At 03:31 PM 12/22/98 -0800, Chris.Hilker wrote:
quoted 6 lines Nu Era: Beyond Gravity (Reinforced)>Nu Era: Beyond Gravity (Reinforced)
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>Someone must have this/have heard it. (I think Che mentioned it, maybe.)
>Is it worth the outrageous price I'd have to pay for it? I love the Nu
>Era track on Freezone 3, but don't particularly like the one on The
>Deepest Shade of Techno.
You rang? Yeah, I've been hiding out for the past month, but Nu Era's
enough to cause me to de-lurk.
I agree w/ you on the DSoT track, it was ok, but I expected more. I guess
now I'm going to have to buy Freezone 3. :)
Every time I play Beyond Gravity, I ask myself "why don't Dego & Mark do
more of this?". The album's not perfect, but I listen to it regularly,
more than their other stuff. I think the album starts off on the wrong
foot, a track with a repeating riff that I find kinda annoying. The second
track seems like it's going in the same direction, but then some smooth
chords takeover and save it. The 3rd & 4th tracks are two versions of the
same track, Mono Concentrate, and are some of the greatest melancholy
Detroit-style Techno ever. I'd say it's worth the price of the album just
for these two tracks. The last 5 tracks are more upbeat Techno, mostly
very good, though the last one suffers from rather severe tuning problems
which greatly diminish my ability to enjoy it.
I got my copy thru CDEurope several years ago for maybe $25. I'm guessing
it's out-of-print now - does this mean collector's prices have set in?
It's hard to say what it's worth, but it's a shame it's not more widely
available.
Che
PS - I saw 4 Hero's Two Pages for cheap at either CDNow or Music Blvd, but
it didn't say anything about 1 or 2 CDs. It did have a tracklisting. Has
anyone researched this???