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"DJ In The Mix 3" (05/09/2006) Electronic ATB, Varese Sarabande (USA)DJ: ATB.

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"Discovery" (03/13/2001) Electronic Daft Punk, Virgin Records (USA)Daft Punk: Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem Christo. Additional personnel includes: Todd Edwards, Romananthony. "Short Circuit" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. "One More Time" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. In 1997, this French electro-dance duo made a huge intercontinental splash with its debut album, HOMEWORK, mixing disco, house, funk, techno, and more. While Daft Punk's second recording still focuses on the maximum accessibility that earned its debut such high marks, there's less of an obvious focus on pop hooks. Irony and house beats are the order of the day, and an eclectic thread runs throughout DISCOVERY. "Digital Love" sounds like the theme to a '70s sitcom as realized by the Buggles. "Nightvision" is a mellow, wordless, Quiet Storm-meets-Eno soundscape, while in an interpolation sure to gain plenty of attention, "Superheroes" marries a Barry Manilow sample to an unrelenting house beat. Ultimately, DISCOVERY is less of a mission statement than its predecessor, but no less danceable or listenable.

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"La Revancha del Tango" (04/08/2003) Electronic GoTan Project, XL Recordings/Beggars GroupThis is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Gotan Project: Cristina Vilallonga (vocals); Eduardo Makaroff (acoustic guitar); Nini Flores (bandoneon); Iine Kruse (violin); Gustavo Beytelmann (piano); Christph H. Muller (keyboards, bass, programming); Philippe Cohen Solal (keyboards, bass); Fabrizio Fenoglietto (bass); Edi Tomassi (percussion); Willy Crook. Producers include: Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Muller, Eduardo Makaroff, Peter Kruder, Tom Middleton. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

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"The Best Of *" (04/01/2005) Electronic Bass Connection, Neurodisc Records

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"Oxygene" (10/19/1993) Electronic Jarre, Jean-Michel, Dreyfus Records (France)NOTES Solo performer: Jean-Michel Jarre (sythesizer, Farfisa organ, Mellotron). Recorded from August to November 1976. Released in 1976, OXYGENE proved to be a massive hit for French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre. The son of film composer Maurice Jarre, the synthesizer player sought to create warmer sonic textures through the technology of the time, and the result was this pioneering six-part album. OXYGENE's bizarrely creepy cover, featuring a skull underneath the peeled-away surface of the globe, belies the music's lush beauty, though it does point to haunting moments such as "Oxygene III." The record's most recognizable track is the majestic "Oxygene IV," which features percolating synth lines and spare, nearly imperceptible beats. While the album would lead Jarre to international fame, especially in his native France and the rest of Europe, it also proved to be a recording that he struggled to top, even going so far as to release a sequel, OXYGENE 7-13, more than 20 years later. For aficionados of late-'70s electronic acts such as Tangerine Dream and Vangelis, this bold outing is essential.

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"Voyageur (Deluxe) [Limited]" (09/30/2003) Electronic Enigma, Virgin Records (USA)Enigma: Ruth-Ann, Andru Donalds, Michael Cretu, Sandra Cretu. Recorded at A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain. In 1991, if any musical artist seemed a candidate for one-hit wonder status, it was Enigma. Not that "Sadeness Part 1" displayed any lack for talent, but the hit was certainly unusual. Worthy of his nom du disc, Michael Cretu released the bizarre, sexually charged Gregorian chant-driven New Age dance song under veils of mystery. Journalists speculated about his identity, as the song ignited controversy in country after country, topping the charts in most of them and going into top 5 in the United States. Enigma has proven to be enduring and deservedly so, as his odd hybrid concoctions are simultaneously inventive and engagingly poppy. The fifth album, VOYAGEUR, finds Cretu continuing this tradition, bringing together elements of world, electronica, house, and New Age, rarely slipping into cliches of any genre. Ruth-Ann from Olive contributes vocals on the infectious dance-floor number "Boum Boum," which is followed by the artful classical-meets-Peter Gabriel "Total Eclipse of the Moon," with Cretu's now-familiar voice handling the vocal duties. Never faltering into sameness, VOYAGEUR shows why Enigma has become a reliable listen in an ever-changing musical world.

