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Various - Best Of Superradio (Part 1) - 24-Aug-09 06:30 PM
A good overview of some of the amazing sounds produced by the Superradio camp, although some of the most integral hits are ommitted in favour of some of the more obscure tracks (ie; Rose From Tokyo).

The Spacid edits are pretty good, the Super Shuffle edit has all sorts of odd and crazy shouts happening in the background but absolutely none of the "come like a butterfly, sting like a bee" lines. The Ali Shuffle edit creates a short break utilizing Venise's vocal sample usually heard at the begining ("do the shuffle baby") to great effect, as well as being used at the begining and at the end.

Playboy and Playboy La Nuit appear here in their original versions, (give or take a few seonds) thankfully!

Rose From Tokyo seems to fade out a bit earlier than the original, though not much is missed. The edit is an instrumental edit, though I would have muched perferred it had they not bothered putting it on, as it is not my favourite track and I really dont need an instrumental of it, i'd rather listen to the full length vocal if I must. (in my opinion this instrumental edit could have been scrapped in favour of including another Camaro's track such as an edit of one of the non-single tracks from the Decamerone album, like Maskarp-One, I Like Boys or the original Corn Flakes, or Barry Mason's Together.)

My biggest problem with this compilation though is the Matteo Ruzzon Edit of Roissy. What was originally a fragile, melancholy love song has been edited in order to make it more than 2 times the length of the original. I'm sure it must have sounded like a good idea on paper. On record it comes off incredibly awkward, with Matteo's edits competting against the natural awkwardness of Venise's broken english and thick accent. Previously endearing, in this incarnation Venise is irritating and sounds like a carricature of italo rather than the genuine article. The instrumentation also gets disrupted in really awkward manners that I really cant imagine dancing to this, let alone listening to it more than once. Absolutely Terrible.

The comp ends with another good edit from Spacid, for Atmosphere's Swede's Scandal, with plenty of Venise sprinkled throughout.

Not a bad comp, though if you are a Superradio fan & collector, you dont really need this one (as i'm sure you're likely to already own a copy of Camaro's Gang & Venise's Playboy singles). Don't get it for Roissy, save your cash for the original. Buy it only if you can't get the Rose from Tokyo and Swede's Scandal or if you're just starting to collect Superradio and want to get as many tracks at once.

Qkumba Zoo - Untitled - 24-May-09 05:15 PM
This untitled 12" contains remixes for Qkumba Zoo's "The Child Inside".
A1 is a remix on a housier tip, leaving the vocals more or less alone. It's not bad, but I much prefer the original. A2 is possibly a dub / bonus beats for the first track. B1 is the original version by Qkumba Zoo, and B2 is a dark, tribal house remix with the vocals given the dub treatment. It's the best remix of the pack! (It could be Junior's Dub or Anthony Acid's Hard Drum Mix, but I cannot be sure as I haven't got titled remixes to compare this release to.)

Underworld - Dark & Long - 28-Apr-09 11:39 PM
A few words come to mind when I think of this re-remix: Bland, uninspired, boring, pointless, lazy. Mr. Howells, what drug made you think that a remix would be needed - for a remix? This lacks the depth, drive, and overall effect the original contained.
The wind-chimes are very tacky, the "fwoosh/swishes" unecessary, and the breakbeat is so utterly generic it might as well be packaged in a Wonder Bread bag.
Overall this track is a failure, from conception to execution. Buy it only if you pander to Eeeked out, uninformed masses at some wannabe trance/progressive super-club completely oblivious to how irrelevant they are to the respectable electronic/dance community.

Those buying it only after the original remix of Dark Train on the flip: Save your money and put it towards the original JBO release (or 1996 re-release) of the single. It has another great remix, (the "Burts" mix) and will cost equal to or less than what these clowns are asking for this release.

AB Logic - The Hitman - 25-Apr-09 07:54 AM
This was a bit of a surprise to me. Somehow I had missed this song when it came out and only heard it recently for the first time. Sounding like the love-child of 2 Unlimited, LA Style, and The KLF's What Time Is Love/3 AM Eternal, The Hitman is a great euro-techno track which is due some attention, especially in the current '90's dance revival, without sounding like too much of a clone or copy-cat of the previously mentioned bands.
Great Stuff!

Various - Italo Magic Dance Hits - Super Mix 96 - 23-Apr-09 05:55 PM
This cd presents a unique albeit confusing concept i have yet to see repeated on any other mix cd or euro/italo mix cd ever released.

Maybe channeling the feel of the Italo Boot Mixes from the 80's, the compilers and dj's behind this cd chose to megamix the majority of the tracks for half the cd, and present them in indexed tracks along with other songs for the second half.

Section starts with track 1, an intro comprised of the sounds of tuning through radio stations playing traditional Italian sounds. Track 2 is a megamix of the majority of songs on this compilation, mixed into a 28 minute-long mix that is very different from the sequenced tracks that make up Section 2 of this cd.

Section 2 contains all the songs used in the megamix on Section 1, but also other songs not included in the megamix, as well as different versions of some songs (My Radio & Fairytales), and are mixed in a different manner than heard in section 2, leaving the listener with 2 very distinctly different mixes on one cd.

Some hidden gems for the Canadian audience (as in songs not heard on the 2 popular dance radio stations) include Face The Bass' Shock The House, Double Dare's We Belong, Orlando's I'm Dreaming and Mondano's Feeling Good (reminiscent of Club House featuring Carl's songs), Shalira's Close To Me (which in the megamix takes on a bit of a freestyle flavour), and one of my favourites (though it's hard to chose just one favourite on this cd) Akay BJ's Why, which sounds like good Whigfield with a bit of ragga style raping and makes for Classic Italo-Euro Sound!

Even if you have most or all of these songs on several other compilations and mix cd's, if you truly love the 90's Euro, and more importantly, Italo dance style then you owe yourself the favour of getting your hands on this collection. Wow!!

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