Clubbed to Death (instrumental)

"Clubbed to Death"
Clubbed to Death #1 vinyl single
Single by Rob Dougan
from the album Furious Angels
Released 1995 (1995)
Format CD single, 12"
Recorded 1995
Genre Ambient, downtempo, neo-classical, trip hop
Length 7:36 (Kuraymino Variation)
6:12 (Clubbed to Death 2)
Label Mo' Wax
Rob Dougan singles chronology
"Hard Times"
(1994)		 "Clubbed to Death"
(1995)		 "Furious Angels"
(1998)

"Hard Times"
(1994)		 "Clubbed to Death" "Furious Angels"
(1998)

"Clubbed to Death" is a 1995 instrumental composition by Rob Dougan. It appeared in the 1997 film Clubbed to Death and was given renewed attention in 1999 due to its inclusion in the film The Matrix. It was re-released as a single in 2002 with new remixes.

Release

The subtitle Kurayamino variation is based on the Japanese for "of the darkness" (暗闇 の（くらやみ の） kurayami no. It denotes Dougan's own mix in a tragic style, as well as his stated inspirations from dark Japanese writers like Yukio Mishima or Yasunari Kawabata.[1]

"Clubbed to Death" samples "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps and "City of the Angels" by Wang Chung.

The short strings introduction is an excerpt from the first movement of Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, and the piano solo is improvised around Enigma Variations.

Track list

Clubbed to Death (Compact Disc Experience)

Mo Wax, MW037CD, 1995

  1. "The First Mix" – 7:12
  2. "Kurayamino Variation" – 7:29
  3. "La Funk Mob Variation" – 8:08
  4. "Peshay Remix" – 6:06
  5. "Spoon Mix" remixed by Carl Craig – 5:55
  6. "Clubbed to Death Darkside" remixed by La Funk Mob – 5:05

Clubbed to Death #1

Mo Wax, MW037, 1995

  1. "La Funk Mob Variation"
  2. "Clubbed to Death Darkside"
  3. "The First Mix"

Clubbed to Death #2

Mo Wax, MW037R, 1995

  1. "Kurayamino Variation"
  2. "Peshay Remix"
  3. "Spoon Mix"
  4. "Totally Waxed Remix" remixed by Wax Doctor

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
scope="row"Ireland (IRMA)[2] 27
scope="row"UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 24

References

  1. ↑ Japanese inspirations for Furious Angels (Archive.org copy, original dead or under reconstruction)
  2. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 26, 2002". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2002-07-06" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
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