Biscuits [EP]

Biscuits [EP]

Track Listings

1. Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing

2. Desperate People [Live]

3. Love and Happiness [#][Outtake]

4. Memories Can't Wait [Live]

5. Burning of the Midnight Lamp

6. Money Talks [#][Outtake]

Biscuits,Living Colour,Sony,Album Rock,Alternative Metal,College Rock,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Pop,Popular Music,Rock

The Wind at Four to Fly (Dig)
Average customer rating:

Awesome.

BORING!

a perfect place to start

a bisco perspective from a phishhead

Fantastic collection for Bisco fans!

The Wind at Four to Fly (Dig)
Disco Biscuits
Manufacturer: Sci Fidelity Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EQ5QD6
Release Date: 2006-04-18

Tracks:

World is Spinning
Voices Insane
Caterpillar
Kitchen Mitts
Sweating Bullets
Wet
Spy
Morph Dusseldorf

Tracks:

Story of the World
Basis for a day
Little Shimmy in a Conga Line
Pat and Dex

Customer Reviews:

Awesome........2007-04-27

This is a great way to get to know the band. Disc 1 shows you the tight, up beat, hook filled songs that will stick in your head. Disc 2 is the space, the lose yourself for an hour and forget what just happened disc. Both are amazing just like the Biscuits. Although this is a good start you have to get out there and see the Bisco experience for the Trancefusion throwdown.

BORING!.......2006-12-07

I know that the Disco Biscuits are a popular live act but I do not like this.

When you are at the outdoor Jamband festival, beer in your hand, beautiful weather all over, lots of eye candy, feeling good, etc, this band may seem great. But, when you just listen to them on your stereo it is just plain boring.

There is no drama to the songs, no strong hooks, the instrumentation/tone is identical from song to song, the drum patterns do not vary and the tunes go on forever.

There is nothing wrong with a lengthy song IF the artsist needs that much room to create. The Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, Umphreys McGhee, Robert Randolph, Spock's Beard...they could play 2 hour songs and I'll love it but... to play the same riff for 30 minutes is way too much.

You know why they are called The "Disco Biscuits"? Because these songs are truly like dance grooves (with more instrumentation) that last a real, real long time.

I heard good things about this band, perhaps they are wonderful live but to the casual listener...this is a snooze fest.

Put it this way, I picked up this and a "Nina Simone" complilation at the same time. The Nina Simone cd is like "Led Zeppelin II" compared to this!

a perfect place to start.......2006-10-28

This is a great cd to buy if your new to the biscuits. Do not listen to the reviewer who said this was "boring", he obviously doesn't "get" the disco biscuits. This release has some great versions of some of their best songs in STUNNING audio clarity. The song selections are pretty good for attracting new fans, some versions on here are incredible. Disc 1 has some great highlights with a very solid Voices Insane, Kitchen Mitts, Wet, Spy and the classic rager Caterpillar. Disc two is only four tracks but don't let that fool you. The disc starts off with a pretty standard Story of the World, a classic 30-minute RAGING basis, and one of my favorite Little Shimmy's; sooo smooth and patient. After that is a standard Pat and Dex. Disc two is definately better in my opinion, Little Shimmy is just fantastic. just do yourself a favor and go buy this. HIGHLY recommended.

a bisco perspective from a phishhead.......2006-08-12

I am relatively new to tDB. i have only owned two studio albums and i have heard a few live shows from friends. I saw them july 14 and i am now a fan. this album solidifies that statement even more. just listen to the "Little Shimmy..." on the cd. if you deny how awesome this selection is, please check yourself for a pulse. this is the perfect starting points for all of us bisco n00bs out there.

