Monika Kruse @ Voodooamt – Highway Number 4

Just to make it short: Highway Number 4 is a huge Floor Bomb ! If someone does not flip out here, has nothing to do with Techno Music !

In my opinion, still one of the most spine chilling moments in techno history. Best of all is how effortlessly it works the dance floor. Marked by steady dispassionate calmness and self-control, both Highway Number 4 and Andromeda 13, as previously stated, build up to euphoric techno festivities through multiple complex symphonic passages, enabling the tracks to actually sound like properly composed electronic music pieces!

The title track is particularly notable, with gorgeously lush pads and heart splitting chords, all spiced up with an actuating bass line which at no time lets the music sound stale and monotonous. As much as I cherish the 'mono' aesthetic in techno, this is one of those moments where orchestral elements are perfectly incorporated into the life of machines and the result is classic. This is a work of someone who not only knows their computers, but is graced with a far broader perception of music and how far can one go with it.
Maybe their finest moments, but it's all taste really. These two have done some great stuff together...

Jaw-dropping orchestral techno masterpiece that swells into an amazing bass and tin driven crescendo. good stuff :-p