everyone in the comments gets it. I feel less alone. I miss this time and the vibes being put out.
Future never sounded so good as in 90s
I agree. Why did these sophisticated futuristic ideas seem to fall off so hard in the 2000s?
You are so right. There was something about electronic music and optmism for the future in the 90s that you don't hear now.
At least we got to experience it.
@@OrangeCosmonaut 9/11 happened
@@David-eu1ms speak for yourself. I was born right when it ended fml
I miss the late 90s and early 2000s…
❤
They are still there.
Thank you YT for putting this on my feed. This is extraordinary.
I think i could go the rest of my life discovering awesome music from the 90s and still never hear it all.
Thumbnail invited me, listened one second and I went looking for a chair cause I am staying to listen till the end.
This is what the ps2 theme sounded like as a kid
That was the y2k of the early to mid 00s v I b e z It was unique wasn’t it
@@pedrocardiel1026 the world we were born in no longer exists
I think the reason we feel nostalgic for the 90's is because the horizon looked so promising throughout the entire decade. The culmination of the impecable 80’s. The retro-future that never came and we are still subconsciously stuck in this “nostalgia” loop hoping for the better to come :( Ironically the mainstream overly exposure and implementation of the internet and cellphones kept on disfiguring that future. It’s like the world skipped an entire line of hope for our generation to rush the next one into the digital era. Its not that we are lost, but this is not the future we had foreseen in the 90’s. It’s simply not, that’s why it hurts so much to come back here.
This hits all the right notes, and vibes, never heard this group, and I'm 47, love jungle and classic dnb.
Best recommendation I ever had
NIce!
This is great! Mindspore was my record label, and this and the Cavestar album were the best that we put out. I still have enormous pride in what we did here. My favorite song on this album is L'Orque Epaulard (Killer Whale). I also really love Unsaid Warning and the lines: "are you running with your eyes closed... are you talking with your mind closed" "And now you say there's a devil flying through your head - and it looks like me". I will always appreciate the work that Kevin (Cavestar) did to put together the art and the whole package.
As far as the sound goes. Did you guys realize how ahead of its time this sounded back then?
@@JesusChrist2000BC So, I thought about this question for a minute. I think the answer is no - it fit well in with what was happening then. Massive Attack was big, so was Groove Armada. (both had big releases in 1998). Now, what I'm pleased with, and what i did believe in was that our album would age really well - and it has. It really stands up well. And from that perspective it was "ahead of its time"
@@sredmore Been spinning this for months! Trinity - Lost Cities sounds EXACTLY like something that would be released by an artist named Blood Orange. Incredible work for creating a sound 20 years ahead of its time.
@@sredmoreWell you were right on the money in that regard. Definitely a lot of genius in the 90s in music that created music that still sounds fresh and you guys are up there.
Nice one man
ah man I havent heard this in forever
Good music🎉🎉🎉🎉. Fantazic🎉
KZhead recommendation engine on fire again
Noiceeeee
This is perfect for a 90s World in Darkness setting!
first track is insane
I just recently dropped Spotify like simply i stopped paying them and stick to youtube premium only and that's it. Best decision of the year. More content etc
The electronic underground scene of the 90s was so special. This is absolutely amazing, glad I stumbled on this.
chefs kiss
On track 2, 4:48, the sample seems to be a recording of Air France answering machine of the late 90s. In French : (inaudible) Nos bureaux sont fermés, pour des renseignements enregistrés en anglais concernant la disponibilité de notre prochain vol Concorde, composez le 9. Pour des information enregistrées en anglais sur les arrivées et les départs de nos vols de LA États-Unis composez le 1. Pour des information enregistrées en anglais sur (inaudible) Translation : (inaudible) Our offices are closed, for recorded information in English regarding the availability of our next Concorde flight, dial 9. For recorded information in English on arrivals and departures of our flights from LA U.S.A. dial 1. For recorded information in English on (inaudible)
@@davidhays2846 I find it funny that an artifact of the past like this survived through music. And I like how it kind of brings back to the time the track was made. :)
Good catch!..that is exactly where it was taken from as it was Steve Snow’s who grabbed it from Air France.
