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███ █ ▐ T H A B O S S I S P R O U D T O P R E S E N T █ ██ █
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█ █ █ artist: Aux 88 size: 85,7 MB ▌ ██ █
█▄█ █ █ album: Is It Man or Machine DBCD2 label: Pinnacle █████ █
▀▀█ █ █ genre: Electronic str.date: ???-??-1996 ▄▄▄█
███▄▄▄█ time: 62:17 min rip.date: Jan-29-2003 ▌█ ███
█ █▀▀ █ bitrate: 192 kbit ripper: Team BOSS ███ ███
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█ █ █ What happens when you take an accomplished dancer █ ████
█ █ █ who's musically trained and unleash him in a studio? █ ████
█ █ █ Well, if the conditions are right, you might get Aux █ ████
█ █ █ 88. But not overnight... █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ Tommy Hamilton had always been musically inclined. █ ████
█ █ █ From the age of 5 he had played with drums, so the █ ████
█ █ █ concept of the beat and rhythm were with him early █ ████
█ █ █ on. While he was in high school in the early 80's, █ ████
█ █ █ influenced by his sister, he became a dancer. Tom █ ████
█ █ █ Tom, as he was to be known, became a member of a █ ████
█ █ █ number of different dance groups, from the Cosmic █ ████
█ █ █ Swingers, the Motor City Poppers, to the Devo █ ████
█ █ █ Dancers. Things were going good, but Tom was looking █ ████
█ █ █ for more. It was through the dance scene that Tom █ ████
█ █ █ met up with BJ, another dancer who was looking for █ ████
█ █ █ more. █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ Together, in 1985 they formed Regime. Regime was a █ ████
█ █ █ live band that performed inspired cover versions of █ ████
█ █ █ Cybotron and Model 500 tracks. It wasn't so much █ ████
█ █ █ that they were trying to break new ground by playing █ ████
█ █ █ live--they knew no other way. MIDI and sequencers █ ████
█ █ █ were virtually unheard of, especially to two high █ ████
█ █ █ schoolers who simply had a love for the music. █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ Though Regime soon broke up, Tom was sold on the █ ████
█ █ █ concept of live electronic dance music. Finding a █ ████
█ █ █ kindred soul in Keith Tucker, who had been DJing as █ ████
█ █ █ DJ K-1, they formed RX7. Not content to only do █ ████
█ █ █ covers, RX7 also featured original tracks by both █ ████
█ █ █ Tom and Tucker. They dominated a number of area █ ████
█ █ █ festivals and for a time, there was even talk of █ ████
█ █ █ them acting as tour support for techno godfather █ ████
█ █ █ Juan Atkins' Cybotron and Model 500. In the end, █ ████
█ █ █ nothing came of that, and, after about two years, █ ████
█ █ █ RX7 split up to go their separate ways. The split █ ████
█ █ █ was less permanent than either expected. █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ In the time that followed Tom began getting even █ ████
█ █ █ deeper in keyboards and experimenting with other █ ████
█ █ █ styles of music such as jazz and R&B. He also spent █ ████
█ █ █ time exploring his percussive roots, playing in what █ ████
█ █ █ he termed "the acoustic world." █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ In fall of 1992, Tom Tom and Tucker reunited and █ ████
█ █ █ found that their time apart had done them both good. █ ████
█ █ █ With a renewed sense of purpose, they put together a █ ████
█ █ █ fusion of styles and added Anthony Horton and █ ████
█ █ █ vocalist Andrea Gilmore to become...Sight Beyond █ ████
█ █ █ Sight. SBS was soon signed to 430 West Records. █ ████
█ █ █ While SBS enjoyed a degree of success, Tom Tom and █ ████
█ █ █ Tucker made the decision to continue with the bass █ ████
█ █ █ heavy techno they had began with some time earlier. █ ████
█ █ █ 1993 saw this return to their roots as the birth of █ ████
█ █ █ Aux 88. █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ As Aux took off, SBS was put on hold and the other █ ████
█ █ █ members went to work on individual projects. Then, █ ████
█ █ █ as if to acknowledge the move, Aux 88 released "My █ ████
█ █ █ A.U.X. Mind" which went on to become a Detroit █ ████
█ █ █ classic. Putting the icing on the cake, Aux 88 █ ████
█ █ █ joined up with other area musicians to perform with █ ████
█ █ █ Juan Atkins as Model 500 on the 10th anniversary of █ ████
█ █ █ his label, Metroplex. However, the evolution of Aux █ ████
█ █ █ 88 was not over. █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ In 1995, desiring to do more experimental tracks, █ ████
█ █ █ Tucker went solo. Tom didn't miss a beat. Reuniting █ ████
█ █ █ with BJ, Aux 88 went on to release the full length █ ████
█ █ █ CD, "Man or Machine." Touring both the US and █ ████
█ █ █ Europe, and with video airplay on MTV's AMP, Aux 88 █ ████
