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Posted by Chang monkey on Jul-22-2005 01:56:

Pendulum - Hold Your Colour

PENDULUM

'HOLD YOUR COLOUR'
BREAKBEAT KAOS

4LP/CD

(AUGUST 2005)

Pendulum drop their eagerly anticipated debut album 'Hold Your Colour' on Breakbeat Kaos.

Featuring 13 bold and diverse tracks, the album combines the trio's groundbreaking blend of heavy electronic funk, never-before-heard innovative sounds and 'real' musical elements to produce a monster of a long player, destined to break down genres and smash up charts worldwide.

After bursting onto the scene with 2003's debut 'Vault' (which won "Drum'n'Bass Tune Of The Year", Pendulum have since gone onto take the titles of "Best Breakthrough Producers", "Best Producers", and again "Tune Of The Year" in 2004 with the mighty 'Another Planet' � an anthem of such epic proportions it made No. 43 in the UK National Charts.

'Hold Your Colour' is set to follow suit when it drops; straight from the huge cinematic introduction, the album takes you on a action packed ride from anthems to emotional journeys and everything in between. From furious dancefloors bombs 'Slam', 'Hold Your Colour' and the massive 'Tarantula' featuring the vocal talents of MC Spyda and Tenor Fly, to smooth soulful rollouts 'Plasticworld' and 'Streamline'. From breakbeat monsters 'Fasten Your Seatbelts' and 'Out Here', to the latin-rock electro fuelled funk of 'Girl In The Fire' -- this long player takes listeners on a trip through genre bending territory.

The Pendulum story thus far can only be described as one of much warranted overnight success... and their debut album holds all the promise of becoming a dance classic.

�One of the most ambitious drum'n'bass albums in history... it shows how far you can take drum'n'bass and makes the sound accessible for a whole new section of music lovers. Pendulum have created the drum'n'bass equivalent of stadium rock� (Mixmag magazine).

been looking forwrd to this one for while. saw el hornet last week. smashed up the place as usual

Posted by overdose006 on Jul-22-2005 03:55:

heard
Pendulum vs Fresh feat. Spyda & Tenor Fly - Tarantula
on the radio the other day
which i believe is from this release

August cant come soon enough

Posted by Az on Jul-22-2005 11:19:

fasten your seatbelts is fucking amazing

Posted by Quantized on Jul-22-2005 13:49:

The 'hold your colour' track is absolutley amazing...its a soft drum n bass style sound which i really like. All the other tracks are very nice as well, 'through the loop' & 'girl in the fire' probably being my favs.

Posted by Chang monkey on Jul-22-2005 17:48:

i think they have tried little too hard to appeal to the masses. i prefer most of their earlier work, but fasten your seatbelt is indeed hevy!

Posted by stamper on Jul-23-2005 00:28:

Quite possibly the best Australian producers?

I'm looking forward to this album.

Posted by qwikk on Jul-23-2005 01:08:

amazing album, definately a more emotional feel than more dnb.

Posted by sensorium on Jul-23-2005 03:33:

When is it coming out in the US, if ever?

Posted by Kaveh on Jul-23-2005 12:10:

Got to hear this one :E

Pendulum - Voyager

Posted by djthunderbird on Jul-23-2005 12:15:

quote:
Originally posted by stamper
Quite possibly the best Australian producers?

I'm looking forward to this album.

sure they're absolutelly great, having invented the "stadium-dnb" however I wouldn't go as far as saying they're the best Australia has to offer..

I Mean.. lets not forget about Luke Chable & Infusion there, eh?

Posted by Quantized on Jul-23-2005 13:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Kaveh
Pendulum - Voyager

i agree, this is my favourite pendulum track

Posted by Chang monkey on Jul-23-2005 14:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Trancedewd
i agree, this is my favourite pendulum track

masochist smashes things up on the dancefloor, but still grey is prolly my favourite.

Posted by gk_nz on Jul-24-2005 09:23:

Wicked Album, alot of great tracks! And very well produced, these guys know there stuff...

Posted by r5a on Jul-24-2005 14:28:

quote:
Originally posted by gk_nz
Wicked Album, alot of great tracks! And very well produced, these guys know there stuff...
Agreed. First time listening to a dnb album too!

Posted by DRM on Jul-25-2005 09:55:

been waiting for this for a while now and wasnt disappointed. Very enjoyable album and nice to see they have varied their style between the tracks a bit because it could have gotten a little boring but they stayed clear of that.

absolutely love Slam and Hold Your Colour

Posted by Stu Cox on Jul-25-2005 11:49:

Superb album! I'm not usually too bothered about DnB but I'm really loving Pendulum stuff atm.

Track to look out for: 'Out Here'... it's incredible! One of the two breaks tracks on the album, proper chunky filthy stuff

Posted by Dj Dizzy on Jul-25-2005 14:48:

can't wait to hear this album, i'm a huge fan of Vault and alot of their remixes of other artists songs. wasnt there a pendulum remix of a concord dawn song that was sick as hell?

Posted by Chang monkey on Jul-25-2005 16:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Dizzy
can't wait to hear this album, i'm a huge fan of Vault and alot of their remixes of other artists songs. wasnt there a pendulum remix of a concord dawn song that was sick as hell?

tonite

Posted by chojin on Jul-27-2005 06:58:

wicfked album, im particularly liking slam, the intro is very 'another planet'ish. i wasnt too sure when the slow beat kicked in but after repeat listens im growing to love it.

i also like sounds of life, really nice vocally track. the only tracks i didnt really like were a couple of the darker tracks. i got the vinyl release so i didnt get all the tracks

but i already own tarantula on vinyl

Posted by DJ_Audun on Jul-28-2005 10:42:

This album is fuckin' ace. I'm really liking almost every track on it. Gets a 9/10 from me!

Posted by Troia on Jul-28-2005 18:32:

Yeah, this is a really amazing album.. i dont even listen to dnb either because most sets get so heavily boring but this album has alot of good change and diversity...

VERY good 9/10

"hold your colour" probably being my favorite track

Posted by Daniel K on Aug-04-2005 03:44:

I'm not one for DnB but this album is great... Hold Your Colour is amazing!

Posted by overdose006 on Aug-04-2005 03:47:

fantastic album...
What other cds have they made?

Through the loop is my fav...

Posted by Chang monkey on Aug-04-2005 10:53:

this is their first album

their live sets are usually pretty good.

pendulum live @ renegade hardware 2004 especially

Posted by Plastick on Aug-04-2005 12:53:

Wooohoo gonna check this out! Some good d'n'b will do me good