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OUTSTANDING MIX CD DEBUT

Eric Najera | DALLAS, TEXAS | 10/11/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"THE GUYS FROM MODESELEKTOR STEP UP TO THE PLATE FOR THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF BPITCH CONTROL'S BOOGEYBYTES SERIES.



THIS IS THE FIRST EFFORT OF THE DUO TO MIX A CD AND THEY DO NOT DISAPPOINT. MODESELEKTOR'S LIVE SETS NEVER CONCENTRATE ON ONE GENRE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND THIS FRESHMEN ATTEMPT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO EXPECT. ON THIS CD YOU WILL LISTEN TO MINIMAL, TECHNO, GRIME, IDM, ROCK, ELECTRONICA, HIP-HOP, AND A BIT OF EUROPEAN RAP. THERE ISNT ONE SONG ON THE CD THAT I DISLIKE OR WOULD RATE AS AVERAGE. IN SOME SPACES THE TEMPO SLOWS DOWN A BIT BUT KEEPS YOU DANCING NONE THE LESS. THE INTRO IS GREAT AND PUPOSELY SERVES AS A TESATMENT OF HOW SERIOUSLY THESE ARTISTS CONSIDER THIER MUSIC ALL THE WHILE KEEPING THIER SIGNATURE SILL AS HELL HUMOR.



THE GUYS MIXING CAPABILITIES ARE ALSO A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR IT SEEMS THAT EVERY TRACK IS BLENDED TOGETHER WITH AN EFFORTLESS EASE. DESPITE THE CHANGING OF MUSICAL GENRES FROM START TO FINISH, THE LISTENER IS NOT AWARE OF THE CHANGING MUSICAL LANDSCAPES.



IF YOU ARE A FAN OF MODESELEKTOR'S AND THEIR WIDE ARRAYED TASTES THEN I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO BUY IT IMMEDIATELY. THIS CD IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST ECLECTIC AND OUT THERE MIX SO FAR THIS YEAR. WHO ELSE WOULD COMBINE JAMES HOLDEN, FEMALE, TTC, APPART, NATHAN FAKE, SPANK ROCK, BURIAL AND RADIOHEAD, NO ONE EXCEPT MODESELEKTOR!



TRACK HIGHLIGHTS: ALL OF THEM



TRACK FAVORITE: 11



ERIC NICOLAS"