Adam Beyer – Fabric 22

I'm honestly not a boomer or against changes and evolving of styles, but when I'm listening back to these old mixes by Adam Beyer (who once was one of my superheroes in Techno), I'm always get paralyzed how he lost all of the excitement, experiment, vehemence and detailed sounds from his music and charged all 'em on the profit's trone. No matter if we talk about his hard groovy or the hybrid minimal FUSions, he had so much sense for creating a seemingly hectic, but pleasingly coherent flow at the same time.
I'm also really sad that "Snuff & Noise (Part 2)" had been never released, instead of that he put a well-sounding, but generic and much more boring version to the B side of ME03. BUT beside that, the A side (which is featured here) is probably one of his best tracks ever imo. It picks inspiration from many shades of dub techno, glitch, minimal and experimental things. And honestly the cherry on top are the last two tracks: Redemption with Jesper Dahlbäck somewhat recalls the early 90's chicago house and 70's american jazz with the goosebumps percussions and warm synths; and the Hiem remix by Mathew Jonson just takes this floating atmosphere even further with those doomsday bass-horns. One of the best closings I've ever heard in techno sets over the years!
Still picking out this occasionally when I'm in the mood for that and enjoying it like I heard it for the first time.

This one kinda reminds me of Berghain 01 mix by André Galluzzi. Definitely same style, which tells a lot about clubbing in time those mixes were recorded. Beyer's mix is definitely harder / faster / however you like while staying strict and minimalistic. I don't really get extremely superlative reviews (RA gave it 5/5 back in the day) nor extremely negative ones. This mix is solid and enjoyable.

Despite seeing some bad reviews for this I can tell you it is definitely a work art. More minimal in style, the whole album is one seamless progression of funky sounds and groovy beats. It's quality for listening to on your ipod, on long journeys and at the gym, because as well as having a driving (not pounding) beat, the constant progression of sounds is mesmerizing. It is also great as a warm up for big nights, and as after hours listening when hard techno becomes a little too much for the brain. Beyer here will give any fan of decent techno and general good sounds something worth listening to.

Also, this album seems to be the only way of listening to the f***ing brilliant tune, snuff and noise pt2, which is top of my wanted list by a mile. There is no record on discogs of there ever being a release.

What the hell is that? Is that supposed to be the contribution of Adam Beyer to the Fabric series? Is that the sound Adam Beyer is standing for?

I was shocked as I heard this crap the first time (fortunately I fell asleep after 20 minutes). The extremely boring and insignificant set is the worst trash Adam Beyer ever released.

It seems as if Slam's Fabric 09 will remain as the best Fabric part forever.