JAKAZiD  Add Friend
Name: Josh McInnes
Home Page: http://www.jakazid.net/
Member Since: Oct 30, 2004
Rank: 2119
Average Vote Received: Correct (4.02, 196 votes)
  last 10 days: Correct (4.47, 15 votes)
Rated 112 releases, average: 4.18
Location: Portsmouth, UK
Profile: Okay so I lied and I'm still here. I might sound like a grumpy old man moaning about The Golden Days of Discogs when everything was thoroughly checked before it went live, but some of the new features of Discogs (i.e. Master Release, being able to add/remove from Collection from artist/label pages etc.) are admittedly pretty good.

About my collection:
The reason I maintain my collection on here is for my own reference. I have a lot of CDs and records and so Discogs proves very useful for pulling up information without having to go look for the CD. I own all of these things; none of them are rips. I do not fileshare and hence I'm not interested in any kind of rare .mp3 trading, especially since when I've sent stuff to people I thought I could trust in the past they haven't kept it to themselves. If you message me asking for rips of anything I will ignore you.

About my wantlist:
I'm always open to people offering to sell me their stuff, but please don't spam eBay links unless they have a Buy It Now because I don't have time for bidding wars kthx.
Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (3 ratings)

JAKAZiD's groups (1)

 Reviews:

Aira Mitsuki - ロボットハニー - 22-Jan-09 10:07 PM
When she first debuted, Aira Mitsuki was criticised for heavily borrowing influence from the more successful Yasutaka Nakata-produced electro-pop trio Perfume as her music, videos and even choreography shared a number of striking similarities with theirs. Originality and innovation aside, Airas music instantly won me over, and whilst Perfume went on to release a slew of singles after their chart-topping "GAME" album that didnt quite meet the same standard set by the infectious "Polyrhythm", Aira began her campaign of catchiness with "China Discotica", soon followed by "Colorful Tokyo Sounds No.9".

Once again with the title track from this single, its an instant toe-tapper. I remember seeing the music video and being extremely excited about my copy of the single arriving. However, in a desperate attempt to compete with Nakatas refined engineering, the mastering engineer responsible for this release managed to overcook a brilliant piece of pop music into a complete mess. Its painful to listen to on a portable MP3 player at maximum volume, as the track has been brickwall limited to an utterly ridiculous -6.8dB RMS, which means your listening experience is impaired by audible distortion throughout the track. So, what was probably a bouncy but dynamic arrangement to begin with is now a 4 minute 30 wall of sound.

Poor Aira, squashed by weapons of the dreaded loudness war.

Steve Smeeth - 05-Jan-09 05:16 PM
Happy hardcore fans who read the inlay notes included with CDs and the credits on vinyl labels (ie most of the ones on Discogs) will know Steve Smeeth has only ever been credited for writing and producing the happy hardcore anthem "Techno Wonderland" released on the famous Ravers Choice label.

The thing is, its now known that the track was just a cheeky speeded up pressing of Zoees "Tekkno Wonderland".

So who is Steve Smeeth, and does he even exist at all?!

Various - Red Traxx - 17-Dec-07 11:26 AM
This release could also be known as the "£100 EP" because people believe mere rips of the vinyl have the same value as perhaps an ounce of Moroccan hashish, despite the only striking thing about this release being its rarity. This has resulted in Red Traxx becoming an online currency, often bartered for with indecent sexual favours and other methods of human degregation.

Word of warning kids: if you pay money for lossless unmaximized rips of a record simply because its rare, youve been had!

DJ Technorch - Boss On Parade: XXX Meets Gabba - 29-Apr-07 04:25 AM
Take some powerful sampled stabs and unforgettable vocal microsamples from dozens of early 90s hyper techno tracks and toss them all in a blender. The result is the title track from this CD, "Boss on Parade". Serve with a potent hallucinogenic, and you have the DJ Sharpnel remix.

From beginning to end, this CD sounds like it was made for playing in warehouses to test their durability. Ive certainly never heard so many kick drums in an hour.

Various - Rumble Roses Original Soundtrack - 15-Jan-07 12:34 AM
"Rumble Roses" was one of those wrestling/beat em up games that uses breasts as the main marketing pitch, i.e. basically Konamis answer to Dead or Alive.

Unless you are unbelievably titillated by CGI breasts I would not buy this release solely for the DVD. The only highlight of the DVD is a full length music video to Junction Rainy Blue; besides that the rest of the DVD consists of montages of game footage set to the more popular of the tracks within the soundtrack.

However, this is worth obtaining if you were a fan of the game or you enjoy music by artists such as Sota Fujimori or DJ Taka from the Bemani series of games. The Japanese rock version of Look To The Sky (a vocal trance song originating from Dance Dance Revolution) has been produced tremendously well and is an interesting spin on the original track.

The worst point of the album is probably the vomit-worthy "B.E.C.K.Y.", a cheerleader-style rhyme that could almost be placed in a kids TV programme if it werent for the semi-slutty lyrics.

View all 10 reviews...