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Name: Sauce1977
Member Since: May 24, 2003
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Rated 41 releases, average: 3.93
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This was on the massive repeat, as well as Infinity Within, when that one was released.

I believe Deee-Lite suffered from a lack of the right type of market to thrive.

It seemed as if the audience from the corporate was supposed to be mass audience, but it probably shouldn't have been, in a world of Wal-Marts, these fine people had the independent, quality super-shop.
This is an A side and a B side that was released on June 3, 2003. There are two covers to the 7" jacket. The 'High Heels on Tile Floors, adulterated verson' is a good instrumental.
On the disc, the disclaimer clearly reads:

"This CD compilation is in no way related to or endorsed by the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF)."

Thus is the demonstration of the behind-the-scenes struggle with the promotion and organization of Detroit's annual electronic music festival.

However, there are some great Detroit-influenced tracks on this compilation. Do not confuse the conflict with the tracks. DJ-T1000, aka Alan Oldham, is one fine local Detroit artist.
Moby has become as large of an electronic icon from his music which has appeared in motion pictures.

Here is a great compilation of all the tracks from Moby that have appeared in some fashion with regards to films. One of my favorites is God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters, which can be heard at the end of the motion picture Heat, right before the end credits.

Ah-Ah was part of the film "Cool World."

And, a nice ripping-good track, the James Bond Theme, can be heard as how Moby interprets it.

This is a Moby effort that you can enjoy with your knowledge of films.
If you want to have a loooooooooooooooooong history of electronic music, as compiled by Rhino Records, then this 2 CD set is for you.

Kraftwerk opens on the album with The Robots. The album finishes with some of the more recent artists in the electronica world.

Gooooooooood music, wide range of styles. It's all here, lovingly packaged in the style of a computer board.
I enjoy the work of Deee-Lite very much.

Not too many people think of them past their most popular and best hit, "Groove Is In The Heart," and/or past their appearance as the musical guest on NBC's Saturday Night Live at the height of their popularity.

For those who desire just "Groove Is In The Heart," I feel the best version can be found with many other great versions on their 'Dancefloor Oddities' album. It also resides on their 'World Clique' album, but really, to think of Deee-Lite as just a "Groove Is In The Heart" group and nothing else is merely a superficial look.

I've enjoyed Towa Tei's work on his 'Future Listening!' album. I enjoy most of the tracks that Towa, Dimitry, and Kier have put out for the public.

With this group, they usually went on a mix cassette tape, and I'd usually rewind the tape at least once to replay the sounds from Deee-Lite. :D

Possibly my most favorite tracks on this album were track 7, Electric Shock, and track 12, Rubber Lover. Track 12 seems a bit hokey, but the group tried to send out a message at the time that was very necessary, as it is today.

If you cut past their 'messages to the public' in their tracks on this album (heck, the CD was produced with the 'Eco-Pak Jewel Case'), you'll see that Deee-Lite is about as harmlessly suggestive in comparison to some of the more blatant and judgemental groups out there. Don't be fooled by this subtle, above average, yet wonderful album. Deee-Lite was primarily about the music on 'Infinity Within.'

Campy, funny, odd, sincere, they can be misconstrued as 'Techno Hippies,' but really, when Kier sings, who really cares when she sings with such a sweet voice. Track 3, "Heart Be Still," is a solid effort, and I like track 2, "Runaway."

The time-piece tracks happen to be track 5, "Vote, Baby, Vote," and not-so-time-piece, track 8, "I Had A Dream I Was Falling Through A Hole In The Ozone Layer." Track 8 deals with environmental consciousness, which with youth voting turnouts and safe intercourse, those were the fad focuses of the early 90s activism. However, when we see fighting for natural resources here in Michigan over the Great Lakes water useage, one sees that the messages are still timeless.

The fuzzy, feel-good track for me is the final CD track, track 14, "Love Is Everything." It's a slow song, and really, I like it a lot.

Okay everybody, those are my two cents. The album is not perfect, but it looks pretty funky, and it fits with Deee-Lite's image and messages.
There Is A God holds some of the spirituality found in the next track, Church. Both have an air of choir-worthy background music.

Vernors is an interesting song in reference to the Michigan-based soft drink that generations of Detroiters have known. The song sounds quite wonderful as the drink tastes.
Moby - Moby Jun 08, 2003
This was my first techno album.

I remember watching the movie "Cool World" with Brad Pitt . . . thanks to Ralph Bakshi's film for opening up a new world. By that film, I enjoyed Moby's tracks from the movie's "Songs from the Cool World" . . . and I bought Moby's self-titled album.

Ah, those were the days, high school, Moby . . . playing Next Is the E until I had Moby on the brain!

The album itself has better versions of songs like "Go" on various artists compilations, but this early offering is worth the bucks. There are a couple tracks that sound like they belong in the Nintendo game series "Metroid."
If you're in one of those moods where you gotta scream, this is the album for you. Though ATR talks of destruction and violence, people should never be scared away by their scorpion appearance. Never judge a book by it's cover, as you will find one heck of a fast-paced blitzkrieg through this jungle of noise, beats, screams, and passion.
Kraftwerk - The Mix Jun 08, 2003
Kraftwerk's popular material rests here, compiled, remixed, refreshed, adjusted, and put forth into a set of tracks that can be enjoyed from the start of The Robots to the finish of Music Non Stop. During college, I used to have this one on repeat play all night during term papers.

Kudos to such gifted work on this album. Music . . . Non Stop!!!

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