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artist : minus 8
title : remixes 2
year : 2000
genre : lo-fi
label : compost records (compost 087-1)
website : www.compost-records.com
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ripper : karmacoma
rls-date : 11-jan-2000
encoder : fhg radium mp3 codec v1.263
quality : 192kbps/44,100hz
source : vinyl
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a1 cold fusion (doctor rockit's sweaty dutch vest mix) 4:22
a2 snowblind (les gammas lifetime remix) 6:17
b1 snowblind (tiny trendies - cultural mambo remix vocal) 10:11
b2 snowblind (zimpala remix) 6:22
4 tracks (00h 27m 12s)
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minus 8 masters the whole spectrum of downbeat, drum & bass and
nu-jazz. there are only a few internationally known djs, producers
and remixers from switzerland. robert jan meyer, aka minus 8, is
one of them. as a leading man in this group, his name is mentioned
together with the names of alex attias (aka beatless/ mustang/
catalyst/ bel air project) and the straight ahead label posse.
robert jan meyer is an architect and the brother of a well-known
swiss rave promoter. he started to make music at the end of the
80Æs, first as a bass-player in a funk-band, but soon his
fascination with midi-equipment led to experiments with a keyboard
and sampler. at the beginning of the 90Æs, robert launched his
minus 8 project as a slow and peaceful answer to all the plus 8 (on
a turntable) speed madness that was prevalent in club music at the
time.
by 1993 he also started djing, playing mostly acid-jazz, rare
groove, funk, and hip-hop. since then, robert has consistently
supported swiss club culture with all his talents. heÆs also toured
as support for big uk names like goldie, grooverider, hype, krust,
storm, bad company and adam f. and now heÆs in-demand as a remixer.
as all that wasnÆt enough, heÆs also found time to put together a
great series of compilations - "science fiction jazz" vol. 1 û 5.
the first ever minus 8 release, "the sweetest sounds," was the
actually the first release on dj camÆs paris-based label
inflammable. in 1997, minus 8Æs first album "beyond," followed
(also on inflammable), and received excellent reviews. "beyondö was
followed by a second album, "beyond beyond" for uk label higher
ground (part of sony uk). the english trip-hop and drum & bass
scenes influenced both of these albums.
on this third album elysian fields however, robert has refined the
elements of his music and arranged them in more song-oriented
style. the new album is much more homogenous and solid than the two
first albums. "elysian fields" doesnÆt lean on trends, but creates
its own universal
atmosphere. "elysian fields" centres around breakbeats, beautiful
atmospheric moments, and live-elements provided by skillfull
jazz-musicians like chris wiesendanger, and vocals of billie and
tanja birri. itÆs a sound that has found minus 8 a new home at
compost and in the record boxes of jazzanova, beanfield and truby
and now yours!
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greetings to sweetbeats, quadrophenia, sour, mindscape, deephouse
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