Fantastic collection for Bisco fans!.......2006-04-18

As with many other jam bands, you either "get" the Disco Biscuits or you don't. If you're not a fan, you can criticize them for their shaky vocals and often for their lack of precision. But if you ARE a fan, then rejoice: here is a collection that somehow outshines the TranceFusionRadio series, giving us quintessential, exciting versions of some of the Biscuits' best songs. The versions of "Voices Insane" and "Basis for a Day" - songs most Biscuits fans have heard many renditions of - offer fresh surprises and relentless intensity. And "Caterpillar'" is included in all its funky glory. The first disk includes some shorter cuts, and the second includes some of the long, drawn-out, ambitious jams the band is known for, making this collection a perfect intro for the Biscuits novice. Highly recommended!

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I don't care what the last guy says...
One of the best
Amazing, Simply Amazing
This a lbum could change your life!!!!!!!!
One of the worst bands out of the Hardcore Punk scene

Start Today
Gorilla Biscuits
Manufacturer: Revelation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Gorilla Biscuits
Break Down the Walls
No Spiritual Surrender
What It Meant: The Complete Discography
Bad Brains

ASIN: B000000TAL
Release Date: 1994-07-31

Tracks:

New Direction
Stand Still
Degradation
Good Intentions
Forgotten
Things We Say
Start Today
Two Sides
First Failure
Competition
Time Flies
Cats And Dogs
Bonus Track 1
Bonus Track 2

Product Description

1. New Direction
2. Stand Still
3. Degradation
4. Good Intentions
5. Forgotten
6. Things We Say
7. Start Today
8. Two Sides
9. First Failure
10. Competition
11. Time Flies
12. Cats And Dogs
BONUS TRACKS
13. Sitting Round At Home
14. Biscuit Powert

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

I don't care what the last guy says..........2006-12-09

...this album, you must have it. Only dated by an unfortunate mention of Donkey Kong, the five guys from NY spew adolescent energy and human emotion. Is it ever bad to sing about unity?

Buy this AND Minor Threat's discography. But never, ever compare the two.

One of the best.......2006-07-22

Start Today is one of the best hardcore albums period. It had just the right amount of melody mixed with anger and positivity. Lyricly maybe not groundbreaking but they still did things a little different and a song like, Things We Say made kids think about the way they treat people. I found this album just a bit after it came out and was in high school and feeling like an outcast because I didn't think the same things as all the other kids and this was one of those albums that make you feel not so alone in the world. This album was like a breath of fresh air when it came out and for all the people that hate on it, there's a reason that this album was instrumental in introducing so many kids to hardcore. although I question some of their intentions these days i'm looking forward to seeing them on the reunion tour and finally getting the chance to pig pile and shout these songs. Highly reccomend it.

Amazing, Simply Amazing .......2005-08-30

I'd like to start by saying that in no way did Gorilla Biscuits contribute to the hardline mentality embraced by groups such as Earth Crisis...Gorilla Biscuits were always about being a positive and accepting group, straight edge or not, they respected the other people in the scene and embraced the idea that many lost sight with, UNITY...now onto the album..Start Today is the sophomore effort of Gorilla Biscuits and while they do stray away from their more metallic debut, Start Today is still an amazing album and is one of the staples in the history of hardcore...From the beginning horns of New Direction to the humorous end of "Gorilla Biscuits in your f***** head, one more chance and you'll be dead"...the album is completely consistent and is filled with catchy riffs, positive energy, and the delightful, youth voice of Anthony Civocelli...a great album, recommended for both veterans and new kids to the scene

This a lbum could change your life!!!!!!!!.......2005-08-28

If you catch this album at the right time in your life, it could change you forever...gorilla biscuits, showed integrity,kindness,honesty,and energy..........all the beautiful parts of being a teenager.This album opened up a whole new world for me,it made me proud to go against the grain rather than succumbing to the b**tch of peer pressure.
The guy who said this was happy,poppy,is totally missing the point and the feeling of this album....their is alot pain in this album...but pain that is reverted into positive energy for self development.
you will rarely here such honesty on a record again....rember this album was before posi core became a generic form of sxe...if you approach this album with youth crew/sxe /harcore prejudices your bigotedness will be yor own loss...
like 7 seconds,these peole really meant what they were saying then.!!!

