Rob Dougan, who started as Rob D, is a genre-blending music composer from Sydney, Australia, but now based in the UK. Mixing the sound of orchestral film music, the beat of club trip-hop, and bluesy vocals, he is only tangentially relatable to electronic music. He was known primarily for his 1995 breakthrough single “Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)”, popularized by 1999’s The Matrix soundtrack. It wasn’t until 2002 that he released his debut album Furious Angels in the UK. In 2003, it was re-released in a 2-CD album; the second disc provides the instrumental versions of the first disc. Great album!
Artist: Rob Dougan
Album: Furious Angels
Year: 2003
Genre: trip-hop, electronica
Tracks:
CD1
1. Prelude
2. Furious Angels
3. Will You Follow Me?
4. Left Me For Dead
5. I'm Not Driving Anymore
6. Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)
7. There's Only Me
8. Instrumental
9. Nothing At All
10. Born Yesterday
11. Speed Me Towards Death
12. Drinking Song
13. Pause
14. One And The Same (Coda)
15. Clubbed To Death 2
CD2 (instrumental versions)
1. Will You Follow Me
2. Furious Angels
3. Left Me For Dead
4. I'm Not Driving Anymore
5. There's Only Me
6. Instrumental
7. Nothing At All
8. Born Yesterday
9. Speed Me Towards Death
10. One And The Same
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