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ID 024CD
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"In 1997 I was fortunate to come across and obtain a copy of the Sonar Base double album on Utrecht based label, U-Trax which, at the time was unlike a lot of electro releases as it crossed over into Detroit music, slow breakbeats and tight, futuristic electro. There was something on this album for every party I have ever played, so it found a permanent home in my record box. I hooked up with Frank De Groodt a couple of years ago and released some new Sonar Base material. Most people missed the original U-Trax double pack on its release and it's one of those mythical records that many people have heard played out, but not many own, so I asked Frank if he was happy to re-master and release it on CD. He was well into the idea and got to work! I think any techno or electro fan should listen to this album, there is guaranteed to be something on there you like but hopefully, like me, you'll just enjoy." -- Daz Quayle
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ID 021CD
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"When you want tough, impeccably produced electronic music, it's lucky that labels like SCSI-AV are around to provide! After releases for such labels as Erratica and Orson the Leeds based electronic dancefloor imprint brings you Point B aka Richard Bultitude's long-awaited debut album A Previous Version of Myself. Coming across like Autechre and Dabrye jamming with Funckarma, Bultitude manages to pay homage to his influences without carbon-copying, and certainly has the sick production skills to match. With tracks like 'Split' destined to cause serious damage on the dancefloor while retaining a strong melodic edge for home listeners, and 'Figure' which should rightly be an anthem for android breakdancers in a couple of decades time; A Previous Version of Myself truly has something for everyone! Anyone who laments the slowdown and death of the electronic scene should look closely at Point B, the man who not only has the style to keep fans of the genre happy, but gives it the attitude, the excitement and the pure enjoyment that has been missing for far too long."
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ID 019CD
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"Mariel Ito's debut album spans styles with the aplomb we've come to expect from Eric Estornell -- but futuristic electro remains high on the agenda, dope jams and reduced, effortlessly minimal party music. 'Syndrome' messes with portions of Richard Burton's War of the Worlds narration to great effect -- paranoia and claustrophobia intrude on a banging, jacking electro rhythm. 'Satisfied Death' seems to pick up from the tender intricacy of 2005's Tiny Destructor, originally a bonus track on the CD of Casi Profundo and set to be Eric's next single for Treibstoff early in January 2006. A churning bass, celestial strings and an utterly balanced and beautiful sense of harmony emerge from this tune. 'Remorse Attack' works within the glottal stops of classic electro, again the production is shocking, and advances us way beyond the retro stylings of many contemporaries, no doubts, we're deep into a whole new thing here. 'Finally' crushes and squashes its beat, and its an epic coda to a hugely satisfying album."
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ID 016EP
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"Dr Lindh is a well-disguised Luke Eargoggle, a master of DMX, 808, sequencers and the original electro sauce. 'Professor Laphroaigh' comes on like a 2005 reblooding of Kraftwerk's eternal, time will never taint it, classic 'Numbers' -- you may think this is an ill-advised choice but Lindh takes the motifs of the original, adds even more syncopation and emerges with a drop-dead dancefloor decimator. 'Pocohontas Rainforest' betrays further Eargoggle's fascination with dusty gear, still managing to purge from it the most futuristic sounds imaginable. 'Wanting Keys' relates in mood to a Knight Rider state of mind, all reduced desert driving, the key change and particularly reminiscent of that wonderful soundtrack moment. '5 Drips Of Syle' sums up the package most effectively, dense arrangement -- deep electro as we love it. One of the many highlights here is 'Look Love, Inside A Screen' -- washing Carpenter-style synths, rampant bass, all's well with the world. 'Alone In Vision' replays an ongoing affair with Art of Noise's 'Moments in Love' -- the tribute synth fairly transporting the listener to an indistinct moment in time, neither memory nor future, just right now. Bunker fans will recall Luke's excellent Audio Warriors album for the label some years ago, we feel the Dr Lindh tunes here represents his best work since that high point."
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ID 009CD
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"2002 undoubtedly belongs to Carl Finlow; after demolishing dancefloors with his tremendous Electrilogy series for the Device label, reshuffling sizzling house for Sur Muziq, building up the reputation of the 20/20 Vision label as Random Factor, and battling it out with the Wee Deejays on their ace Gassoline imprint--Mr. Finlow finally returns home to his nearest and dearest label Scsi-Av. Having starved us for quite some time of his Silicon Scally material, Finlow finally delivers an album that will not only rank as the finest electro record of the early noughties but will cement his reputation as one of the most important exponents of new electro in the world today; sitting alongside his Detroit compatriots in innovation, precision, crunchiness, and bass devastation. Destined for huge things, this is a seminal electro album from a living legend."
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