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  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Monolake - Hong Kong

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    Tracklisting:
    1 Cyan (12:04)
    2 Index (10:21)
    3 Lantau (12:57)
    4 Macao (9:35)
    5 Arte (9:13)
    6 Occam (7:39)
    7 Mass Transit Railway (7:32)

    http://www.discogs.com/release/652

    All tracks can be listened to on last.fm -

    http://www.last.fm/music/Monolake/Hong+Kong

    http://www.monolake.de/ (some free downloads here and lots of info on Monolake and their background). One half of Monolake went on to run Ableton which was created by these guys along with the 'Monodeck' -

    http://www.monolake.de/monodeck/



  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Every so often a really, really special album comes along that just blows you away on first listen, sends shivers down your spine and goose bumps where goose bumps should appear :pac: This is a real nod to dance of old and especially to that of detroit techno.

    An immediate classic and every track a gem...

    Various - Viewpoints Chapter 1

    Tracklisting:

    1 Louis Haiman - Inner Technology
    2 CRC - Archon
    3 Alex Leon - Instant Grey
    4 Deixis - States Of Flux
    5 Stephen Brown - Light Rain
    6 Time Light Curve - Multipole Vector
    7 Myon - Odyssey Red
    8 Strand - Soleil
    9 Ovatow - Visitation_v4
    10 East Island - The Master Of Servir
    11 XDB - C.o.n.
    12 Obsolete Music Technology - Evening Star
    13 Derek Carr - Telemetry

    http://www.discogs.com/release/1293691

    viewpoints.jpg

    Two tunes from the album...





    Some sound clips on Juno -

    http://www.juno.co.uk/products/309513-02.htm

    Below quote in reference to the vinyl release which is 10 tracks rather than 13 on the CD.
    Arne Weinberg's AW-Recordings does the business here, compiling a heavyweight 10 track package featuring cuts from the cream of Nu-Detroit and dub techno producers. Louis Haiman steps to the plate with a swirling electro cut swathed in fathoms deep synth pads, CRC archon is a well studied slice of Detroit techno soul while Alex Leon takes it out there with a beatless darkside spectral composition. Stephen Brown of Transmat pedigree provides one of the album's highlights on 'light rain' with a bright and uplifting 313 jacker, before Convextion appears under his Time light Curve alias. From the opening synth wash it's immediately apparent that we're in the presence of a Gerard Hansen production with his synth driven style of emotional punishment, if you've caught any of his live shows in the last year or so you'll recognise it from the off. The quality doesn't drop from here though, the second disc packs in fresh cuts from the legendary Strand, Ovatow with an awesome dub chord stabs meets electro mutation while XDB chucks in a sweltering club killer. Obsolete Music Technology and Derek Carr fillin the final side with a couplet of sweetened Detroit techno soul, leaving you in exactly the place you want to be.
    http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=95413
    If you have interrupted sleep patterns because of the infrequency of Transmat releases, this this album may be your tonic. Released on Arne Weinberg's cryptically named AW Recordings, 'Viewpoints' takes the classic Detroit techno blueprint, and is fashioned by a selection the current producers respectfully 'exploiting' that sound. Contributions come from the the relatively unknown (check the B12 style techno of CRC's 'Archon'!) to the familiar (Transmat's Stephen Brown and Detroit veterens, Strand AKA Kech & Bonds). Recommended.
    http://warpmart.com/item/Various%20Artists/Viewpoints%3A%20Chapter%201/3658
    This first compilation on Arne Weinberg’s label is a wonderful introduction to overlooked artists crafting techno in the Detroit style. San Diego’s Louis Haiman kicks off the collection with a real mind-bender. Synth squelches and clattering beats pan so expertly they seem to move up and down through the listening space. I’m not surprised to see Haiman on a Transmat compilation from 1999, according to Discogs. CRC’s “Archon” builds slowly, but the batty synths at the end remind me of Fade to Black’s “The Calling.” Think 1990. Stephen Brown, another Transmat favorite, contributes “Light Rain,” with tasty analogue synth tones over a heavy kickdrum.

