"Mobility (Aquamix)" by Moby, the b-side of "Go", (1990, Instinct Records). Brings tears to my eyes 10 years later. I've been playing it all day. Fuck "Play", go out and buy "Early Underground" on Instinct (CD still in print). He was the shit back then. Anybody got a copy of "Instinct Dance" (all Moby tracks under Voodoo Child, Barracuda and UHF) they wanna sell me ?
Why hasn't anyone mentioned "The Beginning" by Rhythim is Rhythim, (also 1990, Kool Kat Records). It takes the kick 3 1/2 minutes to kick in and when it does, the whole house lights up. On a huge system, it's like a symphony. Ahead of its time. Still playable at +6. 808 State "Pacific State" is epic techno. Makes you want to cry and dance at the same time. Derrick played it as the last record on the last night of the Music Institute. I just played with 808 in Spain, top blokes but the gig was a disaster. The 1st segment of "Live at the Liquid Room". Bangin', loud and fucked-up. Crowd goes nuts in the background. Beats and hi-hats all on top of each other. Reserved and quiet in real life, this is Mills' real self on display via the music. So many techno DJs try to bite Mills' style on this record, same tracks and everything. I heard DRC play "LFO" on New Year's (Los Angeles) to 10,000 people on a system the size of Rhode Island. The bass kicked in and it was like Marty McFly's atomic guitar in "Back To The Future". Surgeon is playing it too. Epic and timeless. If anyone mentions a trance record on 313 as "epic", I'm gonna hit the computer like Popeye and a big electric fist will come thru the Net and come out on your end and knock some sense into you. =) This is a one-time-only transmission. Back to radio silence. a.
