Short Cuts Every number other CD's. from Club to Hardcore, from Drum & Bass to Jungle, from Techno to HipHop, from Pop to Classic and everything that fits in between, or not.. [ Titanium door Stakka + K-Tee ] What is harder than steel? Well, Titanium for instance! And what better way to illustrate your music is harder, than by doing a tribute to a metal like that. But stangely these two tracks aren't that hard at all, not compared to what this duo has released on their wonderful drum'n'bass compilation Origin Unknown last year. Instead they have opted for a more subtle and mysterious sound, which makes this music much more exciting on repeated listening. [ j v ] (Audio BluePrint) [ Car Demolition door Pamétex ] Ultra limited promo release on a Rotterdam label run from a skateshop in the center of the city. This one contains eight minimalistic electro tracks, composed unusually slow. Nothing to dance to, but plenty to lounge with in your living room. This release is another example of music from the Netherlands that will matter in the very near future. [ j v ] (Clone Promo) [ From Beyond volume 3 by Various Artists ] Third in a series of four. A compilation set up by the illustrious Ectomorph featuring artists which will become household names in years to come. Volume three features Krok, Frankie Carbone, Will Web and Spaceling & Bassheads. They all use electronics, sounds, moods and themes from the early eighties like any true electro-minded musician should. [ j v ] (Interdimensional Transmissions) [ Mikro Makro by Ø and Noto ] Minimalism isn't the right word for this. This is beyond minimalism. The music Mika Vainio (Ø) and Carsten Nicolai (Noto) are making is so sparse and otherworldly, most people would really find it hard to accept this as music. But with these four ten minute tracks released on lovely clear vinyl, Mika and his German friend make a musical universe of their own. You can almost hear the sound of crickets chirping and the whisteling of birds, they have only abstracted it to the most basic sounds, little clicks, beeps. Beautiful like lying in a field on a warm summers day. [ j v ] (Noton/Rastermusik) [ Automatic by Le Car ] Everything on this record is electonic. The flowers on the front have been digitized to big abstract colored squares. The photographs of the two main bandmembers pictures them as two FBI undercover agents. Every track is divided by samples of Automatic Auto Attendants serving every need of the auto user. Le Car is strange, but their music is great to dance to. [ j v ] (Craft/Sabotage) [ Spiral Architect by Gerard Deluxxe ] Gerard Deluxxe has found the way forward! By combining electro, techno and drum'n'bass he has created a basis for wonderful new music. The funky electronic sound and simple melodies work fine in combination with fast rhythms and low-flying bass. [ j v ] (Craft/Sabotage) [ Analogue Bubblebath vol 3.1 by AFX ] It's years ago since Aphex Twin's legendary Analogue Bubblebath 3 was released. The original, with the bubblefoil packaging is almost impossible to get. Luckily Rephlex has now released some tracks of that album on 12". Very strange techno made on his old selfbuilt equipment. A must have for the Aphex minded. [ j v ] (Rephlex)