From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Mar 16th 1999, 00:32
From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Mar 16th 1999, 00:32
At 05:41 PM 3/15/99 -0500, you wrote: > >hmmmm...Lance giving a Detroit record negative reviews is serious >business:) I wonder what Juan was thinking? I have to believe there was >something behind this latest 'unorthodox' endeavor; dismissing it as Juan >attempting to make a pop record or something would be premature; so again, >I wonder why Juan went in this direction? > True, usually i'm pretty keen on detroit techno releases but this one didnt personally appeal to me. I have nothing against artists trying something new - without experimenting music would become totally stagnant. Juan's new sound isn't a "wrong" or "unorthodox" in any way, it's just not to my personal liking and it doesnt work "for me." Maybe others will find this album more intreguing. Give it a listen and find out for yourself if the release suits you. >> > >> >Haven't seen anyone else comment on the new Juan Atkins album, so I >> >thought I'd get the ball rolling. >> > >> >artist :: model 500 >> >title :: mind and body >> >label :: r&s records >> >cat :: rs99145cd >> >date :: 1999 >> > >> >There's a nice range of styles on offer here -- all the old Juan >> >Atkins trademarks are there, effortlessly mixed into fresh, modern >> >styling. There's sharp/caustic noise; slow/mellow trances; >> >classic/detroit melodies; chilled/ambient dub; crunchy/funky jazz; >> >etc. >> > >> >> I was extremely disappointed with this one. >> There were a few nice detroit tracks reminiscent >> of previous Model 500 or Infiniti releases but, >> for the most part, this album had too much of >> a vocal r&b flavor for my tastes. In fact, the >> vocal r&b flavor was so predominant that >> if i didnt see the label first, i would never >> have guessed that it was techno, let alone >> Model 500. So i passed on it. If i remember >> correctly, the only two tracks that were good >> were the two that Low Res co-produced. >> In my opinion, the Infiniti Skynet album >> that was released a few months ago on >> Tresor, was ten times better than this new >> Model 500 album. >> -->-Lance--- xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states