One of the worst bands out of the Hardcore Punk scene.......2005-04-04

Gorilla Biscuts are happy, poppy, and positive. Those can be great qualities when you're in a pop or hippie band, but not when you're in a hardcore punk band. Also the strait-edge scene spawned one good band Minor Threat, and a hundred bad ones. It's groups like these guys and Earth Crisis that paved the way for the mob-mentality of the hardcore movement today. Forget this album, pick up "Complete Discography" by Minor Threat instead.

Average customer rating:

Positive outlook !!!
Biscuit power!
Great old school HC! Just wish it would last longer
old-skool pride
intense hardcore album

Gorilla Biscuits
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Manufacturer: Revelation
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Start Today
No Spiritual Surrender
Break Down the Walls
Set Your Goals
What It Meant: The Complete Discography

ASIN: B000000TA4
Release Date: 1994-09-27

Tracks:

High Hopes
Big Mouth
No Reason Why
GM2
Hold Your Ground
Breaking Free
Finish What You Started
Sitting Around at Home
Gorilla Biscuits
Short End of the Stick
Hold Your Ground 1
GM2 1

Product Description

1. High Hopes
2. Big Mouth
3. No Reason Why
4. Gm2
5. Hold Your Ground
6. Breaking Free
7. Finish What You Started
8. Sitting Around At Home
9. Gorilla Biscuits
10. Short End Of The Stick
11. Hold Your Ground 1
12. Gm2

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Positive outlook !!!.......2005-08-06

Gorilla Biscuits remains, to my (very very subjective...) opinion, one of the most influencial hardcore band ever issued in NYC. Among the legion of bands playing in the New York scene then, they displayed a unique identity... They sounded differently and they had the hability to create instant "tunes"... I used to appreciate a lot, in my late teen years, their POSITIVE attitude... Life may be a bitch, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't handle it in a different (and positive) way! To that date, every song in "Gorilla Biscuits" album is still enjoyable and able to kick your a**, even if I have some favourites... But, I won't tell you, not my job... Just made your own opinion... Anyway, I think ALL are great, it just depends on the mood you are when you're listening these bullets...

Biscuit power!.......2000-07-28

Everything you could ever want from an Hc album. Attitude, tunes, speed, positivity, jokes, absolutelY awesome

Great old school HC! Just wish it would last longer.......2000-06-02

This is a classic sXe hardcore album. Gorilla Biscuits have the true HC attitude and the lyrics on this album reflect that. "Hold Your Ground" has helped me get through some tough times in high school. The song is about staying true to yourself even when people won't accept you because they can't understand difference. All of the songs basically have the same structure, but they are very enjoyable because they're aggressive and also very catchy. The only thing I really wish I could change about it is the length. This classic album ends way too soon! With that aside, I would still definitely recommend this album for some great old school hardcore from one of the best bands of the time.

old-skool pride.......1999-10-20

I'm a fan of old-skool music, bands like 7seconds, minor threat, youth of today, Gorilla Biscuits,... I play in an old-skool band myself and I must admit that Gorilla Biscuits is a band that had and still has a great influence on me. You just got to have this one, this is where it all started, this is old-skool pride.

intense hardcore album.......1999-07-06

this album means alot to me. the music is incredible and the lyrics are positive. this is a must for every hardcore fan.

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Biscuits for Breakfast
Fink
Manufacturer: Ninja Tune
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Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

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You Gotta Choose
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Kamlyn
Sorry I'm Late [Flo-Motion Session May 2005]

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"Fink blends folk, soul and dub song styles to make a great disc for Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. For fans of Jose Gonzales, Jack Johnson and John Martyn."

