At 05:41 PM 3/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 7 lines hmmmm...Lance giving a Detroit record negative reviews is serious>
>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?
>
True, usually i'm pretty keen on detroit
techno releases but this one didnt personally
appeal to me.
I have nothing against artists trying something
new - without experimenting music would
become totally stagnant. Juan's new sound
isn't a "wrong" or "unorthodox" in any way,
it's just not to my personal liking and it
doesnt work "for me." Maybe others will
find this album more intreguing. Give it a
listen and find out for yourself if the release
suits you.
quoted 33 lines Haven't seen anyone else comment on the new Juan Atkins album, so I>> >
>> >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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