hmmmm...Lance giving a Detroit record negative reviews is serious
business:) I wonder what Juan was thinking? I have to believe there was
something behind this latest 'unorthodox' endeavor; dismissing it as Juan
attempting to make a pop record or something would be premature; so again,
I wonder why Juan went in this direction?
peace
Nate
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Lance C McGannon wrote:
quoted 43 lines At 10:15 PM 3/14/99 +0000, you wrote:> At 10:15 PM 3/14/99 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hello.
> >
> >Haven't seen anyone else comment on the new Juan Atkins album, so I
> >thought I'd get the ball rolling.
> >
> >artist :: model 500
> >title :: mind and body
> >label :: r&s records
> >cat :: rs99145cd
> >date :: 1999
> >
> >There's a nice range of styles on offer here -- all the old Juan
> >Atkins trademarks are there, effortlessly mixed into fresh, modern
> >styling. There's sharp/caustic noise; slow/mellow trances;
> >classic/detroit melodies; chilled/ambient dub; crunchy/funky jazz;
> >etc.
> >
>
> I was extremely disappointed with this one.
> There were a few nice detroit tracks reminiscent
> of previous Model 500 or Infiniti releases but,
> for the most part, this album had too much of
> a vocal r&b flavor for my tastes. In fact, the
> vocal r&b flavor was so predominant that
> if i didnt see the label first, i would never
> have guessed that it was techno, let alone
> Model 500. So i passed on it. If i remember
> correctly, the only two tracks that were good
> were the two that Low Res co-produced.
> In my opinion, the Infiniti Skynet album
> that was released a few months ago on
> Tresor, was ten times better than this new
> Model 500 album.
>
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