Brother From Another Planet / DB-X* - Planet Earth / Trance Missions
Label:
Catalog#:
SC-001
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country:
US
Released:
11 Apr 1992
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno
Tracklist
| A | Brother From Another Planet - | Planet Earth | ||
|
Producer -
Claude Young Jr.*
Written-By - C. Young* | ||||
| B | DB-X* - | Trance Missions | ||
|
Producer -
Daniel Bell
Written-By - D. Bell* | ||||
Notes
Release in association with 430 West.
500 copies were pressed on blue vinyl, 500 were pressed on amber vinyl. Some are on green wax, and some are plain black.
B side plays inside-out.
Run-outs:
A - (groove opens up) The ultimate in audio distortion
B - A new trancemission from Detroit underground
500 copies were pressed on blue vinyl, 500 were pressed on amber vinyl. Some are on green wax, and some are plain black.
B side plays inside-out.
Run-outs:
A - (groove opens up) The ultimate in audio distortion
B - A new trancemission from Detroit underground
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Reviews & Discussion
Review by
Jun 16, 2005
(edited over 4 years ago)
Probably the most overrated/overhyped techno record ever. There is nothing special on this 12". Nothing extra-ordinary happens, there isn't even any 'acid' (no use of TB303 bassline). This vinyl contains two conventional (4x4) techno tracks that don't differ from a lot of other 1992 common-or-garden US techno productions. The DBX track could be praised for its rhythm-patterns, that's for sure, but Bell has always been the king in programming any TR machine. So again, what’s new?
There's no reason to discredit this record.
The "Trance Mission" track is a challenge to the famous and hard Underground Resistance tracks of 1992.
The track is affected by monotone slamming sounds which are side by side a straight forward stomping
808 bass drum. It is the Old School of hard techno or tekkno and this first release of 7th City should be a
signal for all other labels in 92. A year which stands for hard, powerful and sometimes even aggressive tracks.
One of those famous tracks is "Planet Earth" on the other side.
Claude Young brings an analogue air raid out of the PA rumbling through the club. A voice comes consistantly
with the sound - "There Is No Planet Earth - There Is No - There Is No Planet Earth". It's a dark journey into
sound, a more quality track of this decade in which a bigger number of cheap shit was produced.
The record contains a very special style of pressing: One track plays inside/out, IN(!) the other track is written
The Ultimate In Audio Distortion.
Not only for this style of pressing format this first 7th City record is a collectors item.
If you like UR the harder stuff/early Tresor/Petra(Vienna,C.Just tracks) I can recommend this record.
If you want to buy it because you like later Bell stuff like "I'm loosing control" I can't do it, because this is more aggressive.
It's no groovy it's evel. It's no nice party at the weekend disco with mainstream funky girls and boys - it is serious and loud
tekkno for the underground club.
The "Trance Mission" track is a challenge to the famous and hard Underground Resistance tracks of 1992.
The track is affected by monotone slamming sounds which are side by side a straight forward stomping
808 bass drum. It is the Old School of hard techno or tekkno and this first release of 7th City should be a
signal for all other labels in 92. A year which stands for hard, powerful and sometimes even aggressive tracks.
One of those famous tracks is "Planet Earth" on the other side.
Claude Young brings an analogue air raid out of the PA rumbling through the club. A voice comes consistantly
with the sound - "There Is No Planet Earth - There Is No - There Is No Planet Earth". It's a dark journey into
sound, a more quality track of this decade in which a bigger number of cheap shit was produced.
The record contains a very special style of pressing: One track plays inside/out, IN(!) the other track is written
The Ultimate In Audio Distortion.
Not only for this style of pressing format this first 7th City record is a collectors item.
If you like UR the harder stuff/early Tresor/Petra(Vienna,C.Just tracks) I can recommend this record.
If you want to buy it because you like later Bell stuff like "I'm loosing control" I can't do it, because this is more aggressive.
It's no groovy it's evel. It's no nice party at the weekend disco with mainstream funky girls and boys - it is serious and loud
tekkno for the underground club.
There's nothing 'new' and/or 'innovative' about this release other than the 'rave' feeling it delivers.
4x4 techno as there are 1000's of them in a dozen and some of them far better than this release.
Indeed the only thing that made me buy the record back in the days was the DBX track, but after a minut or two it get's boring and cannot be considered as one of his finest pieces.
DBX' finest pieces are mostly released on Accelerate and thank God for those superb minimal artworks !!
4x4 techno as there are 1000's of them in a dozen and some of them far better than this release.
Indeed the only thing that made me buy the record back in the days was the DBX track, but after a minut or two it get's boring and cannot be considered as one of his finest pieces.
DBX' finest pieces are mostly released on Accelerate and thank God for those superb minimal artworks !!