Chapter 9: Resonance
Beirut — An airstrike — We’ll get back to you — Permission — Chet Baker — Jazz quartets and slowed-down hip-hop — Studio trends — Beach guitar — Advertisements and imitators — Swinging London — Cover versions — Noise — Punk — Two mics and a drum kit — A bush radio — An amazing sucking sound — “Pedestal” —EQ and compression — Snares — A refusal to submit to exile
In this chapter:
- Hearing Dummy in Beirut and Sweden
- Dummy's influence on production
- Dummy's imitators and how it resists imitation
- Nostalgia for '60s London
- Dummy's drum sounds
- Compression, pumping, and EQ: Dub's studio aesthetic
- "Pedestal"
SoapKills, "Habibi" from Live at Circus, 1999
SoapKills, "Lé Zalalen" (iTunes) from Bater, 2001
SoapKills, "Coit Me" from Bater, 2001
SoapKills:
- SoundCloud
- Official site
- Music available from The Lebanese Underground
Jay-Jay Johanson – "Poison", 2000 from Poison
Jay-Jay Johanson – "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (iTunes), 2006, from The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known
Natalie Imbruglia – "Leave Me Alone" (iTunes), 1997
Mono – "Life in Mono" (iTunes), 1997
John Barry – The Persuaders Theme (iTunes), 1971
Propellerheads feat. Shirley Bassey – "History Repeating" (iTunes), 1997
Goldfrapp – "Lovely Head" (iTunes), 2000
Goldfrapp – "Pilots", 2000
My Dying Bride – "Roads" (iTunes), 2001
John Martyn – "Glory Box" (iTunes), 1998
Kid Beyond – "Wandering Star" (iTunes, 2006)
Kid Beyond – "Wandering Star" (iTunes, 2006)
Songs that have sampled Dummy:
- Three 6 Mafia – "Fuck that Shit", 2003
- Canibus – "Psych Evaluation", 2003
- Aaliyah – "If Your Girl Only Knew" (remix)
- More at WhoSampled
Portishead – "Pedestal", live at The Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, May 1995. The full bootleg can be found with some cursory Googling.
Gabrielle's "Rise" and the sample from Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" on WhoSampled