This promo release contain the deep voice saying "Directions", the other catalogue release doesn't. This release is better for it's inclusion.

This album questions techno, what it should be about and what the future holds for the genre. Questions which perhaps don't have answers, just opinions.

This is not an innovative album, unless you call the fusing of a few subtly different styles "innovation". It is quite easy to copy the styles to some degree of the well known and heralded producers, but you will never recreate the pure artistic integrity that they bring to their music.

What has been produced however is a "good" techno LP, very listenable with some quite excellent tracks. If this was released 5+ years ago people would be calling it a classic. The tracks are executed well, but offer nothing new. So in equal measure to it's goodness, we have a limiting factor. It's the sort of album that leaves me concerned by the lack of direction and brings me to question what's new in techno, where is this music heading?

Then again, should techno be about innovation? How many chord progressions and production techniques are left to discover or expand upon. Hasn't techno always been about pushing boundaries, offering a glimpse forwards in time? This ablum does none of this.

It's quite easy to get hung up on this, in some way is a little depressing, but if you can get past this problem then this Convextion LP is really a very good amalgamation of the last 10 years of techno and as such is very enjoyable.

An incredible record. Equally incredibly difficult to find, rumours circulate that only 75 were pressed. The Kuniyuki remix of "Pacifica" is a beautiful journey, his trademark percussion instruments weaving a delicate groove whilst the vocals from Slam Mode's "Umri" draw you in with their warmth. A beautiful record.