Big Loada is a 1997

1997 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...

 EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 and acid

Acid techno

Acid techno is the term used to describe a style of techno that developed out of late 1980s Chicago Acid house. Acid house was essentially house music made with a specific sound, obtained by using very distinctive instruments created mainly by Roland, such as the TB-303 for bass and lead sounds,...

 artist Squarepusher

Squarepusher

Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence....

. It was his fourth release on Warp Records

Warp Records

Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....

 (after the Hard Normal Daddy

Hard Normal Daddy

Hard Normal Daddy is an acid and drum and bass album by UK electronic musician Squarepusher. It was his first full release on the Warp Records label....

album, the "Vic Acid

Vic Acid

"Vic Acid" is a single by the electronic artist Squarepusher, released in 1997 on Warp Records. It includes a remix of Vic Acid , a track from the album Hard Normal Daddy out at the same time.-Track listing:# "Vic Acid " – 3:06...

" single, and the Port Rhombus EP

Port Rhombus EP

Port Rhombus EP is a 1996 EP by Squarepusher. It was the first Squarepusher release on Warp Records. There is also a promo version, with identical tracks, but dated 1994. Also compiled in the US version of Big Loada on Nothing Records....

) in the UK, and was later released in the U.S.

United States

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, with an expanded track listing, by Nothing Records

Nothing Records

Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992...

.

Warp Records edition

The original Warp Records edition tracklisting consists of:

1. "A Journey to Reedham (7.am mix)" – 6:35
2. "Full Rinse (featuring MC Twin Tub)" – 2:23
3. "Massif (Stay Strong)" – 6:26
4. "Come On My Selector" – 3:24
5. "The Body Builder (Dressing Gown mix)" – 3:02
6. "Tequila Fish" – 6:09
7. "Jacques Mal Chance (Il N'a Pas De Chance)" – 0:48

Nothing Records edition

The Nothing Records version has a rearranged tracklist with additional tracks unavailable in the U.S. at the time (Warp Records had not opened their American division yet, and arranged to release some of their material through Nothing):

1. "Come On My Selector" – 3:24
2. "A Journey to Reedham (7.am Mix)" – 6:35
3. "Full Rinse (featuring MC Twin Tub)" – 2:23
4. "Massif (Stay Strong)" – 6:26
5. "The Body Builder (Dressing Gown Mix)" – 3:02
6. "Tequila Fish" – 6:09
7. "Jacques Mal Chance (Il N'a Pas De Chance)" – 0:48
8. "Port Rhombus" – 6:41
9. "Problem Child" – 5:43
10. "Significant Others" – 3:28
11. "Lone Ravers (Live in Chelmsford
    Chelmsford
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     Mix)" – 5:01
12. "The Barn (303
    Roland TB-303
    The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation from late 1981 to 1984 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music.-History:...
    
     Kebab Mix)" – 2:11
    • "Come On My Selector" music video
      Music video
      A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
      
       (CD-ROM track only)

The rearrangement of the tracks is to highlight the "Come On My Selector" video, directed by Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk....

 (whose work also includes videos for Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin

Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...

, Autechre

Autechre

Autechre are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are one of the most prominent acts signed to Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music and through which all Autechre albums...

 and Björk

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

), and which was included on the re-release. Tracks 8, 9 and 10 make up the full Port Rhombus EP

Port Rhombus EP

Port Rhombus EP is a 1996 EP by Squarepusher. It was the first Squarepusher release on Warp Records. There is also a promo version, with identical tracks, but dated 1994. Also compiled in the US version of Big Loada on Nothing Records....

, Jenkinson's first release on Warp. Tracks 11 and 12 are two B-sides

B-Sides

B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

 to the "Vic Acid

Vic Acid

"Vic Acid" is a single by the electronic artist Squarepusher, released in 1997 on Warp Records. It includes a remix of Vic Acid , a track from the album Hard Normal Daddy out at the same time.-Track listing:# "Vic Acid " – 3:06...

" single (although the G7000 mix of "Fat Controller" was not included on this release).

This edition has modified cover artwork as the prominent Warp Records logo had to be removed.

Some Nothing Records versions of Big Loada are actually copies of Budakhan Mindphone

Budakhan Mindphone

Budakhan Mindphone is a 1999 album by Squarepusher, released on Warp Records. It follows in much the same vein as its predecessor, Music Is Rotted One Note, and is often classified as an EP due to its relative brevity - the cover refers to it as "a mini-album".-Track listing:#"Iambic 5 Poetry" –...

that have been incorrectly packaged and labelled.