"Addicted To Noise staff writer Gil Kaufman reports: In yet
another effort to get the kids up to speed on this whole
wacky techno thing, Caroline Records will release Amp on May 6.
The 13-track CD is meant to work as a companion piece to
the new MTV show of the same name which mixes
cutting-edge video footage and Japanese cartoons with the
sound of electronica. All the tracks are previously released
and come from bands that have been played on the show or
whose music "is in the spirit of the show" according to a
source at the label. The album, touted as the "definitive
collection of today's biggest electronica artists," will sound
like this: Chemical Brothers "Block Rockin' Beats", Fluke
"Atom Bomb", Underworld "Pearl's Girl", The Future Sound
of London "We Have Explosive", Photek "Ni Ten Ichi Ryu",
Aphex Twin "Girl Boy", Orbital "The Box", Tranquility Bass
"We All Want to Be Free", Goldie "Inner City Life", Prodigy
"Voodoo People", Josh Wink "Are You There?", The
Crystal Method "Busy Child" and Atari Teenage Riot "Sick
to Death."
Like the Plastic compilation we told you about a few weeks
ago, this compilation is meant to act as a Cliff's Notes to the
Electronica scene, the next alternative, blah, blah, blah. "It's
cool for someone who's just getting into this and doesn't
know much about the bands and doesn't want to buy a
whole album by Photek or the Prodigy." "
this speaks for itself.
gonzi.