Tales of the Drift

Tales of the Drift
Studio album by Hermitude
Released 1 August 2005
Recorded Sound Heaven Studios
Genre Australian hip hop
Label Elefant Traks/Inertia Distribution
Producer Elgusto, Luke Dubs
Hermitude chronology

Alleys to Valleys
(2004)		 Tales of the Drift
(2005)		 Threads
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Illawarra Mercury positive[1]
The Cairns Post [2]
The Advertiser [3]
Sunday Telegraph [4]

Tales of the Drift is the second album from Australian hip-hop artists Hermitude. It was released on the 1 August 2005.[5]

The album features Ozi Batla and Urthboy from The Herd on the track "Fallen Giants"[6] and MC Blu on the track "Music from the Mind".[6] Artwork designed by Kaho Cheung (aka Unkle Ho - The Herd) and was released on CD and as a double vinyl album.

Tales of the Drift was recorded and mixed by Hermitude and John Stuart at Sound Heaven Studios in Wentworth Falls.[7]

The first single released was "Fallen Giants" which receiving significant airplay on Triple J,[8][9] with the song being included on Triple J's compilation album Home & Hosed - Ripe & Ready.[10]

Track listing

All tracks written by Hermitude.[11]

  1. "You Got Soul" - 1:31
  2. "Tapedeck Sound" - 6:05
  3. "Can’t Stop" - 5:37
  4. "Music From The Mind" - 3:15
  5. "Nightfall's Messenger" - 4:36
  6. "Plunge" - 1:50
  7. "Observation Deck" - 5:06
  8. "Zacktor" - 5:08
  9. "Galactic Cadillac" - 3:52
  10. "Fallen Giants" - 4:18
  11. "Dub's Theme" - 4:08
  12. "Madness In G Minor" - 4:22
  13. "Ruffwon" - 5:37
  14. "The Drift" - 4:31
  15. "Mystical Herm's" - 4:02

References

  1. ↑ Illawarra Mercury, 18 August 2005, review by Glen Humphries
  2. ↑ The Cairns Post, 4 August 2005, review
  3. ↑ The Advertiser, 22 September 2005 , review by Glenn Simpson
  4. ↑ Sunday Telegraph, 31 July 2005, review by Peter Holmes
  5. ↑ "Elefant Traks releases - Tales of the Drift". Elefant Traks. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Music New : Tales of the Drift". InThe Mix. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  7. ↑ Sound Heaven Studios
  8. ↑ Triple J playlists
  9. ↑ playlist | 20 October 2006 | top shelf with robbie buck
  10. ↑ Home & Hosed - Ripe & Ready
  11. ↑ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2008-04-07.

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