At 10:15 PM 3/14/99 +0000, you wrote:
quoted 17 lines Hello.>Hello.
>
>Haven't seen anyone else comment on the new Juan Atkins album, so I
>thought I'd get the ball rolling.
>
>artist :: model 500
>title :: mind and body
>label :: r&s records
>cat :: rs99145cd
>date :: 1999
>
>There's a nice range of styles on offer here -- all the old Juan
>Atkins trademarks are there, effortlessly mixed into fresh, modern
>styling. There's sharp/caustic noise; slow/mellow trances;
>classic/detroit melodies; chilled/ambient dub; crunchy/funky jazz;
>etc.
>
I was extremely disappointed with this one.
There were a few nice detroit tracks reminiscent
of previous Model 500 or Infiniti releases but,
for the most part, this album had too much of
a vocal r&b flavor for my tastes. In fact, the
vocal r&b flavor was so predominant that
if i didnt see the label first, i would never
have guessed that it was techno, let alone
Model 500. So i passed on it. If i remember
correctly, the only two tracks that were good
were the two that Low Res co-produced.
In my opinion, the Infiniti Skynet album
that was released a few months ago on
Tresor, was ten times better than this new
Model 500 album.
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