Various – Techno 2: The Next Generation

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Label:	10 Records – DIX 89, 10 Records – 210 506
Series:	Techno (3) – 2
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	Mar 19, 1990
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Techno, House

Tracklist

A1	Area 10–	Love Takes Me Over Mixed By – Marc Kinchin, Scott Kinchin Producer – Marc Kinchin* Written By – Kinchin/Amos Written-By – Amos, Kinchin	7:05
A2	Reel By Real–	Aftermath Producer – Juan Atkins, Martin Bonds* Written-By – Bonds*	5:13
A3	KGB (2)–	Stark Producer – Timothy Brown Remix – Kevin "Master Reese" Saunderson* Written-By – Brown*	6:33
A4	MK*–	Mirror, Mirror Producer – Mark Kinchin* Written-By – Marc Kinchen	6:24
B1	Octave One Featuring Lisa Newberry–	I Believe Featuring – Lisa Newberry Mixed By – Anthony Shakir Producer, Written-By – Shakir, Burden, Burden, Burden Written By – Burden/Burden/Burden/Shakir	5:33
B2	Infiniti–	Techno Por Favor Mixed By [Mix], Edited By [Edits] – Eddie "Flashin'" Fowlkes* Producer – Infiniti Written By – Atkins/Pennington/Durrant Written-By – Durrant, Pennington, Atkins	5:10
B3	Psyche–	Elements Edited By [Edits] – Anthony Shakir Producer – Carl Craig Written-By – Craig*	6:50
B4	Vice–	Ritual Mixed By [Mix], Edited By [Edits] – Anthony Shakir Producer – Jay Denham Written-By – Denham*	5:48

Companies, etc.

Record Company – KMS
Record Company – Transmat
Record Company – Metroplex
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 10 Records Ltd.
Copyright © – 10 Records Ltd.
Licensed From – Kool Kat
Licensed From – ZTSE
Licensed From – Metroplex
Licensed To – 10 Records
Published By – Drive On Music
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Published By – Kool Kat Music
Published By – Transmat
Published By – Mayday (4)
Published By – Zomba Music
Published By – Electrogroove Music
Published By – Copyright Control
Mastered At – The Town House
Pressed By – EMI Records
Marketed By – AVL
Distributed By – Virgin
Distributed By – Virgin Records Ltd.

Credits

Compiled By – Neil Rushton
Design, Art Direction – Icon London And Los Angeles*
Sleeve Notes – John McCready

Notes

A1, A3, A4: Drive-On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
A KMS Recording, licensed from Kool Kat Records
A2: Kool Kat Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
A Metroplex Recording, licensed from Metroplex (centre label)
A Metroplex Recording, Licensed from Kool Kat Records (rear of sleeve)
B1, B3, B4: Transmat/Mayday/Zomba Music
A Transmat Recording, licensed from Kool Kat Records
B2: Electrogroove Music/Copyright Control
A KMS Recording, licensed from Kool Kat Records (centre label)
A Metroplex Recording, Licensed from Kool Kat Records (rear of sleeve)

The copyright in this recording is owned by 10 Records Ltd
℗ 1990 10 Records Ltd
© 1990 10 Records Ltd
Marketed by AVL.
Manufactured in the UK

Centre labels:
Manufactured & Distributed by Virgin Records Ltd.

Rear of sleeve:
Distributed by Virgin
This Album compiled by Neil Rushton
Licensed from Kool Kat/ZTSE toTen Records.
Detroit from space. A Landsat image from, NASA Views of Earth by Robin Kerrod
Design and Art Direction by Icon London and Los Angeles

Runouts:
"TOWNHOUSE DMM." is etched, all other information is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 5 012982 008917
Barcode (Scanned): 5012982008917
Price Code (D): 630
Price Code (F): PM 262
Label Code: LC 3098
Matrix / Runout (Runout A): DIX 89 A-1U-1- TOWNHOUSE DMM. D
Matrix / Runout (Runout B): DIX 89 B-1U-1-2 TOWNHOUSE DMM. D

Other Versions (4)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Techno 2: The Next Generation (CD, Compilation)	10 Records, 10 Records	DIXCD 89, 260 506	UK	1990
	Techno 2: The Next Generation (Cassette, Compilation)	10 Records, 10 Records	CDIX 89, 410 506	UK	1990
Recently Edited	Techno 2: The Next Generation (LP, Compilation)	10 Records, 10 Records	210 506, DIX 89	Europe	1990
Recently Edited	Techno 2: The Next Generation (LP, Compilation)	10 Records	DIX 89	Italy	1990

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Reviews

Numanoid Mar 31, 2023
Edited 2 years ago
Released early in the year 1990, an oustanding timeless compilation that still is a bluerprint for all things techno. Octave One's "I Believe" is about as good as music can get: past, present and future.
The only track not making the cut is Area 10's freestyle middle-of-the road "Love Takes Me Over" which I find a complete misfit in this company. So skip that track, and start listening from track 2 is my advice.
Alain_Patrick Dec 17, 2020
What can we say about Stark? A deep, exquisite Techno piece, seriously underrated; this masterpiece should get a lot more credit, first of all because it was of a kind, and also for its aesthetic and futuristic atmosphere (remember we were in 1990).
MISTER_DIA-TRIBE_73 Jun 10, 2017
Edited 8 years ago
Best tracks on this LP is....

Area 10 Love Takes Me Over 7:05
–Reel By Real Aftermath 5:13
–KGB (2) Stark 6:33
–MK* Mirror, Mirror 6:24
–Octave One Featuring Lisa Newberry I Believe 5:33
–Infiniti Techno Por Favor 5:10
–Psyche Elements 6:50
–Vice Ritual 5:48

Oh that's all of them...

Sign of a great comp then!

Musica is the language!

;)

P.s. If I had to pick 3 of these it would be back to back Octave One Featuring Lisa Newberry I Believe ... KGB (2) Stark (For years I thought this was Ritchie Hawtin) .... Infiniti Techno Por Favor
iljin1 Sep 5, 2012
This is just such a good compilation. Takes you to another world. KGB-Stark is awesome. Very dark. Best track on this compilation followed by Techno Por Favor wich is another great techno piece. But this said, the other pieces are just so good as well. You just gotta feel this compilation.
docus Jul 12, 2009
Stark by KGB...

This is the stand-out track of the album for me, one of my all-time favourite Detroit techno tracks. It's a stripped, dark, bubbling, acid-tinged monster with a really deep, rolling, off-kilter vibe. Droning synth-lines float up and merge with eerie snippets of vocals, while dark, gritty breakbeats drive the whole thing along, underpinned by a muscular, surging bassline that coils around all the elements like a sea-sepent. Relentless...

True techno. A masterpiece.

(With apologies for the purple prose.)