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This one had everything what it takes for a cool oldskool-electro mover: the sound, the beats and the funkyness are fine here. disturbingly the sad part is the record lacks of utter political correctness, even for 1984, as the lyrics make fun at the expenses of not so slender women and their feelings. concerning the content I've regarded it more or less as an immature and primitive macho statement destroying an otherwise good production. What a pity it contains no real instrumental version in order to make your own rhymes on it...
yeah, it's all about sex. the highlight is surely the "Bedroom Mix" which is a realized acoustic blow-job in the first place. "Stars On Number Nine" uses alienated samples from Michael Jackson's "Bad" release but is overall a good funky dance track perfectly fitting in a set of oldskool tunes. the whole EP is a solid piece of music I don't want to miss to own.
TOP oldskool electro-slammer released at the heyday of this genre and it contains a political component as it is a statement against the Cold War. Anologue repetitive pattern as usual for that time but hardly to exceed in funkyness compared to nowadays productions...
I learned to love this record. The main track on side A starts with a short child melody (which IMO sounds better played at 45 rpm) slightly distorted from time to time. It then turns into drill'n'bass mode with a jazzy attitude. I know many people who hate the loud trumpet solo line which appears in the middle of the track. The best part is sure the last third because of the nice vocal sequence in it, the beats become less there and vanish at the end while vocal melody remains, hardly understandable talking in the background is noticable. The other tune on the flipside is not bad as well, DJ's know how to use it properly...
..and I felt a strong need to comment this album here. In some way it is very astonishing that it already came out in 1993, a time which was considered as the age of "Intelligent Techno" or "Intelligent" especially by british music press. This one sounds far advanced than, for instance, the excellent works by Black Dog coming out at the same time. The entire concept is brilliant. Every experimental decent groove is build around subtle, deep, "unconscious", ambient soundscapes in a sophisticated way. Mostly all tracks here are not really parted from each other and thus causes the trip into bottom of your mind. So it can happen the long ambientscapes remain alone for a while and you feel relaxed and balanced when all of a sudden is appearing something unexpected. And some tracks are even danceable. Meanwhile I love this gem so much if someone would raid my copy I'd feel like someone has teared my heart out of my body. In the moment I only know one masterpiece, viz John Beltran's "Ten Days Of Blue", which is comparable to this special kind of music...
Cool fusion between the deep soul of cryogenic detroit techno and hard hiphop beatz... this tracks take their time, but take a closer look u won´t be cheated at all...
Where I have been when this came out? No mediocre track at all on this record, it is a fantastic sound experience here. Emphasized ambient melodies between fine minimal electronica rhythms. "Collage Of Dreams" is one of those tracks impossible ever to forget, perfect for listening in relaxing moments.
This is another treasure I recently retrieved from my archive and I didn't knew that I still own it... today I think it's a brilliant release. Funky experimental robo-tech electro which reminds me in some parts a bit on Kraftwerk (especially the tracks containing a vocoder voice) and at the same time on some of the best Direct Beat tunes. Each track here sounds individual, so they are easily recognizable again when you hear it, they are not only tools for DJ's.
What a luck I never sold it. Was not the thing when I first pre-listened it in the store but my internal collector instinct forced me to buy and I never had to regret my decision. Wicked soundscapes, changing rhythms, weird things are happening here... the tracks of each side are put together as a kind of "mix" which sends the listener into a journey of musical (dance)experience. A personal favourite.
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anyway, I can't wait to hold this oddity in my hands!