Average customer rating:

2 live crew you can dance to!
One of the funniest albums ever!
A great CD
An Excellent CD, Breaking All Boundaries!
Phat, phat, phat... This CD is by far the best "ever".

1 Polish 2 Biscuits and a Fish Sandwich
The Outhere Brothers
Manufacturer: Aureus Records
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ASIN: B00000227T
Release Date: 1997-03-04

Tracks:

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Boom Boom Boom
La La La Hey Hey
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Les Be In Luv
Bring Dat Ass Over Here
What Up?
I Want My Shit Back
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I Wanna P
Golden Shower
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The Halle Jones Show
I'll Lick You Baby
F.Y.I.T.A.
Chi Town People
Phat Phat Phat (Where Dey At Mix)
Players Get Lonely
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Customer Reviews:

2 live crew you can dance to!.......2003-07-05

The only way to describe the outhere brothers are 2 live crew flavor that you can dance to. This is the album you and your buddies would make after sitting around drinking and shooting the bull all night. Great beats coupled with some funny risque lyrics. Instead of playing some Luther or Barry white to get your girl in the mood, slap on the outhere brothers. : - )

One of the funniest albums ever!.......2001-05-09

This album, from a group called The Outhere Brothers, is one of the trashiest, most repulsive albums ever made, and that's what makes it so great! The songs break all the rules of censorship and reach into the farthest depths of vulgarity and depravity to make us laugh more than anything else has ever been able to make us laugh. Be sure to listen to "Pass the Toilet Paper," as well as the hilarious "FYITA."

A great CD.......1999-09-12

I love this CD. I especially liked "Boom, Boom, Boom", "Don't Stop Wiggle Wiggle", and " Phat Phat Phat." This CD is awesome but it has lots of pervertive lyrics. So I don't recommend this Cd for young children. Their other album "The Other Side" is much better.

An Excellent CD, Breaking All Boundaries!.......1999-09-07

The Outhere Brothers create a new genre with their CD entitled 1 Polish..... . This genre could only be called the "What we really mean genre." The Outhere Brothers never throw a curve at you, and they never try to bs you in anyway. They are straight foward with all their phenomenal lyrics, and their style is unmatched.

Phat, phat, phat... This CD is by far the best "ever"........1999-03-23

"Dis CD is fatter than my girlfriend" (errr... phatter). It's packed with great songs such as "I wanna". The song "I wanna" was used in a Dutch commercial to promote an English learning program. Keep in mind... this CD is not meant for the light-hearted. ;-)

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Rocket 3
Disco Biscuits
Manufacturer: Sci Fidelity Records
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(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection

Average customer rating:

Great set of wartime rarities
Cure for the Blues
Standard Transcription Collection

(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
Spike Jones
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Strictly for Music Lovers
Spike Jones - Greatest Hits
Fonk
Spiked!: The Music of Spike Jones
The Spike Jones Story

ASIN: B00007JR3K
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.

Average customer rating:

Musically adventurous and exciting
dont listen to the loser who reviewed this cd but only talked about they missed the perfume
KICKIN' IT AROUND THE WHOLE DAMNED DAY!
Great album but see them live
Trance Fusion

Uncivilized Area
Disco Biscuits
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ASIN: B000006P0C
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

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Jamillia
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M.E.M.P.H.I.S.
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Customer Reviews:

