i know in advance that this is highly regarded as one juan atkins best tracks in the 90's but i had no clue about it until a few months ago. i bought the kickin records' 1995 compilation "trance central volume 2 - the trip" and it wasn't actually one of the tracks i got it for. it's a good compilation with a boatload of 90's techno, trance & house and includes the likes carl cox's remix of "it's our future" and josh wink's remix of "supernatural".
this gave me an amazing experience on the first listen and it wasn't in an environment that these moments happen often. fact was that i was doing the dishes and had some music on in my headphones and then it came on. it struck me really hard and the track really commanded attention in it's rhythmic motion.
it's really hypnotic and uses both repetitious melodies and dubby sounds along with drum patterns & rhythms that aren't properly quantised. it blew my mind the same way theo parrish's "dusty cabinets" gave me a big lesson of what is rhythmical.
but to be back on solid ground it isn't a new concept of using a straight drum rhythm and swung melodic elements/bassline and vice versa. but it's when you take it further on from swing and/or the use of triplets, the music gets a different element as it's challenging you.
the track is essentially an excerise in repetition but it is a club track and it's best described by the acid part in the middle. there shuffled drums gets a backseat for a grounding four on the floor that takes command with the acid going deeper in tone.
i know that i really slept on this track but better late than never. by the looks of it since tresor re-released it in may, along with a new sleeparchive remix, i am yet another person to discover it.
buy here (junodownload)
i should note that moritz von oswald did an really amazing remix and sleeparchive's remix is a harder rendition of the former. it's nice and has it's place but it's just that.
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