The Sabres Of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall (1994)

The Sabres of Paradise were a British electronic music group, formed in London, England in 1992. Andrew Weatherall formed the group with engineers Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns and became responsible for the Sabresonic warehouse raves.

The Sabres of Paradise's debut studio album, "Sabresonic", was released in 1993. It peaked at number 29 on the UK Albums Chart. NME named it the 23rd best album of 1993. The group released "Haunted Dancehall" in 1994. It peaked at number 57 on the UK Albums Chart. NME named it the 47th best album of 1994. It was included on the list of "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".The group released "Sabresonic II" in 1995. It peaked at number 88 on the UK Albums Chart.

The group dissolved in 1995. Weatherall went on to form Two Lone Swordsmen with Keith Tenniswood while Kooner and Burns carried on working together with The Aloof.

Andrew Weatherall, R.I.P.

The Sabres' second album is a conceptual manifesto of sorts, accompanied by a loose song-by-song narrative of descriptions written by the group. According to Weatherall, they initially hired Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh ("Trainspotting") to pen the notes, but, unhappy with the results, threw together their own versions minutes before the record was shipped off to be pressed. Lots of thin, bubbly, minimalist ambient and mid-tempo breakbeat, with quirky, occasionally half-thought-out tracks aided by production assistance from Geoff Barrow (Portishead) and A. Carthy (Mr. Scruff).




Tracklist:

1 Bubble And Slide 2:39
2 Bubble And Slide II 7:38
3 Duke Of Earlsfield 8:42
4 Flight Path Estate 3:21
5 Planet D (Portishead Remix) 4:41
6 Wilmot 7:32
7 Tow Truck 6:35
8 Theme 4:48
9 Theme 4 1:55
10 Return To Planet D 5:04
11 Ballad Of Nicky McGuire 8:30
12 Jacob Street 7am 3:46
13 Chapel Street Market 9am 7:14
14 Haunted Dancehall 4:25


The Sabres Of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall (1994)
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