look at all the hype on this album. it's all over radio 1, it's all over everywhere actually. walked into hmv leeds recently and it was in prime position within the dance stuff. it's going to do well indeed and that's not down to the music but instead the promotion. skint know how to manipulate the commerical industry. and that's why dave clarke joined them.

anyway

i got the album about 4 wks ago on promo from skint and i have to say that i thought the 'production' on it was good. really good in places. i really quiet enjoyed some of the tracks in the car (but would never play them out in a club). the problem here with this album was programming. absolutely terrible. there was no concept, no feel to the track selection. it was like a bunch of 12"'s thrown together with the odd hip-hop/electro thing in between to make it look credible, to make it look like an album. i enjoyed it for the 70 minutes it was on, it made me think (and I do like Dave Clarke's style in places), but i really didn't want to listen to it again. in fact, the only reason it went on twice was because I'd forgotten my CD case and it was the only thing in the car.

techno albums annoy me at the moment. there's no concept, journey or feel. it's all done to make money. and this is quite obviously what this was made for.

it annoys me that the only ppl who can make albums these days within techno are the artists that are with the big labels. there's no love, no real passion for the sound, and this falls into that category.

maybe i'm wrong. i hope so. but then again, we're not likely to get a response here from DC, or are we? i sincerly hope so.