Meat Beat Manifesto :: Storm The Studio R.M.X.S. & ..In Dub (TinoCorp/Run Records)

San Francisco, CA – Independent label Tino Corp. will release Meat Beat Manifesto’s Storm the Studio R.M.X.S album on September 23, 2003. Meat Beat Manifesto’s now classic first album, Storm the Studio was initially released in 1989. Here, it has been remixed and “re-animated” by a diverse and highly respected group of artists/producers in the spirit of the original record’s core amalgam of hip hop, dub, electronic sounds and hard beats.

Storm The Studio R.M.X.S. features 13 exclusive remixes by electronic artists including experimental hip hop’s sound activist, High Priest of Antipop Consortium, conceptual beat-merchant DJ Spooky, beloved noise-guru Merzbow, technology terrorist Scanner and of course, sound manipulation master, Meat Beat Manifesto vs. his Tino Corp. partner, D.H.S aka Ben Stokes. As this project evolved, it became clear that there was an eclectic array of artists for whom Storm the Studio had been a special part of their spin-bins and subsequently made a deep and lasting impression. The resulting tracks grew out of the contributing artists’ enthusiasm towards applying their own creative stroke to the original music… a masterful and cohesive tribute in this wholly engaging set of outstanding R.M.X.S. (see tracklist)

The original Storm the Studio was written and recorded following a studio fire that consumed the master tapes slated to be MBM’s debut album. Over the years, Storm the Studio has come to be considered by many critics and fans as a vital and influential album in the indie music scene. STS is being reissued on Lakeshore\:run recordings this summer along with Armed Audio Warfare, both with new packaging and mastering.

Meat Beat Manifesto is Jack Dangers. His constantly evolving musical invention has generated a string of underground classics including “God O.D.”, “Strap Down” (both from Storm the Studio), “Psyche Out”, “Helter Skelter”, “Radio Babylon” and “Edge of No Control.” The song “Prime Audio Soup” was featured in the film, The Matrix and on its soundtrack. As a premiere remixer, producer and sound designer, Jack Dangers’ credits include: Public Enemy, David Bowie, Orbital, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Bush, The Orb, The Shamen, Depeche Mode and most recently Merzbow.

When asked his reaction to being labeled a pioneer in the electronic music scene, Dangers replied, “I take it with a pinch of salt. I really got into music because people and bands inspired me to do it. I’m a happily demented man living in my own little world, doing something I always wanted to do, and pinching myself every five minutes because I’m still doing it and loving every second of it.” In line with such sentiment, one of Dangers’ favorite quotes is: “The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all.”

Tino Corp. is the label founded in 1998 by Jack Dangers and Ben Stokes dedicated to curating unique beats and sounds and best known for their Tino’s Breaks series (Vol 1 – Vol. 6). Jack Dangers and Ben Stokes have performed as Tino Corp. including live collaborations with DJ Radar and shows with DJ Shadow, Scientist and Rob Swift. Turntablists from around the world have used Tino records including DJ Krush, Cut Chemist, Nu-Mark (J-5), Z-Trip and DJ Quest.

Storm the Studio R.M.X.S. (TinoCorp, CD)

• 01. Cease to Exist (M.B.M. vs. D.H.S. mix)
• 02. God O.D. (Eight Frozen Modules mix)
• 03. Storm the Dub (Twilight Circus Dub Sound System mix)
• 04. Shadow & Substance (DJ Spooky mix)
• 05. God O.D. (Jonah Sharp mix)
• 06. God O.D. (The Mellowtrons mix)
• 07. STS 2006 (Hight Priest – Antipop Consortium mix)
• 08. I Got the Fear (The Opus mix)
• 09. Re-Animix (Komet mix)
• 10. God O.D. – Parts 2 (Merzbow mix)
• 11. Storm the Studio (DJ Swamp mix)
• 12. God O.D. – Part 1 (Norsq mix)

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On January 27, 2004 Run Recordings, a division of Lakeshore Records will release Meat Beat Manifesto’s new album entitled …In Dub. Two discrete formats will be available: a stereo CD and a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD complete with visuals, titled …In Dub 5.1 Surround. …In Dub is a uniquely different kind of release. Taking the starting point and cues from several of the songs on last year’s R.U.O.K? album,

…In Dub re-imagines them, often ending up far away from where the original song began. And in some cases, what has emerged is not even a version of a song on R.U.O.K.?, but a whole new creation that may just bear a tiny reminder or stamp of an idea on the last album. Five songs include the startling one-take toasting talents of the Bay Area’s DJ Collage on the microphone, grounding this ultra-modern music back into its Jamaican dub roots to express a special continuum. Though it shares some lineage and spirit with R.U.O.K.?, it is definitely a whole new album.

As a producer, Meat Beat Manifesto’s Jack Dangers has long been at the forefront of the digital music revolution, audibly influencing everything around him and providing the architectural audio blueprints for contemporary artists as wide ranging as Nine Inch Nails and the Chemical Brothers. Now with the use of 5.1 Surround Sound at his fingertips, Dangers presents a transforming take on the traditional that allows sounds to bounce between speakers and dance around a room in a way previously only hypothesized. Meat Beat Manifesto albums have always been delightfully upfront and attention grabbing, but …In Dub 5.1 Surround places the listener right at the beating heart of the action like never before. Here is an audio format that does true justice to the sound-clashing sorcery of Meat Beat Manifesto.

It’s long been a favorite device for Meat Beat Manifesto to revisit and reconstruct sparking ideas into alternate song versions, the culmination of which is this special project. For consumers with compatible equipment the DVD launches you into an immersive experience that explores both technology and nature as it hops between international locales like Tokyo, Amsterdam and the home base of San Francisco as sensuously as it does outer space dreamscapes. Acclaimed motion-graphics artist and video director Ben Stokes (DJ Shadow) mans the visual controls, with some valuable input and footage from Dangers. The two are regular collaborators, and the duo behind the critically acclaimed (and DJ’s best friend) Tino Corp. project and label of the same name. They’ve honed an effortless synergy of their considerable talents over the years. Here, the audio and visuals were created simultaneously – some songs even feature alternating camera angles and footage — making for intimately connected visual interpretations of Meat Beat Manifesto.

NOTE: Armed Audio Warfare and Storm The Studio have also been re-released on :/Run Recordings July 22, 2003 (Re-Mastered by Jack Dangers w/ redesigned artwork by Rich Borge).