    Next up is “Multipole Vector” by Time Light Curve, a new Convextion alias. Dry snares provide a grid which is gradually filled with warm bass synths, glitchy squawks, and ghostly voices. A bittersweet tune ties everything together. Myon’s “Odyssey Red” is cinematic, with seven minutes of sad, sweeping melody over old-school beats. “Soleil” by Detroit’s Strand makes exceptional use of piano over crisp percussion and complex bleeps.

    Moving inevitably into dub techno territory, Ovatow’s “Visitation V4” pulls together odd sounds which never truly gel. I can’t decide if it’s missing pieces or just strangely mastered. East Island’s “The Master of Servir” is more successful, with unique tones dreamily circling lo-fi beats. “C.O.N.” by XDB is the best of the bunch, infusing a driving tempo with dub depths. Cascading reverb speeds about like lightning in some mad scientist’s lab. Back to more traditional Detroit techno, another favorite is Obsolete Music Technology’s “Evening Star.” From its opening chords, it pulls me into a warm, beautiful place. Every single tone is a pleasure to hear.

    This compilation proves old production techniques can still result in beautiful tracks. None of these cuts would seem out of place on a compilation of early nineties techno. These artists remind me of a time when technology seemed exciting and empowering instead of just overwhelming.
    http://www.gridface.com/reviews/viewpoints_chapter_one.html


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭thesoulfulldude


    Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz And Thee Glitz


    great album... picked up harlot from a friend on vynal... jesus great track! :D

    Felix%20Da%20Housecat%20-%20Kittenz%20And%20Thee%20Glitz.jpg


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,304 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Brilliant thread.

    My contribution if I may is Banco De Gaia - Last Train To Lhasa

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    http://www.discogs.com/release/8369
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Train_to_Lhasa

    This is one of my favourite albums in any musical genre and it has lost none of it's magic after more than a decade of listening to it. From the opening of the title track to the closing of the seemingly endless 887, the listener is taken on an image-filled journey across the wild landscape of beleaguered Tibet.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    ^ I still have to get this album. I love Banco De Gaia but somehow still only have the double CD '10 Years' and also the remix version... both excellent and cover most of the best moments but I do really want Last Train to Lhasa too. Planet Dog had some amazing releases in general, another being 'Sirius Sounds' by Children Of The Bong and of course the various Eat Static albums.


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  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Children Of The Bong - Sirius Sounds

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    http://www.discogs.com/release/146622

    Tracklisting:

    1 Polyphase (7:16)
    2 Ionospheric State (11:45)
    3 Interface Reality (7:53)
    4 The Veil... (8:21)
    5 Underwater Dub (8:40)
    6 Life On Planet Earth (8:32)
    7 Squigglasonica (9:45)
    8 Visitor (11:29)

    This, as the name might suggest is quite a chilled album and one that might compliment a spliff nicely :) Really is a fantastic album!

    A very good example from the album...



  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    808 State - Quadrastate

    http://www.discogs.com/release/1341769

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    Tracklisting:
    1 Pacific State (6:28)
    2 106 (0:43)
    3 State Ritual (6:09)
    4 Disco State (5:12)
    5 Fire Cracker (4:51)
    6 State To State (5:45)
    7 Let Yourself Go (303 Mix) (6:03)
    8 Deepville (7:26)
    9 Got It Huh (4:18)
    10 Techclock (2:17)
    11 In Yolk (6:56)
    12 State Ritual Scam (6:00)
    13 Let Yourself Go (D50 Mix) (4:50)
    My word it's so good to hear this album again. Seems like a lifetime ago, but once upon a time 808 State had a top 10 hit with "Pacific State", a track that would spawn a million imitators and more or less define the whole Acid House scene that was slowly inventing itself back in 88/89. Anyway, "Pacific State" opens this classic album and instantly takes you back to those heady days just after the second Summer of Love. The band's rare debut single, "Let Yourself Go / Deepville is included here, together with some other previously-unreleased alternate versions and outtakes. Its the first time ever that the tracks have been released on CD and the entire project has been lovingly remastered, to the customary Rephlex high standards. An absolute classic.
    http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=96560

    Listen...













  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    I hope no one minds me adding in a "Freebie"

    But This mix is 14 years old now and to this day is one of my favourite mixes ever.

    Apart from Carl Cox; Laurent Garnier really changed how I thought about mixing especially record placment and this mix although only just over an hour long really shows how diverse he is.

