Down with the Scene
Encyclopedia
Down With the Scene is the second album by the Electronic music
artist Kid 606 and the first full-length album for Ipecac Recordings
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In typical Kid 606 style the album song titles have many musical references including one to Luke Vibert
and a parody of the Public Enemy album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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Mike Patton
has guest vocals on song "Secrets For Sale".
riddim
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Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
artist Kid 606 and the first full-length album for Ipecac Recordings
Ipecac Recordings
Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman and Mike Patton Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman (ex-label manager of Alternative Tentacles,...
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In typical Kid 606 style the album song titles have many musical references including one to Luke Vibert
Luke Vibert
Luke Vibert is a British recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronic music. Vibert began his musical career as a member of the Hate Brothers, only later branching out into his own compositions...
and a parody of the Public Enemy album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released April 14, 1988, on Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions for the album took place at Chung King Studios, Greene Street Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York City...
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Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...
has guest vocals on song "Secrets For Sale".
Track listing
- "Chart Topping Radio Hit" (Kid 606) – 0:18
- "Luke VibertLuke VibertLuke Vibert is a British recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronic music. Vibert began his musical career as a member of the Hate Brothers, only later branching out into his own compositions...
Can Kiss My Indie-Punk Whiteboy Ass" (Kid 606) – 2:25 - "Buffalo606- The Morning After" (Kid 606) – 3:17
- "Kidrush" (Kid 606) – 3:51
- "GQ on the EQ" (Kid 606) – 6:04
- "Punkshit" (Kid 606) – 0:13
- "Secrets 4 Sale" (Kid 606, Mike PattonMike PattonMichael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...
) – 3:45 - "Juvenile Hall Rollcall" (Kid 606) – 2:28
- "Ruin It, Ruin Them, Ruin Yrself Than Ruin Me" (Kid 606) – 5:25
- "Two Fingers in the Air Anarchy Style" (Kid 606) – 1:45
- "For When Yr Just Happy to Be Alive" (Kid 606) – 3:42
- "It'll Take Millions in Plastic Surgery to Make Me Black" (Kid 606) – 0:44
- "Dame Nature" (Kid 606) – 5:34
- "Hardcore" (Kid 606) – 0:23
- "My Kitten" (Kid 606) – 5:44
- "In Love With All You Are and Forever Maybe as If My Soul Depended on It to Survive" (Kid 606) – 2:17
- "Catstep/My Kitten/Catnap Vatstep DSP " (Kid 606, Keith Fullerton WhitmanKeith Fullerton WhitmanKeith Fullerton Whitman is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drill and bass, and krautrock. He records and performs using many aliases, of which the most familiar is Hrvatski...
(aka Hrvatski)) – 6:00
Personnel
- Cex – sampling
- Steve Ferrari – sampling
- George Horn – mastering
- Hrvåtski – remixing
- Seldon Hunt – cover art
- Kid606 – producer
- Kevin Martin – saxophone
- WWJD Orchestra – sounds
Trivia
The last track "Catstep/My Kitten/Catnap Vatstep DSP" features the Sleng TengSleng Teng
Sleng Teng is the name given to the first fully computerized riddim in Jamaican music. The riddim, which was created by the collaboration between King Jammy and Wayne Smith, was titled "Under Me Sleng Teng". However, in this case Wayne Smith was the one who had found the computerized sound in Noel...
riddim
Riddim
Riddim is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word "rhythm," but in dancehall/reggae parlance it refers to the instrumental accompaniment to a song. Thus, a dancehall song consists of the riddim plus the "voicing" sung by the deejay. The resulting song structure may be taken for...
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