Alexis_Nembrode

Name: Alexis Nembrode
Member Since: Dec 11, 2006
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Rated 54 releases, average: 4.52
Location: T.Vedras,Portugal
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Looking for everything with a synth on it...be it Trance, Techno, Gabber, Ambient, Industrial, Non Music, Hardcore, Jungle, Trip-Hop, Hip-Hop, Acid Jazz, House, Electro, Drum n' Bass, Acid, P-Funk, Breakbeat...and so on...

You can bother me with Ebay, I dont mind...

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C.J. Bolland* - Electronic Highway - 16-Jul-09 09:21 AM
We have to choose the words wisely to review this album. After the mastodontic classic "4th sign", it was very hard to achieve the same brilliance and solid structure that his previous works had. So, can this album be considered as a classic as well? Yes. Absolutely. From the first second, when the first drops of sound hit your ears, and the trancey techno break beats fill your brain, you can immediatly understand why Bolland couldnt be anything else but an electronic musician. Everything was done right. The breaks, the melodies, the structures... Even the artwork is amazing. This release is a lot more melodic than Cj's previous releases, and the rhythms are a lot more complex, dipped into strong flavours of Drum and Bass, carefully sliced by those melodic breaks, that Cristopher does like no one else.

Robert Hood - Internal Empire - 25-Mar-09 04:25 PM
This is where minimal techno reaches absolute perfection. Its the first lesson in the "what minimal techno should be". Intense mental sounds travelling from one side to another. There are so many genres emprisioned in these brilliantly focused rhythms...
At this point, you should leave Rob's work on UR a bit aside, because this isnt as hard as the vision, or the UR works. Its not as minimal as Basic Channel either... Its the beautiful balance in between.

A Guy Called Gerald - Black Secret Technology - 15-Mar-09 06:15 PM
13 years later after its first release, its incredible how beautiful and strong this classic sounds. Gerald Simpson is a creative genious. He was wise enough to left 808 State, and develop his own genious at his own way, and he was wise enough to travel around genres and create his own style, making history in house, techno, jungle, drum and bass or just emotional vocal songs.
"Black Secret Technology" is a landmark. If it was just released yesterday, it would still be a landmark, in rhythm domination, in melodies, in emotional drum and bass. The vocal stretching, the choice of the samples, the way he changes the mood of a Bob Marley cover version from Finley Quaye, or the way each song gets suck in your brain, like a soul stuck inside your mind reminds me so much of that golden age for jungle, when everyone seemed to be flooded with inspiration.
As far as the repress itself, well, the low sound on the first release seems to be fixed. However is such a shame that "end of the tunnel" wasnt included. The good thing is that the artwork is pretty much fully respected,so, if you never had the chance to grab this classec, seriously,do it now!

Various - High Tech Soul - The Creation Of Techno Music - 12-Mar-09 07:39 AM
Well... its always good to see a documentary about Techno music... but, as far as the High Tech Soul goes, a lot of things were forgotten. I know that its impossible to make a perfect DVD with ALL of the information possible about electronic music, but this one could easily be improved.
First of all, this is just about Detroit Techno. It mentions Chicago, the European rave culture, and some early 80's electronic band such as New Order, Depeche Mode, etc, as well as Kraftwerk (obviously). But its just some references.
The chapters in this DVD are focused, in Juan, Derrick and Kevin. There is one chapter about UR and the second wave of Techno. And its one of the biggest flaws on this documentary.There are no interviews with Mike Banks, Rob Hood, Rolando, the Brurden Brothers... No one mentioned the incredible Submerge works, and not a single word about Drexciya. That really bothered me.
But thats not all. Derrick talks about a lot of stuff... but he could at least give System 7 and Gerald Simpson a few words.
And Carl Craig forgot Bandulu, which he helped a lot. He also forgot to mention his music influences such as Manuel Gotsching.
A lot of bad things were said about Neil Rushton, and the greedy part behind the scenes. Right. But no one mentioned why Derrick released "Der Klang der Familie" without any permission from Tresor, and how things got cold between Berlin and Detroit.
Blake Baxter talks about his studio a little bit. That is one of the best parts in this DVD. Why is just Blake talking about it? I mean, there are so many interesting things that could be mentioned about so many Detroit anthems... for example, what equipment did Richard Davies(another one that should be interviewed)had on his studio by the time Juan got his hands in it, how Derrick had the vision on how to work that piano loop on Strings of Life (yes, there is a story behind that)...
So, all in all, if you dont know anything about techno, dont look here. If you do know, this will hardly tell you any news. The fun part of this documentary are the facts about Electrifying Mojo, the relationship between Kevin and Derrick, or the chapter about the Music Institute. And, of course, its always good to hear Derrick, Jeff, Kevin, Kenny, Richie, Eddie, Juan, or Stacey's passion about the subject.
Other than that, I recommend you to check some excerpts from Youtube, before viewing this.

Carlos Peron - Powertrancefer - 03-Mar-09 07:49 AM
This album usually scares the usual Carlos Peron listeners. Well, maybe because it sounds much tougher than anything else he's done. Just think Hardfloor, Phuture 303, Spicelab (in the early years), Ultrahigh and some early Force Inc releases. Well, here you have it.
This album was released in 98, but just think 91/93, 303 bassline euphoria and some cool old school techno synths and the result is Power Trancefer, an acid tour-de-force that has nothing to do with the industrial, ambient, electro things that this former Yello mastermind usually does brilliantly.
So, dont let this one be overlooked... it was also done brilliantly.

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