Gargantuan by Spooky
Gargantuan is the debut studio album by English electronic duo Spooky, released by William Orbit's Guerilla Records in March 1993.
Having established their place at the forefront of the progressive house scene, Spooky recorded the album in two London studios using analogue production.
The record is largely instrumental and incorporates rigid percussion and rhythms with melodic house phrasings.
The single "Schmoo" reached the UK Singles Chart, but Gargantuan under-performed commercially. It was however well received by critics, and today is regarded as a landmark album in the history of progressive house and British dance music.
After the album went out-of-print, Spooky re-released it themselves in 2006.
Tracklist
| 1. | Don't Panic | 7:04 |
| 2. | Schmoo | 5:40 |
| 3. | Aqualung | 5:45 |
| 4. | Little Bullet Part One | 6:59 |
| 5. | Little Bullet Part Two | 6:29 |
| 6. | Land Of Oz | 7:38 |
| 7. | Something's Got To Give | 6:53 |
| 8. | Orange Coloured Liquid | 5:13 |
| 9. | Schmoo Dub | 7:32 |
| 10. | Let Go | 7:27 |
Credits
Charlie May – engineer, writing, producing, mixing
Duncan Forbes – writing, producing, mixing
Nick Hale – engineer
Heather Sian Wildman – vocals (tracks 2 and 9)
Valerie Harrison – vocals (tracks 4, 5 and 7)
Laure Lee MacMahon – voice (track 3)
Richard Dight – writing (track 1)
Richard Tappin – writing (track 1)
License
All rights reserved.
Spooky, part of a group of UK dance acts in the early 90’s who, alongside Orbital, Underworld, Leftfield & Aphex Twin, helped to define a sound & create the live electronic music scene that we have today.
Their debut album Gargantuan was a huge global success & saw them tour the world with it. Re-defining themselves with Found Sound & again with Open - new material coming soon