Tracks Consumed
- Cor Ten
- Convulse
- Passage (Out)
- Converge
- In Side
- Ekko
- Consumed
- Locomotion
- Passage (In)
- Consume
- Contain
Publisher: Mute Price: £21.99
Review Consumed / Plastikman:After the huge critical success of Musik and Sheet One and a justified reputation as one of the best live techno acts ever, Plastikman's third album is a move away from the dancefloor. An alias for Canadian technohead and co-founder of Detroit label +8 Richie Hawtin, Plastikman has created the soundtrack for surveillance videos. Incredibly dark and atmospheric, Hawtin plays with the empty places in your head. Electronic noises echo through space as if in barren warehouses. Melodic acid lines drift over never-ending beats in the eerily bleak "Locomotion" and "Contain". This intense music is best heard in quiet isolation, not before a night out on the tiles. -Ed Potton.
Publisher: Nation Release date: 2000-01-01 RRP: £8.99 Price: £5.46
Review Interplanetary Meltdown / Transglobal Underground:
Tracks 10 Squared: 10 Years of Platipus/Mixed By Parks & Wilson/Art of Trance
- Rock Rose - Star
- Love Washes Over - Art Of Trance
- Into Sea - Adam Dived
- Essence - Pob
- Viola - Moogwai (1)
- 3.2 - Humate
- Moonsoon - Art Of Trance
- I Want You - Z2
- Gothic Dream - Dawnseekers
- Kala Chant - Praha
- Lithium - Paragliders
- Blue - Narcotik
- Kala Chant - Praha
- Viola - Moogwai (1)
- Seadog - Clanger
- All Because Of You - Universal State Of Mind
- Changes - Innate
- Do You Hear Me - Indiana (2)
- Seadog - Clanger
- Moonsoon - Art Of Trance
- Vicious Circles - Vicious Circles (1)
- Air - Albion
- Melodica - Leama
- Madagascar - Art Of Trance
- Air - Albion
- Gothic Dream - Dawnseekers
- Into Sea - Adam Dived
- Lithium - Paragliders
- Calling Your Name - Libra
- All Because Of You - Universal State Of Mind
- Do You Hear Me - Indiana (2)
- Madagascar - Art Of Trance
- Love Washes Over - Art Of Trance
- Today - Pob
Publisher: Platipus Release date: 2008-01-04 RRP: £13.99 Price: £3.98
Review 10 Squared: 10 Years of Platipus/Mixed By Parks & Wilson/Art of Trance / Various Artists:
Tracks Renaissance America, Vol. 1
- Flow [Nalin & Kane Remix] - Laguna Seca
- Run - Ecano
- Godspeed [Hybrid Remix] - BT
- Twin Town - Timo Maas, Ian Wilkie
- Voices - Desert [1]
- Forsaken - Highland
- Under the Water [Starecase Remix] - Brother Brown
- Anomaty [Albion Mix] - Libra
- Rainmaker - Novacaine
- Escape - Cascade
- Unity [Helsinki Sunday 6am Mix] - Orkidea
Publisher: Max Music Release date: 2002-02-05 RRP: £11.99 Price: £7.24
Review Renaissance America, Vol. 1 / Dave Seaman:
Tracks Dreamstates
- Invisible Tears - Life On Mars
- Baguio Track - Luzon
- Refined Intricacy - Origin (1)
- Go - Moby
- Offshore - Chicane (1)
- Greece 2000 - Three Drives
- Stealth - Way Out West (1)
- Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52
- Another Chance - Sanchez, Roger
- I'll Be Waiting - Full Intention
- Stella - Jam & Spoon
- Scorchio - Sasha & Emerson
- Skydive (I Feel Wonderful) - Freefall (2)
- Original - Leftfield
- Sister Sister - Sister Bliss
- Drifting Away - Faithless
- Sargasso Sea - Salt Tank
- Builder - Rithma
- Infinity - CJ Stone
- Finished Symphony - Hybrid
- Das Glockenspiel - Schiller
- Vega - Van Dyk, Paul
- Everytime - Lustral
- Savannah - Ruff Driverz
- Precious Heart - INXS
- Sweetness - Xstasia
- Barber's Adagio For Strings - Orbit, William
- Smokebelch II - Sabres Of Paradise
- From Russia With Love - DSP
- American Dream - Jakatta
- 9pm (Till I Come) - ATB
- Shame - BT
- Falling - Phreaq
- Reset - Jamnesia
- Silence (Michael Woods) - Delerium
- Dawn - Pooley, Ian
- Good Life - Inner City (1)
- Impact - Johnson, John (1)
- Swollen - Bent
- Les Nuits - Nightmares On Wax
Publisher: Inspired Release date: 2001-07-09 RRP: £18.99 Price: £17.00