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"The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder" (06/20/2006) Electronic Slim, Fatboy, Astralwerks (Record Label)WHY TRY HARDER? marks a decade in the illustrious career of Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim. As one of the prime movers of the big-beat genre, Cook has arguably done more to popularize global dance music culture than any other artist. This collection highlights songs that have become not only club anthems but staples on mainstream radio, MTV, and throughout pop culture in general. Fatboy Slim's formula for chart-topping success is then all the more surprising since his tracks are not usually "songs" in the traditional sense--rather, they consist mostly of breakbeats and vocal samples from classic soul and R&B. Tracks like "Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You" are trademark Fatboy Slim--showcasing Cook's uncanny ability to weave samples as disparate as surf guitar and gospel vocals into a propulsive dance mix. If the entire collection featured such DJ-friendly material, it would make for a fine party album. But the song "Sunset (Bird Of Prey)" displays Cook's more contemplative side. Mixing a spectral Jim Morrison a cappella sample over ambient synth washes, the track is the emotive apogee of a triumphant career retrospective.

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"Rendezvous Lounge" (07/04/2006) Electronic Various Artists, Rendezvous EntertainmentThis is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Mark Gorbulew.

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"Phaedra" (07/23/1996) Electronic Tangerine Dream, Virgin Records (USA)Tangerine Dream: Edgar Froese (guitar, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass instrument); Peter Baumann (flute, electric piano, organ); Chris Franke (keyboards, Moog synthesizer). Recording information: The Manor, Shipton-On-Cherwell, England (12/1973). Widely considered one of Tangerine Dream's masterworks, fallout from the sonic phenomenon that is PHAEDRA can still be found lingering in the ambient movement of the early '90s and in much of contemporary electronica. The aural architecture that the band built from scratch remains unparalleled. Tangerine Dream was truly ahead of its time--the four epic-length tracks on PHAEDRA revealed a band that fully understood--and loved to manipulate--the complex array of knobs, dials, and switches that protruded from their synthesizer facades. The title track is an almost spooky exercise in synth/sequencer tension and dynamics: while eerie atmospheres of Mellotron go head to head with spiraling Moogs, dense, humming sequencer webs percolate along the surface, motile and mobile. The album's closer, "Sequent C," leaves the listener breathless, as black electronic clouds form and dissipate and the surrounding space becomes corporeal sound. PHAEDRA remains one of the seminal recordings of the electronic movement, and stands up--even years later--as an original, stunning piece of music.

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"Chillounge [Digipak]" (06/21/2005) Electronic Various Artists, Intentcity RecordsPerformers include: Lorna Lee, Govinda, Radiophonic, Hilton Fm and more.

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"Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2" (04/12/1994) Electronic Twin, Aphex, Sire Records (USA)The songs on SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS VOL. 2 have no titles. Aphex Twin: Richard James (various instruments). Very occasionally in music, something will come at you from so far out on the left field, that not only do you not note its immediate import, you scarcely recognize it as music at all. This is the record that cemented the media's fascination with Richard James, a Cornwall bedroom DJ. Selected Ambient Works is not an entirely representative recording, as these are essentially mood pieces, unlike the more instantaneous, dancefloor-targeted material that originally brought him to the nation's attention. Nevertheless if you are prepared to make the journey, and can see past the album's intimidating length and its lack of linear framework, there are some exquisite moments - ranging in texture from melodic delirium to sweeping melancholy.

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"Minimum - Maximum" (06/07/2005) Electronic Kraftwerk, Astralwerks (Record Label)Kraftwerk: Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter, Fritz Hilpert, Henning Schmitz. Recording information: 2005. Kraftwerk's vision of a keyboard-driven world of clicking metronomic rhythms and digitized sound bites may have been the stuff of avant fantasy in the 1970s (the decade that saw the band's first groundbreaking albums), but it is commonplace reality in the 2000s. This is true not only in popular contemporary music (nearly all branches of hip hop and electronica bear Kraftwerk's influence), but in the computer-dominated society in which we live. In this way, time has finally caught up to Kraftwerk. This sense of arrival marks the 2004 live album MINIMUM-MAXIMUM. The two-disc set captures Kraftwerk in action (well, as much action as you get from four men stoically manning laptops), and acts as a career retrospective. Aside from the cheers from the audience, there isn't much "live energy" here (Kraftwerk might just as easily have played a pre-recorded DAT of the performance), but the music sounds as crisp, fully realized, and dazzling as ever. In fact, modified versions of "The Robots" and "Autobahn" arguably improve on the originals, while pieces from 2003's excellent TOUR DE FRANCE SOUNDTRACKS round out the track list nicely. In all, this is a superbly selected set of the band's epoch-defining music.

