Subliminal Sandwich Explained

Subliminal Sandwich
Type:	studio
Artist:	Meat Beat Manifesto
Cover:	Subliminal_Sandwich.jpg
Recorded:	1993–1996 in San Francisco, London and Chicago
Length:	68:50 (disc 1) 69:03 (disc 2)
Label:	Nothing/Interscope
Producer:	Jack Dangers
Prev Title:	Satyricon
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Actual Sounds + Voices
Next Year:	1998

Subliminal Sandwich is a 1996 double album released by Meat Beat Manifesto on Interscope Records. The album is often more experimental than the group's prior material, composed of lengthier pieces that incorporate more ambient textures and drones with and fewer samples or defined song structures.

Subliminal Sandwich was composed during Meat Beat Manifesto's 1993 tour supporting their 1992 album Satyricon and would have been released in 1994 or 1995 if not for legal tangles with the band's Belgian label Play It Again Sam.^[1] Two singles were released from the album, the original song "Transmission" and a version of "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" from the 1988 album Let's Play Domination by World Domination Enterprises.

Reception

In 2015, Fact Magazine ranked the album at number 47 in its list of "The 50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time," saying "it remains an interesting offering, drawing links between trip-hop, dub, industrial and ambient with a touch of psychedelia."

In other media

The song "She's Unreal" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project, on a "mix tape" entitled Josh's Blair Witch Mix.

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Dangers (unless otherwise noted).

Disc one

1. "Sound Innovation" – 2:18
2. "Nuclear Bomb" – 6:12
3. "Long Periods of Time" – 4:33
4. "1979" – 5:25
5. "Future Worlds" – 4:56
6. "What's Your Name?" – 2:47
7. "She's Unreal" – 4:10
8. "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" (Keith Dobson) – 6:22
9. "Mass Producing Hate" – 3:01
10. "Radio Mellotron" – 1:07
11. "Assassinator" – 5:22
12. "Phone Calls from the Dead" – 3:13
13. "Lucid Dream" – 2:09
14. "Addiction" – 4:07
15. "No Purpose No Design" – 2:18
16. "Cancer" – 4:34
17. "Transmission" – 4:09
18. "We Done" – 2:07

Disc two

1. "Set Your Receivers" – 0:23
2. "Mad Bomber/The Woods" – 10:16
3. "The Utterer" – 6:51
4. "United Nations (E.T.C.)" – 4:05
5. "Stereophrenic" – 13:03
6. "Teargas" – 0:38
7. "Plexus" – 3:29
8. "Electric People" – 14:03
9. "Tweekland" – 7:55
10. "Simulacra" – 8:20

Personnel

• Jack Dangers – voice, bass, waterphone, bass clarinet, mellotron, theremin, synthesizers, samples, turntables and dishes

Disc 1 collaborators

• Joe Gore – guitar (tracks 5, 6, 7, 14)
• Hell Louise – voice (tracks 6, 17)
• Mike Powell – theremin, b. voice (tracks 3, 9)
• Jonny Stevens – guitar (track 8)

Disc 2 collaborators

• Arjan Macnamara – Jupiter 8 (track 10)
• Mark Pistel – Moog, OB 8, e. bow, theremin (tracks 3, 8, 9)
• Mike Powell – theremin (track 5, 8)
• Philip Steir – Octapad (track 2)
• Jonny Stevens – 100 M system, OBM-X (tracks 3, 5)
• Ben Stokes – percussion (track 3)
• Lee Walker – Jupiter 8, Jupiter 4 (tracks 4, 7)
• John Wilson – feedback generator (track 3)

Notes and References

1. Web site: MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO :: It's all about the rhythm . Igloo Magazine . 1 April 2008 . 2010-02-07.