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quoted 8 lines The early Cari Lekebusch stuff that I heard was really trancey. I

>The early Cari Lekebusch stuff that I heard was really trancey. I >think the releases I am thinking about were on Planet Rhythm and came >out around 1994. I didn't like that stuff very much. With regard to >Drum Code 4, I thought that was great!! I also picked up a Know For >They Because, Vansterprassel Me and a couple of other that I can't >remember the names of, which I thought were excellent. I think Cari >Lekebusch put out some of the best techno (for the floor) of last year. >

yes, you're right. cari lekebusch along with adam beyer, jesper dahlbaek, simon hartley, ascendence and a few other guys put out quite a few trancy records back in those years.. some stuff is really sad but i guess all artists go through a variety of styles before finding what seems to be his/hers own style.. but to the opposite of that there's nothing wrong to be a bit varied.. anyway i sold my 'know they for because' album the week after i got it - guess that wraps my comments on that one - and the drumcode records i've never really been a fan of. maybe it's because of the fact that the same records are played by different dj's and that makes it boring. there are exceptions, of course, but a lot of the swedish dj's just pick up the latest drumcode, p. rhythm, primate, reload records and then nothning else. it's really dull and annoying, that hardly anybody even dares playing any detroit or cr/bc/m records..

quoted 5 lines The Mr James Barth - Stealin Music was pretty bad house. I think there

>The Mr James Barth - Stealin Music was pretty bad house. I think there >might have been one song which was decent. With regards to the James >Barth material, I thought Knocking Boot vol 2 was decent...but not >nearly as good as the other stuff I mentioned. >

according to cari himself it's supposed to be dubby stuff that works for both the floor and for home listening. i just didn't like that very much either. the knocking boots were ok, but there's more james barth records around. he previously released 'my old blues suits' on swedish house label plumphouse, but that one i haven't heard so i can't speak up for that one.

quoted 4 lines The Sons and Daughters Of The Rising had some pretty decent stuff. I

>The Sons and Daughters Of The Rising had some pretty decent stuff. I >wasn't into the hip hop. The drum n bass and techno stuff was pretty >good. >

it's all decent i think, but i've only heard it once or twice. really dug that experimental godkingpriest-track. it's just the wrong label for such a varied compilation imho.

quoted 3 lines With regards to Adam Beyer, his Conceiled Patterns 1-4 was pretty

>With regards to Adam Beyer, his Conceiled Patterns 1-4 was pretty >good. I also like he Oliver Ho release on Drumcode. >

conceiled was good. it's always nice to know that somebody like him do something besides the hard as nails-techno. :)

quoted 5 lines When I talked to Adam Beyer a few months ago he was talking about

>When I talked to Adam Beyer a few months ago he was talking about >releasing a full-length soon. Hopefully it has as much depth as the >most recent Surgeon and James Ruskin lps. Instead of one hard as >minimal track after the other. >

i hope so too. but i'm sure it'll get more attention in the swedish techno scene if it's all hard stuff like the stuff dj's can play. people who are both dj's and producers often do stuff they can play while djing, and in adam beyers case, it's hard as nails stuff. he nearly killed the dancers at the lollipop festival last year with his dj set. it was bitchin' though, i'd expected to see joey beltram but he cancelled (as did weatherall for his dj performance), so that wasn't really fun anyway. i was really tired after two nights of dancing anyway, so i guess it was for the best that beltram didn't show up to tease my feet with his ill techno. -bauri . Musical Standards Destroys Innovation!