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Number 74 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century21st CenturyDubstepTier A

Great Lengths

Martyn

2009 · dubstep · techno · broken beat · deep house

3024 · 3024005CD

undergroundchart-reachCommercial reach 2 out of 5, where 1 is deep underground and 5 is top-40.

74 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century

Great Lengths is what happens when garage swing, broken beat and techno stop respecting their assigned seats. Martyn holds the low end steady while the rhythms lean, stumble and recover around it, so the record feels less like a fusion project than a club night where the genre labels have been peeled off the doors. There is a track called '(silence)' two minutes long, and Martyn means it as punctuation rather than a joke.

8 on The 10 Best Dubstep Albums

Dubstep heard from the Netherlands through a Detroit filter. Deykers came from drum and bass and built the bridge record where house, techno and 140 finally shared a room. Post-dubstep effectively starts here.

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Tracklist

  1. 1The Only Choice3:45
  2. 2Krdl-T-Grv5:31
  3. 3Right?Star!5:21
  4. 4Seventy Four6:55
  5. 5Little Things4:20
  6. 6Vancouver5:13
  7. 7These Words5:58
  8. 8Bridge1:50
  9. 9Elden St.5:35
  10. 10Far Away5:45
  11. 11Hear Me4:42
  12. 12Is This Insanity?5:02
  13. 13Brilliant Orange3:00
  14. 14.1Natural Selection6:15
  15. 14.2(silence)2:00
  16. 14.3Phone Lines5:15