ive been meaning to post this review from the dec 5th Times, its in with
all the Christmas albums in an article titled "From Sacred To Silly:
Chestnuts Roasting on the CD Player"
ACID XMAS (Street Beat Records)
"Call it electronica, rave, techno, acid hose or whatever, but the sure
sign that this formerly underground music has irrevocably collided with
the mainstream is the fact that the genre now has its own Christmas album.
Culled from Miami-area musicians, producers, and disk jockeys, this
stocking stuffer for ravers is, unfortunately, mostly predicatable,
forgettable, and dated. Most songs simply top the pitch-shifting of
Roland synthisizers and pounding distorted drum machine beats with squeaky
carol melodies. There are a few standouts, however, particularly "Jingle
Bell Rock" by the producer and Planet Soul member George Acosta, who
manages to subvert the formulas of both techno and Christmas music to come
up with a haunting, soulful, and funky hybrid."
Neil Strauss
at the very least i assumed people would be humored by this, hence i
posted it. :) happy holidays blah blah blah....
andy