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Exorcise the Demons

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Exorcise the Demons
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1999
Recorded1998–99
GenreDrum and bass
Length73:56
LabelAstralwerks
Virgin Records[1]
Source Direct chronology
Controlled Developments
(1997)
Exorcise the Demons
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]

Exorcise the Demons is a studio album by drum and bass artists Source Direct, released in 1999.[4][5] The album contains 9 tracks, three of which, "Concealed Identity", "Mind Weaver", and "Technical Warfare", are previously released singles. "Call & Response" and "Capital D" are available on the duo's previous compilation album, Controlled Developments (1997).

"Call & Response" appears in the 1998 film Blade, in which the track is being listened to, on headphones, by the villain, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), whilst he searches a library's archives; the song did not appear on the film's soundtrack.[6]

Critical reception

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Robert Christgau praised the "beats developed in perceptible patterns, prudently minimalist middle registers, fun vrooms and slams as musical content", and called it "light instrumental music at its diverting best".[3]

Fact ranked it #96 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1990s, writing that it's "a thrilling document of smacked-out, misanthropic jungle for stalkers, serial killers and ne’er-do-wells".[7]

Track listing

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  1. "Call & Response" – 7:09
  2. "Mind Weaver" – 8:45
  3. "Haunted" – 6:45
  4. "Technical Warfare" – 8:42
  5. "Love & Hate" – 9:22
  6. "Capital D" – 7:36
  7. "Dubstar" – 7:21
  8. "Wanton Conduct" – 8:43
  9. "Concealed Identity" – 9:33

References

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  1. ^ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct". The Quietus.
  2. ^ Exorcise the Demons at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b "Robert Christgau: Album: Source Direct: Exorcise the Demons". robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (23 January 1999). "Astralwerks' Source Direct Tackles Dark 'Demons'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Echlin, Hobey. "Exorcise the Demons". Detroit Metro Times.
  6. ^ "Lost & Found: Source Direct's paranoid d'n'b thriller Controlled Developments (1997)". 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s". 3 September 2012.