And the Big Red Nebula Band

Fingathing | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Ninja Tune
• ASIN: B0002VEQ48
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Having faked their own deaths at the end of their second album Superhero Music Fingathing members Peter Parker and Sneaky were blasted off into space in metal coffins. The beginning of their third album Fingathing And The Big Red Nebula Band finds them hurtling towards the sun to work with the fictional Big Nebula Band.

Scratch DJ Peter Parker and electric bass wizard Sneaky created the king of third albums. Influenced by obscure krautrock, rare 80’s electro, hip hop and funk, the album is described by Parker as "dirty progressive soulful electro".

To achieve this masterpiece Parker scratched through a vocoder, Sneaky ran his electric bass through all sorts of effects and Parker even created percussion by painstakingly making ‘scratch overdubs’ to produce a unique work.

Following the Fingas’ in their imaginary adventure Fingathing insist that upon listening to the album, you make up your own story. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome, March 14, 2005

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Nobody (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: And the Big Red Nebula Band (Audio CD)

this album rocks so hard. It's like some experimental outer space funk that grooves so hard it makes you move involuntarily! I think they were extremely successful at what they set out to do. Ninja Tune does not disappoint, another killer record.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars farout, January 6, 2005

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Kevin A. Gleed (honolulu) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And the Big Red Nebula Band (Audio CD)

these guys are true musicians using today's technology.They know how to put it all together for a great sound. & style all their own.Rock the whole planet is a master piece, just wish it was longer in time. but every cut is good.check it out!

4.0 out of 5 stars Fingathing - And The Big Red Nebula Band, April 7, 2011

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scoundrel - See all my reviews

This review is from: And the Big Red Nebula Band (Audio CD)

With their 3rd album, Fingathing splits their time between, arguably, the two best hip-hop labels in the UK: Ninja Tune and Grand Central. _And the Big Nebula Band_ seems to have more of a cohesive theme than their earlier albums, and space travel seems to suit them well. Their trademark sense of humor is still there, as it their strong beatcrafting, but this album seems to rely less on dextrous sampling than previous work ("Rock the Whole Planet" excepted) -- which is not necessarily a bad thing. As well, the overall tone of the album is less frenetic than their previous albums: compare the dreamy, meditative "Lady Nebula" to the earlier tracks that appear on )on _Time Capsule_. So even if "Open a Door" sounds suspiciously like a Western, it's merely a brief interlude before shooting into outer space with "Themes from the Big Red" (though, are those echoes of Led Zeppelin I hear towards the end there?). "Bolus" engages in some old-skool electro, while "Big Bang" goes for some mysterious strings to emphasize the skittering beat structure. The kitschy 60s throwback of "Music to Watch Aliens By" has a sneaky sense of fun, while "Synergy" leans more on the twitchy side. An thoroughly enjoyable album.