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Orbital - III - 12-Mar-08 01:44 PM
Variety of dance music genres can be found on this 12". Satan, a relatively downtempo track - with a hard edge, benefits by lacking the hardcore drums added to subsequent mixes; always went down a storm at live gigs. LC1, a more house orientated composition with acidic elements, has Fred Dinnage (known Pompey fan & television anchorman. Seen on T.V programmes including 'How', 'Magpie' &, more recently, 'How2' alongside Gail Porter & Gaz Tops) talking about alien abduction. Belfast, essentially a downtempo house track, is a personal favourite - takes me back to the hot summer of 1990 when Kiss F.M tested it's new legal broadcast status with non stop mixes without any commercials...Ahh

Timebase Feat. Kromozone - Unity / Fireball - 09-Mar-08 05:30 AM
Fireball: earliest memory of this was when Dj Lime used it in a superb set at the Zap Club, Brighton. A truly great example of underground rave music at its best, though the scene may have been on the slide when it broke. Injected some funky class into dance floors being complicated by fast,messy beats & helium vocals. Features the samples 'drop this like a boulder' & 'no-one can compete, coz I heat like a fireball'. Another must listen for anyone into the post acid house-pre jungle rave scene.

Digital Boy - Techno Beat - 06-Mar-08 01:24 PM
Further to prior comment...Took 15 years to find out who'd made Rotation, thought it was 808 state. Remains one of the most influential hardcore-acid-teckno-breakbeat tracks of my collection. Not deep, not subtle - just works in much the same way as other minimalistic tracks, for example Chime, Plastic Dreams. Opens with a Monastic ahh & air-raid sirens, then scratchy hook, Theme from S'Express kazoo stuff & interspersed with acidic breakdowns. Like this? Check out Spectrum~Brazil remix.

Ubik - System Overload EP - 20-Dec-07 01:21 PM
Giving this 5/5 for Crash Coarse on the A-side and to a slightly,lesser degree the B-side 'ambient mix' (which, by the way, ain't ambient in genre, being a stripped down version of the A, still electro break throughout). Electro break style, though not heavy, has a hardcore underground feel. A-side version samples 'Musique Non Stop' by Kraftwerk and, when the break drops, uses a highly recognisable early rave stab. 'Harmonise Me' comes very close to 5/5 too. Check this out if you like Hashim or Egyptian Lover, Eon or The Unknown. +3

Unknown, The (2) - Dreams Of Santa Anna - 26-Oct-07 11:04 AM
While the title track 'Dreams of Santa Anna' remains a fine example of the underground dance sound of the era, it's the B-side tracks that have the longevity & do it for me. 'Psycho' errs towards sinister breakbeat style with a basic, cello sound synth loop & horror film samples "cold & damp like a grave", "we all go a little mad sometimes" & "only way to die" - cheerful stuff? 'Put Your F**king Hands In The Air' - first heard this track dropped by DJ Aztec at a rave in Newquay, Cornwall. Starts with an irresistibly crisp breakbeat that sounds like live percussion, then bongos are overlayed,followed with snares,synth & bass rumble. Then the 'Open your mind to me' sample - as used by 808 state & later by Usura. A must listen for lovers of the early underground sound. 10/10

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