acorn92de

Member Since: Apr 29, 2005
Rank: 723
Average Vote Received: Correct (3.53, 47 votes)
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Rated 5870 releases, average: 4.19
Location: Germany
Profile: Born in 1971, starting to like dance music in 1988 (that more obvious commercial acid-house stuff that made it into the charts), got in touch with Detroit&Chicago in 1990, loving UK-Hardcore from 1991/1992, then getting into Progressive-House/Trance in 1992-1994, funky hard techno from Sweden in the late 90's, at the moment into Progressive Trance from labels like BozBoz, Baroque, Aurium, Hope and into soulful techno from Kanzleramt, still loving stuff from Sweden (Adam Beyer, Joel Mull, Cari Lekebusch, Alexi Delano), very glad about the return of R&S, always waiting for the annual release from The Martian on Red Planet and still feeling a lot of sympathy to the good old WARP-Label although some of their stuff nowadays is a bit strange. Can't stand minimal tech-house because it has become so boring.

Not so excited about "new" music, I am having more fun buying old stuff from the early 90's.

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98.3% positive (58 ratings)

Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (268 ratings)

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Adam Jay - Naptown Renegade E.P. - 24-Apr-09 12:49 PM
I have to disagree with Wolfgang. The gem on this release is the 2nd track on the B-Side. A nice groover of a tune which you normally dont find on a Primate Release. A chilled groovy Tech-House-Track that you can play in all sorts of sets no matter if its Techno, House or something in between. The title track on the A-Side is quite good too but more the full-on-banging-Primate-Style that we all know. All in all a very good record actually and much more interesting than a lot of those loopy percussive releases on this label.

Leftfield - Song For Life - 23-Jun-08 02:40 PM
The Original from Leftfield came out in December 1992 on Hard Hands and was a massive (underground) record in the UK. Leftfield allowed only Underworld/Lemon Interrupt to do Remixes which where also superb. With the release of their album Leftism in early 1995 they did another version which was excellent too.

Now 16 years later Tim Davison does a Remix on White Label and the question is: How do you remix a tune which is already perfect? Well you can hear that Tim really appreciates the original because he stays close it with the driving rhythm and percussion. That is a good thing and of course you can play this tune and people who dont know the Original will say "That sounds cool and really rocks" while the others who know the Original will also enjoy it and remember the good old times.

But the problem about this Remix is that two main elements of the Original really get lost: The haunting female vocal of the Original only appears very shortly and the Progression of the Original at the End is completely missing. Tim Davison has made a tune which is a good dance record but far away from a piece of art as the Original from Leftfield is.

If you havent got the Original on Hard Hands: Buy it. This one here is a good record but not an anthem.

Future Sound Of London, The - We Have Explosive - 08-Oct-06 07:33 AM
6 out of 5 if this would be possible. I was well surprised when this came out: My first contact to FSOL was of course Papua-New-Guinea in 1992 (I just found out later that Stakker humanoid was also from them) and I loved their stuff in 1992/1993 beeing very dancefloor friendly. After that they released quality music no question but more for the kind of "listening at home with your speakers on". This record now in 1997 is the bomb really: You cant put it in a certain category of style, it has serious breaks and broken beats, a distorted guitar sample and is so funky that you can shake your butt to. I love the ending of the Original Mix with that voice "its a tough jungle out there" and then that kind of ambient accoustic guitar in the end. Weird stuff. The Kurtis Mantronik Remix is also excellent for the floor. An unexpected release for FSOL that hasnt lost anything of its raw energy in 2006.

Rozzo - Into Your Heart - 26-Sep-06 03:18 AM
A simple but effective record. "Into your space" is the best of the mixes in my book. Quite minimal, playing with the filters and its really grooving. What I like is the real clear and crisp production style. You could call that an early tech-house record. Somehow typical for the bush production style in 1994/1995. I can still drop that in 2006 with the crowd moving. Nice one.

Ray Kajioka - Let Things Slide - 10-Mar-06 02:52 PM
All 4 tracks are quality funky driving Techno. A1 really reminds me of Dave Clarkes "Wisdom to the Wise" from the famous Red.2 EP. Not that energetic but very well produced. I wonder if this EP is a contribution to some of Ray Kajiokas favourite artists because B2 sounds like Steve Rachmad re-remixing the Secret Cinema Remix of "Timeless altitude". Very nice as the rest of this EP. Did Kanzleramt release a bad record in the last 3 years? No, not at all...

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