Album
Welcome To My Dream
1991 · Electronic, Hip Hop
7 collectors on Gatefold own this
Welcome To My Dream is a Spoken Word album by MC 900 Ft Jesus, originally released in 1991. On Gatefold: 23 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.
About
The follow-up to Hell With the Lid Off is darker, less cartoonish, and far more influenced by funk and jazz than before (if it weren't for the slightly whiny vocals over top of the opening cut, you might mistake the backing track for something from Miles Davis' fusion period). In a lot of ways, Welcome to My Dream was a precursor to trip-hop, layering hip-hop beats over jazzy breaks and dream-like instrumentation. The problem is tracks like "Killer Inside Me" and "Adventures in Failure": the backing tracks are killer and the delivery of the rhymes are top-notch, but they're ultimately a bit silly, which makes it a bit hard to take the rest of the album seriously. That's a shame because there are some great tracks here, like "The City Sleeps'" and "Falling Elevators." As before, DJ Zero scratches with aplomb.
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Tracklist
- 1Falling Elevators6:46
- 2Killer Inside Me4:08
- 3Adventures In Failure5:45
- 4The City Sleeps5:32
- 5O-Zone4:33
- 6Hearing Voices In One's Head5:54
- 7Dali's Handgun4:40
- 8Dancing Barefoot4:31
Sound DNA
- Spoken Word
- Poetry
- woozy
- hypnotic
- smoky
MC 900 Ft Jesus' second album, released in 1991, explored much jazzier and more organic territory than the debut album and featured the singles "Killer Inside Me" and "The City Sleeps" ("Falling Elevators" was also released as a single five years later after being included in a Levi's jeans commercial in Europe). Though the album still included the turntable work of DJ Zero, his name was not included as a main artist on the release and he mostly did not tour with the band in support of the album but was replaced with Baby G. It was reissued on enhanced CD in 2003 with two bonus tracks, then again on remastered vinyl in 2015. The 2015 reissue included eight bonus tracks in the digital download, five of which were original demos unearthed by Mark Griffin exclusively for inclusion.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan EmertDRUMS
- Chris McGuireTENOR SAXOPHONE , BASS CLARINET TENOR SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET
- Mark GriffinKEYBOARDS, GUITAR, TRUMPET KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, TRUMPET, VOCALS
- Mike DillonCONGAS, PERCUSSION
- Steve DirkxBASS
- Bart ChaneyCONGAS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, CONGAS
- Ed SmithCONGAS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, CONGAS
7 collectors on Gatefold own this · 23 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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