Nightmares On Wax
Smokers Delight 2LP vinyl

Reissue of NOW's most popular album from 1995, Smoker's Delight, from the good folks at Warp. I always thought the cover and title had a lot to do with this album's popularity. I remember seeing that juicy cover and wanting to buy it without even listening to it, followed by a sesh at home with a dime of NYC's bottom level brown mexi. Underneath the exterior, the album manages to live up to its presentation. Start with the Quincy Jones-sampling "Night's Introlude" which establishes the album's thick, dense sound. Relax to the oversized basslines of "Wait A Minute" and wonder at the intriguing interludes like "Me + You" and "Time," "Groove Str," "Man Tha Journey" and "Bless My Soul" Times when you could rock 90bpm instrumental tracks and have the dough boys go crazy (strange times). In retrospect, this album was much more realized than its downtempo counterparts, dude was already way more advanced than the cut and paste of the day. A downtempo classic indeed. A long one too with 16 tracks and over an hour of music.

NEW / Released in 1995 / Reissue 2014

Tracklist:

A1 Nights Introlude

A2 Dreddoverboard

A3 Pipes Honour

B1 Me + You

B2 Stars

B3 Wait A Minute

B4 Praying For A Jeepbeat

B5 Groove St.

C1 Time (To Listen)

C2 (Man) Tha Journey

C3 Bless My Soul

C4 Cruise (Don't Stop)

D1 Mission Venice

D2 What I'm Feelin (Good)

D3 Rise=

D4 Rise (Reprise)=

D5 Gambia Via Vagatorbeach