Review Dreamstates / Various Artists:
Tracks Tripomatic Fairytales 20 [Us Import]
- Stella
- Path of Harmony
- Earth Spirit
- Zen Flash Zen Bones
- Heart of Africa
- Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona) [Radio Mix]
- Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)
- Who Opened the Door to Nowhere
- Muffeled Drums
- Paradise Garage
- Right in the Night (Fall in Love With Music)
- Tow Spys in the House of Love
- Neurotrance Adventure
- Stellas Cry
Publisher: Sony Release date: 1999-12-23 RRP: £9.99 Price: £8.99
Review Tripomatic Fairytales 20 [Us Import] / Jam and Spoon:
Publisher: Avex Trax Japan Release date: 2007-09-25 RRP: £15.99 Price: £9.95
Review Elements of Life / DJ Tiësto:
Tracks In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
- Zoetrope
- Amo Bshop Roden
- Kid For Today
- In a beautiful place out in the country
Publisher: Warp Release date: 2000-11-27 RRP: £8.99 Price: £4.93
Review In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country / Boards Of Canada:
Tracks NME In Association With War Child Presents 1 Love
- House of the Rising Sun - Muse
- Merry Christmas Everyone - Oasis
- Firestarter - Jimmy Eat World
- Back to Life - The Reelists featuring Ms. Dynamite
- Power of Love - Feeder
- Killer - Sugababes
- Back For Good - McAlmont & Butler
- Out of Time - Manic Street Preachers
- All or Nothing - Starsailor
- Nothing Compares To U - Stereophonics
- Something in the Air - Elbow
- Dub Be Good To Me - Faithless and Dido
- Ghost Town - Prodigy
- Come on Eileen - Badly Drawn Boy with Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
- Dreams - More Fire Crew featuring Gabriele
- Pretty Flamingo - Darius
Publisher: B-Unique Release date: 2002-10-14 RRP: £15.99 Price: £27.35
Review NME In Association With War Child Presents 1 Love / Various Artists:1 Love, like its predecessor-1995's Help!-is an ambitious, admirable and artistically satisfying attempt to raise money for the War Child charity by having great bands cover great songs. Brian Eno-patron of War Child, producer and general bald-headed genius-and his team have raised the game this time by limiting the choice of songs to number one singles. The choice of tracks is interesting in itself. Take, for instance, McAlmont and Butler's soulful approach to Take That's outstanding "Back for Good"-a song that had been blighted by both writer and performers. Dido (and Faithless) are the perfect interpreters of Beats International's "Dub Be Good to Me" (although tragically they omit the gibberish opening) and Jimmy Eat World transform Prodigy's "Firestarter" from the original claustrophobic car crash into something else entirely, simply by stripping it down to bass, drums and guitar. The only real disasters are Elbow, catatonically murdering Thunderclap Newman's classic "Something in the Air" (their "Independent Woman" was so much better), Muse's "House of the Rising Sun", which sounds exactly as you'd expect, and Feeder covering Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "The Power of Love" rather than the Marty McFly adrenaline surge of the Huey Lewis and the News version. To their credit, they offer up a sublimely creepy vision, shimmering with emotion and based around an unobtrusive acoustic guitar. The record is essential, if nothing else, for Noel Gallagher's acoustic "Merry Christmas Everyone". -Ben Johncock.
Tracks Jumping All Over the World
- Night
- Enola Gay
- Marian [Version]
- Hyper Hyper
- Cambodia
- Shake That!
- Faster Harder Scooter
- Question Is What Is the Question? [Headhunters Remix]
- One (Always Hardcore)
- Jigga Jigga!
- Fire
- Question Is What Is the Question?
- Jumping All Over the World
- Posse (I Need You on the Floor)
- Friends
- Neverending Story
- Whistiling Dave
- Move Your Ass!
