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A strong, distinctive techno album that's worth picking up. It's not really within the loopy-banger/DJ tool mode of techno that producers like Mulero were known for at the time of this release - the tracks on here have a lot more going on in terms of... See full review

"Middle Earth" is the cut on here, for me. I'd say it's aged better than anything else on this record. Wouldn't have been out of place on a Likemind release, although it's got a tough edge that a lot of those tracks lack.

Really baleful EP of excellent dark techno. And when I say "dark" I don't mean distorted or ludicrously hard, though - it's dark in that every track has a ghostly and fearful atmosphere to it, with discordant tones and unsettling human-like sounds... See full review

An excellent pair of tracks here. Robert Hood's organ-driven dancefloor cut "The Feel" is the one that most DJs would probably go for; it comes across sounding a bit like one of his housier Floorplan productions, but retains a banging quality that... See full review

While the B-side track "Oxycute" is a bit more along the lines of Dred's work on Rephlex - very raw 606 & 707 drum sounds, chaotic sound of three or more 303s competing for attention - the A-side track "Macrocosm" is in a fairly different... See full review

"Adonai Elohim" on side A is a highly crowd-pleasing Detroit-influenced piece of dancefloor techno. The long introduction could prove to be a bit too drawn-out for some, but if played at the right time and in the right place it could be extremely... See full review

Extremely strong electro release, with the standout cuts being "Back to the Future" and "Katutaso". The extremely energetic A1 track is a solid crowd-pleaser, while Katutaso is a bit more in the mould of the Surface Effect releases - spacey electro,... See full review

This EP, like a large proportion of Insync vs Mysteron output, is composed of a diverse set of techno tracks, each of which work on many different levels. Simultaneously hard, calm, marauding, rhythmic and atmospheric, a lot of thought went into the... See full review

"Trax 4 Da Women" is the highlight of this EP, with a Deeon-esque verse/chorus structure to it. You know the one, where the operative word from the line ("shake", "ride", "pop" etc) comes in on every kick during the chorus parts. And when the kick... See full review

DJ Milton's 'hitting hard' from the word go, with "909 State" kicking off with pounding warehouse-style kicks and eye-splittingly sharp snares and hi-hats. "Star Trek" combines a hypnotic Lil'Louis-style synth line and the classic Dance Mania 'claps... See full review

Towards the end of 1994, a lot of artists in the IDM/electronica/ambient/electronic listening music (choose whichever term you prefer, as long as it's not the offensively smug "intelligent techno") scene were starting to diversify quite widely from... See full review

"Shake That Booty" is an ultra-minimal and not incredibly mastered jacker with a fairly distorted tom sound and some sporadic delayed laughs and giggles throughout. "Soul Train" is, as the title suggests, based around sampled strings from an old disco... See full review

This early Beltram EP displays a strong electro influence, although the standout track for me is the atmospheric techno cut "The Dream". Its sound is reminiscent of some early UR tracks ("The Light" on Acid Rain 1 comes to mind) although with less of... See full review

If you haven't heard this, then it's really time you let Jesus into your life. Simultaneously hilarious ("Jesus Knows"), moving ("Soul of Mine") and highly experimental (err... all of the tracks, really), this unique album of gospel glitch will... See full review

A definitive compilation of Detroit classics, with "Let's Go", "Clear", "No UFOs" and "Strings Of Life" representing pivotal moments in techno's creation. Also, we get Kevin Saunderson showing drum'n'bass producers how to produce their bass noises on... See full review

Dan Curtin on Strictly Rhythm? Even though he makes arguably cheesy dancefloor material now, back in 1994 he was well-known as a 4/4-eschewing producer of futuristic, melodically intricate "intelligent techno", so it was a bit of a surprise that this... See full review

Two tracks on this record, with "Synchronized Minds" being the stand-out for me. A light & skippy portamento groove rides over the heavily shuffled house rhythm with an occasional DX100 string interjection. "Collection" is a bit more uptempo with... See full review

Stasis had a lower profile than the likes of B12, Black Dog and RDJ during the early-1990s UK electronic music days, but was extremely influential nonetheless. The Stasis name became almost synonymous with decent music, and he had fingers in many pies... See full review

Anyone techno fan who remembers going into record shops during 1993, and was repeatedly shocked by the quality of techno coming out back then (especially the Red Planet and UR stuff, the Virtual Sex compilation, etc), will most likely have tears come... See full review