System 7 - Power of Seven (Butterfly)
A real mixed bag - not all of it is great, but a lot of it is.
There's some slammin dancefloor material on here as well as more
experimental stuff, with some drun-n-bass flavour and ambient stuff
too.
Surgeon - Pet 2000 (Downward)
3 more tracks of Jeff Mills - flavoured techno from the lad from
Brum. If you heard his track on X-Mix-5 you know what to expect.
Red Snapper - Mooking (WARP)
Red Snapper are still the nearest thing in my collection to having a
live band play in my bedroom. 3 new tracks "Son of Mook", "Get some
sleep tiger" and the short and strange "Mooking". Then on the remix
12" Depth Charge cranks the beats and Plaid add some techno flavoured
synth sounds. CD buyers beware, you won't get the title track for
some strange reason
Man With No Name - Moment of Truth LP (not sure)
Man with no name - Lunar Cycle / Neuro Tunnel (Dragonfly)
DJ Dado - X-Files (Disco Magic)
I know we're not in proper IDM territory here, but if you like yer
trance, get this MWNN stuff cuz no one does it better. And DJ Dado
outta Italy takes the atmospheric X-Files theme tune and builds
around it a blatant rip-off of Robert Miles' classic (and top 3 UK
hit) "Children".
G-Man - G-Man II (swim)
excellent funky techno 4-tracker
Gescom - Motor EP
4 tracks of varied tempo and flavour, but all are closely related.
the faster ones remind me a little of Bradley's Beat. Not typical
Autechre/Gescom material (then again what is?), but listen and you'll
hear their trademark sound.
B12 - Time Tourist (WARP)
Pure late-eighties Detroit. B12 never really seem to change, but in a
way that's no bad thing because what they do well, they do really
well. The lushness of production and the delicate sense of soundscape
make this album the treat that it is. Often haunting, frequently
danceable, but rarely catchy, it follows the essence of WARPs old ai
series - music for club drowsy dawns. And I'm rather fond of the
artwork on here - Sci-Fi wet-dream airbrush painting, and some silly
stuff to read from the 23rd century.
Banco De Gaia - Kincajou (Planet Dog)
Oliver Lieb serves up a storming trance version, Toby himself remixes
the track almost Prodigy-style, and Speedy J comes up with a strong
version with some electro flavourings
Area 9 - Rod's Heavy Porridge (Earth)
On a label outta Sheffield, this wouldn't have sounded out of place
on a certain better known label outta Sheffield a few years back. Not
fast, but powerful, and it builds and mutates.
enjoy
J
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