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Various - Twin Earth Atlantic - 07-Aug-07 10:10 AM
After precisely 1 year eat concrete returns on vinyl with ‘Twin Earth Atlantic’, an ambitious compilation with artists from around the globe. ATeeze & Ro Lee kick off with a piece of craftsmanship. You can hear influences from many different styles throughout the track. The drums are carefully arranged in all sort of variations and combined with different melodies, basslines and some well placed vocal samples. Outstanding. The second track, by Skymark, is a smooth and bouncy r’nb tune, heavy on the bass, a solid production. You might recognize the next track, by Daedelus, since it was licensed from the ‘Throw A Fit EP’ on Alpha Pup. Daedelus creates a sort of rave track in his own unique style, the bassline is unbelievably FAT, and his vocals really work on this one. Next up is Low Res, and this is one of the most interesting tracks on the compilation, it starts off with a haunting intro until the slow drums kick in, some very weird arrangements, it gives me the feeling of being trapped in a black and white movie of some kind. The track title fits excellent by the way. The last track one the B side is a dark & brooding, I don’t really like the Latin vocals in the first half and when the track suddenly breaks down Sach joins in rather abruptly. After that the track returns with the female vocalist, in English this time, with much more success. On the second disk ATeeze & Ro Lee return with a second cooperation titled ‘Bronze’, it is much darker then the first track, the different elements of the track are loosely combined witch gives the whole a bit of a abstract feeling. Hearin’ Aid then continues with a nice hip-hop track, it’s dark but none the less full of funk, really useful for scratching around a bit as well. ‘Tonight is’ is a spaced out piece of music witch grows on you on each successive listening, you can hear that a lot of effort was made to try and tell a story, and for the most part this works very well. On the flip you can hear ‘money’ a weird bubbly brew, the lush ‘her first words’ and another deep and funky workout by ATeeze. All in all this is an excellent compilation, from the, and this is important, sequence in witch the tracks are placed to the mastering and the artwork on the cover witch gives me the feeling I have something special in my hands.

Fresh Fred* - House Of Electronics - 20-May-07 02:07 PM
Frederick Smith released alot of records around 1995 and this one might passed along unnoticed.

He starts of with a stomping acid track, good but monotonous TR-909 programming. The second track is build around a looped vocal sample, nice drum programming and a minimal TB-303 bassline. Not very spectacular but good mixing fodder. But the B side is were it's at. Deep and flowing. Throughout the track various drum patterns are being mixed in and out with eachother wich creates a nice atmosphere. The rhythm is backed with two spacey basslines wich makes the whole trip quit very hypnotizing.

"House the way we like it"? Absolutely.

Beverly Hills 808303 - Acid Planet 4 - 15-May-07 10:42 AM
This is one of the best pure acid records ever written. The first track is a chicago styled sticky acid jam. Nice and mean. The second is based on a building TB-303 line wich is accompanied by classic TR-808 drum patterns. Next up is a harder track with sharp hi-hats, various drum patterns and again a killer of a bassline. But the best track is the fourth, it is one of the most ferocious acid tracks i ever heard, very deep and distorted percussion and a building bassline made by combining two TB-303's i believe. This bassline evolves in such a intense way that it would be a crime not play this out all the way.

One thing i do not understand, why did they choose for the LP format? All the tracks on the B side could be ommitted in my opinion. Overdistorted and too harsh. We would be much better of with two tracks on each side.

Toxic Two - Chemical Reaction - 14-Mar-07 12:00 AM
Commercial release. Understandable after 'Rave Generator' became a major succes in the UK. The first two tracks have nice breakbeats and a deep sub base but the breakdowns and melodies are very corney, not to speak of the vocal samples. 'Trancing Toghether' is a crappy try at making a deep house track. Naive melody, overused samples and a horrible drum rhythm. 'Flash Back' however is a gem. Faster them the other tracks, and acid is the theme. The track starts with a very good TB-303 bassline wich is joined by another after a minute or so.

Ultimate Seduction, The - 25-Jan-07 12:19 AM
Rip-off artists, their big hits 'The Ultimate Seduction', 'A Nightmare Walking' & 'House Nation' are nothing more than mash-up's from other records that were popular around that time. The original artists were never credited on the actual releases.

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