    He starts us off ever so gently with in my mind one of the best deep house tracks ever made

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HCgQ5iUOmo

    by the end it's abslotuley banging finishing off with

    http://www.discogs.com/release/10145

    It truly is a bit of a masterpiece :o



    Tracklisting:
    A1 St Germain Deep In It
    A2 DBX Losing Control
    A3 Kaay Alexi* My My My
    A4 Lady B The Groove Is Going (Evolutive Hard House Mix)
    A5 Davina Don't You Want It
    A6 T'N'I Mad Situation
    A7 Ege Bam Yazi* Acid Nation (G7 Mix)
    Remix - G7
    B1 Olivier Le Castor Lodge 2
    B2 Sven Väth Ballet Fusion
    B3 Kenny Larkin Catatonic - First State
    B4 DJ Skull Target Kill
    B5 Stone Circle Deep In You
    B6 N.Y.X. Delphi (Rewaxed)
    B7 Drexciya The Journey Home


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    A friend of mine reckons this is the best techno album ever:

    Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX & 909

    MusicCatalog%5CR%5CRichie%20Hawtin%20-%20Decks,%20EFX%20&%20909%5CRichie%20Hawtin%20-%20Decks,%20EFX%20&%20909.jpg

    http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/Decks%252C%2BEFX%2B%2526%2B909

    I'm no techno expert but its pretty dam good. Bit dated now perhaps, but still very enjoyable.

    From Discogs:
    This mix cd, when released, was definitely ahead of the game. The concept Richie Hawtin came up with was something no one even thought about doing.
    As far as the music goes Richie goes through the whole techno spectrum. Starting off with loop based techno, then funky, tribal techno, some detroit(jeff mills), industrial(nitzer ebb) and ending with some dubby minimal techno(maurizio). All the while the mixing is exactly what techno is all about: using records to create your own music. Some highlights are the beginning of the cd which starts off with a basic loop based track (grain) which then gets layered with a driving funky treatment(g flame& mr. g) and finally layered in with good old sample based tribal funk(user). All throughout the cd you also get awesome efx like echoes, which increases the intensity during breakdowns. The standout mix to me personally is when Richie mixes all the versions of his own minus orange with Nitzer Ebb's "Let Your Body Learn". It goes perfectly with the Nitzer Ebb classic.
    In conclusion if you're into Techno the way it should be mixed, this is a must have in your cd collection.

    Read some of the review on Amazon too: http://www.amazon.com/Decks-EFX-909-Richie-Hawtin/dp/B00002EPKB


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    ntlbell wrote: »
    I hope no one minds me adding in a "Freebie"

    But This mix is 14 years old now and to this day is one of my favourite mixes ever.

    Apart from Carl Cox; Laurent Garnier really changed how I thought about mixing especially record placment and this mix although only just over an hour long really shows how diverse he is.

    He starts us off ever so gently with in my mind one of the best deep house tracks ever made

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HCgQ5iUOmo

    by the end it's abslotuley banging finishing off with

    http://www.discogs.com/release/10145

    It truly is a bit of a masterpiece :o

    Thats an amazing mix, I worked in HMV back in 1995 and played that a lot. Never actually bought it (it was for sale too as part of that series of mixes). Since got it again in MP3 format, brilliant mix...

    http://www.discogs.com/release/24415
    Zascar wrote: »
    A friend of mine reckons this is the best techno album ever:

    Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX & 909

    MusicCatalog%5CR%5CRichie%20Hawtin%20-%20Decks,%20EFX%20&%20909%5CRichie%20Hawtin%20-%20Decks,%20EFX%20&%20909.jpg

    http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/Decks%252C%2BEFX%2B%2526%2B909

    I'm no techno expert but its pretty dam good. Bit dated now perhaps, but still very enjoyable.

    From Discogs:


    Read some of the review on Amazon too: http://www.amazon.com/Decks-EFX-909-Richie-Hawtin/dp/B00002EPKB

    Yeah definitely one of the better techno mixes, seriously banging moments and love how he includes Nitzer Ebb. Well worth the purchase.


