''Battersea Shield'' is a 2004 EP by

The Orb The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential ...

and

Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened as Meat Beat, Manifesto or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens that was formed in 1987 in Swindon, United Kingdom. The band, fronted by Dangers (the only ...

. It was sold in an embossed tin based on the design of the

Battersea Shield The Battersea Shield is one of the most significant pieces of ancient Celtic art found in Britain. It is a sheet bronze covering of a (now vanished) wooden shield decorated in La Tène style. The shield is on display in the British Museum, a ...

, instead of a standard jewel case. A different version of "Matron" was previously released as "Horn of Jericho" on the Meat Beat Manifesto album '' RUOK?''. "Insane" was recorded and mixed at Concrete Hull in 2004. "1855 BC" reuses samples which were used in previous Meat Beat Manifesto tracks.

Track listing

#"Matron" - 7:12 #"1855 BC" - 18:55 #The Orb: "Insane" - 6:14

References

External links

* * The Orb albums 2004 EPs Meat Beat Manifesto albums {{2000s-techno-album-stub