Musically adventurous and exciting.......2006-07-25

The Disco Biscuits' second album, Uncivilized Area, shows that the stellar musicianship and improvisation of the jam bands is alive and well on the independent scene. While critics often complain that many of these bands can't put it together in the studio, this album is a musical tour de force and the songs are all very good. Tracks like "Aceetobee", which have some sick counter bass lines from Marc Brownstein, the quirky "Morph Dusseldorf", and the playful "Jamilla", are outstanding musical adventures that bounce between several genres within the same song. "I-Man" is also a great jam led by the stellar piano playing of Aron Manger and a cool chorus that you could sing along to. Also worth noting is that unlike similar bands such as The Dave Matthews Band, the band don't take themselves too seriously as evidenced by the hysterical lyrics in "Jamilla" and "Little Betty Boop." Even when the band decides to play it somewhat straight on "M.E.M.P.H.I.S." and "Awol's Blues", the band's considerable chops shine through. Another great track is the opener "Vassillios", which starts out heavy before suddenly breaking into piano jazz before returning to its original theme. The only track that doesn't work is the aforementioned "Little Betty Boop", which is great for the first 6 minutes but then becomes meandering and self-indulgent. All told, Uncivilized Area proves that today's jam bands could bring the excitement of their live shows into the studio.

dont listen to the loser who reviewed this cd but only talked about they missed the perfume.......2006-05-14

listen to this cd. and go see the biscuits live.

KICKIN' IT AROUND THE WHOLE DAMNED DAY!.......2005-09-23

Disco Biscuits was my first exposure to "TRANCE ROCK."
I saw them for the first time at GATHERING OF THE VIBES in 2001 and they were absolutley incredible. I'm not sure when this album actually came out but I'm pretty sure it was their first. I've seen these guys a few times and have never heard any tof these songs live.

Thats cool though, because I think this is a very cool record, although different than anything I've seen them do. This is a band that constantly evolves (so check the next ones out later.)
This one though is just some wise ass stuff. Kind of like G.Love almost, but with crazy extended jams that consist of electric pianos and other strange forms of electronica.
Its very trippy sounds that work well with any songs they do. This first album though contains JAMILIA, some dirty lyrics there... and LITTLE BETTY BOOP, not quite as dirty but with a way more lengthy tripped out jam.
If you know the "jam" scene, you've no doubt heard of these guys. If you get an album to get a feel for them live get a live album, if you just want a really cool album GET THIS!

Great album but see them live.......2005-02-24

Highlights for me on this album were Jamilia, M.E.M.P.H.I.S. , Little Betty Boop, and Vasillios was ok. You get to see a great deal of the bands chemistry but do yourself a favor and see them live. If you want to hear a sick bisco concert go to archive.org and download their new years concert from this past new years. Oh and definitely buy this album, there is a lack of talented artists left.

Trance Fusion.......2005-02-06

When Phish first broke up in 2000, i read an article by writer Richard Gehr about who might step up in their place. He listed three bands and as I had to move from DC to Colorado I bought discs from all three for the drive. By the time I reached Denver, this CD was the only one still in rotation. In fact, it was glued to my CD player. A band had managed to fuse my two previously disconnected musical lives.

I grew up with Chicago dance music, new wave, industrial and techno and then saw my share of jambands throughout high school and college. For me, The Disco Biscuits stand out with a sound that manages to trancend both scenes.

This disc is a great intro to the band, and I hope the first moment they break into trance gives you as much hope for music as it did me.

The Biscuits also make live music available on Disclogic.com and fans make free audience recordings available (band supported) at archive.org.

Average customer rating:

Schizophrenic jamband fare
...A Step Back
Bisco
Next Please
Good stuff, all around

Senor Boombox
Disco Biscuits
Manufacturer: Megaforce
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ASIN: B00006J3TN
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

Hope
Float Like A Butterfly
In The Sky
Floodlights
Jigsaw Earth
Sugarcane
Sound one
The Tunnel
Sprawl
Floes
Triumph
Hope II
Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

Schizophrenic jamband fare.......2003-05-21

The songs on this album individually have some pretty good moments, at least in terms of structure. For example, the "chase" sequence in Jigsaw Earth is a fantastic, fun composition, and the calypso feel of the song is captured excellently in the studio. Additionally, Floes features some pretty good guitarwork by Jon Gutwillig. Sound One, while the vocals are a little weird, is an excellently composed song with a fairly strange rhythm to it and playful lyrics (though I won't tell you what they mean). And lastly, Float Like a Butterfly is an interesting dance-party piece -- though it could've been spiced up a bit, the female vocals add to the style of the song tremendously.

