Nightmares On Wax reveals expanded 25th anniversary version of Smokers Delight

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  • The double-LP version of the well-loved album comes with two new tracks and other bonus material.
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  • Nightmares on Wax will release an expanded version of his 1995 breakthrough LP, Smokers Delight, via Warp Records in April. The influential full-length helped define the '90s trip hop and downtempo sound and featured George Evelyn accompanied by Hamlet Luton on bass, Chris Dawkins on guitar, Robin Taylor-Firth on keys and Shovell on percussion. "It was all the things that turned me on: reggae, soul, and through sampling and digging, hip hop was the backbone," Evelyn said in Joe Muggs' book Bass, Mids, Tops. To mark the anniversary, Evelyn went back to the Smokers Delight headspace to produce two new tracks, "Let's Ascend" and "Aquaself." Those are included on the expanded vinyl reissue along with an alternative mix of "Dreddoverboard" and a 2014 live version of "Nights Introlude." The double-LP version will come on red and green discs with a gatefold, mirrored sleeve, a "roach material" insert and expanded liner notes. (It'll also come on CD and digital.) The April release coincides with a European and American tour on which Evelyn will perform Smokers Delight in its entirety accompanied by a full orchestra.
    Tracklist 01. Nights Introlude 02. Dreddoverboard 03. Pipes Honour 04. Me + You 05. Stars 06. Wait a Minute/Praying For A Jeepbeat 07. Groove St. 08. Time (To Listen) 09. (Man) Tha Journey 10. Bless My Soul 11. Cruise (Don't Stop) 12. Mission Venice 13. What I'm Feelin (Good) 14. Rise 15. Rise (Reprise) 16. Gambia Via Vagator Beach 'Sonic Buds' Bonus Tracks 01. Aquaself 02. Let's Ascend 03. Dreddoverboard (Funk Mix) 04. Nights Introlude (Live In Chicago) Warp Records will release Smokers Delight on April 3rd, 2020.
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