Uncivilized Area

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Uncivilized Area
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 1998
StudioGroundhog Studios, Holland, Pennsylvania
Genre Trance fusion
Length71:55
Label Megaforce Records
Producer Rob Hunter
The Disco Biscuits chronology
Encephalous Crime
(1996)
Uncivilized Area
(1998)
They Missed the Perfume
(2001)
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Uncivilized Area is an album by the trance fusion band the Disco Biscuits. [2] [3] It was released in 1998 on Megaforce Records.

Contents

The album was among the earliest examples of "trance fusion" or "livetronica," a mixture of electronic music and traditional jam band music. [4] [5]

Critical reception

Dean Budnick, in his book Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene, gave the album a 4-star review, calling it "one of the most influential discs within these pages." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Vassillios"Jon Gutwillig6:18
2."Aceetobee"Gutwillig10:55
3."Jamillia"Marc Brownstein7:39
4."Little Betty Boop"Gutwillig15:11
5."M.E.M.P.H.I.S."Brownstein4:59
6."Morph Dusseldorf"Brownstein7:56
7."I-Man"Gutwillig13:13
8."Awol's Blues"Gutwillig5:44

Personnel

The Disco Biscuits
Production

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