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Steve Roach Producing isexactlywhatthesetwo spacey beeps. Downtempo toooften atmospheric, ordeephousegrooves, ThesecondCDkicksoffwithamel- Core (Time roomEditions) guyshavedoneforsometime.In getsconfused witheasy listening and everycutoozeswithGainsbourgh's lowandmelodic trackentitled The DJ3D fact,theduohasproduction credits Gamma: AudioNo.1isanythingbut. formidable presence, andonefeels the City fromDangerous Frontiers. From u.s.D'n'B: AnAmerican Drumn' BassMix onovera hundredvinylissuesalone (Yuri Wuensch) respect andtalenteveryartistgaveto thereHyper takesthelistener bad (UpTempoDanceMusic) including releases for Creative and ATJAZZ thisproject. 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Allaround, this DJ Eddie Mix house, techno, andabstract funk doubleCDactsasagoodintroducto- Trance Stimuli V2.0(NeurodiscRecords) music.As far as the album at hand, ry to what's happeningin the world ElectronicChillage all ofthelabel'ssignature soundsare Withawealthofremixes, 12"sand ofbreaks today,showcasing many of Global Trance Excursions (Neurodisc) represented quitewellonvarious one full-lengthalbum underhis belt, the stylesand artists. (Sharee) excursionsthroughout. 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Positive Inffuence comfort totheexceptional sounds of theaudience across thefacewithan mixingcoupledwithsuperbprogram- Violent Vision won'thaveanysinglecharting, but Atjazz.Thebeautyofthealbum isthat openpalm.From thenonout I was ming,mostnotablybeing thediversity First SignOfCommunication theLP'sdepthmorethenmakesup youcandroptheneedleatanypoint screwed to thefloor,havingmybrain ofthematerial heplayed. Thesedays, (BNElYo.Yo Records) thedifference. Sounds greatandoh andbeassured of asublimexperi- mercilessly floggedbyhigh-grade itisn'ttheleastbitsurprising thatUK MikeLadd ermm... nicecover. (RickSalzer) ence. Thecollaboration withjazzmusi- winners likeThreeDrives' Sunset on hardhousesoundsorepetitive--and Vernacular Homicide (Ozone Music) VARIOUSARTISTS cianPeter Wraight throughout addsan Ibiza, Durango95'sBigRedWhoosh, hencemonotonounsideringthe essential dimension, resulting inasen- Accadia's IntotheDawn andhisown bulkofthetradscome fromacore VariousArtists Gomma AudioNO.1 (Shadow) sualmeetingbetweenmanand Precious Heart. Moonshine's live groupofproducers: ChrisC,Madam Grass RootsDannyKiivit:Musical . machine. Plucky basslines aretempered mixesarealwaysatreat,inthiscase Zu,Nid Sentience, Captain Tinriband Influences & Inspiration (Strut) bylayersofsmoothornsonAll That bringingaDJwhohasplayedregu- Vinylgroover areallpresent hereexact- andbyvelvety vocalson Day2001, larlyat Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, ingatriedandtiredformula-andUK ReiHarakami while Harmony maintains a delicious Cream, GoldenandSundissential. hardhousehasmostcertainly become Tracesof RedCurb(SublimeRecords) groove thatallows forsoulful vocals to intoyourlivingroomforacoclctail. thepabulumofthekiddie raveand Tweak drift overdroplets ofupliftingsound. Themixingitselfiscleanandaggres- drugset.Egilcanhardlybeblamed HybridOrganics (Straight Ahead Tiredoftheworld?Labfunk transports sive;thetracksareallstraight-ahead though. ActingasAmerica's minor Recordings) Afterwrangling therightto review youintoanalternate realitywhere the slammers across theboard.So,ffyou leagueanswer to RadioOne'sPete Gamma: AudioNo.1-and determin- inhabitants arefriendlier. theclimate areunfortunatenough to livesome- Tong, Egilhasbeenbreaking newelec- Princess Superstar ingthatitisindeed"Gamma" andnot warmer andthecolorsmorevivid. where notwithinafifty-mileradiusof tronicmusic foraboutenyearsnow Princess Superstar Is Yum.(LucyBeer) theabovementioned clubsandwant onstations likeSouthern Calffomia's (Rapster/lK7Records) "Gamma"-fromanother quillinthe to catchthefatherof DutyFree KROQ-FM, MARS-FM, andtheoriginal BPMbullpen, I findmyself confound- VARIOUSARTISTS Modjo ed.Alabelretrospective fromthepast Recodings in hiselement, pickthis GrooveRadioat(103.1FMinLos Modjo(MCA) threeyears, themusicofGamma isali- I LoveSerge (Ark21Records) mofoup. (M.vanpfeiffer) Angeles).With UKHardNRG,Egil's latchedontothelatest trenr is it On Point at-once jazzy, melancholy, abstract, VARIOUSARTISTS fad?UKhardhouse, your15minutes A Continuous Drum-n-Bass Mix denseanddownright strange. Just BedrockBreaks - compiledand areup.(Yuri Wuensch) (MeanStreetRecords) whatkindoflabelisGomma, anyway? mixedbyOJHyper (Bedrock Music) Oh,aGerman one,ofcourse. Anda '.., Dabrye favoriteofLeftfield, Kruder & [[d One/Three Dorfmeister, GillesPeterson, Jazzanova, (Ghostly International) Terranova, The PoetsOf Rhythm, Fugitive Elf RainerTruby,LesGammas,Les In the 10yearssincehis death,Serge Sou/bound (ShadowRecords) RhythmesDigitalesandJames Gainsbourgh's influencehastouched . Lavelle--among others.Shadowhas suchartistsas MCSolaarand ravaged James Hardway alreadytappedanotherTeutoniclabel thelikesof BertrandBurgalat.Forthe StraightfromtheFridge in DiskoB for the marvelous Munich FrenchCloonerwho sprayedsexon The first breakbeatmix from the (HydrogenDukebox) Manhattanrelease.Butwhere MM everyrecordinglikemusl<. it was only a Bedrockimprint comesto us courtesy reveledin a retro '80s homageto elec- matterof time beforeDJsinhaledthe of DJHyperand coversa good deal tro, Gammacarriesbreaksinto darker pheromonesandaddedtheirown of territory over the 22 tracks con- . comers of dimly lit living rooms and scents to his music. I Love Serge has tained within the 2CD set. Some of BPM ISSUE 31 D
