Sacred Symbols of Mu

Sacred Symbols of Mu (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Planet Mu
• ASIN: B000FUU2X0
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #553,692 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Unbearable Phatness Of Being - Dykehouse

2. That Track - Shitmat

3. Gnats - Tom Burbank

4. Chinaksi R. I. P. - Venetian Snares

5. Lesson - Leafcutter John

6. Neva - Virus Syndicate

7. Clikilik - Luke Vibert

8. Dumbfound - Daedelus

9. Punisher - Pinch

10. The 9th Hand - Breakage

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Disc: 2

1. 3rd Choice - Vex'd

2. Wergle The Proud - U-ziq

3. Aerodynamic - Jega

4. Trampoline 4 - The Gasman

5. Toronto V. I. P. - Soundmurderer

6. Chiral - Boxcutter

7. Lutton Airport Parkway - Chevron

8. Acid Rain V. I. P. (Breakage Final Chapter Mix) - Equinox

9. Cognac - Milanese

10. Lives With Angel - Last Step

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Editorial Reviews

Planet Mu digs into its catalog with this comp and underscores some stunning moments from its past. Opening with the grooved-out soul-hop-house track "The Unbearable Phatness of Being," by Dykehouse is certainly auspicious. But moving along into the sweeping drum'n'bass meets dancehall-dub of Soundmurderer and SK-1's "Toronto V.I.P." and the tense atmospherics of Boxcutter's "Chiral," and Luke Vibert's loopy paranoia in "Clikilik," makes for a wonderful reason to pick up a single disc. But Sacred Symbols of Mu is a double and just packed with some of Planet Mu's finest moments. Check the '80s electro of "Lives with Angel" by Last Step, and the completely glitched-up drum'n'bass of "Chinaski R.I.P." by Venetian Snares (an elegy for the late writer Charles Bukowski). It's a sweet collection of tracks that was designed for listening, not necessarily dancing. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars unbalanced compilation, January 11, 2007

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This review is from: Sacred Symbols of Mu (Audio CD)

this compilation disappointed. I like a lot of Planet Mu artists and was psyched to get this release but it didn't deliver. I feel like this double CD had enough good cuts for a single CD and then was padded with a lot of left-field odd ball tracks and throw-away b-side tracks. It certainly didn't live up to the concept album sounding title. There was no common ground to tie all the tracks together.