Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto, or "Meat Beat" for short, is an electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stevens formed in 1987 in Swindon, U.K.. This was also the hometown of the band XTC, who helped Meat Beat get started.

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Electronic music - Jack Dangers - Jonny Stevens - 1987 - Swindon - U.K. - XTC

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Dangers and Stevens left Perennial Divide in 1988 to record an album, but the tapes were burnt in a studio fire. They then recorded the EP Storm The Studio, which found them pigeonholed as an industrial act. In response, they recorded 99% in 1990 which was more techno-influenced. Later that year, they released Armed Audio Warfare, which was an effort to re-record the burned tapes of the would-be debut album.

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Perennial Divide - 1988 - Industrial act - 1990 - Techno

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When they left Wax Trax! in 1992, they signed to Elektra, releasing Satyricon which continued to show Meat Beat as more of an electronica band. Meat Beat Manifesto followed up with Subliminal Sandwich in 1996. Actual Sounds and Voices appeared in 1998, and found the group's earlier flirtations with jazz fusion featured more prominently; the record included appearances by saxophonist Bennie Maupin.

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Elektra - Electronica band - Jazz fusion - Bennie Maupin

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In 2002 Meat Beat released RUOK?, which demonstrated great steps in the evolution of their sound. In 2003 they released a remix album for Storm The Studio, followed by ...In Dub, a remix album of RUOK?. Their latest album, titled At the Center, was released in May 29, 2005.

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2002 - 2003

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