- I'm Raving
- Logical Song
- Definition
- Rebel Yell
- I'm Lonely
- And No Matches
- Nessaja
- How Much Is the Fish?
- Maria (I Like It Loud)
- Greatest Difficulty
- Weekend!
- Lighten Up the Sky
- Endless Summer
- Hardcore Massive
- Back in the U.K.
Publisher: Sheffield Lab Release date: 2007-11-30 RRP: £27.99 Price: £13.76
Review Jumping All Over the World / Scooter:
Tracks The Annual - Ibiza 2002
- Tic Toc (Magik Musik Mix) - Klea
- Forever - Dee Dee
- Forever - Trinity-X
- No No No - Manijama Feat. Mukupa & Lil T
- Fascinated - Raven Maize
- Reason (Lange Mix) - Ian Van Dahl
- The Rock (Moneybitch Remix) - Punx
- U Shine On - Matt Darey & Marcella Woods
- Silver Screen Shower Scene (The Thin White Duke Mix) - Felix Da Housecat
- Lazy - X-Press 2 Feat. David Byrne
- Something - Lasgo
- Safe From Harm (Andy Morris & Stuart Crichton Vocal Mix) - Narcotic Thrust
- Forever (Voodoo & Serano Edit) - N-Trance
- Reckless Girl - The Beginerz
- Lollipop (Clubstar Remix) - DJ Aligator Project
- In My Eyes (DJ Phillip Mix) - Milk Inc
- Get Me Off (2002 Remix) - Basement Jaxx
- I Would Die 4 U - Space Cowboy
- Killing Me (Full Vocal) - Origin Feat. Lindsey Olard
- It Just Wont Do - Tim Deluxe Feat. Sam Obernick
- Do You See The Light Remix 2002 - SNAP! Vs Plaything
- Sexiest Man In Jamaica (Tony Senghores Horehaus Vocal) - Mint Royale
- So Fly (Hot 22 Remix) - M001
- 4 My People (Basement Jaxx Remix) - Missy Elliott
- Tell It To My Heart - Kelly Llorenna
- Saxuality - Hi-Gate
- Mother (Are You Ready To Play?) - M Factor
- Shake Ya Shimmy (Flip & Fill Remix) - Porn Kings Vs Flip & Fill Feat. 740 Boyz
- Starry Eyed Surprise (Oliver Lieb Remix) - Oakenfold
- Nessaja - Scooter
- Insane (Steve Murano Mix) - Dark Monks Feat. Mim
- Dove (Ill Be Loving You) - Moony
- Like A Prayer - Whos That Girl!
- At Night - Shakedown
- Follow Da Leader 2002 - Nigel & Marvin
- Unbreak My Heart (Club Star Remix) - Haifa
- One Step Too Far - Faithless Feat. Dido
- Be Cool - Paffendorf
- Fly With Me - Coloursound
- Shooting Star - Flip & Fill
Publisher: Ministry of Sound Release date: 2002-08-19 RRP: £18.99 Price: £4.20
Review The Annual - Ibiza 2002 / Various Artists:
Tracks Theory of Machines
- Theory of Machines
- Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water - Sigtryggur Baldursson, Ben Frost,
- ...Coda
- Stomp
- We Love You Michael Gira
Publisher: Bedroom Community Release date: 2007-05-08 RRP: £12.99 Price: £6.81
Review Theory of Machines / Ben Frost:
Tracks Godskitchen 3 - Life
- Dennis Alfafarez Pres. A-Tension - Japenga's Ride (Mark Taylor & Rick Charles Remix)
- Yves Deruyter - Music Non Stop
- Golden Girls - Kinetic (Vincent De Moor Remix)
- Db Boulevard - Point Of View (Quivver Dub)
- Robbie Riviera - Funkatron (Crazee Mix)
- Jamx & De Leon - Can U Dig It
- Tillman Uhrmacher - On The Run (Quadraphonics)
- Aquanuts - Deep Sea (Martin Eyerer Remix)
- Way Out West Feat. Tricia Lee Kelshall - Mindcircus (Phunk Investigation Mix)
- Tecra - The Pryce Is Right (Mark Shimmon Mix)
- The Digital Blonde - Noctone
- Midway Monkey - Forest
- Mathias Ware Feat. Rob Taylor - Hey Little Girl (Banks & Sullivan Club Mix)
- John oo Fleming - The Nazarean Vs Hemstock & Jennings
- James Holden - Pacific (Acid Mix)
- Capetown - X-Tension
- Mauro Picotto - Pulsar 2002 (Megamind)
- Allen & Healy - Rescue
- Trancesetters - The Saga
- Organica - Not My Fault
- Dj Cyber - Marco Antonio
- Futura Legend - Restless Nature (Tim J Mix)
- Fusion - Spectrum (Agnelli & Nelson Mix)
- Loader - Nothing Is...
