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Number 200 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century20th Century

Mysteries of Funk

Grooverider

1998 · drum and bass

Higher Ground · HIGH6CD

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Why it's here

Codename John finally at album length; the deepest thing the Prototype axis produced

Album length gives Grooverider room to open the Prototype sound out instead of simply extending it. Mysteries of Funk breathes: the drums still hit hard, but the space around them turns the record cinematic while the edge stays. Much of the menace comes from what he leaves empty.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Cybernetic Jazz9:10
  2. 2Rainbows Of Colour4:17
  3. 3On The Double4:01
  4. 4Time & Space7:11
  5. 5Where's Jack The Ripper8:07
  6. 6Fly With Me1:56
  7. 7C Funk7:41
  8. 8Imagination (Parts 1&2)8:25
  9. 9Rivers Of Congo6:58
  10. 10Imagination (Part 3)4:55
  11. 11560 Degrees5:40
  12. 12Starbase 238:27
  13. 13Rainbows Of Colour (Heavens Breath)0:17