KZhead algorithm did good today
This just made my life complete, just found this
Some peak stuff
Chilling
🚨ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ🔥 Cavestar has confirmed that Critical Mass Volume 2 is set for a December 1st, 2023 physical release - subscribe for more updates! 🎧🚀
Nice. Been trying to get the physical version of this to no avail, so if Vol 2 is any good, definitely want to get that.
cant waittt
where did you get this info?
@@youtubeuser12588 From the horse's mouth. 🐴 It will be available from CDBaby and all the digital distros during Victor's premiere that night. Thanks!
@@TimeTellsNoLies90 An early reviewer had this to say, "It feels both true to the original spirit and a continuation from where the first left off, all while taking things to new places." 🙏
That’s the most late 90s/y2k album cover I’ve ever seen.
Nice! thank you!
Beautiful album. I knew i would love this by just looking at the thumbnail. KZhead is getting to know us even more than ourselves lol
I miss these sounds
This is the soundtrack of dreams.
pffff no words
That first 30 seconds 👌😫
What a gem
I sing loud, wow so amazing
Awesome . Nothing beats the lifstyle of the 80-90s . One cant never forget!!!
Night driving Music
The way this isn’t on Spotify is a federal crime
so true 😂
T.H.C. Unsaid Warning is on all streaming and all download platforms like Bandcamp.
@@georgesarahJust found it, as it's one of my favorites. I wish the rest of it was available though...
I have personally submitted the case to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Fingers crossed justice will be served.
all the best stuff isn't on spotify
wtf whoever is watching over me from youtube headquarters must love me so much... i get some sick recommendations
everything about this is so damn comforting, and I wasn't even into this stuff back in the day
you made it🔥🔥
*this music stoned is top tier*
Oh my god.
Just got back from my first trip to LA, spun this one time while sitting on the back porch of my airbnb. Pretty magical place.
the tracker stereo seperation runs deep
pppfffffeeeww man, this is so chill its snowing here
youtube recommends the most under-rated hot shit known.
This definitely sounds like a nice chilled laid back Friday night ❤🎉😊!
Rare (RARE) [VERY RARE]
This is 20 years ahead of its time.
So true. Thank you!
idk how I found this but I live in LA rn and this set the vibe tonight
25 years ago today. 42:17
finding a banger of an album in your youtube recommendations is the digital equivalent to crate digging
i fw this record heavy
damn this is major
So happy KZhead’s algorithm recommended this to me. Top-tier music right here, and the album art is just as cool as well.
Thank you so much! Check out Volume 2 as well....
I feel like im in one of those 80s scifi novels with the beautiful coverarts
This album makes me feel like I need to prove myself life is worth
Gold
I m blown away. This sounds like 2040.
Wow! Haven't heard this in awhile. Still sounds great!
The album is so gooood 😍 i just had a little hick on the french music bc the guy is saying complete no sense so it triggered me 🤣🤣
Thanks to George Sarah for hippening me to this upload.
Nice! Say hi to him from me!
Takes me back to my freshman year of high school. 😢
Who is the genius uploading these masterpieces?
That would be my virtual BFF, Victor. The official KZhead Wizard Of Oz.
Thank you KZhead algorithm.
sounds great
Yes yes yes! Love it!
If I were to make an montage of urban backdrop with a late 90s aesthetic, this would be the music I'd use. Thanks algorithm, glad you bestowed this gem of an album to my suggestions.
Just got this CD in the mail today because of this video. I know at some point the price is gonna spike. I think I was pretty lucky to find if for less than $10
Discogs?
@@AstonishingSodApe amazon actually! Discogs was sold out
Now it's sold out everywhere ... 😢
Is there a vinyl copy of this?
@@TheJoneManI don’t believe. Just compact disc (cd).
Amazing
What a wonderful time it was to be a teenager in the 90’s