Channel One – Technicolor
Label:
Metroplex – M-003
Format:
Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
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Credits
- Engineer – John Yosh, Juan Atkins
- Executive Producer – Stacey Ritchie
- Producer – Juan Atkins
- Written-By – Doug Craig, Juan Atkins
Notes
Recorded at Metroplex Sound Labs/Detroit. Mixed at Studio A, Dearborn Hts.
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| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technicolor (12") | Metroplex | M-003 | US | 1986 | ||
| Technicolor (12", RP) | Metroplex | M-003 | US | |||
| Technicolor (12", Promo) | Metroplex | M-003 | US | 1986 | ||
| Technicolor (12", RP) | Metroplex | M-003 | US | |||
| Technicolor (12", RP) | Metroplex | M-003 | US |
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Reviews & Discussion
crazy_ace808
Jun 23, 2011
it always sounded like a spin-off of "Clear" to me!!
Technicolor is very percussive electro, with Magic Juan getting very carried away with vocal samples (t-t-t-t-technicor!) old-skool orchestral stabs, a very detroit bassline, and a sequencer riff lifted from Kraftwerk's It's More Fun To Compute. It's a rich mix, but he gets away with it.
This track is a special one for me. First heard it ~1990 before really knowing what techno is, loved it back then and surprisingly rediscovered recently again: an organically-robotic tune standing the test of time, dynamically broken into stiff chunks while retaining moving funkyness hidden within bassline, teh-ni-ka-la!
Originally came out as a PROMO.Quality early Electro/Techno from the master himself,and co-written by Doug Craig (Carl Craig's cousin.)This is on the same sort of lines as R9 (CYBOTRON)with the trademark bassline that he's used so often in his early material.
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