I agree with the crossover thing...I actually kinda liked the RA of Mind
and Body...you've got to hand it to the Detroit players; not going inany
one direction, and definitely *not* sounding like Ae:)
later
Nate
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, eric hill wrote:
quoted 40 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?
>
> irony overload :) apparently it's juan's problem that lance didn't like
> it, and that unorthodoxy in detroit techno is confusing!
>
> concerning the vocal r&b component: slow r&b jams are going off really
> nicely these days and i wish there were more crossover attempts. it's too
> difficult to get timbaland instrumentals on vinyl as it stands and weirder
> sounds can only help.
>
> eric
>
> >> >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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