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"Trancemode 2.01: A Tribute to Depeche Mode" (09/02/1997) Electronic Various Artists, Cleopatra

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"Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned [PA]" (09/14/2004) Electronic Prodigy (The), MaverickAdditional personnel include: Juliette Lewis, Liam Gallagher, Ping Pong Bitches, Princess Superstar (vocals); Noel Gallagher (bass guitar); Kool Keith, Shahin Badir, Twista, Paul "Dirtcandy" Jackson. After a seven-year break between studio albums, 2004's ALWAYS OUTNUMERED, NEVER OUTGUNNED returned the Prodigy to the ranks of the movers and shakers in mainstream electronica. From the record's lead-off track, "Spitfire," it is clear that group mastermind Liam Howlett (now essentially a one-man band) hasn't lost his touch--thunderous beats abet aggressive guitar, keyboards, and samples, while snaking melodies rise and fall, and actress Juliette Lewis screams a repeating vocal tag. This level of intensity rarely slackens over the course of the record. In addition to its superior, high-end production, fist-pumping choruses, and insidiously propulsive rhythms (the undulating bass groove of "Hot Ride"--its refrain filched from Jimmy Webb's "Up, Up and Away"--is one of the highlights), ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED is graced by distinguished guests. Twista (reputedly one of the fastest rappers on earth) spits rhymes throughout "Get Up Get Off" at a mind-boggling pace. Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher takes a turn on the mic on "Shoot Down," and Kool Keith turns up on the aggro-electro-funk of "Wake Up Call." But it is Howlett's knob-twiddling that commands most of the attention here, sustaining the Prodigy's long-held claim to making some of the most meticulously constructed, brain-rattling club music around.

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"Trancemode Express: A Tribute to Depeche Mode" (01/16/1996) Electronic Various Artists, CleopatraFull title: Trancemode Express: A Tribute To Depeche Mode.

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"Stratosfear" (07/23/1996) Electronic Tangerine Dream, Virgin Records (USA)Tangerine Dream: Edgar Froese (6 & 12-string guitars, harmonica, piano, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, bass); Chris Franke (Mellotron, harpsichord, organ, Moog synthesizer, percussion, loop); Peter Baumann (electric piano, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, programming). Recorded at Audio Studios, Berlin, Germany in August 1976. One of Tangerine Dream's earliest and most classic recordings, STRATOSFEAR's Mellotron-soaked melodies have not only found their way into samplers and DJ repertoires worldwide--the band have also even revisited the album's plangent themes in their successive soundtrack compositions, such as RISKY BUSINESS. In 1976, the band (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, and Peter Baumann) was still creating music as imagistic, fantastic and phantasmagorical as its accompanying track titles ("The Big Sleep in Search of Hades," "3 AM At the Border of the Marsh from Okefenokee"). The vast washes of Moog, Mellotron, rhythm computers, and Fender Rhodes piano that grace "3 AM" still sound like they originated from the seventh circle of Hell. Their sheer alien-ness seems to bespeak music made not of this earth. The title track's hovering, extraterrestrial sequencer hypno-pulse continues to resonate in today's electronica.

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"System Trance Anthems 2" (02/21/2006) Electronic Various Artists, System RecordingsDJ: John Hazen.

