From Lance C McGannon Sent Sun, Mar 14th 1999, 23:40
From Lance C McGannon Sent Sun, Mar 14th 1999, 23:40
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