█ █ █ began the process of turning on the planet on to █ ████
█ █ █ their techno/bass/dance fusion. Still, it was not █ ████
█ █ █ enough. Aux had already made a name for itself via █ ████
█ █ █ live performances. As individuals who had been deep █ ████
█ █ █ in the scene long before recording music, they knew █ ████
█ █ █ they had to take it to the next level. Acting on a █ ████
█ █ █ tip from another recording artist on 430 West, █ ████
█ █ █ Octave One, Tom met up with the young DJ Di'jital. █ ████
█ █ █ Already established in the Detroit underground █ ████
█ █ █ scene, Di'jital joined the Aux 88 live show. As Aux █ ████
█ █ █ plays live, Di'jital mixes an array of music. The █ ████
█ █ █ effect is that of an electrified old school hip hop █ ████
█ █ █ show. It isn't accidental. Aux 88 is one of the few █ ████
█ █ █ who remember that techno has its roots in the hip █ ████
█ █ █ hop of pioneers like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol █ ████
█ █ █ and Newcleus. Rounding out the show was the addition █ ████
█ █ █ of two female dancers-turned-recording-artists who █ ████
█ █ █ call themselves X-ILE. If anyone mistakes their live █ ████
█ █ █ show as a scaled down electronic hip hop oriented █ ████
█ █ █ Parliament show, well, you're not too far off the █ ████
█ █ █ mark. After the success of "Man or Machine," BJ left █ ████
█ █ █ to explore other musical realms while Tom Tom went █ ████
█ █ █ on to record "Xeo-Genetic," the latest Aux offering █ ████
█ █ █ on Direct Beat records. █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ Meaning "derived from another species," xeogenetic █ ████
█ █ █ is an accurate description of what Aux 88 has stood █ ████
█ █ █ for from the beginning. Hip hop, techno, Miami bass, █ ████
█ █ █ trip hop and funk all have legitimate claim to the █ ████
█ █ █ sound that is Aux 88, which is something different █ ████
█ █ █ altogether. So the question may be asked, "Who █ ████
█ █ █ exactly is Aux 88? What is their sound?" As Tom Tom █ ████
█ █ █ says, laughing from his base of operations in █ ████
█ █ █ Detroit, "Aux isn't looking to fit any one █ ████
█ █ █ description. Aux is looking to make people dance by █ ████
█ █ █ any means necessary. And while Aux has a definite █ ████
█ █ █ sound, easy to identify, Aux is *never* the same █ ████
█ █ █ group twice!" █ ████
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█ █ █ Enjoy this fine classic rls from BOSS!! █ ████
█ █ █ █ ████
█ █ █ WE noticed the 2x12" vinyl was ripped but not the █ ████
█ █ █ full CD so enjoy! █ ████
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█ ▌█ 01. Passcode 00:19 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 02. A Children's Story 00:31 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 03. Welcome To Avalon 04:23 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 04. X-ile 05:13 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 05. I Need To Freak 05:27 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 06. Massive Effect 03:43 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 07. Electro Techno 05:05 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 08. The Black Planet 02:13 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 09. Space Jammer 01:31 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 10. Break It Down 04:09 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 11. Sequence 00:12 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 12. Man Or Machine 05:48 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 13. The Journey 01:20 ▀▀▀▀█
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█ ▌█ 15. Control 04:43 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 16. My Mind Goes Into Programming 05:37 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 17. Cybercity Radio 01:17 ▀▀▀▀█
█ ▌█ 18. The Countdown 05:05 ▀▀▀▀█
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█ █ █ Hello there, obviously you are reading this because BOSS has █ ████
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█ ██ this great release. In fact, we have many great releases coming █▄▄▄██
█ █ out all the time you just have to look for them. Our team started █▄▄▄██
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█ █▐ worldwide. In our group news we always inform you with what we ▀▀▀███
█ ███ are looking for. Currently, we are looking for a few key ██▀▀██
█ █ positions that must be filled soon, so read carefully and see if ▀▀ ██
██ ███ you can help us out: 1)An automatic pre-bot 2)BNC's (eu/us) ▀█▀▀▀█
█ █ █ 3)Non-Commercial Shells (10mb+/1gig+) 4)New vinyl suppliers ██ █
██ █ █ previous group news. Greetz, The BOSS Crew. ██ ███
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