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  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Felixdhc wrote: »
    Yeah definitely one of the better techno mixes, seriously banging moments and love how he includes Nitzer Ebb. Well worth the purchase.
    I'm likin it alright. If you have any other similar recommendations, lash em up!


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Felixdhc wrote: »
    Thats an amazing mix, I worked in HMV back in 1995 and played that a lot. Never actually bought it (it was for sale too as part of that series of mixes). Since got it again in MP3 format, brilliant mix...

    http://www.discogs.com/release/24415

    I didn't think they were allowed to sell mixmag mixes :o

    It gets a run here nearly every second day the OH is drove bonkers :D


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Zascar wrote: »
    I'm likin it alright. If you have any other similar recommendations, lash em up!

    Well definitely the Robert Hood Fabric Mix if you haven't already got it, really excellent.

    http://www.discogs.com/release/1313823

    The Richie Hawtin 'DE9' mix is also excellent, more minimal and not as heavy but well constructed and very good...

    http://www.discogs.com/release/858993

    'Masterpiece' by Francois K is brilliant, I was put off by the MOS logo but it really is an essential mix, especially the 2nd disc which is the techno mix...

    http://www.discogs.com/release/1216544

    This last is absolutely ESSENTIAL and you MUST buy it! It is sold as two separate releases, the first a 3CD set and a 2nd set of 2 CD's. I think it's still available, almost sure I saw it recently in HMV in Swords of all places.

    http://www.discogs.com/release/214592

    http://www.discogs.com/release/355806
    ntlbell wrote: »
    I didn't think they were allowed to sell mixmag mixes :o

    It gets a run here nearly every second day the OH is drove bonkers :D

    Yeah they sold the whole series, an excellent selection of mixes generally.


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Zascar wrote: »
    I'm likin it alright. If you have any other similar recommendations, lash em up!

    Actually in a similar vein while I think of it, this from Sven Vath and Richie Hawtin is well worth getting too...

    http://www.discogs.com/release/204297

    Quite heavy but if you like the tougher moments on Decks, EFX & 909 you should also like this.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    An amazingly well mixed album

    hop - hop/ break beats it's all here :D

    Mr. Lover man lolz

    Jon Carter (also known as Monkey Mafia and Junior Cartier) is an Essex-born DJ noted for producing big beat electronica. Carter was a frequent DJ of the Heavenly Sunday Social Club in its hey day. Most of his work has been released by Heavenly Records, although he has also appeared on Wall of Sound.[1] He was formerly married to Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox.[2]


    Tracklisting:

    01 Kenny Dope* Supa (Deep In Brooklyn Mix) (3:24) 02 Buddha Baboons Hey Ya Hey (Indian Beatdown Mix) (1:05) 03 Sam The Beast Gucci Dance Live (Wait A Minute Mix) (3:38) 04 Special Ed I'm The Magnificent (Magnificent Remix) (2:34) 05 Rankin Don Real McCoy (Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!) (2:45) 06 Yard Boy Ten Play Wit' Fire (Dancehall Mix) (2:03) 07 Slo Moshun Bells Of NY (Hip Hop USA) (2:22) 08a Bitch That Other Hip Hop Track (4:16) 08b Ini Kamoze Here Comes The Hotstepper (Acapella) 09 DJ Double S A Buena Ting (3:18) 10 K-9 Posse Ain't Nothing To It (3:47) 11 David Morales & The Bad Yard Club The Program (Ragga Mix) (3:42) Featuring - Papa San 12 Audioweb Yeah? (The Gucci Mix) (4:33) Remix - Monkey Mafia 13a Transplant, The Come Together (5:12) 13b DJ Topcat Request The Style (Acapella) 14 Ballistic Brothers Peckings (2:41) 15 Bassbin Twins Opus II (3:23) 16 Mekon Revenge Of The Mekon (Artery Boltcutter Mix) (3:22) Featuring - Mad Frankie Fraser
    Remix - Artery
    17 DJ VooDoo & The Liquid Method Everybody Thinks I'm High (Original Mix) (2:10) 18 Ragga Twins, The Shine Eye (2:18) Featuring - Junior Reid 19a Melting Pot Assault 1 (2:58) 19b Freddie McGregor Carry Go Bring Home (Gussie's Ska Mix) Remix - Augustus "Gussie" Clarke 20 Shut Up & Dance Say Party (3:13) 21 Shabba Ranks Mr. Loverman (New World Mix) (4:21)


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Yeah that Jon Carter mix is the business alright. I bought that around 1997 just before going to Cancun in Mexico... it was the perfect mix for chilling in the sun for two weeks. Love it, must dig it out again.

