I might attribute a little of the lack of trance to the jungle scene.
Money could be very tight right now with a lot of labels, and 'jungle' is
probably the escape out of low finances. Jungle is o.k. with me, but
when I'm being bombarded by Jungle Tekno 1-1 million, Dub Plate
Massive(whatever..), Jungle Rhythm Vol. 12, etc.. I'm reluctant to throw
out money to it. That is all i've been seeing at my shop. It's been
very difficult to find the New Elect. Releases & the so-called IDM
albums.
Some other subscribers were also talking about the surface noise of SAW
II earlier, and this was my reaction when SAW II came out in Mar./Apr.
94. What I did was I bought 2 copies of the 3LP brown vinyl. The first
10 plays were great, but after that, it sounded like a 1930's Lawrence
Welk tune. The second copy I bought, I opened 2 weeks ago & immediately
'bounced' it to DAT. Still sounds good, but for $18.99, it better last
another 20 more plays, or Warp colored vinyl will NOT be on the top of my
list of purchases! As it has been said, go 2CD on this one, for those who
are thinking about buying it.
Derek Jordan
'it's too bad she won't live... But then again, who does?'