So... "Techno Don" is supposedly hitting NYC this week, and although a million
people at a million record stores swear to me they are not talking about "Hi
Tech/No Crime," they say "Techno Don" is a compilation remix album - as
opposed to my understanding based on previous posts to the Orb list that
Techno Don was a two parter where the second CD was entirely an Orb remix
project (I believe the first disc was said to be deep house remixes by a
Japanese DJ). While I have a tendency to doubt the credibility of the record
store people on this, I also ended up asking them for YMO's "Technodrome,"
which was the title I got from the Orb list >:) It was only later that I
was corrected by a friend in the know (it is "Techno Don"), and I was not
corrected by any personnell of a record store, so that further discredits
their info in my opinion.
Does anybody have this thing so you could clarify for me... am I looking for
an Orb remix project or another remix deal like "Hi Tech..."? How does it
compare to "Hi Tech..."? More of the same, or a step beyond? More ambient or
more techno or what? Could the NYC stores be talking about the domestic
release of "Hi Tech..." without knowing what they're saying?
And another thing... when is the "all new" YMO reunion album due for release?