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 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

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	1 August 2005	CD digital download	Elefant Traks	ACE019
Australia		2xLP		ACE020V

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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
6. "Music New : Tales of the Drift". inthemix. 23 August 2005. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
7. "Sound Heaven Studios". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
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 7 April 2008.

External links

• Herald Sun Hits - 'Tales of the Drifts'