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quoted 5 lines _Energy Flash_ [and _Mentasm_] came first. So, urm , well it kinda *was*

>_Energy Flash_ [and _Mentasm_] came first. So, urm , well it kinda *was* >responsible [though I still hold Liam Howlett *personally* responsible :), >not a fashionable thing to say; The Prodigy are 'in' again :) ] for >commercial 'rave' tunes as we know (knew?) them. It was *so* good, lot's of >people tried to imitate. It certainly inspired me.

Alot of people credit dan bell's "technarchy" for being responsible for the entire hoover/rave thing..

quoted 4 lines Only May can save himself now, with an album that re-invents the genre. But

>Only May can save himself now, with an album that re-invents the genre. But >this ain't gonna happen. It would not be surprising if this fabled R&S album >never got produced. May has dug himself the biggest hole, even bigger than >his mouth, and jumped into it.

I agree that it would be near to impossible for may to make an lp that fulfills expectations, however, i'm always breathless listening to cuts like icon and those beautifull grey and white eps on buzz.. .., ........, .........., .........., ........, .., B.U.a.R.P.

At 13:17 17/11/95 -0500, you wrote:

quoted 11 lines On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Peel Seamus wrote:

>On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Peel Seamus wrote: > >> And with indirect responsibilty I mean Energy Flash, also with Cubik and >> Total Confusion and the first Cybersonik one.. What came after that? >> 'Anasthasia', and then 'James Brown is dead' and after that lots and lots >> more.. It made 'our' music very, very commercial.. > >I don't know about this one, Peel. I mean, wasn't 'Energy Flash' more of a >reaction to ravey, cheeze-techno than an impetus for it? It's just so >dark and raw...I really don't see how it could possibly be responsible >for 2 Unlimited/L.A. Style/Smart E's kinda stuff, ya know?

_Energy Flash_ [and _Mentasm_] came first. So, urm , well it kinda *was* responsible [though I still hold Liam Howlett *personally* responsible :), not a fashionable thing to say; The Prodigy are 'in' again :) ] for commercial 'rave' tunes as we know (knew?) them. It was *so* good, lot's of people tried to imitate. It certainly inspired me. And don't knock Smart E's, that's a class track! :) But I agree with Peel, and I've said this before, Transmat's lost it. With thousands of crappy repressings sprayed all over the place and the sell out to R&S... Only May can save himself now, with an album that re-invents the genre. But this ain't gonna happen. It would not be surprising if this fabled R&S album never got produced. May has dug himself the biggest hole, even bigger than his mouth, and jumped into it. g3 On Now: LFO _Shove Piggy Shove_. (!)

On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, g303 wrote:

quoted 1 line _Icon_? (have other two)

> _Icon_? (have other two)

Not sure, but I think 'Icon' was an exclusive cut done for Buzz's _Virtual Sex_ compilation. You can also find it on the mix CD/LP/Video that Laurent Garnier did for the X-Mix folks. - Matthew "I grew up thinking that techno music is actually something that you can't imagine. That is techno at its best. If you hear something that you'd never expect to hear - that's techno. If you hear something that kind of sounds like you've heard it before, then it's not techno." - Jeff Mills