However, there is absolutely no flow to the album. The tracks bounce from style to style in a very choppy manner. There's Hope's fairly standard jamrock sound then FLAB's techno, then some Beastie-esque Floodlights, back to calypso, then prog-rock, then more traditional fare...it's just too much to take. It seems like the Biscuits wanted everyone to like their latest album, and it just falls apart because of this lack of cohesiveness.

...A Step Back.......2002-11-03

They Missed the Perfume was a huge album; while it used a lot of sounds and ideas that have been floating around for a very long time, it kind of turned the whole electronica movement on its ... for me. A lot of electronica acts take themselves far too seriously, and the Biscuits with TMTP managed to sound cool while maintaining a sense of humor about the whole thing. Spacebirdmatingcall is somewhere between an awesome groove song and Nintendo music (Super Nintendo - Pilotwings - Light Plane). Anyway, the album was a bit of a departure: Altman didn't play a single real drum and Magner went ballistic on the overdubs. I really saw TMTP as a blueprint for where the band was going with their live act (...and the shows I went to at that time seemed to confirm that belief) and with further studio releases. So I waited for Señor Boombox with eager anticipation.

...And it sounds like they're going back in a phishy direction. Granted, Boombox is comprised of songs essential to their awesome stage show, but it doesn't take any of those songs into the sonic territory they explore on stage. And without that, there isn't much left - none of them can really sing and there isn't really an effective melody to be found on this album. Most of Barber's melodies move parallel to whatever chord progression he's written. And I repeat, none of them can really sing. You forgive all this in their live show because they freak out electronica style, and there's a great lightshow, and you've smoked a bunch of weed and you're jumping around like a fool... I digress. The point is, this album has neither the strength of composition, the groove, or the flow of their previous album, but maybe that's an impossibility, because I really think that They Missed the Perfume is one of the finest and *coolest* albums ever made. It came out of nowhere and surprised me big time, and has put a smile on the face of every person I've ever played it for, sober or stoned silly playing Rainbow Road in Super Mario Kart. Perhaps they just can't live up to themselves, because so far I'm not enjoying Señor Boombox that much in either mindframe.

Bisco.......2002-10-30

The new bisco cd senor boombox is great cd. Floodlights is an amazing song in this cd. Jigsaw earth has its reggae roots and it sounds great. Me being a long time bisco fan and attending many of thier shows know that no studio recording will ever match there live stuff, but this cd has really good quailty. there are some awsome beats coming from Sam with his e-drum. there are guest drummers which combine to create great jams. overall the best song on this album was floodlights. it was full and loud with awsome vocal changing.

Next Please.......2002-10-30

This album is not good...too much techno...cannot compare to Uncivilized area

Good stuff, all around.......2002-10-12

In my eyes The Disco Biscuits stand out as a fiercely talented oasis of originality in a genre where innovation is too often second-string to derivation. Technically, not only does each member stand out as a unique and exemplary player of his respective instrument but together they form one of the tightest and most tuned-in ensembles in the jam band scene (or any scene, for that matter), to boot. They can play off each other like nobody's business, and they do - at great length, to great musical success. What's more, they know the things that make a song work on a record as well as it does when they play it live (though obviously, a live show wins out to recorded music any day of the week), which is something that I wish more groups of their ilk could claim.

That being said, their latest offering is a testament to the ingenuity, creative potential and genuine musical diversity that the guys in the band seem to exude. The record is a study in juxtaposition: the first track, Hope, hovers somewhere between a melodic, soft-spoken ode and a crunchy pop tune (staying genuinely Bisco the whole time) and then gives way to Float Like a Butterfly, which is techno so genuine I can taste the X. Floodlights churns out an ominously heavy groove and then almost awkwardly (but not at all inappropriately) cuts into the bouncing and bubbly opening melody of Jigsaw Earth, a song whose midsection makes a bizarrely in-character foray into what could pass for circus music before finally returning to its original theme.

