Picked up a whole lot of vinyl the last week or so, this is my cream of
the crop.
Aural Expansions-Remixes Vol 2-SSR records
A three tracker containing remixes by Speedjack, G-Man, and U-Ziq. The
U-ziq mix is a cool listening type of piece that retains the U-Ziq flavor
but still has a taste of it's own. The Speedjack mix is not my cup of
tea, but the G-Man mix is real nice. It is a dancefloor stormer
with a repetitive hypnotic quality to it, and some thick tribal trance
overtones. Good stuff. 4-5
Darren Price-Mechanize/The Attic-Nova Mute records
This guy is also known as Centuras on Junior Boys Own who put out the
Arcadia ep that i have been trying to track down for ages (if you have
one to sell/trade let me know :) Anyhow this is some serious hard
distorto techno made for the dancefloor with some top notch production.
If you like the Planet Rythym/Vector, Source, or the Fawn ep you will
surely love this, Mechanize being the choice cut. 4-5
Aphex Twin-Hangable Auto Bulb-Warp
This has landed in the United States and is resting happily on my
turntable as i type. You have seen the reviews, and let me say it lives
up to the hype! Few musicians can touch Richard James, this is some
pretty bizzare shit. My favorite cut would have to be the title cut. 4.5-5
DJ Hyperactive/Freddie Fresh-Delerium records USA
One of my favorite techno artist lately (Freddie Fresh) puts out another
couple of slamming tracks. I can't tell by the track listing who did
what but I am assuming the two tracks I don't like are by Hyperactive due
to the fact I have not liked much of his stuff in the past. The first is
your basic trancy house acid kinda deal, sort like DJ ESP but a little
funkier, I like it, but it aint going to change the world. The second
cut won't change the world either but it is cool. It is definetly Acid
House but more like 1988 type of style, with all the chopped up samples and
funky little noises and sirens etc, not the stripped down 303 heavy type
of acid that is so common now days. I have a soft spot for this sort of
stuff, it may sound a little too housey/clubby to some of you. 3-5
Word Up-Human Beatbox-R+S records
It seems a few have brought the human beatbox into 90's techno, but this
takes the cake! Real hip hoppy with some funky beats, some scratching,
rock your beat samples, and some incredible human beat box action. Also
contains another hip hop instrumental and an ambient jungle cut, but
"Human Beat Box" is the shit. 4-5
The Fuel-Chicago Ep-White Label
A four tracker white label that is pretty fucking excellent. First side
contains 2 Green Velvet style hard techno house cuts, both with excellent
production, some
serious breakdowns and build ups without being cheesey, the second cut
containing some serious military style snare rolls. The other side
contains 2 cuts. The second is a nice electro acid number that pumps it
quite serious. 4-5
4E-Don't Fuck with Nails-Force Inc
A three tracker by Khan, containing a ambient breakbeat acid type of
deal, a trip hoppy number, and a funky techno psuedo electro acid breaky
thing. My favorite is the funky techno " " ,
which really doesn't do to much until half way through with some nice
chopped up voices and trippy effects. 3-5
Ken Ishi-Extra-R and S records
A new one from the Japanese homeboy, with 4 mixes to choose from. There
are the original, Luke Slater, Dave Angel, and the Wagon Christ mix. The
Wagon Christ mix saves the day (and I ain't usually a fan) but this is
Very interesting shit. Somewhat similar to the plug one and 2 Jungle
style, but with some very interesting spacey effects. Pump in the
mini-trucks on Mars. 4-5
Rainbow Bridge-The Rain-Rainbow Bridge records Orlando Florida
A 4 tracker on slightly on the commercial tip, but still valuable none
the less. The Rain is my pick of the litter, a sort of ambient Hardkiss
meets Future Sound of London meets DJ Icee with some wee bit of Jungle ( It
sounds better on the turntable than it does on the computer screen). 3.5-5
Sem-Phon-Electron Industries
From J Saul Kanes label comes this new electro stormer. The a side sounds
very
similar to Electronome on Interferrence records if you have heard that
one you know what to expect. Like if you put Hashim or The Egyptian Lover
with a hit of e and a big fat analogue synth to go with their beats in a
studio and locked them in there til they came up with something for 1995 4-5
Attica Blues-Blueprints remix-Mo Wax
Contains remixes by Ritchie Hawtin, Photek, and Alex Reece. My pick is
to the Slakked Plastik remix by Ritchie. A real slow hip hop bass beat
kicks back and forth while the synth washes sweep by as the funky highs
bounce between every beat, and the little tweaker sounds pop in every so
often. Very Funky and alien sounding, this is the future now. 4.5-5
Derek
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