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Colourbox - Looks Like We're Shy One Horse (edit) Updated: 2007-01-20 19:39:15 Description: 4AD records 1986 Colourbox has got to be one of the more mysterious act's out of the UK in the 80's. Started by brothers Martyn and Steven Young, who thern went out & added vocalist as needed. But they were more will known for the side projects, M/A/R/R/S & This Mortal Coil, that 4AD label head Ivo Watts-Russell recruited them into. Yes, the Young brothers were involved both "Pump Up the Volume" & "Song To the Siren". But after one album & a handful of singles they dissapeared. Even with the huge sucess that "Pump Up the Volume" garnered them on both sides of the Atlantic they did not reunite with the members of A.R. Kane to record anything else as M/A/R/R/S. Colourbox like a lot of the UK in the 80's were very into samplers & brought a cross of genres, but this track is the main one that worked. I first heard "Looks Like We're Shy One Horse" on a Scott Hardkiss mixtape, "Live From Room Zero", that I bought at the old Dr Freeclouds record store I wanna say in 94. This was back when the Hardkiss brothers were a very eclectic bunch, last I herad they were playing Trance, Progressive or Progressive Trance not really sure. I loved the track but didn't know the name of it till Scott released the commercially available "Yes - A Scott Hardkiss Mix" in 1996. The mix CD featured a lot of the same tracks but didn't come close to matching the magic of "Room Zero". By the time that two years had passed I had entered the world of both classic Jamaican & new school UK Dub. But ironically didn't know the name of one of the key tracks that pushed me that direction. So finally finding it was a real coup. I also have a story that I'll post later about a classic Acid Jazz track that I had & loved for years before finally finding the name. This track is so amazing there's so much to like about it. But of course everyone is curious about the vocal samples which I think if isn't drawn totally from at least mostly from Once Upon A Tme In the West. Even the gunshot that morphs into a train whistle at 2:34 is from the Leone classic. I just love music that brings a cinematic feeling be it Depth Charge or The Cinematic Orchestra, both of whom I will post on later, or this track. I edited out the ambient outro for this version slimming it down to 4:40 from what was almost 8 minutes. The full version is available from both Andrew Weatherall's Post Punk/ Funk/ Reggae/ Dub/ early UK Electronic comp 9 O'Clock Drop and Colourbox Best Of Colourbox @ 4AD LISTEN NOW | DOWNLOAD |
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