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The line in spanish is, "la fuerza esta su contigo (may the force be with you)." Ultra-definitive of refined hi-tech electro after the cheesy electro fad in the 80's, nothing was cooler than a non-melodic break-dance tune that updated that old-skool... See full review

This is very funny dub / reggae record. The songs are essentially the same. On the A side, a lady sings that she is in love with a man twice her age. The B side is a tune where a guy says he is in love with a girl half his age. The beats are... See full review

Marshall Jefferson's collaboration, Minute by minute is the hands down winner in this double pack. Quite orthodox Cabaret Voltaire that sounds very 80's-ish and retro is integrated into Jefferson's knack for house . So unique that it could even work... See full review

Väth has material on this album which sounds like it is half Hildenbeutel's string arrangements and half Sven. An Accident In Paradise was the single that became reworked by Spooky and Orbit, while L'Esperanza turned into a music video. L'Esperanza... See full review

If Seph were 2 minutes longer, it would have been my favorite track. The very anti-techno classical instrumentation makes you feel like you are in some basement in Italy. The vocals are mystic and heavenly or underworld-like, whichever you prefer,... See full review

3 tracks are noteworthy here. First of all, "extra" is an innovation by fusing clubland with idm. Powdery, lo-quality samples are uncommon on dj decks, and idm usually begins to fall prey to breakbeats when the pace is too much. Dave Angel shoves... See full review

This mix, as it is described as being live, really sounds that way, as if the output was recorded directly to a dat tape or something, because the decibels are so low on this cd. If I were to pick, I would say that the spirit by aquaplex and seadog... See full review

Hardfloor creates a thumper rather than a stomper. Aural float translates a stomper into an artificial intelligence tune made for entertainment on the home stereo. Speedy J has a recreation that is rather well known due to his !ive set & also... See full review

Norway is a bleak, desolate country with vast stretches of ice fields. It is nearly all daylight during the summer and nighttime during the winter. Even though Jóhann Jóhannsson is Icelandic, he does record in parts of Norway and such a sense of... See full review

My name is god. I feel like I control all the chakra in the world through the use of rushes brought on by electronic drum beats and electrified chants which are actually synth pads. The emphasis, I presume, is to modify roland presets to where they... See full review

“La La Radio” is the best on Exit. Tokumaru sings in Japanese, so track titles and lyrics are probably difficult to understand. On the recommended piece, the groove does not set in until after the 3 minute mark, which leaves just 2 minutes left to... See full review

From looking at the sleeve credits, one might be inclined to think that the orb remix is the best pick. This is not true. The massey mix one of 808 state fame brings forth elements of dub, trance, and ethnic or world music into a neat experience. ... See full review

Jah Wobble provides us with what sounds like a soundtrack to the Jungle Book for adolescents (terrible). Then there are the ambient pioneers with none of their standout compositions. Kate St. John's Notti Senza Amore is okay, but it took a while for... See full review

My favorite song here has to be Dice. A very strange, eclectic guy, Hide, who at this time sported red hair done like a rich lady in her 50's. This was a little before the time when he was building up Japan's rock scene into the boom that was... See full review

The house mix by Saunderson gives Abdul's hit ditty the typical tailoring. I'm glad to see Abdul on American Idol giving advice on music. The other mixes are all rather the same sort of altercating the original so as not to hurt it. Abdul's lyrics... See full review

Let's go to Lucifer's Flowers on this release. A syncopated downtempo groove with a suave bass line and a smooth female chorus becomes the basis for the standout on 'a crime for all seasons.' The techniques in use are sometimes cliche, but... See full review

Very gothic sounding, electronic touching on trance, but with bursting energy. Ogre sounds like a serial killer much more here than in other albums. The race is close between, "Addiction", "Chainsaw", and "Deepdown Trauma Hounds." I place them in... See full review

Gone is the typical ambient drone obsessed Scanner, and we have funk. The sound seems a little abrasive to me and sort of lacks pleasure in favor of aggressive 'hype to the rhythm' type of deal. Anyways, "Spinique" is the selection to highlight, and... See full review

Horrible, terrible, weird stuff that really sounds like music for the 'hooligans' depicted on the front cover. It is kind of like cyber punk. There are elements of breaks, jungle, house, and downtempo in there. Tokoyo heartwash is my favorite... See full review

Go for Mandingo's "Lanmbasy Dub (Kora in Hell mix)." It is: dub, tribal, house, and trance. It is subtly melodic and not especially a winner, but enough to where I remember liking the song.
The rest of the album veers toward new-age or world and is... See full review

This EP is nice, but if you listen to Spooky's Little Bullet Part One right after you listen to this, the similarity will reveal itself. Sasha knows all the hot tunes but just like any other dj who releases material under his or her name, lacks... See full review

Calcium begs to be heard by everyone on the planet. Papua New Guinea became the worldwide underground hit. Generation Y'ers can probably recollect hearing this song at least once, although they may not know the title or author. FSOL are unlike... See full review

Obsidian is the centerpiece. Plinky-plonky techno requires the listener to do his own mixing and up the bass. There are other parts enjoyable, but difficult to forage through because the disc is segued together in tracks 1 & 3. Truly tribal and... See full review

Maximalism in the purest sense of the word. The song steals from an older tune, which the band recognizes in their liner notes. Disco-esque dance-floor cheesiness in Japan results from heavy production and music theory. Denki groove are such... See full review

Potage du jour is the typical LFO sound. The essentially "stardust" remix edges out the Mark Bell sound by a gradation. The full dub is better than the edit. A typical dusty vinyl disco loop is sync'ed with Bjork's already robust tune.