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"Christmas Re-Grooved" (10/05/2004) Electronic Various Artists, Koch Records (USA)

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"Open Transmission" (08/06/2002) Electronic Bhakta, Sammasati MusicPersonnel includes: Bhakta, Ashok Bharti, Jessica & Jessica, Shirley Pugatski, Tilasu, Maha Baba, Rashmi, Disha. In Bhakta's universe, Indian instrumentation and Sanskrit devotional chanting live peaceably amidst synthesizers and lounge sensibilities. He subtly meshes the electronic with the organic, the spiritual with the sensual, the crunchy with the smooth. On the opening track of his debut album, carnatic violin and bamboo flute wrestle, spar, and dance for two solid minutes, until an impassioned, improvised vocal floats into the mix, carried away by subtle percussion and hypnotic bass. Appositely titled "Third Eye," it's a wakeup call to the spirit. The title track, a three-part suite, starts off as a tasty chill-out number for vocals and percussion, then bursts into a blazing techno inferno; the final third deftly fuses the first two, resulting in a swirling Sufi dance. "Khidr," another three-parter, is a meditative mood piece that changes briefly into a dance piece, and then back to atmospheric overtone chanting and soothing synth tones. Amidst all the techno-trance elements, the sincerely devotional quality of the vocals (by Bhakta and other guest artists) makes this a continually compelling and very human record.

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"This Is Rave Vol. 4 [Box]" (01/15/2002) Electronic Various Artists, Hypnotic (USA)

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"Episode 1" (09/24/2002) Electronic Emerson, Darren, Thrive RecordsThis is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Darren Emerson and Tim Deluxe.

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"Singles '93-'03 [Limited]" (09/30/2003) Electronic Chemical Brothers (The), Astralwerks (Record Label)SINGLES '93-'03 is a limited edtion and contains a bonus CD. The Chemical Brothers: Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons. Additional personnel: K-OS, The Flaming Lips. Compilation producer: The Chemical Brothers. Celebrating 10 years of innovative electronica and party-starting dance grooves, this 13-track Chemical Brothers collection moves chronologically through the numerous highlights of the duo's recording career. Groundbreaking early singles "Song to the Siren" and "Chemical Beats" offer the first examples of their unique combination of hip-hop beats and electro-distortion hooks, before "Leave Home" ushers in the arrival of the landmark EXIT PLANET DUST album. Although SINGLES surprisingly omits "Life Is Sweet (with Tim Burgess of the Charlatans UK) and "Alive Alone" (featuring a then-unknown Beth Orton), it does includes other excellent tracks such as "Setting Sun" (one of two Noel Gallagher collaborations), "Block Rockin' Beats," "The Private Psychedelic Reel" (with Jonathan Donahue of Mercury Rev), and "The Test" (featuring Richard Ashcroft). And as outstanding icing on their birthday cake, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons present two previously unreleased tracks, the funky "Get Yourself High," and the mystic, majestic chime of "The Golden Path" (featuring the Flaming Lips).

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"The Human Resource" (04/04/2006) Electronic Various Artists, System RecordingsRenowned DJ Dieselboy's dance music label presents a collection of drum-and-bass remixes from some of America's foremost turntablists and producers, including Gridlok, Evol Intent, and Vector Burn.

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"Filters" (08/24/2004) R&B Peas, Domo RecordsPeas: Peter McEvilley.

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"Over Easy *" (07/26/2005) Electronic Hardway, James, LunaticWorksJames Hardway Collective: Eyedentity (vocals); James Hardway (guitar, clarinet, saxophone, Wurlitzer piano, Moog synthesizer, percussion, Theremin); Benn Clatworthy (saxophone); Greg Reeves (bass instrument); Keith LeBlanc (drums). Recording information: 2005.

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"Trance Theory Vol. 2" (05/21/2002) Electronic DJ X-Dream, Topaz RecordsThis is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by DJ X-Dream.

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"Press Play" (06/12/2001) Electronic Various Artists, Instinct

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"Pieces in a Modern Style" (02/22/2000) Electronic Orbit, William, MaverickThis is an Enhanced audio CD, which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Also includes bonus disc featuring two remixes of Samuel Barber's "Adagio For Strings." Personnel: William Orbit, Damian LeGassick (keyboards, programming); Sean Spuehler (programming). Recorded at Guerilla Studios, London, England and Guerilla Beach, Los Angeles, California. PIECES IN A MODERN STYLE was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Though producer/writer/arranger William Orbit had already amassed an impressive body of work under a litany of monikers, PIECES IN A MODERN STYLE was the first album to be released under his full name. Though Orbit is known as a trendsetter and pioneer of the ambient-house genre, he decided to go a different route for this solo debut, an album of classical songs, all of which are given an ambient lilt. The 11 classic compositions include works by Handel ("Xerxes"), Vivaldi ("L'Inverno"), and Beethoven ("Opus 132"). What drew Orbit to these pieces was the timeless strength of their melodies, a fact that helps make PIECES IN A MODERN STYLE such a seamless--and exciting--meeting of the old and the new.

