Krush (album)

Krush is the debut studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released on January 21, 1994 in Japan by Triad – an imprint of Nippon Columbia – and Chance Records.[2][3] Shadow Records released the album in the United States in 1995.[4]

Krush
Studio album by
DJ Krush
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1994 (1994-01-21)
Studio
  • Show-On (Tokyo)
  • Fastforward (Tokyo)
GenreTrip hop
Length52:29
Label
ProducerDJ Krush
DJ Krush chronology
Krush
(1994)		 Strictly Turntablized
(1994)
Singles from Krush
  1. "Big City Lover"
    Released: April 21, 1995[1]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic found DJ Krush's production "spare but effective, launching grooves that unfold just enough over the course of his tracks, edgy and slightly unnerving."[5] Raggett wrote that DJ Krush "has a definite sound and style", but "also knows how to create any number of variations or twists with it, with fine results."[5] Reviewing the album for Trouser Press, Mark Kemp dubbed Krush "a milestone, a dizzying collision of genres."[6] Peter Shapiro, writing in Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide (1999), said that it hinted at "the more effective monochromaticism" of DJ Krush's later music.[7] In 2021, Krush was ranked at number 19 on Slant Magazine's list of the best trip hop albums of all time.[8]

Track listing

All music is composed by DJ Krush, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."AM 300 Tag"  0:52
2."B-Boy Mastamind"Guru 4:17
3."Mixed Nuts" 
  • DJ Krush
  • DJ Hide
1:11
4."Roll & Tumble"  5:08
5."Murder of Soul"Ez'
  • DJ Krush
  • Edison
5:37
6."E.A.R.T.H./SOS"  0:52
7."On the Dub-ble" 
  • DJ Krush
  • Kazufumi Kodama
5:43
8."Another Day" 
  • DJ Krush
  • DJ Hide
  • DJ Red
0:21
9."Underneath the System"  0:52
10."Edge of Blue"  4:12
11."Big City Lover"Sonya Vallet
  • DJ Krush
  • Edison
5:58
12."Down the Drain"  0:49
13."Into the Water"  4:48
14."Ruff-Neck Jam"  5:12
15."Keeping the Motion"Monday Michiru
  • DJ Krush
  • Michiru
6:37
Total length:52:29

Notes

  • The US edition (total length: 48:12) omits "B-Boy Mastamind" and moves "Keeping the Motion" to track two.

Sample credits[3]

  • "Ruff-Neck Jam" contains samples of "La Nevada", performed by The Gil Evans Orchestra.
  • "Keeping the Motion" contains samples of "Our Generation", performed by Ernie Hines.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

Musicians

  • DJ Krush – beats, scratching
  • DJ Hide – beats on "Mixed Nuts" and "Another Day"
  • DJ Red – scratching and pitch control on "Mixed Nuts", beats on "Another Day"
  • Guru – vocals on "B-Boy Mastamind"
  • Takeharu Hayakawa – wood bass on "Roll & Tumble"
  • Akihiro Ishiwatari – guitar on "Into the Water"
  • Kazufumi Kodama – trumpet on "On the Dub-ble"
  • Nobutaka Kuwabara – trumpet on "Edge of Blue"
  • Osamu Marumoto – bass on "Edge of Blue"
  • Monday Michiru – vocals on "Keeping the Motion"
  • Midnight City Dwellers (Matsui, Oda, Shingo, DJ Red and DJ Hide) – performance on "AM 300 Tag"
  • Koichiro Samukawa – alto saxophone and flute on "Ruff-Neck Jam"
  • Ken Shima – piano on "Roll & Tumble"
  • Carla Vallet – vocals on "Murder of Soul"
  • Sonya Vallet – vocals on "Big City Lover"

Production

Design

  • Bruno Dayan – photography
  • Sakaguchi Ken Factory – art direction, design

References
  1. "BIG CITY LOVER(Remix) | DJ KRUSH" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  2. "KRUSH | DJ KRUSH" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  3. Krush (liner notes). DJ Krush. Triad / Chance Records. 1994. COCA-11420.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Flick, Larry (April 8, 1995). "5-Year-Old Powerhouse Strictly Rhythm Forges On". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 14. p. 42. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  5. Raggett, Ned. "Krush – DJ Krush". AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  6. Kemp, Mark. "DJ Krush". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  7. Shapiro, Peter (1999). "DJ Krush". Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. pp. 298–300. ISBN 9-781858-284330. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  8. "The 20 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time". Slant Magazine. April 23, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
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