BUCKETHEAD

THE DAY OF THE ROBOT

  1/  Destroyer                                  (Buckethead)                  13.03
       A. Speed Flux Quadrant
       B. Inclusion
       C. Exhaust Release
  2/  Flying Guillotine                          (Buckethead)                  7.24
  3/  Quantum Crash                              (Buckethead)                  6.02
  4/  Collision                                  (Buckethead)                  8.23
  5/  Caution Drop                               (Buckethead)                  8.17

          Recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA and Greenpoint Studio,
            Brooklyn, NY
          Rhythm tracks for 2,3,4 and 5 created in the UK by Ninj
          Engineering in San Francisco : Oz Fritz
          Assistant in San Fransisco : Mike Johnson
          Engineering at Greenpoint : Robert Musso
          Produced by Bill Laswell
          Mastered by Robert Musso and Anton Fier

Buckethead : guitars; Ninj (2,3,4,5) : bass, drums, keyboards; Bill Laswell : low bass, drums.

          1996  -  Submeta (USA),  SM  9804  (CD)

REVIEWS :

The most consistent and coherent-sounding of Buckethead's releases to date (two qualities usually absent from his earlier works). Most often referred to as his "jungle album" (it features rhythm tracks by U.K. beat scientist DJ Ninj), the hyperspeed breaks are actually the least interesting aspect of the album, which is instead notable for its steady and inspired, chaos-by-design integration of diverse elements (treated guitars, keyboards and pianos, loping bass, etc.). Much of the credit for this goes to Laswell's excellent production.

Sean Cooper (courtesy of the All Music Guide by way of the Get Music website)