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Juju & Jordash - Time Slip - 11-Mar-08 01:34 PM
Juju & Jordash really have done something unique here. I can‘t think of any other music that’s comparable to this record, but I would recommend it to Ultramarine fans, lacking a better reference point. But that isn’t important. The whole record just oozes quality. The vintage melodies and rhythms sound like they were improvised and that’s a bonus point in my book.
The lovely ‘Time Slip’ instantly sets you in an optimistic mood without pushing it or being cheesy. ‘House Muzik 1, 2, 3’ is a bit harder to come into, but if you have passed the weirdness of the track, it sounds beautiful as well. ‘Fajr Dub’ rounds off this record with a smoky and spooky dub track, very deep! It feels good to know there’s still new ‘dance’ music sounding that authentic. This is music made for vinyl and it was my favourite record of 2007. I hope next years will bring lots more to freak about!

7th Plain, The - To Be Surreal - 23-Jan-08 07:23 AM
Isn’t it great to listen to those golden techno moments and be completely overwhelmed by the sound? This masterpiece has that effect on me. ‘To Be Surreal’ and ‘Millentum’ are wonderful, spacy techno tracks from the early nineties. I believe this is Luke Slater’s most beautiful record under his 7th plain guise. And that means a lot when you have listened to fantastic albums like ‘My Yellow Wise Rug’ and ‘The 4 Cornered Room’.

It is music made in the years when techno and ambient melted so well together. Luke Slater was one of the champions in creating multi-layered tracks without losing the atmosphere. He made tracks where you could listen to, over and over again and where you could always hear something new. I hope these tracks will last forever and will be rediscovered in the future, rather than his ‘commercial’ recordings which are forgettable.

Minimal Vision - 2 - 21-Nov-07 09:03 AM
Vertigo…Goosebumps every time I hear it. What an atmosphere, it really fills your heart with joy and that melancholic emotion.
When I was very young I discovered it through the Mr C X-Mix. I remember sneaking in my older brother’s room and listening to that wonderful cd. Childhood memories. ;-)
The other tracks here are simple but good house tracks with a dreamy, naïve and trancy feeling. But like I said, Vertigo is what this ep is about.

Model 500 - Starlight [Remixes] - 06-Nov-07 03:15 PM
The expectations are high if you decide to remix the famous Juan Atkins track. However remix isn’t the right term since almost all the tracks on this compilation are luckily far away from the original. I can only hear some elements from the original in the Soultek track. So you can’t say these are remixes, interpretation would be a better word. I think that’s the right approach and it shows respect for the Originator. So far, the others releases on this label were good but – dare we say it – a bit boring. This double pack however will be remembered, not for the coloured vinyl but for the superb music, well done!

Separate Minds - Troubled World - 03-Aug-07 09:18 PM
This record is, together with the other Separate Minds ep on Express Records, pretty essential. Both records certainly need more attention in the techno history books.

Scattered Thoughts is one of my all-time favourite Detroit tracks. So raw and powerful, yet so emotional. No formulas, just wonderful Detroit Techno.
The project is an abstract sounding, noisy track with vocals. A bit similar to the stuff Mad Mike and UR are putting out at the moment.
Troubled world finally is a nice piano, oldskool house-track with someone reporting about shootings, crackhouses and other drug-related problems. The vocals are sad but the track is quite happy. The vocal sums it up right. “This is a troubled world, a crazy mixed-up world.”

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