From Nate Harrison Sent Tue, Mar 16th 1999, 00:09
From Nate Harrison Sent Tue, Mar 16th 1999, 00:09
I agree with the crossover thing...I actually kinda liked the RA of Mind and Body...you've got to hand it to the Detroit players; not going inany one direction, and definitely *not* sounding like Ae:) later Nate On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, eric hill 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? > > irony overload :) apparently it's juan's problem that lance didn't like > it, and that unorthodoxy in detroit techno is confusing! > > concerning the vocal r&b component: slow r&b jams are going off really > nicely these days and i wish there were more crossover attempts. it's too > difficult to get timbaland instrumentals on vinyl as it stands and weirder > sounds can only help. > > eric > > >> >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. > >