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.