- Rising Star - Clear Blue Moon
- Organica - Access Denied
- Strobe - Human Animal
- The Organ Donors - Locked Tight
- Solar Factor - Deep Sonar
- Tim Taylor & Thor 54 - Over The Hill (Mr.G's Hi- Energy Dub)
- Tilt Feat. Maria Nayler - Headstrong (Parks&Wilson Scapel Mix)
- Members Of May Day - Sonic Empire (Oliver Klein Remix)
- Matt Darey's Mash Up Feat Marcella Woods - Beautiful (Pulser Remix)
- Kmc Feat. Dhany - I Feel So Fine (Tillman Uhrmacher Light Mix)
- Crw Feat.Veronika - Like A Cat (Noisy Vocal Mix)
- Nic V - Artificial Intelligence
- Mauro Picotto - Bangkok
- Mario Piu - Sensatio (Mas Mix)
- The Traveller & In Motion - Believe (Minimalistix Vox Club Mix)
- Marco V - Certainly Darren (Christian 1am Mix)
Publisher: Incredible Release date: 2002-03-18 RRP: £18.99 Price: £31.95
Review Godskitchen 3 - Life / Various Artists:
Tracks Ayres
- Rising Wind
- Signed I Wish You Well
- Obeisant Vine
- In Heaven
- Soft Collared Neck
- Woods And Gives Away
Publisher: Type Release date: 2007-08-27 RRP: £8.99 Price: £5.13
Review Ayres / Helios:
Tracks Global Underground Departures Sampler
- Lose It - Desert
- Air - Albion
- Tranceillusion - VFR
- Stargazer - Deepsky
- Down The River - Hong Kong Trash
- Summersault - Tastexperience
- Sex Drive - Private Productions
- Beachball - Nalin & Kane
- Axiational - Doubell, EJ
- Reality Detached - Forth
- Indica - Pink Bomb
- Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52
- Breathe In Me - Tekara
- Submission - Freak & Mac Zimms
- Waters - Taucher
- Greece 2000 - Three Drives
- Delicious - Bush Babies (2)
Publisher: Global Underground Release date: 1998-09-14 RRP: £4.99 Price: £18.78
Review Global Underground Departures Sampler / Various Artists:
Tracks Global Underground 7: Paul Oakenfold In New York
- The Touch - Remixes
- Life On Mars - Life In Mind
- Planet Heaven - Nautical Bodies
- Solar Stone - Day By Day
- CM - Dream Universe
- Krystal - Burning Flame
- Miro - Paradise
- Virus - Hypnotise
- Lustral - Everytime
- Greece 2000 - 3 Drives On Vinyl
- Ambrosia - Inside Your Arms
- Jamie Myerson - Rescue Me
- BBE - Symphonic Paradise
- Talisman & Hudson - Leave Planet Earth
- Ameoba Assissin - Rollercoaster
- Private Productions - Sex Drive
- E Razor - Mantra
- Fathers Of Sound - Water
- Cyclone Tracy - Balla Con Ritmo
- Taste Experience - Summersault
- Junk Project - Composure
- Albion - Air
- Mystica - Bliss
Publisher: Global Underground Release date: 1998-05-25 RRP: £17.99 Price: £19.90
Review Global Underground 7: Paul Oakenfold In New York / Paul Oakenfold (mixed by):
Tracks Six in the Mix: the Fusion Remix Collection 1999
- Breakthrough (2)
- Face It
- Breakthrough
- Sounds Control Your Mind
- Discophon
- Augenblick
- Schubduse
- Schubduse (2)
- Omen Am (2)
- Omen Am
- Sounds Control Your Mind (2)
- Augenblick (2)
Publisher: Virgin Release date: 1999-03-22 RRP: £10.99 Price: £2.51
Review Six in the Mix: the Fusion Remix Collection 1999 / Sven Vath:
Tracks Ghost Stories
- Empty
- Idol
- Blind Man
- Numb
- Silver Lining
- Glory Girl
- Cellophane
- A Child Believes
- The Wrong Man
- Filthy Mind
Publisher: Warner Release date: 2000-09-04 RRP: £15.99 Price: £3.50
