Well, Wax Trax finally got around to releasing AI2 for us
stateside folks. I found a copy used already, so I thought I'd let y'all
know what we got here.
The version I have is single-CD, ten songs, 75 minutes. It's got
the same cover art as the Warp release. I have heard that there is a
limited edition 2-CD version with some of the Warp bonus tracks, but I don't
know about it.
The single-CD is missing the Richard James track, as well as any
bonus tracks. It's missing something else, though, but I can't remember
what. Here's a track listing:
1 8:35 Mark Franklin - Release To The System
2 6:59 Higher Intelligence Agency - Selenite
3 9:29 Link - Arcadian
4 6:59 B12 - Scriptures
5 7:33 Autechre - Chatter
6 6:06 Speedy J - Symmetry
7 8:08 Beaumont Hannant - Utuba
8 6:43 Richard H. Kirk - Reality Net
9 7:31 Balil - Parasight
10 7:18 Seefeel - Spangle
The music's been pretty well discussed, so i'll just say that
it's all pretty low on the dance scale, none of it is as mindblowingly
innovative as some of the AI1 comp, and that Speedy J, Hannant, and HIA
have especially nice tracks.
Sum up, this version is a fair buy, if you don't mind losing
tracks. I can see why WaxTrax did this - trying to sell a double cd pack
with 12 songs might be hard. If anybody does get the limited edition,
I'd like to hear what's on it.
Jesse
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Jesse Stricker jstrick@gladstone.uoregon.edu