I picked up this 2cd set yesterday (in case you didn't read the subject,
it's called "Berlin Unwrapped- The Love Parade.")...
I'm only up to track 5, but so far I'm digging it. This is another special
set put together by the makers of the Volume series, but this time, they
decided to break tradition, and use the shittiest packaging I think I've
ever seen... It's one of those 3-fold cardboard jobs, where two sides hold
the discs, and the third holds the book. It's the exact same packaging used
on Return To The Source.
Unfortunately, the discs I bought yesterday have already been exchanged,
because the damn manufacturing process glued the 2nd disc to the cardboard,
_and_ put a nasty scratch through it. The glue problem was also present in
the exchanged package, but I managed to get a disc without a scratch.
Hooray !
Packaging aside, I was pleased to see a 7-minute Quicktime movie included
on the 2nd disc, chronicling images and sound from the parade... However,
the second half of the video (7 minutes total, so about 3 minutes) focusses
on the Criminal Justice Bill, that great piece of legislation from the
Britts... not! Video runs smooth on my P-133 32mb at work... waiting to
see how well it does on a 486/100 at home this evening.
Ok... /geek mode off.
All in all, I'm glad Volume has put something out to supplement my last
purchase from them, Textures. All new/exclusive stuff this time, including
tracks by Ford Prefect, Thomas Fehlmann, Josh Wink, Paul Van Dyk, Sun
Electric, Deep Space Network, and lots of other people I've never heard of...
21 tracks in all.
I'm listening to the Fehlmann track right now, and I'm quite pleased with it
in particular... no 4-on the floor nonsense here... This feels like the
sort of rhythmic pattern Autechre might come up with, but the track is
filled with lots of ear candy... very nice organ touches in the background
here in the middle, floaty/spacey sounds throughout, some tweaks and
squiggles off in the distance, and a tribal-flavored rhythm through the
beginning and ending parts of the track. Very nice.
Anyways, just thought I'd give some initial impressions to this new release
from the Volume folks... If you're into the TEEX/Trance Atlantic series,
you should pick this up. And if not, snag it anyway for the cool video.
:-)
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