Various - The First Wave

Label:

Pacific Records

Catalog#:

CDFIC001

Format:

2 x CD, Compilation

Country:

Released:

1997

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Techno, Tech House

Tracklist

1-01	Hot Lizard -	The Theme	9:09
1-02	Sunrise Society -	Equinox	6:32
1-03	Hot Lizard -	165...Drop (Love From San Francisco Remix)	10:26
		Remix - Love From San Francisco
1-04	Hot Lizard -	Big Air (Stacey Pullen Remix)	8:24
		Remix - Stacey Pullen
1-05	Sunrise Society -	Edge Of Chaos (Mike Dunn Remix)	7:03
		Remix - Mike Dunn
1-06	Hot Lizard -	Big Air	10:31
1-07	Slack City -	Detox	8:09
1-08	Ian O'Brien -	That Was Now	9:01
2-01	Sunrise Society -	Tahiti	7:25
2-02	100 Hz -	Warp	6:21
2-03	Bo Frazier -	Trust Me	6:18
2-04	Access 58 -	Horizon	7:41
2-05	Berkana Sowelu -	Solid Fuel (Damon Wild & Dennis Ferrer Remix)	6:57
		Remix - Damon Wild , Dennis Ferrer
2-06	Hot Lizard -	The Theme (Carl Craig Remix)	11:14
		Remix - Carl Craig
2-07	Sunrise Society -	Astral Travel (Sterac Remix)	9:32
		Remix - Sterac
2-08	Sunrise Society -	Robot Rebellion (Claude Young Remix)	7:57
		Remix - Claude Young
2-09	Sunrise Society -	Astral Travel	7:40

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Review by techsoul Jul 04, 2009

Pacific Records was a rock solid label regarding the quality of it's releases. No wonder this compilation turns out to be rock solid too. 17 tunes, 0 misses. Lush chords, moody pads, funky basslines and tight drum programming all over. Hot Lizard and Sunrise Society showcase their inventive, well-crafted tracks ("Big Air" with it's Saunderson-esque bassline for example is simply epic) besides incredible remixes by some of Techno's big players.

Check Carl Craig's feverish remix of Hot Lizards "The Theme" or Steve Rachmad's floorshaking interpretation of Sunrise Society's "Astral Travel". Berkana Sowelu's "Solid Fuel" with Damon Wild and Dennis Ferrer's hands on it is another forgotten classic, walking the line between House and Techno with an irresistible, funky groove. Ian O'Brien's "That Was Now" deserves to be mentioned too - being a deeper, less frantic interpretation of his famous "Mad Mike Desease" on Ferox. I could really go on forever, praising every single track here ... but i guess whoever reads this already got the big picture by now.

If someone would ask me what good Techno sounded like around 1997, I'd probably hand him this double CD. A bag of goodies which easily stood the test of time.