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Slam | Alien Radio Remixed

Techno really must be stone-cold dead. After this unnecessary remix project we are sure again.
CD, Soma

Tekst: da volgaBabe

Publicatiedatum: 09 september 2002

No! No! No! With the Alien Radio album Slam had released one of their best efforts to date and now they go and spoil it with what is no more than an unnecessary translation of three 12-inches on cd. The worst thing about this project is that both the so-called 'big' names like Darren Emerson, Leftfield's Paul Daley and UR's Rolando and promising newcomers like The Youngsters, Silicone Soul and Funk D'Void fail to propel the originals in new and unexpected directions. Instead they invariably come up with endless variations on Detroit Techno templates that were already out of fashion in Detroit itself five years ago. The worst case of head-aching tedium must undoubtedly be Carl Cox' unbearably clattering and rattling but more importantly going-nowhere piece of techno that is, no doubt, the superstar dj's definition of nu-tribal (or whatever). 'Go away, evil man!' is all we could mutter after this brutal and uninvited tribulation. Only Josh Wink's epic Detroit-strings interpretation of Positive Education, H-Foundation's dub-house retake on Lifetimes and Two Lone Swordsmen's ultra-metallic nu-electro mix of Visions can be suspected of any additional creative input. But alas, even in those cases the remixes don't really measure up to the powerful originals. With about fifty Soma Quality Recordings gracing our record collection and after the ace 100th release compilation we are afraid we have come to expect much more from one of Glasgow's original strongholds. No! No! No!

http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/slam/alien-radio-remixed/1836/
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