Review by y-1Apr 30, 2005(edited over 4 years ago)
Technological on the A-side seems quite boring to me, riding an unchanging synth line to death for what must be eight minutes plus. It sounds even duller compared to the track Logical Progression by Nexus 21, which is a far more developed and infinitely better mix of the same source material, done by original Bizarre Inc. member Mark Archer together with new cohort Chris Peat within the same year of 1989.
Technological, as featured here, is also on the first Bizarre Inc. album of the same name, which also lacks a bit of action to my taste.
The treasures of this 12" lie definitely on the B-side. Mark (Archer)'s Downtown Chicago Mix sounds much like typical later Altern 8 stuff with synth stabs and a house/breakbeat combination which of course here is still on 1989 level. Notable also the use of a really weird vocal sample of a women sighing.
This vocal sample is almost the only thing Mark's mix has in common with Dean (Meredith)'s Rockford Illinois Mix, which is the highlight here for me sounding very playful and uplifting and combining tons of different melodic samples into a harmonic tune. The mix is a little strange with the pianos very much to the forefront, though.
Technological, as featured here, is also on the first Bizarre Inc. album of the same name, which also lacks a bit of action to my taste.
The treasures of this 12" lie definitely on the B-side. Mark (Archer)'s Downtown Chicago Mix sounds much like typical later Altern 8 stuff with synth stabs and a house/breakbeat combination which of course here is still on 1989 level. Notable also the use of a really weird vocal sample of a women sighing.
This vocal sample is almost the only thing Mark's mix has in common with Dean (Meredith)'s Rockford Illinois Mix, which is the highlight here for me sounding very playful and uplifting and combining tons of different melodic samples into a harmonic tune. The mix is a little strange with the pianos very much to the forefront, though.