what is techno? is techno still alive? & is there still any good techno
coming out? well, whatever.. i bought some records yesterday and i would
like to share my opinios about them.
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robert hood - nighttime world volume 2 - cd - m-plant - m-p318.cd
nighttime world (volume 1) was robert hood's double pack release through
pulsinger's outlet cheap from austria. on that release he successfully
combined jazz elements with minimal techno, together with a good portion of
soul. this cd album, volume 2, sees fourteen beautiful tracks and with
those he even moves more away from his minimal style. first track after the
intro goes smoothly downtempo and funky, as some other will do as well.
most remarkable for me is that 'only' about three go in a more 'regular
hood way', but nevertheless, as said, it's a very gorgeous soulful album.
most tracks come in a lush, beautiful ambient way, reminding to older jon
beltran albums and neil olliveira's 313 soundtrack, and also mills' ambient
sound scapes. some come with soft beats, some with smooth breaks, but the
soul is definitely always there. a very stronge real smooth, warm laidback
album.
millsart - every dog has its day - 2x12" - axis - ax-20
shortly after his lifelike album, and several purpose makers, jeff mills
comes up with this double pack. first track takes of with the smooth tight
mills'feeling, 4/4, but pretty downtempo. second track goes more downtempo,
string-based, even somewhat breaky. side b brings two tracks, first track
in a real may-styled positivism, soft strings, lush melodies, wonderful
stuff. second track goes ambient, somewhat darker, deep things. second
platter, side c goes again in more soft mode, still mills, but from his
most romantic side, dreamy strings, gentle snares, and deeply, deeply
soulful. side d continues in this lush style, again more downtempo techno,
strings, funky melodies all around. second track maybe comes most close to
his more familiar things, as it is pretty direct with a smooth euporhic
feeling, last short ambient piece makes the circle round.. for me it's
really best thing he's done, at least the last three years. axis as it
should be, a timeless release as several others, which made axis so really
wonderful!!
designer music - problemz/the truth - 12" - planet e - pe65255
designer music is a monicker carl craig regular uses for his remixes. as
teaser the whole designer music album, containing some of his finest
remixes, this twelve pops up with two tracks. 'problemz' is his remix of
the alexander robotnick track. the mix is heavy dancefloor stuff, heavy
beats & basses together with the craig-styled sweeping hihats, combined
with the catchy vocal sample. second part goes deeply into the filters.
'the truth' goes less wild, and takes it pretty purely analog electronic, a
slowly building track, with building dreamy strings.
nubian mindz - new world chaos - 2x12" - archive - file 1 lp
nubian mindz is collin lindo, who's probably best known for his drum 'n
bass releases as alpha omega. since a year he uses this monicker to put out
some of my favorite fat techno jazz fusions tracks through the archive and
2000black labels. new world chaos is a tight eight tracks album, taken it
into new dimensions. jazzy detroit strings meet raw claps & beats. side a
comes the second part of 'black science' and the smooth 'montage', somewhat
clinical like craig's 'elements'. side b brings 'planet electro', which
turns out to be real fine hi tech jazz thing, and 'nubian alliance' reminds
me somewhat to titonton stuff, combining agressive distorted beats with the
soft strings, relaxed bases - the contrast really catches me. the second
record continues brightly on, especially side d. if science needs an
soundtrack, this should be it. 'emotions' has a fat low 303 in it, and 'new
world chaos' is a spacey as dan curtin's first releases. i really love this
album.. fresh, raw, direct and deeply soulful & funky, check it!
domu - message to.. - 12" - archive - document8
from the man, which put out some of my favorite tunes from last year, three
new very fine warm tracks. side a hosts two tracks, of which the first one
goes into pretty familiar downtempo stuff, pretty laidback hip hop beats,
together with smooth jazzy tinglings above. second one becomes more typical
domu, uptempo, hectic jazzy beats - with heavily soundtrack like strings
about touching a but of photek, but when soft, fragile vocals come in, it
all becomes more like somehting never heard before, towards 4hero, but so
spacey and elusive, gorgeous. side b comes with one warm summer track, soft
strings & melodies, somewhat combining 4x4 beats within breakbeats, and
deep heavy basses. a strong continuation of his remarkable releases!
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have a nice weekend you all!
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