FV EXCLUSIVE: Manics vs @440 - The Stealth Sonic Orchestra Sessions 1994-1998

 The readers of Future Vintage already know I'm sucker for great remix collections. But what if there are some cool remixes that for whatever reason will never be released on an album? Well, then it's time for me to dig deep in the piles of singles and compilations and to release such collection on my own, in custom-made cover of course. Enjoy the first of the Future Vintage remix collections and stay tuned for more to follow.

Some of you may remember The Stealth Sonic Orchestra as an alter ego of big beat supergroup Apollo 440, which served the only purpose - to ease the pressure of the massive breakbeats and sampled guitars on @440 albums, significantly on their 2003 swan song Dude Descending A Staircase, where the SSO tracks filled almost half of the playing time. Less known is the fact that in the 90s, The Stealth Sonic Orchestra produced about ten remixes, 9 of which accompanied the hit singles of another supergroup - Manic Street Preachers. Although the Manics' refrain-oriented songs are pompous enough themselves, the SSO treatments, based on heavily sampled strings and orchestral percussions, added even more cinematic width, and the results are wonderfull. I've never been much of a Manics fan but I truly enjoyed every one of the tracks. I wish you the same experience.

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