Defining Tech

Defining Tech

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Product Description
This is a collection of tracks that represent an emerging genre across the globe. Drawn from the sounds of electro, synth pop, ghetto tech, electrofunk and acid. Artists featured include Fishcerspooner, Cexter, Felix Da Housecat, Peaches & Miss Kitten & The Hacker. Digipak. Orbisonic. 2002.

Tracks:

Invisible - Fischerspooner
(There Is No) Electricity
Character Maps [Perspects Remix] - Japanese Telecom
Life on MTV - The Hacker, Miss Kittin
Electrik City - Shapeshifter
I Don't Care - Dexter
Fat Girls
AAXXX
End Starts Today [Nail Me Down Freestyle Mix] - Bis
Contagious - Adult.
You Don't Sleep - Bug Orchestra
This Is It - Mr. Velcro Fastener
Artifical Intelligence - Detroit Grand Pubahs
Silver Screen Shower Scene - Felix da Housecat

Average customer rating:

Electroclash bandwagon
Defining $#!%!!
WARNING: this is BORING!!

Defining Tech
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Manifesto Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000066BNY
Release Date: 2002-06-24

Tracks:

Invisible - Fischerspooner
(There Is No) Electricity - Memory Boy
Character Maps (Perspects Remix) - Japanese Telecom
Life On MTV - Miss Kittin & The Hacker
Electrik City - Shapeshifter
I Don't Care - Dexter
Fat Girls - Innate
AAXXX - Peaches
The End Starts Today (Nail Me Down Freestyle Mix) - Bis (Tommie Sunshine)
Contagious - Adult
You Don't Sleep - Bug Orchestra
This Is It - Mr. Velcro Fastener
Artificial Intelligence - Detroit Grand Pubahs
Silver Screen Shower Scene - Felix Da Housecat

Album Description

This is a collection of tracks that represent an emerging genre across the globe. Drawn from the sounds of electro, synth pop, ghetto tech, electrofunk and acid. Artists featured include Fishcerspooner, Cexter, Felix Da Housecat, Peaches & Miss Kitten & The Hacker. Digipak. Orbisonic. 2002.

Album Details

A Collection of Tracks that Represent an Emerging Genre from around the Globe, Drawn from Electro, Synth Pop, Ghetto Tech, Electrofunk and Acid. A New Family of Sound, the New of the New Wave, the 21st Century Amalgamation of Retro 80's Electro and New Wave Style.

Customer Reviews:

Electroclash bandwagon.......2004-04-23

This is one of the many Electroclash compilations. While some of us have heard many of these tracks before, many others can use this as an introduction to some of the new Electro bands that have come out in the past few years. Many of these bands have their own labels. Some are on the Emperor Norton label. Some bands like Bis have been around many years and seem to fit in with Peaches and Felix Da Housecat. Some bands like Adult. stand out and maybe they are best represented by their own album. Of course, Fischerspooner is included, but maybe their new single "Emerge" is a better track than this one "Invisible." Other artists that stand out are Memory Boy and Miss Kitten & The Hacker. Some of these compilations are already jumping the gun, but at least you can get together with some of your friends and take some speed and listen to this CD for hours. Maybe this CD will make people want to look at earlier Electro tracks. Soft Cell is putting out a new CD too this month and from what I have heard some songs by them would fit in nicely. Also it's sad that other Electro artists like Andrea Parker or Dot Allison are not included in some of these collections.

Defining $#!%!!.......2003-12-28

I ended up buying this CD and the end of a long music-hunting venture - I listened to it from the store and liked what I heard. Some gorgeous thumping beats, droning ominous waves, scattered digital bleeps. Vintage and simplicity clashing with a glam & rock 80s club influence. After a few weeks of listening to this album on & off I realised there were only a few tracks I liked and the rest were just annoying full-ins. It came to the stage that I was immediately skipping to the few tracks I liked and when I got sick of those, this CD had proven its short-life over the longwinded self indulgent bull$hit on the inside of the cover. Basically this is a compilation of some of the most boring and irritating music, milking the most out of an embarrassing fad and trying to look slick, cool and arty about it.
'Invisible' is the most terrible song ever! Why - if they're trying to justify the concept behind the album - would they make this the first track?! 'End Starts Today (Nail Me Down Freestyle Mix)' is far too try-hard. I used to like 'Contagious' but its repititiveness and lack of depth really gets on my nerves. Artifical Intelligence makes me cringe right at the start with the most stupid intro and it leaves you expecting more... 'Silver Screen Shower Sceen' is still kinda cool but it can be overplayed very easily.
Don't buy this CD - if you're into minimal or raw DIY computer 'tech', research a few names and hunt them down in the stores. La Tigre, Itchee and Scratchee, Peaches, Múm, etc.

WARNING: this is BORING!!.......2003-01-07

This album sure looks cool, but don't fall for it...I am a big fan of several of the artists/bands on this disk, but this particular selection is snoresville! Almost every track is boring..Its not terrible as background noise, but who needs background noise when you could have so much more?

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