ARTIST: VARIOUS TITLE: THE NEW PRESKRIPTIONS OF DR LEKTROLUV LABEL: NEWS FORMAT: CD (mixed) / 2 x VINYL / 7" PICTURE DISC RELEASE DATE: 30/09/02
Following hot on the heels of the first Lektroluv compilation, the good Doctor has already been rummaging in the crates for the next instalment. The debut volume set a benchmark for modern electro compilations, the upfront tracklisting managed to neatly showcase the burgeoning modern electro scene. Since then many of the recent compilations that have flooded the market appear to have taken cues from the original instalment in terms of tracks and artists! First time around the tracks were segued together into a flowing whole without overlapping, but for New Preskriptions the Doctor has spent longer in the studio, working the tracks into a cohesive mix and and even adding his own treatments and edits to a few of the tracks. The mix opens with Crossover's 'Lucida Obscura' and is indicative of the song based direction that this volume follows, as the track has a great sense of energy and the proto rap helps to keep the tracks age ambiguous. The Parallax Corporation have allowed their hymn to sexual repression 'Fear' to be included and it may be that electro fetishism is the way to bring sex back to electronic music. Well renowned Finnish oddball Jimi Tenor's 'Take Me Baby' sounds like Ian Curtis has risen from the dead and been adopted by the Gigolo crew. Crème De Menthe's 'Plastique' combines a big modern riff with androgynous vocals and eighties reverbed percussion, and has been one of Hell's secret weapons for a while now. Legowelt vs Orge Electronique's remix of Hong Kong Counterfeit nods heavily in the direction of Maurizio Dami (Alexander Robotnik) and the other unsung heroes of the Italian Disco era and thankfully manages to avoid the sloppy vocals that so often marred the genre. It can be easy to dismiss the new wave of electro as opportunistic bandwagon jumping but artists like Japanese Telecom have been working within the genre for many years, its just finally the media have caught up with them. 'Planet Rock' needs no introduction. Two tracks from Dutch electro fiend Dexter sandwich Drexciya's 'Funk Release Valve' a prime slice of aquatic Detroit electro techno - whoever said water and electricity should not mix hadn't heard this. 'Errorist' by Artist Unknown starts of with abstract beat programming but slowly builds with heavy synth riffs, whilst the Rotten vocals hark back to days of safety pins and pogoing. Memory Boy's '(There is no) Electricity' has been grabbing peoples heart strings for a while and was ripe for inclusion here. 'Parallax View' is an electro DJ's staple and has remained in many spinners crates since its release eight years ago! Dave Clarke and Andrew Weatherall have championed Detroit's Adult. for a long time and finally last years dedication to telephone sex 'Hand to Phone' acted as a break through track for them and it is the original version that is included here. Adult. turn up again remixing Phoenicia's 'Odd Job' and manage to demonstrate how punk and electronic music can go hand in hand. Tracklisting 01 crossover - lucida obscura (**) 02 the parallax corporation - fear (*) 03 jimi tenor - take me baby (*) 04 crème de menthe - plastique (*) 05 hong kong counterfeit - metal disco (legowelt vs. orgue electronique mix) 06 bangkok impact - junge dame mit freundliche tel (frisky disco mix) 07 japanese telecom - mounting yoko 08 afrika bambaataa & the soul sonic force - planet rock (dr. lektroluv's re-edit) 09 dexter - i don't care 10 drexciya - funk release valve 11 dexter - echopark (*) 12 le syndicat electronique - run 13 artist unknown - errorist 14 memory boy - (there is no) electricity 15 ectomorph - parallax view (*) 16 adult - hand to phone (*) 17 phoenecia - odd job (adult's compurhythm version) (*) 18 andreas dorau & die marinas - fred vom jupiter (**) A double (unmixed) vinyl (*) and a very limited 7inch picture disc (**) will also be available for the vinyl freaks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
