{"product_id":"the-sabres-of-paradise-haunted-dancehall-japan-edition-2lp","title":"The Sabres Of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall (Japan Edition, 2LP)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapan Edition \u003cbr\u003e2LP, Reissue, Remastered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWarp (2025) JP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e1994 second album by the trio of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKooner and Gary Burns, unavailable on vinyl and CD since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoriginal release. A concept album with accompanying text for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeach track by James Woodbourne, it also includes additional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproduction by Portishead and Mr Scruff. Remastered from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoriginal tapes by Matt Colton, contains “Theme” for the first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etime on the 2LP edition. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBy the time this record came out towards the end of ‘94, The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSabres Of Paradise had evolved from a production trio into a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efully fledged band, embarking on live tours and augmented for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe stage by additional members such as Rich Thair, from Warp \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elabelmates Red Snapper, and Phil Mossman, later to join LCD \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoundsystem. Tapped by Noel Gallagher to support Oasis at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenormodomes, the group opted instead to play clubs, student\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eunions, and infamously, a car park in Central London. Their tour \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eadverts contained small print specifying a policy of “no jugglers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eno fire eaters, no flutes and no hippies with lawyers”.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe studio sound had shifted radically as well, utilising samples \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(notably on the 1930s voodoo jazz inflected “Wilmot”), live \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einstrumentation (the heavy twang guitar riff of “Tow Truck”) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand a deep love of film scores audible throughout, from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblock party funk of “Theme” to the noir-ish soundscapes of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etitle track. The sense of the album being a soundtrack itself is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunderpinned by the accompanying text for each track, rumoured \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto have been penned by Weatherall himself under a pseudonym, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeach text fragment joining up to form a suitably grimy, low-lit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshort story. The Guardian later summed up Haunted Dancehall \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas “techno’s first concept album”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=j5jenMvt_u3PW4CN\u0026amp;list=OLAK5uy_k-Uq17tkcTctnaomJcLGEr11moZs51E4w\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Sabres Of Paradise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47417959547067,"sku":null,"price":72.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0517\/0341\/4971\/files\/TheSabresOfParadise-HauntedDancehall-JPLP-01.jpg?v=1769968907","url":"https:\/\/bizarromarket.mom\/products\/the-sabres-of-paradise-haunted-dancehall-japan-edition-2lp","provider":"Bizarro Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}