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Installment eight of the compilation series that has been called the archive of the forefront of electronic music or the most concise documentary of what is going down in intelligent electronica at this very moment and it is still true. For two or three years Bip Hop has formed the outermost edge of electronic music, defining its flow, rhythm and tools with great integrity, feeling and knowledge. In the last years Bip Hop seems to have lost that competitive edge somehow, but even if other labels have taken up that full frontier runners signal or the task of being the signpost of the outskirts of what electronic music can do, then Bip Hop is still a pretty exciting and knowledgeable label. And to anyone interested, the Generation compilations are a must have anyway. Number eight carries the line documents alliances of acoustic instruments and digital technologies below the place were the booklet is. In and around Cracked we have remarked upon the rise or rather re-entry of acoustics into the electronic sphere time and time again in the last years. So much so, that we have chosen not to comment on it anymore in the last months. A sound is a sound and its source is a superficial matter not interesting for the ear. The hearing sense of a human person works in the analogue sphere and as soon as the way the brain deciphers sounds has been decoded into meaning or emotions, I will throw down my record collection because then it will have lost about all of its magic and appeal. Anyway, such a statement, and as a release in this form by this label it is a statement of admitting that this trend is happening, we envision this as a confirming and encouraging pat on our shoulders. This is not at all to get up on Bip Hop. As the label which formed the way pure electronica was shaped some years back (and maybe still to a big a degree), formed by the personal tastes and senses of the people running the label, this is a big come around. And for this compilation they have chosen once again a truly premier selection of artists.