Breeder - Rockstone

Your'e not alone... I totally agree. I always thought "Twilo Thunder" was a cheesy track and it was too similar to "The Chain" (I actually thought it was a remix of The Chain for a while). "Tyrantanic" was a dope track... probably the only one I liked as much as "Rockstone". "Clayface" was always fun to mix with and "Beetlegeuse" is the only reason why I still have the "Twilo Thunder" 12"... it totally rocks! "New York FM"... ehn, it was cool when it came out but man is it dated.

The remixes they did for Evolution's "Phoenix", Orbital's "Nothing Left" and Grace "Not Over Yet" were also really good.

I love the track "Feline" Simon Noble did with Maurice and of course... who could forget the "Timeflies" EP with Blackwatch.

Should have been called "Timeless".

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'Rockstone' is my favorite Breeder production, though from the looks of it, many DJs were not in agreement with me at the time of it's release. 'Rockstone' only appeared on one DJ mix album that I know of (Northern Exposure Expeditions), whereas 'Twilo Thunder' and 'Tyrantanic' both appeared on in excess of ten mix albums. This is surprising considering what a great piece of music this is. A thunderous piece of deep progressive trance, textured with several layers of swirling melody, 'Rockstone' is ideal peak time material with a huge breakdown (an unfortunate trance cliché that miraculously WORKS here), and the inevitable and very rewarding pay-off. This is as good (and maybe even better) than anything Breeder has done, and deserves recognition as such.