Review Ghost Stories / Amanda Ghost:The world of female singer/songwriters is a troubled one. And their deep thinking, emotionally wrought vocals and lyrical obsessions with human relations-all songstress' staples-are hardly the stuff of easy listening. Amanda Ghost is similarly humorously challenged. She cries forth with powerful gravelly vocals and with lines like the string-laden "Numb"'s "Lying on a bed of nails, build me up to watch me fail," lyrically at least, she's as much a match for her distressed predecessors Tori Amos and Alanis Morissette. But it's in the production stakes that Ghost Stories really comes good. Amanda doesn't solely subscribe to the standard piano hammering, angry young woman antics. Sure, she sticks to tradition with the guitar belting "Idol", "Cellophane" and "Glory Girl". But she also mixes things up by complementing the snarly vocals of "Filthy Mind" with Underworld-esque rhythms of psychotic disco, and laments "The Wrong Man", "Empty" and "Blind Man" with the Massive Attack stylings of brooding urban beats and cold strings. Her melodies may be thin and her mentality far from unique, but the musical context points to there being a lot more to Amanda Ghost than just another depressed female singer/songwriter. -Dan Gennoe.
Tracks Strictly Saucers
- Lost in Space, Pt. 2
- Man Full of Trouble
- Tear Da Club Up
- Lost in Space, Pt. 1
- Tell Me I Won't
- Bike 2000
- Outro
- High Rollers
- Strictly Saucers
- Dirtier Worl
- Patried Out
- Ignorance Is Bliss [Remix][*]
Publisher: Lockin Out Release date: 2008-06-02 RRP: £12.99 Price: £5.46
Review Strictly Saucers / Razzle Dazzle:
Tracks Draft 7.30
- 6IE.CR
- RENIFORM PULS
- VL AL 5
- SURRIPERE
- IV VV IV VV VIII
- V-PROC
- XYLIN ROOM
- TAPR
- P.:NTIL
- THEME OF SUDDEN ROUNDABOUT
Publisher: Warp Release date: 2003-04-07 RRP: £13.99 Price: £7.25
Review Draft 7.30 / Autechre:If you thought Autechre were forever lost in the chattering electronic static and tempo-less industrial fog that characterised their oppressively difficult last album, Draft 7. 30 should come as a very welcome return to formality. Stripping much of the machinery away, Autechre have left hallucinogenic keyboard washes, pumping sub-bass and intensely complex drum patterns, all of which mutate and interact according to some alien logic. Fans suggest that previous album Confield was best listened to quietly in the dead of night; well, Draft 7. 30 is best listened to very loud, through massive speakers. It's the perfect way to appreciate the meaty low-end that palpitates through tracks like "Surripere", the child-like chimes that creep through the background on "Theme of Sudden Roundabout" or the gut-pounding rhythm of "Xylin Room" that suddenly halts for a split-second leaving one sprawling forward on the track's sheer momentum. Hardcore fans might dismiss this as a step back from the brink, a mere retread of ground that's being stamped flat by Autechre's army of copyists. But ultimately, Draft 7. 30 is a blast to listen to-a genuine rarity in leftfield electronica nowadays. -Louis Pattison.
| Models & Brands: Consumed, Interplanetary Meltdown, 10 Squared: 10 Years of Platipus/Mixed By Parks & Wilson/Art of Trance, Renaissance America, Vol. 1, Dreamstates, Tripomatic Fairytales 20 [Us Import], Elements of Life, In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country, NME In Association With War Child Presents 1 Love, Jumping All Over the World, The Annual - Ibiza 2002, Theory of Machines, Godskitchen 3 - Life, Ayres, Global Underground Departures Sampler, Global Underground 7: Paul Oakenfold In New York, Six in the Mix: the Fusion Remix Collection 1999, Ghost Stories, Strictly Saucers, Draft 7.30 |