Various - Frankfurt Trax Volume 6 - Return To Zero Part 1

'Last Breath of the Homelands' and Sven Vaeths 'Sounds of the Omen' are both quite boring tracks. They're acceptable, but nothing special. 'Sweet Electronique' instead really belongs to the best techno/electro-tracks I've ever heard. It is the only cooperation of DJ Ata, Heiko M/S/O and Marc Acardipane, and really turned out as a killer combination. The tune starts kraftwerklike with a vocoder voice and some mellow, funky electro breaks which get more and more groovy as they develop. This part alone (which makes the first half of the 7-minute track) would be one of my favourite electro tracks. Then there's a break in the middle, and a very straight beat with a very straight hi-hat changes the whole atmosphere: minimalistic, dark, cold, but still very funky. Elements of the first part successively switch in, but rhythmically shifted and just very very cool. One of my all-time favourites.