First of all, just picked up the U.S. version of Orbital's Are We Here
single. Much, much, much, much better than the UK version. The dance
remix on the UK version was quite lame, and the other versions all
sounded the same. BTW-I'm not hurling insults at the UK. After all,
Orbital are brit brothers. Anyway, the Rabbit in the Moon remixes kick ass!
This made me feel very nostalgic (thinking of Orbital 2). Sounds like
the Orbital I like most, even if it is someone else's remix. I
particularly like the use of speech as an instrument. Some other good
examples of this are Perry & Rhodan's song on Rising High Trance
Injection or Melt's Be Liquid on Technosonic 4. BTW-if anybody has
Rabbit in the Moon's disc, is it really as wonderful and UP (dancy) as
their remixes. Good dance music seems to be disappearing.
And speaking of Technosonic (what a great transition, huh?), I just
picked up Technosonic Volume 5. Two discs of pure and absolute digital
wickedness! The songs are excellent, much more consistent than on TS4.
Some of the songs sound a bit alike, but that's no big deal if they're
all good, doncha think? I checked the liner notes and didn't recognize
anyone on it. I'm glad instinct is still putting out some good dance
music. I had bought Plug in & Turn On 2 and was a bit disappointed. The
songs were all very good stuff, but most of the songs (except for maybe
two of them) were all ambient. A big change from the first one, they
should've warned buyers of that. I'm beginning to think Instinct is
going to go all ambient. I hope not. I like ambient, but I like heavy
trance much better. After awhile, too much ambient starts to sound all
the same. And let's face it. It's not the kind of stuff you can play at
a party, unless it's a slumber party (I crack myself up)! The best thing
about Technosonic 5 is that I found it used for 10 bucks. I can't
imagine the sap that bought it and thought it sucked. To each his own, I
guess. Then again, I'm glad because I've gotten some AWESOME stuff used
before. Technosonic 5 is also much more interesting than Secret Life of
Trance 3, if people want comparisons.
It's rather nice to hear some intelligent DANCE music again. It's
starting to become quite rare, now that everyone's on the ambient
bandwagon (Uh, that Aphex guy is really great, how's his twin brother?)
OnNowandforthenextfewdays: Technosonic Volume 5.
--Kathy, mistress of trance.
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Mick - "Who's fighting and what for? Why are we fighting? I don't get
it man! Every other scene has been cool until now.
Keith - "Well you better tell those cats if they don't STOP IT MAN we're
not going to play!
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