Come Down Dawn
| Come Down Dawn | ||||
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| Released | 4 February 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Trancentral | |||
| Genre | Ambient house, Chill-out | |||
| Length | 38:48 | |||
| Label | KLF Communications | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond | |||
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Come Down Dawn (subtitled Brooklyn to Mexico City 1990) is a 2021 digital album by British electronic band The KLF, aka The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, released to streaming services on 4 February 2021, on KLF Communications, as the second in a series of six official compilations Samplecity thru Trancentral, after Solid State Logik 1 from 1 January 2021.[1]
Come Down Dawn is the second commercial release of the KLF's music since the band deleted their entire catalog in 1992.[2][3] The album is a re-edited version of the 1990 album Chill Out, with previously unlicensed samples from the original release removed in the mix.[4][5]
Background
The album continues the series of re-releases on music streaming platforms, announced on a graffiti and posters under a railway bridge on Kingsland Road in East London,[6] following the release of Solid State Logik 1, the collection of remastered and re-edited hit singles, and videos published for the first time on YouTube.
Come Down Dawn is a re-edited version of the 1990 album Chill Out, with selection of prominent samples from the original release removed in the mix. The omissions include a BBC Radio 1 jingle from the Friday Rock Show featuring Tommy Vance, and direct excerpts from a 1961 composition "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk, a 1968 song "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac, and a 1969 song "In the Ghetto" by Elvis Presley.
Instead of original titles of Chill Out, all newly re-edited tracks on Come Down Dawn are retitled to signify subsequent stages of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu's 43-hour journey from 1990, that run "from the Reverend Doctor Wade’s tabernacle in Brooklyn to the Mesoamerican Pyramids near Mexico City.[5]
According to the band, all tracks were recorded live at their Trancentral studio in late 1989, and feature Graham Lee on the pedal steel guitar.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Brooklyn to Atlantic City" | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Atlantic City to Philadelphia" | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Philadelphia to Baltimore" | 2:37 |
| 4. | "Baltimore to Fair Play" | 7:45 |
| 5. | "Fair Play to North Druid Hills" | 1:03 |
| 6. | "North Druid Hills To Atlanta" | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Atlanta to Mobile" | 7:15 |
| 8. | "Mobile to Houston" | 2:10 |
| 9. | "Houston to Laredo" | 2:16 |
| 10. | "Laredo to El Prado" | 1:29 |
| 11. | "El Prado to San Rafael" | 1:37 |
| 12. | "San Rafael to Mexico City" | 2:49 |
| Total length: | 38:48 | |
References
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (1 January 2021). "The KLF reissue music for first time since 1992". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Savage, Mark (1 January 2021). "The KLF's songs are finally available to stream". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Reilly, Nick. ""The KLF release new reworked album 'Come Down Dawn'"". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "The KLF release new reworked album 'Come Down Dawn'". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ a b c Monroe, Jazz. "The KLF's Chill Out Finally Comes to Streaming—Sort Of". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ "THE KLF compilation album 'Solid State Logik 1' suddenly appears on streaming services". XS Noize | Online Music Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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