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holy 2001, batman

quickest diminishing-returns record of the decade so far?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 12 June 2003 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

I've still never heard it. Does it suck? Has it "dated"? Loved his mix cds.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 12 June 2003 15:53 (twenty years ago) link

I got it last year and have listened to it a dozen times at least and still can't tell you what it sounds like.

― hstencil, Thursday, 12 June 2003 15:55 (twenty years ago) link

i think there's about 4 tracks on it which hold up, and "number one" is still a great single. but so much of it sounds like "ric astley sings and plays your ze records favorites" to me now. subpar songs is most of the problem.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 12 June 2003 15:56 (twenty years ago) link

hardly diminishing returns jess, what with output records etc etc etc. wasn't this quite ahead of the game in terms of dfa etc etc?

speaking of this has anyone got the Colder record on Output

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 12 June 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link

haha, actually I just remembered the way I discovered ILM (or more accurately, Freaky Trigger) was googling on in after getting and loving the Party Mix, looking for writing about it and finding Tom's review - a really great bit of writing.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 12 June 2003 16:11 (twenty years ago) link

i just realized that i really haven't liked anything trevor jackson's done after about 6 mos: the album, the party mix, the dj kicks record

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 12 June 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

Just about the same situation here. I only play Party Mix when it's for a friend; it's still fun to listen to through her/his ears. I just listened to DJ Kicks for the first time in quite a while -- after almost a year of no play -- and it still excites me in certain spots. I haven't felt the urge to listen to the proper album in quite some time.

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 12 June 2003 16:18 (twenty years ago) link

DJ Martian was praising that Colder album on his blog

― s.r.w. (s.r.w.), Thursday, 12 June 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link

I'll always love the DJ Kicks mix for "The Sky Is Not Crying" - can't argue with that track!

I also think that "Medicine Man" seems curiously underrated as a track. I never really clicked with the Playgroup album initially, so whenever I do pull it out I actually enjoy it slightly more.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 13 June 2003 00:18 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...

Been playing this a lot recently. Rowetta is on it! Can't get too much of Overflow, there's a wonderful moment towards the end where a synth line comes in deep in the mix with that exact same wintry tone that New Order used on the likes of In A Lonely Place and The Him.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Hmm. I wonder if I would like this or not. I'll give it a try.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 12 February 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link

six months pass...

So Jess what do you think

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Saturday, 20 August 2005 07:18 (eighteen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

Wow, I missed that connection somehow -- so this is the Underdog guy, eh? That explains that really great version of "Films" on the Numan tribute album he did...

ordered a 2 * 2cd set of all the underdog remixes (most unreleased), and this version is indeed rathergood.

― mark e, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 11:15 (five years ago) link

ooops, pressed return too quickly.

there are also some excellent new kingdom versions.

https://www.discogs.com/Underdog-Underdogs-Greatest-Bits-Volume-One/release/4107253

https://www.discogs.com/Underdog-Underdogs-Greatest-Bits-Volume-Two/release/4107271

― mark e, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 11:19 (five years ago) link

of course the remix of "Vicious Circle" by Alex Reece adds loads of "Vicious Games" by Yello into the mix.
bloody fantastic stuff.

― mark e, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 11:57 (five years ago) link

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