On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Chris.Hilker wrote:
| I'm looking for a Chain Reaction CD recommendation. I've already got
| the Basic Channel and Maurizio compilations. I don't dislike the
| Maurizio by any means, but I really love the spaciousness of the BC
| CD, and I'd like my next purchase to be more in line with that.
| However, the BC goes about as far into abstraction as I'd like to get
| - I want something that's based on solid tracks and isn't simply
| disjoint clicks, pops, and reverb. I want something that sounds like
| really tight, minimal techno, only way out of focus, if that makes
| sense. Based on that, what should my next purchase be?
Hmmm... I'd say try either Porter Ricks' 'Biokinetics' or Substance's
release (name's slipped my mind). The latter is more punchy than other CR
releases, to my ears, and reminds me most of the BC comp. The former
certainly rules on spaciousness, and is generally very much
four-to-the-floor, etc.
For that matter, Monolake rules on that front too. It goes quite downbeat
and un-techno, but not in an abstract way. In fact the slow tracks remind
me, mood-wise of early Orb.
I've found Vainqueur the most abstract, followed by Various Artists.
Michael
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