    I assume you have the Chemical Brothers Live At The Social too? Brilliant also, get it if you don't have it!

    http://www.discogs.com/release/3314


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Felixdhc wrote: »
    Yeah that Jon Carter mix is the business alright. I bought that around 1997 just before going to Cancun in Mexico... it was the perfect mix for chilling in the sun for two weeks. Love it, must dig it out again.

    I assume you have the Chemical Brothers Live At The Social too? Brilliant also, get it if you don't have it!

    http://www.discogs.com/release/3314

    Were you following me around abbey disc's:eek:

    "bit of progresive there bill!!"


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Nah, never bought CD's in Abbey really, just vinyl. I bought both of those Live at the Social in HMV Grafton St.

    The third in that series is good too, mainly though for the 1st mix by Andy Weatherall...

    http://www.discogs.com/release/46744


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Felixdhc wrote: »
    Nah, never bought CD's in Abbey really, just vinyl. I bought both of those Live at the Social in HMV Grafton St.

    The third in that series is good too, mainly though for the 1st mix by Andy Weatherall...

    http://www.discogs.com/release/46744

    Andy is the first DJ I ever saw IIRC

    Himself and johhny moy used to have some great gigs in the tivoli


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Andy was one the first I heard too, actually at The Orb in the Point in 1994, fantastic night.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Felixdhc wrote: »
    Andy was one the first I heard too, actually at The Orb in the Point in 1994, fantastic night.

    that was the year before the prodigy and 4th dimension was it?Stalker..


  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    ntlbell wrote: »
    that was the year before the prodigy and 4th dimension was it?Stalker..

    Yeah it was actually, but I can't claim to have been at that gig... I remember being at a party that night after the Temple of Sound and a load of other mates arriving back from the Prodigy.

    Look out your window


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    (Hopefully one felix hasn't heard I won't hold my breath)

    James Lavelle - CREAM Live Vol.2

    http://www.discogs.com/release/1191190

    Kinda following on from Jon Carter mix

    When I heard this was no one really doing anything like it at the time it was part of a 3 cd collecetion with nick warren and paul okie dokie.

    Just for good measure there's even a few street fighter 2 samples :D

    In 1996 Mo' Wax released one of electronic music's most celebrated albums, DJ Shadow's seminal Endtroducing...... Soon after this Lavelle started work on an album with DJ Shadow under the name UNKLE. The resulting release Psyence Fiction featured collaborations with Richard Ashcroft, Mike D, Badly Drawn Boy and Thom Yorke. In 2003, he released a follow up to Psyence Fiction, titled Never, Never, Land, though this album saw DJ Shadow replaced by Richard File as the second full time member of UNKLE. It featured collaborations with 3D of Massive Attack and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age among others.[1]
    He is a long time resident at Fabric in London, mixing the inaugural Fabric Live mix album.[2] He has also mixed two progressive house albums for Global Underground.


    1UNKLE Spinners2Autocreation Caught Short3Repeat Drifting Sounds Of Wakiki4Paris (2) Hate That Hate Made5Most Wanted Calm Down6Dr. Octagon Blue Flowers7Photek Into The 90's8Dr. Octagon Bear Witness9Air Modular Mix10Groove Robbers & DJ Shadow* Last Stop11DJ Krush Meiso12UNKLE Berry Meditation13Rob Dougan Clubbed To Death 214Tuff Crew Soul Food15Inner Zone Orchestra* Bug In The Bassbin16Winx* Hypnotizin17Scientist* Bee18Paperclip People Oscillator19Peshay Piano Tune




  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Nope, haven't heard that one, looks good alright and I liked any of the other James Lavelle mixes I've heard. ;)

    The following mix is definitely one of the best I have ever heard. I used to play it a huge amount back then at parties etc after clubbing when we were either minus a DJ or no one in a fit state :D

    Richie Hawtin & John Acquaviva - X-Mix-3 - Enter: Digital Reality!

