From: dcook@spam.ua.oz (David Cook)
Newsgroups: alt.rave
Subject: 2 mini-reviews, some compilation questions.
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:34:07 GMT
Organization: Stats Pure & Applied Maths, Uni of Adelaide, Australia

Hi ravers,
  I just picked up a couple more techno CDs in the last week,
and I can't recall seeing reviews here, so :

Space Trax : The Compilation
(60:53)

Where are you            5:15
I Like it                4:40
Vivi Section             4:05
Musica Suave             4:45
Atomic Playboy (1st mix) 6:45
Atomic Playboy (2nd mix) 5:58
The Bells                4:25
Hobo-Sexual              4:43
Deduction (1st version)  5:05
Deduction (2nd version)  5:16
Sweep on both channels   5:58
The Tremolo              4:05

I picked this up on the recommendation of a guy at a local record
store (one which concentrates on dance & imports) - they had some
hardcore-sounding techno playing, and I said I was looking for 
comps with similar stuff on them. Space Trax wasn't quite what I
was looking for, but it's pretty good anyway. Deduction (both
versions) are probably the 'heaviest' tracks, Atomic Playboy
should be very familiar. Musica Suave is more ambient, and Vivi
Section samples Vivaldi (!). Where Are You and I Like It are 
reasonably heavy also. Sweep on both channels does cool things
to my hi-fi, too ...

Overall : 7/10 - Note that I'm biased towards 'harder' techno,
and higher bpm, but this CD still has some good tracks.
Not quite worth the $AUS 35 I paid for it though, at least for
my tastes (note: $35 AUS is about $28 US ...)

Rave II
(80:33 - yes, *80* minutes ! Longest CD I have)

It's A Fine Day    			Opus III
Far Out             			Son'z of a loop da loop
Are You Ready To Fly (rainbow mix) 	Rozalla
Frequency				Altern-8
The Bouncer				Kicks Like A Mule
Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion) 	ACEN
The Green Man				Shut Up And Dance
You Took My Love (Earth mix)		Candese
Dance With Power (Remix)		Bass Construction
We Are I.E.				Lenny D-Ice
Eruption				Flag
Tronikhouse				Up Tempo
Rave Generator				Toxic Two
5.4.3.2.1				AWOL
Manic (Hypermix)			The House Crew
I Think I Want Some More		Auto-Logic

I'm impressed ... firstly, at my ability to stare at racks of
techno CDs and pick probably the longest one there :-)
And there are some good tracks on here, too : Frequency bumps up
my opinion of Altern-8 a bit (I've heard Evapor-8 on the radio, but
thought it had too much diva, not enough 'buzz'), Close Your Eyes
is good, Dance With Power does *great* things to the bass on my hi-fi,
and so does Eruption. Rave Generator seems to be popping up
all over the place - I already have it on Reactivate #4, and it's
also on Rave Gener8tor. 

(note: I haven't mentioned all the tracks here, but that's not because
they're no good, just because I haven't listened to the CD enough yet :)

Overall : 8/10 - more of the harder stuff I like, and some good bass.


Wanted : some idea which is best/hardest/heaviest out of :

Best of Techno II
Only for the Headstrong II
Rave Gener8tor
Noise 2
Hit the Decks 2
Post Acid Crash

(I seem to like the 'wierd' European style of techno too - 
eg from Belgium, etc)

(Ignorant question : what exactly is a 'white label' ?
'black label' ? I get the idea they're rare, but I'm not
really sure.)




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Assistant Computer Manager, Stats, Pure and Applied Maths, Adelaide Uni.
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