From Nate Harrison Sent Mon, Mar 15th 1999, 17:19
From Nate Harrison Sent Mon, Mar 15th 1999, 17:19
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? peace Nate On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Lance C McGannon wrote: > At 10:15 PM 3/14/99 +0000, you wrote: > >Hello. > > > >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 > >