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    Tracklisting:
    The John Acquaviva Mix (43:54)

    1 Sysex - At First Light
    2 Orson Karte - Metamorphosis
    3 Erik Van Den Broek - Ursa Major 7
    4 Math-U-Matix - Blue
    5 Scanner - Mass Observation
    6 L.S.G. - Blueprint (Version 1)
    7 Speedy J - Pepper (Speedy J Remix)
    8 Nicole - A Small Entrance To A Large Spectrum
    9 Megalon - Darkness
    10 Cal-Q-Lator - Dr Bradford
    11 Laurent Garnier - Astral Dreams (Speakers Mix)
    12 K. Hand - Flashback
    13 House Proud People - Trantastic Pt II
    14 Secret Cinema - Timeless Altitude (Extra Altitude Mix)
    15 Hardfloor - Alternative
    The Richie Hawtin Mix (29:13)
    16 Acid Didj, The - The Acid Didj Three
    17 Speedy J - Evolution
    18 Lemon 8* - Model 8
    19 Barada - Glue
    20 Peelo - Neewa
    21 LFO vs. FUSE - Loop
    22 Plastikman - Spastik
    23 Plastikman - Spaz
    24 Teste The - Wipe (5am Synaptic)

    The videos were always amazing too for the X-Mix series...













  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 colliew


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    Track Listing
    1. Reenter
    2. Aesop
    3. Cement
    4. Sonof
    5. Freq
    6. Bihum
    7. Inter Zil
    8. Krekc
    9. Sevntrak
    10. Bugmod
    11. Krikc Live
    12. Cop Roll
    13. Bark Decks
    14. Stroker
    15. Pannik (remix


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Zascar wrote: »
    A friend of mine reckons this is the best techno album ever:

    Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX & 909

    MusicCatalog%5CR%5CRichie%20Hawtin%20-%20Decks,%20EFX%20&%20909%5CRichie%20Hawtin%20-%20Decks,%20EFX%20&%20909.jpg

    http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/Decks%252C%2BEFX%2B%2526%2B909

    I'm no techno expert but its pretty dam good. Bit dated now perhaps, but still very enjoyable.

    From Discogs:


    Read some of the review on Amazon too: http://www.amazon.com/Decks-EFX-909-Richie-Hawtin/dp/B00002EPKB

    Can't belive I'd never even heard of this before. I'll get out from the rock now.

    bought it today, quality of the highest order, what a master class in mixing.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭jonny68


    Vintage stuff this is.
    Felixdhc wrote: »
    Nope, haven't heard that one, looks good alright and I liked any of the other James Lavelle mixes I've heard. ;)

    The following mix is definitely one of the best I have ever heard. I used to play it a huge amount back then at parties etc after clubbing when we were either minus a DJ or no one in a fit state :D

    Richie Hawtin & John Acquaviva - X-Mix-3 - Enter: Digital Reality!

    xmix3.jpg

    Tracklisting:
    The John Acquaviva Mix (43:54)

    1 Sysex - At First Light
    2 Orson Karte - Metamorphosis
    3 Erik Van Den Broek - Ursa Major 7
    4 Math-U-Matix - Blue
    5 Scanner - Mass Observation
    6 L.S.G. - Blueprint (Version 1)
    7 Speedy J - Pepper (Speedy J Remix)
    8 Nicole - A Small Entrance To A Large Spectrum
    9 Megalon - Darkness
    10 Cal-Q-Lator - Dr Bradford
    11 Laurent Garnier - Astral Dreams (Speakers Mix)
    12 K. Hand - Flashback
    13 House Proud People - Trantastic Pt II
    14 Secret Cinema - Timeless Altitude (Extra Altitude Mix)
    15 Hardfloor - Alternative
    The Richie Hawtin Mix (29:13)
    16 Acid Didj, The - The Acid Didj Three
    17 Speedy J - Evolution
    18 Lemon 8* - Model 8
    19 Barada - Glue
    20 Peelo - Neewa
    21 LFO vs. FUSE - Loop
    22 Plastikman - Spastik
    23 Plastikman - Spaz
    24 Teste The - Wipe (5am Synaptic)

    The videos were always amazing too for the X-Mix series...