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"Deep Red" (06/03/2003) Electronic Deadly Avenger, ShadowDeadly Avenger: Damon Baxter. Additional personnel includes: Howie B.

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"Who Still Kill Sound? [Digipak]" (06/22/2004) Electronic Kid606, Tigerbeat6

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"Perfecto Presents: Sandra Collins" (02/03/2004) Electronic Collins, Sandra, Thrive RecordsThis is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by DJ Sandra Collins.

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"Love Songs For Machines *" (01/02/2004) Electronic Mandell, Jake, Carpark RecordsSolo performer: Jake Mandell (synthesizer, programming).

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"Pearl & Umbra" (01/24/2000) Electronic Mills, Russell, InstinctPersonnel: Russell Mills (guitar, samples); Clodagh Simonds (vocals, harmonium); Sussan Deyhim, Ali Foster, Peter Gabriel, Hamish Mackintosh, Tony McSweeney, David Sylvian, Emma Townsend (vocals); Ian McCullough (acoustic guitar); Eraldo Bernocchi (guitar, programming); Ildefonso Aguilar, Michael Brook, Mike Fearon, Robin Guthrie, Thurston Moore, Mitsuo Tate (guitar); Graham Haynes (cornet); Sam Mills (harmonium); Ian Walton (organ); Samuel Aguilar (Moog synthesizer); Declan Colgan (synthesizer); Harold Budd, Jonny Tomlinson (keyboards); Huw Custin, Bill Laswell (bass); John Aitken, Derek Hook (drums); Hector Zazou (samples); Mark Clifford, Brian Eno, Graham Lewis, Ann Mills, Paul Schutze. Recorded at September Sound Studio, London, England; The Shed Studio, Ambleside, Canada; Prarie Sun Studios, California.

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"Let Us Play" (09/09/1997) Electronic Coldcut, Ninja Tune (USA)Disc 1 of LET US PLAY is a full audio disc. Disc 2 is a CD-Rom containing multimedia computer files. Personnel includes: Jello Biafra (vocals); Chris Leslie (fiddle); Anne Quicke (flute); Tom Chant (saxophone); Jamie O'Dell (keyboards); Oliver Parfitt, Kaidi Tatham (Moog synthesizer); Cheyne Towers (bass); Bernard Purdie (drums); Talvin Singh (tablas); Paul Brook (programming); Gwen Jamois (electronics, tapes); PC (scratches). Producers include: Coldcut, Hexstatic, Jimpster, Steinski, Mass Media. Includes liner notes by Coldcut. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. In their ongoing effort to reclaim the crown snatched by subsequent sampler-pirates and turntablists, Coldcut's Matt Black and Jonathan More (joined by Paul Brook) drop their first album since 1994's PHILOSOPHY. Since PHILOSOPHY, acid-jazz has mutated into trip-hop and breakbeat, thanks in no small part to Black and More's activities as noted producers and as ringmasters of their pioneering Ninja Tunes label. LET US PLAY is stuffed with ideas, from the loquacious liner notes, subversive messages, and busy artwork to the supplementary enhanced CD of computer games and videos. Coldcut add trickier rhythms and obsessive sonic detailing to their mellow jazz and hip-hop foundations. "More Beats and Pieces" recasts Black and More's pioneering scratch-happy classic as a Fatboy Slim-esque freakbeat stormer. The vibes-and-microchips magic of "Return to Margin" and "Music 4 No Musicians" recalls Tortoise's jazz/rock and Steve Reich transgressions. Dead Kennedys provocateur Jello Biafra lends a sardonic monologue to "Every Home a Prison." Other esteemed guests include progressive beatsmiths Jimpster, legendary CTI drummer Bernard Purdie, old-school master Steinski, Ninja Tunes' own Herbaliser, and Luke Gordon (Spacer), all of whom add their unique flavors to LET US PLAY's enticing musical kaleidoscope of psychedelic funk and state-of-the-art studio wizardry.

