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listen  1. Introduction (Transnational Lullabye)Skylab0:20Album Only
listen  2. Ryu-KiDJ Krush 6:02Album Only
listen  3. A Train (Interlude)Christian McBride, Joey Defrancesco, Jj Krazy0:49Album Only
listen  4. Looking For The JackalopeLaika 4:11Album Only
listen  5. Krazy GrooveChristian McBride, DJ Krazy 2:01Album Only
listen  6. Don Cherry (Interlude)Skylab0:46Album Only
listen  7. Black Dada NihilismusAmiri Baraka, DJ Spooky 4:12Album Only
listen  8. Surrounded By Flowers (Interlude)Skylab0:36Album Only
listen  9. CartridgemusicTomandandy 3:57Album Only
listen10. Rain Rain/The Phone CallSkylab 2:13Album Only
listen11. Murder Of LawyersSoul Coughing 5:10Album Only
listen12. I Control (Audio Collage #2)Meat Beat Manifesto 5:22Album Only
listen13. Hip No TherapyBarry Adamson 7:00Album Only
listen14. Why Do I?/Trepanation #1 (Interlude)Skylab0:27Album Only
listen15. It Goes BackDavid Byrne 3:45Album Only
listen16. Laughing Groove (Interlude)Christian McBride, Joey Defrancesco, DJ Krazy0:51Album Only
listen17. Incidental OneMark Eitzel, My Bloody Valentine0:51Album Only
listen18. WaitTortoise, Jeff Parker 4:35Album Only
listen19. I.K.B.95 (Interlude)Skylab0:18Album Only
listen20. Characteristic BeatEbn 3:48Album Only
listen21. Pinball/Visions Of RotterdamSpookey Ruben 1:43Album Only
listen22. Temporally DisplacedDJ Spooky 4:08Album Only
listen23. Itsofomo (Exerpt From "Liberty")(InteBen Neil, David Wojnarowicz0:25Album Only
listen24. Incidental PeaceSkylab, My Bloody Valentine 5:36Album Only
listen25. Trepanation #3 (Interlude)Skylab0:14Album Only
listen26. Republican PartyMoby 1:29Album Only

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  • Audio CD (February 27, 1996)
  • Original Release Date: March 5, 1996
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Tvt
  • ASIN: B000003RHA
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #159,479 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Madcap for Offbeat, April 4, 2002
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Love the jazzy beats. I was expecting a more electronic/dance vibe but was quite pleased to find a smoky chill trip on the beats. Each time I played it - I liked it just that much more. Plus, it benefits a worthwhile cause.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Eerie, disturbing musical soundtrip, March 10, 2006
By RockerDad (Renton, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This is one of the stranger releases in the Red Hot AIDS Benefit series. The album contains a mix of electronica, trip-hop, post-rock, spoken word, and ambient interludes. It forms a uniquely cohesive whole due to interludes that connect the various performances. It also is the gloomiest and darkest work released in the Red Hot series.

While the album as a whole certainly gels smoothly together, nonetheless, much of the album is essentially forgettable background noise (The pieces attributed to My Bloody Valentine are essentially Kevin Shields playing ambient noise in the distance-certainly don't go out of your way to buy this thinking it's some long lost Valentines classic; and Moby's track, while politically charged, is simply a baby crying over incidental laughter).

That said, there is some stunning, haunting music contained within. Laika's 'Looking for the Jackalope' ranks with the best things they've done. The guitar line on Tomandandy's 'Cartridgemusic' will never leave your head. And Soul Coughing and David Byrne both contribute thrilling beat-inspired sound collages.

So, while I find myself putting this album on at times for gloomy, rainy night background music, it is certainly not for all tastes. If you enjoy the work of Portishead, Tricky, or 'Combustication' by MMW, then you should like this.
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