robob

Name: ►RoBoB
Member Since: Nov 07, 2003
Rank: 6814
Average Vote Received: Correct (4.08, 60 votes)
last 10 days: Correct (3.92, 12 votes)
Rated 1113 releases, average: 4.58
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Profile: myspace ¤º° hyves ¤º° partyflock

If you're willing to sell a record in my wantlist,
please contact me with a reasonable offer.
Ebay links appreciated, but only of my wanted items please!
If you want a record from my collection,
just mail me with your offer,
so I can say either yes or no.
I do NOT make an offer myself !
Questions without a price will be ignored.
If it's a classic in my book, I don't give you much chance,
because music is of more importance than money.

Oh, and please don't waste my time with MP3 requests > I can't & I won't!
° B U Y V I N Y L !♥

Go here to download some of my mixes.
Special thanx to el greco 4 da webspace.

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100.0% positive (9 ratings)

Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (21 ratings)

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Paul Hartnoll - Patchwork Guilt - 31-Jan-07 03:52 AM
After the sad liquidation of Orbital (the greatest electronic band on the planet - period) on July 28th 2004, this 12" sees the return of Paul Hartnoll to the music scene. While brother Phil kept himself busy crossing the planet as a breaks DJ and producing as one half of Long Range, younger sibling Paul disappeared from view, locking himself away in a secret Brighton based studio.
His eagerly awaited first solo album will be released soon, but these two tracks are the first to emerge.
While Phil's productions lack identity and depth, these tracks have the Orbital signature written all over.
The heavenly atmospherics and multitonal synthwork clarifies the fact that Paul still is the better songwriter of the two brothers. 'Patchwork Guilt' could have been an unreleased track from the Blue Album, while my favourite 'Gloopy' would not be out of place on In Sides or The Altogether.
Hearing this for the first time gave me the same shivering of excitement as when a new Orbital album was released in the mid 90's.
Welcome back, Paul!

Richie Hawtin - DE9 | Transitions - 17-Nov-05 12:25 PM
Richie has done it again: taking musical minimalism to the next level by incorporating the endless possibilities of today's technology to the fullest.
Third part in the DE9 series, this is indeed a giant leap forward with regard to its precursor 'Closer to the edit'.
On the DVD, Richie explains the advanced process in simple words, so that even my mother can understand what he's talking about.
Musically, the individual tracks have been stripped to their bare essentials and then used to build new tracks like a brick wall; but I've never seen a plasterer do such a precise job > in fact, Richie is probably the only artist in the world who can make this happen!
As extra features you get the full 5.1 Surround mix, two video clips which in my opinion are a bit too arty-farty, and twelve minutes of his DJ set at Timewarp, with a really cool visual backdrop.
But the best feature is that while listening, you can exactly follow on-screen which tracks are flown in and out of the mix.

In short: this is where technology is today, with the best electronic music has to offer. The man still is number one.

Precision Cuts - Psychedelic Squeezebox / The Herta - 31-Jul-05 02:51 PM
This is the first and (so far) only release on Smartbreaks, Precision Cuts' own label.
"Psychedelic Squeezebox" was recorded in the "Big Room" studio and features some fairly far-out production techniques. These include recording a synced minimoog through a 50's Binson echo box through a Marshall stack guitar amplifier. The main breakdown sound is a stereo miked accordian played by all 3 PC members at once. Surely a first?
"The Herta" was recorded entirely using "Reason" software and is named after a sausage!
Both tracks are awesome party-crackers, situated at the deeper end of the breaks spectrum but with more than enough punch to lose yourself on the dancefloor.
As always with these guys the tracks contain a wide variety of original sounds with a healthy dose of FONK as the main ingredient.
If you have the opportunity to see them doing a live show, be sure not to miss it! (And find out where the after-party is, too!!)

Streets Ahead (2) - Red Lines - 05-May-05 04:37 PM
This has to be my all-time favorite record of which I know absolutely nothing about.
White label, unknown label, and I haven't encountered anyone else who has it ever.
Musical it's techno in general, but with ravey synths, haunting spiritual vocals, thundering breakbeats underneath but what really makes it stand out is the heavy clonking bass sound which in 1991 was unheard of, and well, still is today really!
Way ahead of its time, and in my box forever.

Sleeparchive - 05-May-05 09:09 AM
'Bout time someone gives this label the credit it deserves:
all releases are absolutely essential purchases if you like your techno minimal, stripped down and way deep.
The production is so clean and clear, it's scary.
I hear lovers comparing this to old-school Plastikman, and that's a massive compliment, but it's actually still much better than that.
My favorite still is release #1, but I'm playing all releases to death.
A worthy new entry in the minimal Hall of Fame, and a statue in Madame Tussauds to boot!

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