''Distant Sense of Random Menace'' is the debut album from
Australian
hip-hop artist
Urthboy
Tim Levinson, better known by the stage name Urthboy, is an Australian hip hop MC and producer from New South Wales. He is widely known for his solo music under the moniker Urthboy, as a founding member of the hip-hop group The Herd, and for ...
. It was released on 9 August 2004.
The album was features the production of Elgusto (
Hermitude
Hermitude is an Australian electronic- hip hop duo, originating from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
Biography Early years and ''Explanetary''
Multi-instrumentalists, Luke Dubber (a.k.a. Luke Dubs) and Angus Stuart (a.k.a. El Gusto), ha ...
), Count Bounce (
TZU) and
The Herd.
An extended 12” vinyl was also released featuring an exclusive remix by
Hermitude
Hermitude is an Australian electronic- hip hop duo, originating from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
Biography Early years and ''Explanetary''
Multi-instrumentalists, Luke Dubber (a.k.a. Luke Dubs) and Angus Stuart (a.k.a. El Gusto), ha ...
. The album was mastered in
Los Angeles
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by Dave Cooley (
Madvillain
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,
Madlib
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,
Dangermouse).
The first song from the album was "No Rider", which was released together with a video made by Broken Yellow (directed by Brendan Doyle and producer by Navid Bahadori).
The video for "No Rider" won the Sunscreen Music Video competition at the
Festival of the Sun Music Festival (FOTSUN) and was placed third in the OzHipHop.com music video voting poll.
Track listing
# "Long Walk Home" - 3:42
# "Keep It Relevant" - 5:01
# "Come Around (feat. Seed MC)" - 3:31
# "Heavy People (feat. Seed MC)" - 3:29
# "Elektrik Shoks" - 4:37
# "Media'd Out (feat. Mark Pearl)" - 4:19
# "Urthy You'd be Better" - 0:18
# "No Rider (feat. Toe-Fu)" - 3:58
# "Natural Progression" - 5:10
# "Distant Sense of Random Menace (feat. Toe-Fu)" - 5:30
# "Sink In (feat. Toe-Fu)" - 4:09
# "Whose Morals" - 4:16
# "The Last Chance (feat. Ozi Batla)" - 3:42
References
External links
Herald Sun Hits - 'Distant Sense of Menace'
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2004 debut albums
Urthboy albums