The KLF Bring an Edited 'Chill Out' to Streaming Services

'Come Down Dawn' is an alternate version of the 1990 ambient wonder

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Feb 4, 2021

After making their streaming debut last month with compilation Solid State Logick 1, the KLF have now shared an alternate version of their revered 1990 ambient album Chill Out with the digital world.

The newly released Come Down Dawn, which marks the second entry in the duo's Samplecity Thru Trancentral series, can be heard below.

The KLF's website explains that "Much like its predecessor [Come Down Dawn] follows an imaginary trip along the southeast coast of the United States, albeit in the opposite direction this time, starting from Brooklyn, New York and arriving at Mexico City."

Notable differences between Chill Out and Come Down Dawn include removed samples of other artists' work, while some songs have undergone wholesale title changes. 

An official description published by The KLF Re-enactment Society, which you can find below in full, calls Come Down Dawn "a pre-mix of Chill Out...released the day before Chill Out, but 31 years later."

Along with Come Down Dawn and Solid State Logick 1, the KLF also shared film Welcome to the Dark Ages last month, which chronicled their efforts to build a pyramid out of dead people.




Come Down Dawn was released on the 4th of February 2021.

Come Down Dawn is a Drive by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.

A Drive is a journey in the head.

The Drive took them from the Reverend Doctor Wade's tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York to the Mesoamerican Pyramids near Mexico City.

The Drive lasted just over a period of 43 hours.

The Drive ended as dawn began to break on Sunday the 4th of February 1990

Come Down Dawn by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu is also a pre-mix of Chill Out released by The KLF on the 5th of February 1990.

Come Down Dawn was released the day before Chill Out, but 31 years later.

All tracks were recorded live at Trancentral in late 1989 by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, featured guests include Evil Graham Lee on the pedal steel guitar, the Unknown Tuvan Shepherd on throat singing and the Reverend Doctor Wade on spiritual guidance.

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