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Dave Clarke Presents Electro Boogie Vol. 2: The Throwdown (!K7/Fusion III) Britain's premier tech-asshole Dave Clarke re-enters the dragon that is classic electro, bringing many newer pickings in the Aux 88 vein. Less of a Cutting Records bent than Electro Boogie1, and lots more new heads trying to sound like Funhouse-era New Yorkers (and doing a pretty good job--check I-F's glorious "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass"). Clarke ends off with an "old skool cutup," proving that in the U.K., "great mixing" is not quite as great as it is on this side of the pond. Still a gemmy disc, though. 8/10 (Mireille Silcott) Various Ninja Cuts 3 FunKung-Fusion (Ninja Tune) Like some monstrous creature rising from the familiar depths of the Ninja Tune unknown comes FunKungFusion, the latest compilation to feature the musical wanderings and beat savvy of artists from home and away. Amon Tobin, DJ Vadim and Up, Bustle and Out triumphantly return, not to mention "Carpal Tunnel," the first available track from Mtl's own Kid Koala--an effortless syncopated conversation with keyboard beastie Money Mark. There's enough music here to feed four people. 8/10 (Scott C.)
Happy end of a very long wait. P5 get worked over by a wide variety of studio tweakers, from the weird to the wonderful. The involvement of St. Étienne and the High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan only make sense, their sensibilities being analogous to Maki and Konishi's lightweight retrofuturism. Less obvious choices include Oval's spooky, detached reconstructionism and the shrink's couch conundrum delivered by Momus. Also present are 808 State and gusgus, but only Dimitri From Paris really falls flat with his corny electrofunk take on "Contact." 8.5/10 (Rupert Bottenberg)
In this technoid-Greek myth-space opera intended for radio play, Einsturzende Neubauten member FM Einheit and company reach a new level of pretentiousness that even boppin' Blixa Bargeld has yet to hit. The dialogue bounces back and forth from English to German, but thanks to some great noise, it becomes quite easy to dial it out. These kooky Germans even insist upon permission to broadcast the entire piece and extracts are subject to copyright laws. But is it good? How could a mere mortal like me know? File under "pretentia." ?/10 (Johnson Cummins)
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