How to Operate with a Blown Mind
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How to Operate with a Blown Mind is the 1998 debut album from London
big beat
group Lo Fidelity Allstars
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Warming Up the Brain Farm contains samples from:
Kool Roc Bass
How to Operate with a Blown Mind
Lazer Sheep Dip Funk
Will I Get Out of Jail?
Vision Incision
Nighttime Story
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
big beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
group Lo Fidelity Allstars
Lo Fidelity Allstars
The Lo Fidelity Allstars are a British electronica group who have recorded since the late 1990s.-Career:Their members originate from various cities in Northern England where they were formed in Leeds, before relocating first to London where they came to the attention of major record labels...
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Track listing
- "Warming Up the Brain Farm" – 2:55
- "Kool Roc Bass" – 7:40
- "Kasparov's Revenge" – 6:00
- "Blisters on My Brain" – 6:46
- "How to Operate with a Blown Mind" – 7:24
- "I Used to Fall in Love" – 5:10
- "Battle FlagBattle Flag"Battle Flag" is a song by Pigeonhed from their 1997 album The Full Sentence. It was remixed by Lo Fidelity Allstars featuring Pigeonhed for Pigeonhed’s Flash Bulb Emergency Overflow Cavalcade of Remixes album and later included and released as a single from the Lo Fidelity Allstars album How To...
" featuring PigeonhedPigeonhedPigeonhed was a Seattle-area band that combined elements of funk, soul, trip hop, and lo-fi. The band was a collaboration of Shawn Smith and Steve Fisk that lasted from 1993 to 1997 and produced three albums. Soundgarden's Kim Thayil provided significant instrumental contributions to each album...
– 5:39 - "Lazer Sheep Dip Funk" – 7:21
- "Will I Get Out of Jail?" – 6:18
- "Vision Incision" – 9:37
- "Nightime Story" – 4:16
List of samples
The following lists songs that were sampled for How to Operate with a Blown Mind.Warming Up the Brain Farm contains samples from:
- "Panther Power" by Paris
- "I Keep Forgettin'" by Checkmates
Kool Roc Bass
- "Here Comes the Beat" as performed by Pumpkin and the Profile All-Stars
- "Planet Rock" by Afrika BambaataaAfrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...
and The Soulsonic Force - "Gagsters of Hip Hop" by Just Ice
How to Operate with a Blown Mind
- "Children Don't Get Weary" by Booker T. & the M.G.'sBooker T. & the M.G.'sBooker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental R&B band that was influential in shaping the sound of southern soul and Memphis soul. Original members of the group were Booker T. Jones , Steve Cropper , Lewie Steinberg , and Al Jackson, Jr....
- "Lara's Theme" by James Last
- "The War in Korea" by James Cameron
Lazer Sheep Dip Funk
- "I Need Some Money" by Eddie HarrisEddie HarrisEddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ...
- "Kangol & Doc" as performed by UTFOUTFOUTFO is an old school hip-hop group, popular in the 1980s, that was mentored by the contemporary R&B group Full Force. The group consists of the Kangol Kid , the Educated Rapper , Doctor Ice , and Mix Master Ice...
- "The Way We Were" performed by Norman Chandler
Will I Get Out of Jail?
- "So Lonely Without You" performed by Betty Crutcher
- "Be My Love" by The OriginalsThe OriginalsThe Originals were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm For Real", "The Bells" and the disco classic, "Down to Love Town"...
- "War of the Gods" by Billy Paul
Vision Incision
- "A Woman Needs a Good Man" by The Three DegreesThe Three DegreesThe Three Degrees are an American female vocal group. Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, the group has always been a trio though there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fourteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney,...
Nighttime Story
- "If & When" by The Three Degrees
Usage in Popular Culture
Television- "Battle FlagBattle Flag"Battle Flag" is a song by Pigeonhed from their 1997 album The Full Sentence. It was remixed by Lo Fidelity Allstars featuring Pigeonhed for Pigeonhed’s Flash Bulb Emergency Overflow Cavalcade of Remixes album and later included and released as a single from the Lo Fidelity Allstars album How To...
" appears in the episode "Be Still My Heart" of the NBC drama ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
; also appears in episodes of Queer as FolkQueer as Folk (US TV series)Queer as Folk is an American and Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name, created by Russell T Davies...
and SmallvilleSmallville (TV series)Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October...
. It was used in the trailer for the movie "Drillbit TaylorDrillbit TaylorDrillbit Taylor is a 2008 comedy film starring Owen Wilson as the eponymous character and based on an original idea by John Hughes. It was directed by Steven Brill and the screenplay was written by Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen. Paramount Pictures released the film on March 21, 2008.Drillbit...
". It was also used at the end of episode 2, 46 Long, of season one of The SopranosThe SopranosThe Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
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