Derrick May - Innovator

Label:
Catalog#:
SRCS 7980~1
Format:
2 x CD, Compilation
Country:
Japan
Released:
21 Apr 1996
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno

Tracklist

CD1-01   "Rest" 0:15
CD1-02   "Rest" 1:08
CD1-03   Strings Of The Strings Of Life 8:22
    Remix, Producer [Added Production] - Carl Craig , Derrick May
  Written-by [Co-writer] - Mike James*
CD1-04   Another Kaos (Beyond Kaos) 0:51
CD1-05   Free Style 4:31
CD1-06   "A Rest" Beyond Kaos 1:29
CD1-07   The Dance 7:12
CD1-08   Spaced Out (Love Hate Mix) 0:57
CD1-09   It Is What It Is 7:11
CD1-10   Some More Spaced Out 1:06
CD1-11   Beyond The Dance (Cult Mix) 7:09
CD1-12   Feel Surreal Ends (The Feel Of Surreal!) 0:55
CD1-13   "To Rest" 0:19
CD1-14   R-Theme 6:02
    Written-by [Co-writer] - D-Wynn
CD2-01   The Beginning Of The End (Of The End Of The Beginning) / Montage (Sensitive Mix) 6:00
CD2-02   Phantom (A Relic Mix) 1:26
CD2-03   Phantom (A Relic Mix) 0:19
CD2-04   Kaotic Harmony (A One Time Live Recording In Detroit) 6:34
    Written-by [Co-writer] - Carl Craig
CD2-05   More Phantom 1:12
CD2-06   Salsa Life 5:28
CD2-07   Nude Photo / The Beginning 14:35
    Written-by [Co-writer] - T. Barnett*
CD2-08   Another Relic (From The Relics) 1:02
CD2-09   Drama 4:29
    Written-by [Co-writer] - Carl Craig
CD2-10   Strings Of Life (MS-4 Version) 22:31
    Written-by [Co-writer] - Mike James*
CD2-11   "The Beginning" (Ken Ishii Remix) 7:09
    Remix [Remix Production] - Ken Ishii
CD2-12   "Wiggin" (Juan Atkins Remix) 6:13
    Remix [Remix Production] - Juan Atkins

Credits

Artwork By [Art Work Gallery] - Rufus Knightwebb
Artwork By [Cover Art + Design] - Steven Reaume Heliowork Detroit
Artwork By [Inner Sleeve Design] - Michiharu Yasufuku
Photography [Detroit] - Derrick May
Written-By, Producer, Mixed By - Derrick May

Notes

Licensed from Transmat.

Track CD2-07 is listed as Nude Photo / The Biginning on artwork.

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Review by Alain_Patrick Jun 25, 2009
Fantastic early release of Derrick May's 'Innovator' album full of gems such as "Wiggin" (Juan Atkins Remix), one that really worths to mention, for Juan's remix goes on a ethereal, Soulful mood based on hypnotic dubby pianos & basslines, as well as neurotic hi-hats which makes it by far the greatest vesion of Wiggin (with the hot 'Sinister Mix').
The other treasures to keep (both eyes) on are Ken Ishii's version of "The Beginning", an exclusive of this album; the outstanding aesthetic "Strings Of The Strings Of Life" which appears complete on both LP & CD releases (even if it also came out on Ken Ishii's Mix Up Vol 3 CD, that one is mixed); "Another Relic (From The Relics)", a beautiful variation and sequence to the original Interval V by Derrick May & Carl Craig (1992) and "Some More Spaced Out" which also brings pretty much the same perspective from the Intervals released on Buzz (1992).
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