Though each song (excluding the ambient tracks) works well enough as its own piece of music, there is a certain vague but definitely noticeable cohesiveness to the record that makes listening to it all the richer an experience.

It's a departure, of sorts, from earlier Bisco, but at the same time it remains strangely familiar and completely enjoyable. Where earlier in their career they might conceivably have been dismissed by the skeptical as just another group trying to ride the coattails of the Phish-moe.-SCI jam phenom, at this stage of the game few should question the lasting originality, inventiveness and overall musical talent of these guys. Any so-called jam band that can present an organically produced electronica/techno-infused sound to diehard jam fans without alienating them is a group that is without a doubt a winner in my book, and this recording features the boys at the tops of their games on all counts.

Granted if you're not a fan of the music, you're not gonna like it, simple as that. But if you have any appreciation for innovation and originality in today's music scene, the Disco Biscuits are most surely a band to check out, and this album would make a fine cornerstone to any burgeoning DB library. (Then again, so would any of the other albums... But still. Stop reading and just buy the disc already.)

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Deep Water (The Hackberry Ramblers)

Fun and Pure

Deep Water : The best example of traditional cajun music

Just what I had expected.

Deep Water
Hackberry Ramblers
Manufacturer: Hot Biscuits Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004B2F
Release Date: 1997-05-13

Tracks:

Poor Hobo
Le Reve Du Soulard
Deep Water
Jetais Au Bal Hier Soir
C.C. Rider
Ma Chere 'TIte Fille
Faut Pas Tu Brailles
Frankie And Johnny
Hip Et Taiau
Les Blues De Bosco
La Valse De La Louisiane
Steppin' Fast
The Little Piece Of Peper
Proud Mary
The Big Psture Stomp

Customer Reviews:

Deep Water (The Hackberry Ramblers).......2007-06-18

AWESOME. COOL. MAGNIFICENT. PERFECT. NEAT. GREAT. WONDERFUL. These are just a few words to describe how truely great this CD is. It is the RAMBLERS at their older days (they were in thier late 90's when they made this final CD). They are just a good now as they were when they made their first CD in 1933 when they were only in their 20's. It is a deffinate must have if you are a fan of cajun music and especially the HACKBERRY RAMBLERS. GET IT.

Fun and Pure .......2005-01-26

Deep Water by the Hackberry Ramblers is a fun and pure classic cajun album. These guys are excellent musicians with a deep historical connection to their roots and unique sound. If you like roots music and a pure country cajun swing sound you will absolutely love this album.

Doing virtually all of the lead vocals on this album are Glen Croker and Johnny Farque. The entire band is very versatile and have an appreciation and understanding of a host of different sounds. I saw this group live at Ole Miss and they played some Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe tunes as well. It remians to this day one of the best live shows I have seen. Most of these guys are old as dirt but they act younger than most college students.

This album is very passionate and promotes an authentic strip downed sound. If you are tired of over-produced and cookie cut country sounds definitely check this album out. Some of the tunes that stand out are "Deep Water," and "Hip et Taiau." The whole album is really cool.

Deep Water : The best example of traditional cajun music.......2002-01-07

[...]This is really the purest and best example of the Hackberry Ramblers. This cd is an absolute must for any true cajun afficcionado. If you are new to cajun music, the titles and musical style found on this cd are about as close as you will ever come to the type of cajun music you might have heard along the Louisiana Texas border in the 30's.

Just what I had expected........1999-07-30

After seeing these old-timers perform at the Jazz Fest in New Orleans this year, I had to see if they had any cd's out - and they did! These guys have been playing music longer than I could ever imagine and they look like they enjoy what they do. I doubt that they will ever win any music awards but if you're looking for a fun, cajuny sound this cd has it.

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