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ARTiST....: va
TiTLE.....: the kings of techno-compiled by laurent garnier and carl craig
LABEL.....: BBE - Rapster
GENRE.....: techno
SOURCE....: cdda
QUALiTY...: VBR / joint-stereo
SiZE......: 159,2 MB
REL.DATE..: 09-03-2006
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] cd1: laurent garnier
]
01] the stooges - no fun 05:17
02] aretha franklin - rock steady 03:12
03] the temptations - plastic man 05:57
04] funkadelic - bettino's bounce 03:38
05] carl craig - no more words 06:51
06] jeff mills - utopia 04:18
07] bfc - galaxy 06:38
08] arpanet - ntt docomo 04:38
09] d.i.e. - get up 04:51
10] dabrye - game over 03:41
]
] cd2: carl craig
]
01] visage - frequency 7 05:03
02] kano - i'ts a war 06:52
03] yello - no more words 03:58
04] alexander robotnick - dance boy dance 05:09
05] art of noise - beat box (diversion 1) 08:31
06] nitzer ebb - join the chant 05:25
07] capricorn - i need love 06:13
08] the black dog - virtual 09:58
09] ball - nort route 05:15
10] choice - acid eiffel 13:29
TOTAL TiME : 118:54 min
'Kings of Techno' is the 6th installment in a
compilation series that grows more ubiquitous with
each release. Over 130,000 albums have been sold
in a series that brings together globally renowned
DJ 's & producers to reveal their favorite tracks
in the genre they themselves have become best
known for. 'The Kings of' albums allow compilers
to make choices well beyond the usual restraints
imposed on them. Each release features striking
artwork from 60's Rolling Stones photographer &
bon viveur extroadinaire Michael Joseph.
Techno has its roots in Detroit, more precisely in
the eclectic late radio programs of Charles "The
Electrifying Mojo" Johnson which heavily featured
early electronic works (Moroder, Kraftwerkà) and
funk, giving birth to a new genre in the mind of a
fistful of African-American students, 'The
Belleville Three': Derrick May, Juan Atkins &
Kevin Saunderson. Featuring a percussive,
synthetic sound and a 4/4 beat, Techno developed
from a strictly underground phenomenon to an
established, global genre when it came to England
and from there the rest of the world.
But this album is not your average 'Techno' mix
album. How could it be - it features two of Dance
Music's most significant players of the last 15
years.s
Laurent Garnier was one of the first Europeans to
mix American House and techno music in Britain,
earning his crown in the glory days of the
Hacienda in the late 80's. Some tracks of his mix
will be immediately recognizable as 'Techno', such
as the obscure 'Just a Feeling' by Instinct -
deeply evocative of a 101 lost weekends in the
'Hac', as it affectionately became know by
regulars - or the phenomenal Utopia by Jeff Mills
- a track which best defines the atmospheric
soundscapes associated with the genre. But far
from being strictly techno, Garnier's mix is both
a testimony to the genre's main influences and an
eclectic tribute to the town that saw its
emergence: Detroit. The great beauty of his mix is
the layering of the many styles, traveling from
Alice Coltrane and Aretha Franklin to The Stooges,
from Motown's Temptations to Slum Village to
futuristic hip-hop-anthem-in-the-making Dabrye's
collaboration with Jay Dee on 'Game over'.
Carl Craig grew up in Detroit; his diverse musical
output has gained him fans from a broad range of
musical backgrounds. Considered as one of the main
figures of the second generation of Detroit techno
producers, his extensive DJing all over the world
witnessed the development of the genre. In direct
contrast to Laurent's mix, his takes in music that
mostly emanated from Europe. Like Laurent's, some
falls easily into the 'techno' category: Nitzer
Ebb's industrial bass heavy 'Join In The Chant'
fits seamlessly with Capricorn's 'I Need Love'
from defunct early 90's trance label 'Sperm'
Records. Visage and Human League will be
remembered for European chart success in the glory
days of late 70's, early 80's pop music, the
former perhaps better known for their hit 'Fade to
Grey', the latter for their massive 'Don't You
Want Me Baby'. Both had a high voltage current
running through their music and significantly
these tracks still gain a cheer on today's dance
floor.s
So expect the unexpected, once again the meeting
of minds in the 'Kings Of' series has spawned an
informed, genre-defying double CD that's mixed to
perfection, and that takes us on a journey from
which we won't want to, or simply can't, return.
Buy me if you love me :)