Analog Worms Attack is French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 techno

Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

 musician Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo is the stage name of French electronic musician and film director Quentin Dupieux. His pseudonym is a corruption of the French , meaning "bird". He is currently signed to French electro record label, Ed Banger Records.-Beginning:...

's first full-length album, released in 1999. It was available on 10", 12", and CD. The album is mostly instrumental and minimal, taking cues from French House

French house

French house is a catch-all term for house music by many French artists, a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s European dance music scene and a form of Euro disco. The genre has also been referred to as "neu-disco" , "French touch", "filter house" and "tekfunk" over the years...

 and early American Hip Hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

. All music was composed on mainly analogue synthesisers and equipment, most notably the Korg MS-10

Korg MS-10

Korg MS-10 is an analogue synthesizer created by Korg in the mid to late 1970s. Unlike its bigger brother , the MS-10 only has one VCO per voice.The MS-10 is well known for its huge sounding electro bass sounds....

 analog synth, as opposed to later works that would rely upon digital equipment and techniques. French producer and Ed Banger staple Feadz

Feadz

Feadz is a French music producer, DJ and songwriter currently signed by French music label Ed Banger Records. He combines the genres of hip hop, electronic, techno and French house in his music and is perhaps best known for his collaborations with label-mate and former girlfriend...

 provides most of the turntable work on the record.

The album received generally favourable reviews on release, and has become an influence in the electronic genre.

The track "Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog" is a reference to Indeep

Indeep

Indeep was a 1980s New York-based R&B/New Wave group, best known for its post-disco song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life."-Career:The group was led by its songwriter-musician Michael Cleveland, and it was known for employing a strong disco-esque bass line and early hip hop lyrics backed by two...

's 1980's single Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song)

"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" is a song written by Michael Cleveland for R&B–New Wave–dance group Indeep. It features vocals from Reggie and Rose Marie Ramsey, and its protagonists recall how they were bored to death until a DJ played a hot song and saved their lives by giving new energy to the...

. The bassline is also very similar to Last Night a DJ Saved My Life.

Track 3, No Day Massacre, has a Difference to Monday Massacre, the last track on the Flat Beat

Flat Beat

"Flat Beat" is a single released by French house musician Mr. Oizo in 1999, featured as a bonus track on his debut album Analog Worms Attack. An accompanying music video was released on VHS. The music video features Flat Eric, a puppet, head banging to the track...

 EP.
No Day Massacre, contains an intro with a man and a child talking about puppets, with Flat Beat playing in the background. Within the track, there is a vocal sample, which has been mixed and edited. But Monday Massacre
Contains a different intro, with a man speaking French. Monday Massacre does not contain the edited vocal sample,
which is a difference.

CD

1. "Bad Start" (1:46)
2. "Monophonic Shit" (3:56)
3. "No Day Massacre" (4:17)
4. "Smoking Tape" (1:31)
5. "Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog" (4:27)
6. "The Salad" (3:03)
7. "Bobby Can't Dance" (2:46)
8. "Analog Worms Attack" (4:52)
9. "One Minute Shakin" (1:13)
10. "Inside the Kidney Machine" (4:50)
11. "Miaaaw" (4:23)
12. "Flat 55" (2:22)
13. "Feadz On" (1:10)
14. "Analog Wormz Sequel" (3:40)
15. "Flat Beat
    Flat Beat
    "Flat Beat" is a single released by French house musician Mr. Oizo in 1999, featured as a bonus track on his debut album Analog Worms Attack. An accompanying music video was released on VHS. The music video features Flat Eric, a puppet, head banging to the track...
    
    " (Bonus Track) (5:17)

Vinyl

1. "Bad Start"
2. "Monophonic Shit"
3. "No Day Massacre"
4. "Smoking Tape"
5. "Last Night a DJ Killed My Dog"
6. "The Salad"
7. "Bobby Can't Dance"
8. "Analog Worms Attack"
9. "One Minute Shakin"
10. "Inside the Kidney Machine"
11. "Miaaaw"
12. "Flat 55"
13. "Feadz On"
14. "Analog Wormz Sequel"

External links

• Analog Worms Attack at Discogs