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"In Full Color" (02/17/2004) Electronic Beltran, John, Ubiquity RecordingsPersonnel includes: John Beltran (DJ); Andreas Saag, Ayro, John Arnold.

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"Fundacion" (06/13/2005) Electronic Sasha (Techno), Global Underground (USA)

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"Trance Party Vol. 3" (07/01/2003) Electronic Various Artists, Robbins EntertainmentThis is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by The Happy Boys (Cory Robbins and John Parker).

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"Best of Trance Vol. 3" (01/21/2003) Electronic Various Artists, Robbins EntertainmentThis is part of Robbins "Best Of Trance" series.

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"Diversions" (05/11/1994) Electronic Orbital, London/SirePersonnel: Orbital; MC Tea Bag (vocals). Producers: P&P Hartnoll, Nick Gomm, Mr Mr Mann.

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"Collection International [Box]" (01/24/2006) Electronic Various Artists, Brash Music

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"Home For the Holidays (OM) [Digipak]" (10/21/2003) Electronic Various Artists, OM Records (USA)

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"Mythodea: Music For the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey" (10/23/2001) Electronic Vangelis, Sony ClassicalPersonnel includes: Vangelis (electronic keyboards); Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman (vocals); Blake Neely (conductor); The London Metropolitan Orchestra, The National Opera Of Greece Choir. Recorded at Athens Concert Hall and Megaron Recording Centre, Athens, Greece. Includes liner notes by Dr. Jim Garvin, Laurence Bergreen, and Vangelis.

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"The String Cheese Remix Project" (07/10/2001) Electronic DJ Harry, InstinctTHE STRING CHEESE REMIX PROJECT contains String Cheese Incident songs remixed by DJ Harry.

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"Ki-Oku" (03/23/1999) Electronic Krush, DJ, InstinctPersonnel: DJ Krush (programming, scratches); Toshinori Kondo (acoustic & electric trumpets). Japanese turntable master DJ Krush pairs up with trumpeter Toshinori Kondo on this moody set that combines hip-hop, jazz, and ambient music. Though Kondo's resume includes work with such left-field figures as Derek Bailey, John Zorn, and Fred Frith, KI-OKU has none of the avant-skronk associated with those artists. In large part, that's due to Krush's wide, atmospheric textures, and languid, mid-tempo break-beats, which both soften and anchor the album's sound, creating lush spaces for Kondo's horn to drift through. KI-OKU sounds both primitive and futuristic at once, with an overall vibe that owes a significant debt to Miles Davis's late-period electric albums. Alternately abstract and groove-driven, Krush's thick, rhythmic patterns and Kondo's processed trumpet, which sometimes sounds like a wild animal struggling through the forest, recall classic, early-1970s Miles compositions like "He Loved Him Madly." But KI-OKU, with its scratching and electronics, is quite contemporary, and its mix of genres, moods, and references makes for a mesmerizing listen.

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"Coming on Strong" (11/29/2005) Electronic Hot Chip, Astralwerks (Record Label)Hot Chip: Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard. Additional personnel: Felix Martin, Owen Clarke. Recording information: The Bunker, Brooklyn, NY (2005). London duo Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard make up Hot Chip. Their debut full-length's combination of high-tech and lo-fi, organic and electronic, danceable and languorous, made it one of the most distinctive new arrivals of 2005. Imagine Low covering Mystikal, or Beck on valium, or perhaps New Order smothering Nick Drake with a chloroform-soaked handkerchief, and you'll have the basic gist of COMING ON STRONG. Murmured vocals mix indie-rock sensibilities and just barely ironic hip-hop tropes as gentle guitars and mellow synths foreground lightly skittering loops that sound like Bronski Beat kicking the stuffing out of Belle & Sebastian on a damp London afternoon.

