Various - Minimize To Maximize

Label:

M_nus

Catalog#:

MINUS25LP

Format:

3 x Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation

Country:

Canada

Released:

2005

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Abstract, Techno, Minimal

Tracklist

A	Dinky Dog -	UnEasy Horizons	X
		Producer - J. Dawg Written-By - Dinky Dog
B1	Magda -	The Black Room	X
		Written-By, Producer - Magda
B2	Pheek -	Le Plan B
		Mastered By [Pre-mastering] - Mateo Murphy Written-By, Producer - Jean-Patrice Remillard
C	Mathew Jonson -	Rainforest	X
		Written-By, Producer - Mathew Jonson
D1	Slacknoise -	Permanent Marker	X
		Written-By, Producer - Troy Pierce
D2	Niederflur -	Sprinkler	X
		Written-By, Producer - Christopher Bleckmann , Hannes Wenner
E1	Marc Houle -	East To West	X
		Written-By, Producer - Marc Houle
E2	Heartthrob -	Hot Sugar Candy Apple Taffy	X
		Written-By, Producer - Jesse Siminski
F1	Run Stop Restore -	Gateways And Galaxies	X
		Written-By, Producer - Run Stop Restore
F2	Plastikman -	Circles	X
		Written-By, Producer - Richard Hawtin*

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - Jason Patterson
Compiled By - Clark* , Rich*
Mastered By - CGB*

Notes

Manufactured and distributed by M2 Music Inc.
Made in USA.

(P)(C) 2005 Minus Inc.
Barcode: 7 9984850251 6

Exclusive MP3 tracks Traveled (False) & Uno (I. A. Bericochea),
these tracks never appeared on the vinyl.

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Rated 5/5

Review by Mark_Anthony Feb 10, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)

At first listen this album struck me as a little too far out there but I have to admit now that I've given it several listens it has grown on me. I'm a fan of minimal techno but for me, it has to be applicable to dancefloors. I don't buy albums full of random bleepy robot nonsense and then try to derive some deep (bullsh*t-ridden) meaning from it.

That being said, I find that a lot of the titles this triple pack are far enough away from absractness that they would be highly playable in an opening set. Tracks in particular that are suited for opening a dancefloor are Slacknoise, Heartthrob, Niederflur, Pheek, and possibly Magda.

When you play this kind of techno you have to be the right mood to hear it. To me its not something I'd get a kick listening to in the car. You need to be in dark, dirty atmosphere listening to this on BIG speakers. A lot of the beauty in these tracks is in their basslines. The basslines dig so low that unless you have a system in your car or at home you're not even going to know that they exist.

Another note, although I can't imagine a situation that I would play Hawtin's "Circles" to a live audience it really is a cool little piece of music.