This collection is simply way too promising andcomes up short in its delivery. Liner notes outline how the collectionyou're holding in your hand is so revolutionary and will usher in a newmovement to the world of electronic music (blah blah blah,...) - inactuality, this is yet another gratuitous label-invented collection,assembled for their own self promotion. Sure, their intentions are togive some of the finer acts some exposure, like SND, Panacea or Kid 606- but the tracks each submitted were brimming with medioctrity. Thinkabout the artists themselves: how many compilations can somebody reallyappear on before it becomes overkill? Agreeing to be on a compilationis fulfilling a favor for the label essentailly - it's difficult for anartist to simply pull a song out of the air and have it be bothexclusive and great. In actuality, artists will generally save theirbest songs for their own albums. Like a depressant this CD will indeednumb your mind and has the potential to make you feel pretty damnedstupid. Minimalism isn't about a boring unchanging 4/4 clicky beat thatstretches on 8 minutes too long, it's about making the most out of aminimal amount of sources. Sans Panacea and Kid 606, I've wasted bothtime and money on this collection.
- Kid 606 - Sonqizzmaster
- Panacea - Sinecore
- Pansonic - Koilinen