Chilled ambient grooves never die; they just twist out of their old skins and assume different shapes.
Late-night techno wizards Sounds from the Ground are hip to this, and FOOTPRINTS retraces some of their best steps down the trail and through some pretty attractive landscapes before fading back out through the headphone exit door.
It's a collection of ageless classics from the SFTG's first two albums: KIN and TERRA FIRMA, as well as the hard-to-find version of "Snow," that has a soulful vocal from RedJen (alias Jennie B.
from the Belle Stars and Pigface).
Tracks date from 1996 through 2000, with highlights including the drum-and-bass workout "Planted" and the pulsing Roland 303's and whispered female vocals of "Drawn to the Woman." If Jaco Pastorious were alive and playing bass for Orbital it might sound something like "Where the Wild Things Were." This collection stands tall as classic bleep and beat architecture, furnished with lush synth pad washes, snaking counter-rhythms, and sputtering rhythmic blasts, all merging hypnotically together for slow-motion dancing, deep headphone hypnosis, or walking confidently through a crowd of well-dressed singles at the local lounge.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SnowElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground, Redjen | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | ShineElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | MelismaElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 07:12 | 16 MB | 44 MB |
| 4 | MineralElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 05:46 | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| 5 | DrugstoreElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 06:49 | 15 MB | 34 MB |
| 6 | MarshmelloElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 06:23 | 14 MB | 35 MB |
| 7 | RyeElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 08:23 | 19 MB | 37 MB |
| 8 | PlantedElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 09:35 | 21 MB | 59 MB |
| 9 | Drawn to the WomanElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 08:19 | 19 MB | 53 MB |
| 10 | PearlElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 06:35 | 15 MB | 35 MB |
| 11 | Where the Wild Things WereElliot Morgan Jones, Nick Woolfson | Sounds from the Ground | Play | 07:37 | 17 MB | 46 MB |
| 75 mins | 173 MB | |||||
| 75 mins | 442 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elliot Morgan Jones | Composer, Group Member, Producer |
| 2 | Antje Kessel | Drawing, Video Images |
| 3 | Ilona Ortner | Cover Art, Design |
| 4 | Redjen | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Sounds from the Ground | Primary Artist |
| 6 | Nick Woolfson | Composer, Group Member, Producer |
Sounds From The Ground
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |