Uncivilized Area
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{{Infobox album
| name = Uncivilized Area
| type = Album
| artist = The Disco Biscuits
| cover =Uncivilized Area.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 19, 1998
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Groundhog Studios, Holland, Pennsylvania
| genre = Trance fusion
| length = 71:55
| label = Megaforce Records
| producer = Rob Hunter
| prev_title = Encephalous Crime
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = They Missed the Perfume
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |title=The Uncivilized Area: The Disco Biscuits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-uncivilized-area-mw0000037111 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=11 July 2020}}
}}
Uncivilized Area is an album by the trance fusion band the Disco Biscuits.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50Phz-C_VzIC&dq=Uncivilized+Area+disco+biscuits+1998&pg=PA135|title=Jam Bands 3.0|work=SPIN|first=SPIN Media|last=LLC|date=August 11, 2000|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0d7ach9LFKUC&dq=Uncivilized+Area+disco+biscuits+1998&pg=PA64|title="Jam Bands": North America's Hottest Live Groups, Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows|first=Dean|last=Budnick|date=July 11, 1998|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=9781550223538|via=Google Books}} It was released in 1998 on Megaforce Records.
The album was among the earliest examples of "trance fusion" or "livetronica," a mixture of electronic music and traditional jam band music.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AiEx07v-8QC&dq=Uncivilized+Area+disco+biscuits+1998&pg=PA50|title=Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene|first=Dean|last=Budnick|date=July 11, 2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879307455|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/back_to_the_future_an_oral_history_of_livetronica/|title=Back to the Future: An Oral History of Livetronica|date=April 17, 2014|website=Relix Media}}
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."
Track listing
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| headline =
| extra_column =
| all_writing =
| title1 = Vassillios
| writer1 = Jon Gutwillig
| length1 = 6:18
| title2 = Aceetobee
| writer2 = Gutwillig
| length2 = 10:55
| title3 = Jamillia
| writer3 = Marc Brownstein
| length3 = 7:39
| title4 = Little Betty Boop
| writer4 = Gutwillig
| length4 = 15:11
| title5 = M.E.M.P.H.I.S.
| writer5 = Brownstein
| length5 = 4:59
| title6 = Morph Dusseldorf
| writer6 = Brownstein
| length6 = 7:56
| title7 = I-Man
| writer7 = Gutwillig
| length7 = 13:13
| title8 = Awol's Blues
| writer8 = Gutwillig
| length8 = 5:44
}}
Personnel
;The Disco Biscuits
- Jon Gutwillig – guitar & vocals
- Aron Magner – keys & vocals
- Marc Brownstein – bass & vocals
- Sam Altman – drums & vocals
;Production
- Rob "Wacko" Hunter – producer, engineer, mixer
- Jon Zazula – executive producer
- Marsha Zazula – executive producer
- Gary King – mastering
- Jon Lesser – live sound engineer
- Kevin "Radar" Cunningham – booklet art & design
- Layout – Sam Altman
- Layout – Ian R. Brand
References
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