The musicians were:
Anne Dudley
J.J. Jeczalik
Luis Jardin
Simon Morton
Frank Ricotti
Keith Beauvais
Simon Mahlathini Nkabinde
Hilda Buthelesi
Mildred Nyembe
Nobesothu Mbadu
West Nkosi
Ted Hayton
John Bradburry - Orchestra Leader
Nick Georgio - Photography
Cindy Palmano - Photography
Following the multi-instrumental flair of In No Sense? Nonsense!,
1989's Below the Waste showed the Art of Noise almost completely
ditching their elliptical art-punk roots for worryingly stylized,
low-key ambient compositions that bordered on world mall-music. The now
fully emerged fusion of village chants, ground percussion, rumbling
guitars, jumpy handclaps, and mostly generic machine sound showed
considerable personal growth, but the band seemed unqualified for it.
The textures of the album were all wrong, from the puffed-up,
intrigue-free cover of the James Bond theme to the Ron Grainer-like
dribble of flutey jazz of "Island" and the dated and cringingly fake
synth-thunderclaps in "Dilemma." A misfire.
Dean Carlson, All-Music Guide
Die ästhetischen Emphasis-Lautsprecher auf dem Cover
signalisieren: techni- sche Perfektion in Sachen Klang. Und was klingt
da? Art Of Noise à la Kiss und Tom Jones? Wie banal! Statt
dessen zelebriert das Duo makellos schöne Unterhaltung mit
flirrenden Streichern, die Insel-Stimmung vortäuschen: Das ist
ebenso perfekte wie geile Strand-Stimmung. Packend bis zum Finale.