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Pass me My Lycra shorts I have a race to win

Advantages: Great atmospheric work
Disadvantages: what they were once capible off

...3 different new versions of Tour de France, a superb mixture of Trance and European techno, which sets the mood for the rest of the album with each song paying reference to another aspect of cycling. Throughout the album you are drawn in to the whole sound and as ever Kraftwerk appear to have yet again mastered the art of making electronic music that causes an emotional response, true genius if you ask me. The use of a vocoder for all the vocals ...
...of the original version of Tour De France which was released on the 80th anniversary of the tour when they had two electronic percussionists and you are brought back to what this band once were. You once again hear the complex rhythms that they used to create, and this counter pointed against the minimal arrangements of the synths. This is what they excelled at making perfect pop tunes which despite being on the surface souless had increadable depth, ...

Champ666 11.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Tour De France Soundtracks - Kraftwerk

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UNKLE - A Million Miles Adrift But Inches Away

Advantages: A truly amazing insight into the world of James Lavelle
Disadvantages: None whatsoever!

The latest instalment in the dark soap-opera that is U.N.K.L.E., this is an amazing album full of depth and character. This genre defying album rocks up the U.N.K.L.E. sound with an exciting new collaboration between James Lavelle and Queens of the Stone Age. A moody concept lies behind the rib-shaking beats and dirty ryhthms in the form of James Lavelle pouring out his emotions lyrically about the recent split between himself and DJ Shadow. From ...

themusicman1984 02.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of War Stories (Limited Edition) [Digipak] - U.N.K.L.E.

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The ultimate hardstyle collection in an ultimate package!

Advantages: Great tracks woth flawless mixing and choices.
Disadvantages: The cover of the box set could be better.

...3CD box set of 50 hardstyle tracks in the mix is awesome in my opinion, because the mixing is flawless and the track choices are well done. The first CD is a really "Zatox and D-Block like" dancefloor smasher with lots of melodic hardstyle tunes. The second CD mix is even harder than the first CD, the best one in my opinion with tracks like D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Evolutionz and A-Lusion - Perfect It (Frontliner Remix). The last one I mentioned is the ...
...first mix, but with less melodic tracks. A lot of headhunterz, noisecontrollerz and wildstylez tracks ar there in the package. To summarize these things, I think this great 3CD package is a must have to any hardstyle lover. It can be bought from amazon or any other popular webshops. ...

DarkFire68 25.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hardstyle - The Ultimate Collection (Best Of 2008) - Various Artists

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The "Miles_Gurtu" experiment

Advantages: A blend of intricate beats, varied jazzy melodies and experimental soundscapes.
Disadvantages: Over-tweaking disrupts the ambience occasionally. No mainstream appeal. Some tracks don't work.

Take a Swiss-Italian ambient trance producer (Robert Miles) and blend together with an Indian percussionist (Trilok Gurtu). Add other talented musicians to the mix and allow to simmer gently, making sure you season generously with electronic sculpting and processing. The resulting album is an interesting fusion of acoustic instruments, electronic processed sounds, intricate beats, jazz and experimental soundscapes. Released in 2004, “MilesGurtu” ...
...the dream trance that he became famous for. It builds on his previous album “Organik” (released in 2001), which was his first attempt at creating an experimental sound. This album is characterised by being completely instrumental although 3 tracks feature vocal samples. Double bass, strings, guitar and rhodes performances feature frequently, creating delicate melodies whilst complex beats are generated from drums and tabla. Many tracks shift and ...

music-mad 22.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Miles_Gurtu - Robert Miles & Trilok Gurtu

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Slightly disappointed but still good

Advantages: some golden oldies
Disadvantages: alot of the tunes you will have on the older gatecrasher cds

When I saw this product advertised on the television I was so excited because I have all the gatecrasher albumns and I just loved the idea of a best of gatecrasher albumn but then you get the the idea of, is it worth buying it cos you will have most thesongs alreadyalbeit on 10 different albumns. So there is the first good point of this albumn, all the classics on one albumn that you can stick on, on a saturday night and dance away till your hearts ...
...tunes and some not so good tunes so like me I was tempted just to buy it off itunes and download the tunes I liked but at 99p each I found I like more than £9.99 worth of tunes so I bought the albumn. Theres some old time favourites and some current classics with some great remixes and with 3 cds you really do get your moneys worth. Its a mixture of house and dance and a little bit of trance thrown in. You can dance to this music and it really would ...

Mogette999 24.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of Gatecrasher's Club Anthems 1993-2009 [Digipak] - Various Artists

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