  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭jonny68


    Ths is one of,if not the best Essential Mix albums of them all, classic stuff listening to it here again.

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    Tong* / Cox* / Sasha / Oakenfold* - Essential Mix

    Label: FFRR
    Catalog#: 828 701-2
    Format: 2 x CD, Mixed
    Country: UK
    Released: 1995
    Genre: Electronic
    Style: House, Techno, Trance
    Credits: DJ Mix - Carl Cox (tracks: 1.11 to 1.20) , Paul Oakenfold (tracks: 2.05 to 2.12) , Pete Tong (tracks: 1.01 to 1.10) , Sasha (tracks: 2.01 to 2.04)
    Notes: No mix titles or remix credits given on the release (except for track 2.04); where known these have been added below.
    On the artwork, track 1.01 is credited only to Kelli Rich and 1.20 is incorrectly listed as 'Doof - Let's Turn It On'.
    Rating: 4.2/5 (10 votes) Rate It
    Submitted by: barticle
    5 for sale in the Discogs Marketplace

    Tracklisting:
    1.01 Nu Soul Hide-A-Way
    Featuring - Kelli Rich
    1.02 Plux Over & Over
    Featuring - Georgia Jones
    1.03 Kendoh* Nakasaki
    1.04 Itty Bitty Boozy Woozy Tempo Fiesta (Party Time) (Roll Fiesta)
    1.05 Beat Syndicate* Dancing Daffodils
    1.06 Crescendo Are You Out There (Original Mix)
    1.07 Pendulum I Need You
    1.08 DJ Misjah & Tim* Access (Original Mix)
    1.09 Dune (3) Are You Ready To Fly (Jimmy Miller Remix)
    Remix - Jimmy Miller (2)
    1.10 Wippenberg Neurodancer (Original Mix)
    1.11 Laurent Garnier Harmonic Groove
    1.12 DJ Powerout* Outage
    1.13 Men With Rhythm Dance 2 The Music
    1.14 Pox And Cowell Education
    1.15 Hyperspace Mantra To The Buddha (Hardfloor Remix)
    Remix - Hardfloor
    1.16 Leftfield Cut For Life
    1.17 Markey Static
    1.18 Slam Step Back
    1.19 Dave Clarke Thunder
    1.20 Doof Let's Turn On
    Co-producer - Simon Posford
    2.01 Blue Amazon Paradise Regime
    2.02 Beat Foundation Save Me
    2.03 Tenth Chapter Wired
    2.04 Mozaic Rays Of The Setting Sun (D&D Mix)
    Producer, Programmed By - Richard Dekkard
    Remix - Dekkard & Dane
    2.05 Evoke* Runaway
    2.06 In Aura* Coma Aroma (Perfecto Dub)
    Remix - Perfecto
    2.07 Brothers Grimm* Survive
    2.08 Prodigy, The Skylined
    2.09 Man With No Name Floor Essence (Dayglo Mix)
    2.10 Grace Down To Earth (Oakenfold & Osborne Dub Mix)
    Remix - Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne
    2.11 Utah Saints Star
    2.12 Virus Sun (Jam El Mar Mix)
    Remix - Jam El Mar

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  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Yeah Jonny that's a great mix alright - the Carl Cox mix would be the best for me on it, always loved how he mixed in 'Outage' after 'Harmonic Groove'. Think I'll dig that out for the car tomorrow.


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  • Subscribers Posts: 8,322 ✭✭✭Scubadevils


    Luke Slater's 7th Plain - The 4 Cornered Room

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    http://www.discogs.com/release/85674

    Tracklisting:
    1 Time Melts (7:54)
    2 Reality Of Space (7:37)
    3 Surface Bound (8:31)
    4 Lost (5:52)
    5 The Needs Of The Many (6:27)
    6 7th Plain (7:05)
    7 Astra Naut-E (7:11)
    8 Trite (5:46)
    9 Seeing Sense (8:08)
    10 Real Life Ceremony (8:38)
    11 Grace (3:24)

    This is, without any doubt, in my top 5 albums ever. It amazes me every time I listen to it... spectacular.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Cornered-Room-Luke-Slater/dp/B000024C5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1219355295&sr=8-1


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