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"The Piano Player" (03/01/2005) Electronic Maksim, EMI Classics

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"Gelb *" (02/15/2005) Electronic Neuroticfish, Dancing Ferret Discs

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"5 *" (09/16/2003) Electronic B-Tribe, Higher OctaveB-Tribe: The Brave. Additional personnel: Luna (vocals); Paco Fernandez (guitar); Eric Plummetaz (cello). Indispensable global fusion music from Claus Zundel (AKA "The Brave"), this fifth outing (hence the title) finds the reclusive Spanish wizard stepping back and letting the virtuosic flamenco guitar of fellow Ibiza resident Paco Fernandez take center stage. Also on board is the African singer Luna Mohamed, who lends exotic vocal caresses to several tracks, and the mournful cello of Eric Plummetaz. As with previous B-Tribe work, the songs flow seamlessly together in a delirious blend of Gypsy camp romance and chill-out electronica. The centerpiece here is the haunting "Ode to Dolores Del Rio" which opens with a thunderously distorted bass string rumble before contrasting melancholy passages of wooden flute with effect-laden guitar and gentle chimes. "Anika" and "Angelic Voices" both benefit from Mohamed's crystal clear vocal improvisations, which contrast with the group's trademark male Gypsy wailings. While the first B-Tribe albums were dance beat-intensive, and the third and fourth more sultry and exotic, this entry transcends all boundaries, with the Brave clearly unafraid to push the envelope into dreamtime and beyond, touching on jazz, classical, and even experimental ambience.

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"Delhi 9" (01/01/2006) Electronic Tosca, !k7 RecordsTosca: Richard Dorfmeister, Robert Huber. Additional personnel: Anna Clementi, Earl Zinger, MC Tweed, Sugar B, Graf Hadik (vocals). Producers: Richard Dorfmeister, Rupert Huber. Recorded in G-Stone Studio 2, Vienna, Austria.

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"Mille Nuits & Une: One Thousand & One Nights" (02/25/2003) Electronic Mrad, Said, ARK 21 (USA)This is continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Said Mrad.

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"Multiple Offenses" (03/01/2006) Electronic Slowdeck, Waveform RecordsEngineers includes: Luke Gordon, Sie Medway Smith, Paul Hoffman.

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"The Altogether" (09/04/2001) Electronic Orbital, Sire Records (USA)Orbital: Paul Hartnoll, Phil Hartnoll. Additional personnel includes: Naomi Bedford, David Gray. Pioneering techno duo Orbital has been around long enough to establish the kind of immediately identifiable sound one associates with any long-standing band. Accordingly, the Hartnoll brothers play to their strenghts on THE ALTOGETHER. The pair's sixth album doesn't leap off in any bold new directions, but it certainly delivers the electro-dance goods in a manner to which Orbital fans have become accustomed. The opening track, dancefloor burner "Tension," mates a vocal sample from the immortal trash-rock clasic "Surfin' Bird" with a relentless techno beat, and atmospheric synth drones. Siren-like femal vocals illuminate the poppy "Funny Break," and David Gray even turns up on one track, but this is still the Hartnolls' show. Throughout the album, they deploy samples, loops, and synth riffs with a deftness that only comes with extensive experience. For the faithful, a second disc featuring rare tracks and remixes is included to sweeten the deal.

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"Virtual Bass" (11/15/1994) Electronic Bass 305, DM RecordsAll songs written by Bass 305.

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"Let There Be Bass" (11/08/1994) Electronic Bass Unlimited, Street Beat Records

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"Artifakts (BC)" (11/03/1998) Electronic Plastikman, Novamute RecordsPlastikman: Richie Hawtin. Anyone who has followed the evolution of techno music to date is doubtless already familiar with Richie Hawtin, the boyish face behind the Plastikman icon. Born in the UK, Hawtin relocated as a pre-teen to Windsor, Ontario and it wasn't long before he began crossing the U.S./Canadian border and immersing himself in the techno sub-culture of nearby Detroit. Often the only white hanger-on in a predominantly black dance scene, Hawtin was later instrumental in ushering in a more multiracial crossover success for techno in the Detroit area with events like his "Hard, Harder, Hardest" series of warehouse parties, forging a missing link of sorts between UK rave culture and classic Detroit techno. His fourth album chronologically, ARTIFAKTS conceptually falls between his second and third albums. It represents the completion of material left unfinished when he was barred from entering the US for performing illegally and subsequently cut off from releasing material through his Detroit-based label Plus 8. The result is similar to CONSUMED in that it transforms the constantly mutating 303 synth lines of Acid house into abstract forms more at home alongside Tangerine Dream than on the platter of a DJ's turntable.

