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How to Operate with a Blown Mind [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

~ Lo Fidelity Allstars
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  • Audio CD (19 Jan 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics, Import
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B00000HXJL
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 56,389 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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After the Brighton-based label Skint hit pay-off with the irrepressible party animal Fatboy Slim, they were in danger of being typecast as a novelty dance label. How To Operate With A Blown Mind, in this comical arena, proved an audacious debut: crafted by a seven-strong ensemble that fused the dynamics of a dirty funk to the seismic pulse of some very big beats, it brought an attitude of high seriousness and menacing ambition to Skint's lunatic party. "Blisters On My Brain" and "Kool Roc Bass" are both excellent demonstrations of the Allstars in full ruffian's flow, with frontman The Wrekked Train tossing out sneered insults and Burroughsian nonsense in equal measure. --Louis Pattison

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice dirty nu-skool breaks, 27 Jan 2001
This review is from: How to Operate with a Blown Mind (Audio CD)
If, like me, you felt Fatboy Slim had some good ideas but was far too nice about things, then How To Operate with a Blown Mind is probably a decent approximation to what you're after - the same kind of ideas as the Cookster uses permeate the album (they share the same label) but the Allstars are a lot more upfront than the new Mr Ball. It generally sticks to a dirty funk and breakbeat soundtrack - plenty of 70s guitar licks and sampled drum breaks in here - with occasional nods to early 90s baggy (Screamadelica era) and even the odd house-ish moment.

The production on that album isn't as clean as I'd perhaps like - it could do with tightening up in places (have they never heard of a compressor?) and never really gets as full-on as you possibly expect it to. But these are minor faults. Overall, though, this is a great album and well worth getting hold of.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Cerebral Brothers!, 15 May 2001
By Mr. Abbas Rana "abbas_rana" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Operate with a Blown Mind (Audio CD)
The Lo-Fi All-stars were perhaps the coolest band around when they burst on the dance scene a few years back. Laid back Quasi-American vocals courtesy of The Wrekked Train, funky hip-hop beats and grooved up disco melodies made the Lo-Fi All-stars one of the most credible and creative bands in the leftfield dance scene. So how then does this debut album shape up? Well, it's pretty darn...cool!

'Battle Flag' is perhaps the best track on the album. A funky bass line rips through the tune and there are harsh b-boy vocals from Pigeonhed and the track climaxes with evangelical organ sounds. 'Kool Roc Bass' also stands out: it's a musical cocktail of slick vocals, reverberating bass and electro beats. There's more head rocking sounds in the form of the ten-minute eclectic classic 'Vision Incision' and also in the form of the disco flavoured 'Laser Ship Deep Funk', which sounds a little like 'Fly Life' by Basement Jaxx. There are even elements of Detroit techno on 'Will I Get Out of Jail'.

On the whole, the record doesn't have the bouncy beats and crashing guitar hooks that are common in other Big Beat artists. Instead, the influences incline towards seventies funk, eighties hip-hop beats and modern lyrical poetry. Where the album does flag a little (such as on the lazy 'I Used To Fall In Love'), the whole aura of cool and creative feel of the record makes up for it.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The glimmer of gold in peat dark water, 2 Mar 2000
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This review is from: How to Operate with a Blown Mind (Audio CD)
This a blistering album of post-punk psychedelia which flows from mindnumbing intensity to smokey chill. Don't be alarmed by the seamingly insensible rhetoric which accompnies many of the tracks, it has its place within the album. The opening minute and a half of the album is confused monotone, which finally bursts into a monumentally energtic collage of sound and lyrics, that totally justifies the wait. The album continues within this vein, with the slow instrumentals only wetting the appitite more. On the downside it can take a while to get into the album and the initially impressive tracks tend to deguise the others. However, stick with it, this album is worth the effort.
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