**** New Vinyl ****
Yanu "Hatdance" EP (Direct Beat/430 West, 1995/1996, DB4W-012)
3 Tracks
Starting to write this review, I realized, that this vinyl wasn't by
Aux88, as I thought. I should take a closer at the label next time.
At least I understand now, why it doesn't sound like Aux88.
"Fractal" starts off in a nice pecussive, tribal way and get's harder
and wilder at the end. I like the first half.
"Crazy" is a straight 4 on the floor techno track. Boring.
"Hatdance" is really more for your head. Experimental. Nice.
5/10
Will Web "Extraterrestrial Phunk" (Direct Beat/430 West, 1996, DB4W-14)
3 Track
Same situation as with Yanu. I think I need new glasses. This is also
not Aux88 but could be. Will Web brings 3 cool exlectro tracks to us.
"Boomin'" and "Mechanization" are both fast electo tracks with some
vocoder-use and nice phunky basslines. "Mechanization (instrumental)"
is even better because the analogue bassline get's more space to pump.
8/10
Monolake "Magenta" (Chain Reaction, 1996, CR08)
2 Tracks ("Magenta I", "Magenta II")
White label of the new Chain Reaction. Finally CR went a new way. This
vinyl is much faster and more 'techno'-style as previous releases. For
me there is too much trance in it and I prefer it with a -8% pitch.
Until now this is the least progessive release of CR for me. :(
4/10
Robert Hood (M-Plant, M-P306)
2 Tracks ("The Pace, "Wandering Endlessly")
My third new Hood record this month. His high-quality output is really
fascinating and it's interesting to see his development. "The Pace" is
a typical Hood track, monotone, floating but much calmer than old
M-Plant releases and as big suprise you get a mix at the last quater
to his old style. Cool!
"Wandering Endlessly" is another calm track, almost chill-out.
Basicaly a beat and a modulated string sound. 2nd half with some
variations. Will fit very good to some BC/Chain Reaction vinyls.
I wonder is the birth of his first child had an effect on this recods.
Sound like someone is enjoying live. :-) That's good!
9/10
Jedi Knights "New School Science" (Universal Language Production, 1996)
Do-EP, 6 Tracks
I've heard about the Jedi Knight before but this is the first record I
listend to and I had to buy it. The principle is: "Feel the funk!"
On these 6 tracks you get the Groove from Electro, Hip-Hop (or call it
Trip-Hop) to Funky-Disco. My fave is "May the funk be with you", an
electro
track based on a sample of the early 80's.
8 points for the music and 1 extra point for the great cover design.
9/10
"May the funk be with you!"
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