Exorcise the Demons

Exorcise the Demons
Studio album by Source Direct
Released	March 1999
Recorded	1998–99
Genre	Drum and bass
Length	73:56
Label	Astralwerks Virgin Records[1]
Source Direct chronology
Controlled Developments (1997) Exorcise the Demons (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	A−[3]

Exorcise the Demons is a studio album by drum and bass artists Source Direct, released in 1999.[4][5] The album contains 9 tracks, three of which, "Concealed Identity", "Mind Weaver", and "Technical Warfare", are previously released singles. "Call & Response" and "Capital D" are available on the duo's previous compilation album, Controlled Developments (1997).

"Call & Response" appears in the 1998 film Blade, in which the track is being listened to, on headphones, by the villain, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), whilst he searches a library's archives; the song did not appear on the film's soundtrack.[6]

Critical reception

Robert Christgau praised the "beats developed in perceptible patterns, prudently minimalist middle registers, fun vrooms and slams as musical content", and called it "light instrumental music at its diverting best".[3]

Fact ranked it #96 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1990s, writing that it's "a thrilling document of smacked-out, misanthropic jungle for stalkers, serial killers and ne’er-do-wells".[7]

Track listing

1. "Call & Response" – 7:09
2. "Mind Weaver" – 8:45
3. "Haunted" – 6:45
4. "Technical Warfare" – 8:42
5. "Love & Hate" – 9:22
6. "Capital D" – 7:36
7. "Dubstar" – 7:21
8. "Wanton Conduct" – 8:43
9. "Concealed Identity" – 9:33

References

1. "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct". The Quietus.
2. Exorcise the Demons at AllMusic
3. "Robert Christgau: Album: Source Direct: Exorcise the Demons". robertchristgau.com.
4. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (23 January 1999). "Astralwerks' Source Direct Tackles Dark 'Demons'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. Echlin, Hobey. "Exorcise the Demons". Detroit Metro Times.
6. "Lost & Found: Source Direct's paranoid d'n'b thriller Controlled Developments (1997)". 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
7. "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s". 3 September 2012.