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quoted 4 lines i was just wondering... is the new front 242, mut@ge mix@ge a double disc? i

>i was just wondering... is the new front 242, mut@ge mix@ge a double disc? i >found it on musicexpress.com for $23.97 (or something close to that). is it >worth it? i've never listened to their stuff, but remixes by the orb and the >prodigy! hmm... what's the word?

I don't consider myself an avid Front 242 fan since I haven't purchased any of their stuff since "The Hunted" back in the day. But I'm a sucker for remixes so I gave this remix package a try and I was very impressed. - 2 Orb mixes were excellent headtrips in the same vein as the Innershpere remixes. The 3rd Orb mix was rather trancy with 242 vocals fading in and out producing a rather unimpressive sound. - The 2 Underworld mixes were great. The first was an excellent ambient dub mix and the 2nd was a faster dance mix. IMHO The best Underworld mixes yet. - A pleasent suprise was the mix by Rico Conning(?). Very dubby & trippy with a catchy piano melody behind a cool idm beat. Very Cab Vo sounding. - The 4 tracks remixed by 242 themselves were also suprisingly good. - The 2 Prodigy mixes were breakbeat nonesense. Fast, noisy & uninteresting. I was happy with this collestion. It's nice to see these old heros put together a contemporary sounding release. Don't get me wrong, this comp won't be in my top 10 of 96, but it's definitely worth the $22 I paid for it. 7/10 Hope that helps! -->-Lance--- mclance@en.com