Pop Tart (album)
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Pop Tart is the debut full length album from Melbourne
's Little Nobody
. This album was released on IF? Records
in September, 1998 in Australia.
seems allied, somehow, to the rituals of club culture and its music," mused critic Chris Johnston for Rolling Stone
, "then look up this grab-bag of sounds and postures by Little Nobody, aka Melbourne producer/DJ Andrez Bergen... A deluded, entertaining quest, in this case through the electronic music of the '90s. There's a bit of everything here, all fighting for control."
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
's Little Nobody
Little Nobody
Little Nobody is the electronic music production alias of Australian musician and writer Andrez Bergen.-Background:An expatriate Melburnian, who currently resides in Tokyo, Japan, Bergen is also an author and photographer, as well as a music, movie and anime journalist for the Daily Yomiuri...
. This album was released on IF? Records
IF? Records
IF? Records, established in Melbourne, Australia in 1995 and based in Tokyo, Japan after relocating there in 2001, was a live gig and rave party organiser in Melbourne in the 1990s and one of Melbourne's first independent local electronic music labels....
in September, 1998 in Australia.
Track listing
- "Sparkplug"
- "Nobody's Driving"
- "Tobacco-stained Mountain Goat"
- "Fear of a Black Bat"
- "Zone Troopers"
- "We Call It Crack House"
- "Nobody's Driving (Pharmaceutical Mix)"
- "Pineapple Slice"
- "Alright Already!"
- "Fuyu"
- "Demented Discotheque"
- "Old Skool Gangsta Slap"
- "Goddammit"
- "Nobody's Driving (Nobody's Looking Mix)"
- "Nobody's Driving (Houston Mix)"
Personnel
- Andrez Bergen - Samples, Composition, Engineering
- Francois TetazFrancois TetazFrançois "Franc" Tétaz is an Australian film composer and music producer, who won the Australasian Performing Right Association / Australian Guild of Screen Composers 2006 'Feature Film Score of the Year' Award for Wolf Creek .-Biography:In 1992, François Tétaz with Charles Tétaz and Darrin...
- Engineering, Mastering - Elenor Rayner - Keyboards (Tracks 8 and 13)
- Nicole SkeltysNicole SkeltysNicole Skeltys is an Australian composer, writer and presenter, currently based in Pittsburgh, USA. From 1993 to 2003 she was part of Btek, an Australian electronica and dance act. Skeltys also released electronic music under the name Artificial during this period and was a member of Clan Analogue...
- Remix (Track 7) - Blimp - Remix (Track 14)
- Dee Dee - Remix (Track 15)
Critical commentary
"If the pharmaceutical journeying of writer Hunter S. ThompsonHunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...
seems allied, somehow, to the rituals of club culture and its music," mused critic Chris Johnston for Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, "then look up this grab-bag of sounds and postures by Little Nobody, aka Melbourne producer/DJ Andrez Bergen... A deluded, entertaining quest, in this case through the electronic music of the '90s. There's a bit of everything here, all fighting for control."