there's much of what's been said here that i agree with, and i probably won't be rushing to put it the album again either. Devil's Advocate is like a compilation of the different styles Clarke likes, there didn't seem to be a 'feel' to the album, and it didn't really build or go anywhere, there are a lot of good dancefloor tracks on it though, again I wouldn't play them myself though.

There's very few albums with new, fresh concepts these days, that's why I thought the slamming of Liebing's album here was pretty uncalled for, i mean he did try!! How many people are actually putting out techno albums though? Very few. It's mainly the more successful producers that are in the position to have the luxury of an album. I guess it's a money and reputation thing also, as albums for smaller techno labels are a big enough risk to take if you are attempting to do something new or diverse and aren't as well known.

But if the bigger profile producers like Clarke can feed ok-ish albums to the mass techno buyer where do you go from there? Maybe the 'underground' techno market isn't allowing there to be albums, the whole emphasis is on how many playable tracks in a club you'll get from the record. Is there an incentive or even opportunity for cutting edge producers to release albums unless they are with a big label? I reckon there could be a glut of amazing albums waiting to get out there, but there's not enough open minded techno fans to reward the good stuff.