En-Tact
Released: 1990

En-Tact

by The Shamen

The 2030th greatest album of all time

En-Tact, released in 1990 by The Shamen, shifts the band's sound toward club-oriented electronic music, drawing on acid house, techno and alternative dance. The album pairs propulsive house and techno rhythms with shimmering synthesizer textures, samples and layered vocals, reflecting the era's rave and dancefloor aesthetics while retaining traces of the group's earlier psychedelic leanings. Overall it reads as a transitional, dance-focused record that broadened The Shamen's palette within early 1990s electronic music.