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Moby - Songs: 1993-1998 - 14-Nov-09 03:09 PM
After Mobys US contract with Instinct Records had ended and he had signed with Elektra, they released a handful of albums made up of unreleased and hard to find tracks. So after Moby had changed labels again to get his records released in the USA by V2, Elektra went down the same road and made this CD to cash in on the international success Mobys album "Play" was getting.

This time though, we get no unreleased or rare material, just a bunch of tracks from the albums Moby had released on Elektra, "Move", "Everything Is Wrong", "I Like To Score" and the US version of "Animal Rights", which had been very different from the European release.

So nothing for fans, but this CD might be a good start for newcomers to get a feel of the diversity and talent Moby had in those years. From ecstatic dance to ambient and quiet acoustic pieces, this CD features every style of music Moby had laid his hands on during the 90s (except his punk rock excursions, but thats fine for me).

Be warned though: The version of "Go" featured here is not the well-known "Woodtick Mix", but a faster, techno version that had been featured on "I Like To Score".

Scooter - Friends - 11-Nov-09 10:30 AM
The single version of "Friends" is different from the version released earlier on Scooters album "And The Beat Goes On". Quite uncommon for their releases, this song has no crowd cheers and hardly any shouts from H.P. and is actually a straight happy hardcore tune with pitched up vocals and a nice melody. Ramon Zenker is taking the tune into the direction of what was then called progressive house in Germany, while The Jeyenne is turning it into a sick, noisy techno monster. From the releases I know, this should be the one most suitable for people who ususally dont like Scooters music.

Moby - Come On Baby - 10-Nov-09 07:13 AM
Moby was on a strange punk rock / death metal trip when he released this. Having long stopped being a fan, I find most of the tracks on this release unlistenable now. CD 1 swings between noisy rock without melodies and boring acoustic renditions of club classics ("Go", "Hymn"). CD 2 features remixes of "Come On Baby". Eskimos & Egypt provide industrial mixes which already sounded dated even when this was released. Only the Crystal Method mix stands the test of time to me, even though I think they just took one of their own unreleased standard tracks and added a handful of vocal samples on top to sell it as a remix. There is really no good reason for buying this unless you are a hardcore fand who gets off on limited editions and unusual packaging.

Various - The Move - 09-Nov-09 09:13 AM
A decent selection of rave, trance and techno that manages to keep the balance between underground and commercial tracks. The only bad thing about this is that many tunes are only included in edited versions which fade out way before the track has really finished.

M.O.P. - Warriorz - 08-Nov-09 03:58 AM
In 2000, M.O.P. had their biggest commercial success with a remix of their single "Ante Up". So I think they must asked themselves: "How can we top this?", and in the end they came to the conclusion: "We cant. Lets just do the same song a few more times and make an album of this." And that is just what this album sounds like. The tracks are almost indistinguishable, all being based on a loud, thumping beat heavy on horn samples with screamed lyrics over them. They even use the same catchphrases over and over ("Fi-yaaaaah!").

Dont get me wrong, this is actually good music. Every track on this album is, taken on its own, a great hardcore rap stomper. What makes this album unlistenable is the fact that they all sound exactly like "Ante Up", and why should you listen to an hour of copies if you can just take the original? Only once did I listen to this from start to finish, after that I skipped straight to "Ante Up".

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