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"What We Must [Slipcase] *" (04/19/2005) Electronic Jaga Jazzist, Ninja Tune (USA)Jaga Jazzist: Lars Horntveth (guitars, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, keyboards); Andreas Mjos (guitars, vibraphone, drums, electronics); Harald Froland (guitars, sound effects); Ketil Einarsen (flute, keyboards, percussion, breath controller); Mathias Eick (trumpet, keyboards, vibraphone, bass instrument); Lars Wabo (trombone, percussion); Line Horntveth (tuba, percussion); Even Ormestad (keyboards, bass instrument); Andreas Schei (keyboards); Martin Horntveth (drums, drum machine). Recording information: Uphon Studios, Germany (07/2004).

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"And the Big Red Nebula Band *" (09/21/2004) Electronic Fingathing, Ninja Tune (USA)Fingathing: Peter Parker, Sneaky.

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"Meast *" (04/06/2004) Electronic Spatula, Kid, Planet MuMEAST is a collection of previously unreleased material recorded between 1994 and 1998. Kid Spatula: Mike Paradinas.

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"Sa'iyr: A Tribal Metamorphosis [Digipak]" (03/01/2005) Electronic Pentaphobe, ARK 21 (USA)Pentaphobe: Keili Olsen (clarinet, percussion).

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"Genetic World" (05/21/2002) Electronic Telepopmusik, Capitol/EMI RecordsTelepopmusik: Antipop (vocals, synthesizer, sound effects, scratches); Stephan Haeri (guitar, keyboards, drums, programming); Fabrice Dumont (banjo, double bass). Additional personnel includes: Angela McCluskey, Soda-Pop, Chilly Gonzales, Peaches (vocals); Christophe Minck (harp); Geoffrey Tamisier (trumpet); Pascal Charpentier (piano); Sebastien Buffet (brushes). "Breathe" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. Telepopmusik consists of three French multi-instrumentalists and programmers, Stephan Haeri, Christophe Hetier, and Fabrice Dumont, who create atmospheric, chill-out pop music incorporating odd sound-bites, random raps, and often featuring sultry female vocals, mostly by the Wild Colonials' Angela McCluskey. While similar to Air and Zero 7 on first listen, there's more experimentalism, something a bit duskier about their music. Telepopmusik's sound is almost as if a boozed-up 1950s jazz-standards combo was asked to collaborate with Kraftwerk and Serge Gainsbourg in the seediest of late-night bars. The title track from GENETIC WORLD breaks down the phrase until it's indecipherable and layers it over an '80s sci-fi movie theme. This follows the sleepy, sensual balladry of the hypnotic dance single "Breathe," McCluskey's Holiday-channeling finest moment. Dirty Beatniks rapper Soda-Pop drops in throughout the record, his strongest point coming when he both produces and languidly raps on "Da Hoola." And, adding to her ever-growing list of guest appearances, indie icon Peaches and frequent collaborator Chilly Gonzales team up with a chilling bass on the infectious "Let's Go Again."

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"Xen Cuts [Box]" (09/19/2000) Electronic Various Artists, Ninja Tune (USA)Compilation producers include: Steinski, The Process, Andy Carthy. Recorded in London England and Havana, Cuba in April 1998.

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"A State of Trance 2006" (05/16/2006) Electronic Various Artists, Ultra RecordsDJ: Armin Van Buuren.

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"The Dawnseeker" (06/27/2006) Electronic Sleepthief, Neurodisc RecordsJustice-seeking attorney by day and cutting-edge electronica artist the rest of the time, Justin Elswick, a.k.a. Sleepthief, incorporates vocals from a wide variety of female singers, including Kirsty Hawkshaw and Caroline Lavelle, on his full-length debut. Covering electronica genres from drum-and-bass to ambient music, Elswick's compositions contain both dreamy and serene textures as well as high-energy beats framed by keyboards and synthesized percussion.

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"Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra" (03/29/2005) Electronic Synergy (Electronic), United States Of Distribution LTD.All tracks have been digitally remastered. Synergy (Electronic): Larry Fast (keyboards, synthesizer, programming). Recording information: 1975.

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"Renaissance: The Master Series Vol. 2" (02/22/2005) Electronic Cattaneo, Hernan, Thrive Records

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