GTO – Tip Of The Iceberg

GTO in 1993, and this is the one and only album they ever produced.
The first vinyl of this double LP, is pure trance/hard trance with bouncy trance tunes to become relevant with the newer sound of 1993 but on a much harder, darker and industrial edge than the typical 1993 trance style,
while the second vinyl is their classic techno tunes from their oldskool 1990-1992 period, when techno was the dominant style in electronic dance music back then.
After 1993, GTO changed their style again, to join the more hardcore/gabber genre, under the name ''Technohead''
As already been said, this is their most complete work they ever done, and i loved those tunes from the first time i heard them back in late 1993. You will have a hard time to find a better album than this one from the oldskool period, of dance music.

Pure (Energy), Listen To The Rhythm Flow (Trance Machine Mix) and Elevation (Troll Mix) are faster mixes than the original 12"s so these mixes here are 15-25 seconds shorter,

This is a fun and classic GTO release. The hidden treasure is The Bullfrog.

Definitely a good blend of house and techno on this early GTO release. A lot less hard and more accessible than some of their later stuff. Unfortunately it doesn't all stand the test of time well. But Elevation and Pure are still classic milestones in the club scene and shouldn't be missed, plus I still have a soft spot for The Bullfrog after witnessing the club go mental to it!

My Gemini turntable is automatically set to play 33 and a 1/3 vinyls at the default speed, and only for this record, i have to shift the pitch control back, because Michael and Lee were so generous enough to record the music here at the plain 33rpm setting.

This is my favorite release out of all their albums and aliases...nice and lengthy, a widescreen collection of their experimetations with what we used to call "gabbahouse" on one disc, and the edgy remixes of their classics saved on the other. Many of the songs here represent the mid-point between the "Technohead" project and the early "GTO" stuff. Much more of a complete album then "Love Is Everwhere", the latter to me works better seen as an EP.