Various – Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive - Emotions Electric
Label: |
Network Records – retrocd1 |
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Format: |
CD
, Compilation
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Country: |
UK |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Techno |
Tracklist
1 | Model 500– | No UFO's (D-Mix) | 8:26 |
2 | Reese– | Just Another Chance | 5:10 |
3 | Mayday– | Freestyle | 5:42 |
4 | Rhythim Is Rhythim– | The Dance (The Living Room Mix) | 7:12 |
5 | R-Tyme– | R-Theme (Mayday Mix) | 6:21 |
6 | Cybotron– | Clear | 4:55 |
7 | Reese– | Rock To The Beat (Mayday Mix) | 4:03 |
8 | Seperate Minds*– | First Bass | 3:55 |
9 | Blake Baxter– | When We Used To Play (Unreleased Mix) | 6:07 |
10 | X Ray*– | Let's Go (Dub Mix) | 9:31 |
11 | Kevin Saunderson– | The Groove That Won't Stop | 7:38 |
12 | Rhythim Is Rhythim– | Strings Of Life (Unreleased Mix) | 8:23 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Kool Kat Music
- Distributed By – Pinnacle Recuts
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Network Records
- Copyright © – Network Records
- Licensed From – Metroplex Records (2)
- Licensed From – KMS Records
- Licensed From – Pheerce Citi
- Licensed From – Transmat
- Licensed From – Kool Kat Music
- Licensed From – Fantasy Records
- Published By – Electro Groove Music
- Published By – Drive On
- Published By – Virgin Music
- Published By – Transmat
- Published By – Zomba Music
- Published By – Metroplex
- Published By – Thomas Publishing
- Published By – Electro Groove
- Made By – PDO, UK – 10168831
Credits
- Design – Icon (21)
- Liner Notes, Compiled By [Innovation/Compilation] – Neil Rushton
- Other [Communication] – Judy Nanton
- Other [Fax And Figuration] – Zoe Clarke
- Other [Organisation] – Dave Barker
- Sleeve Notes [Text And Media Manipulation] – John McCready
Notes
Packaged in jewel case with 14 page sleeve notes which include short interviews with Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, artist's comments on tracklisting, photos of artists, background notes by John McCready from July 1988 (Re-edit 1991) and Neil Rushton (1991) and catalogue listings (from 1991) for Metroplex, Transmat and KMS.
℗ 1991 Network Records
© 1991 Network Records
Distributed through Pinnacle Recuts
cat# on spine: retrocd1
title on spine: retrotechno/emotionselectric
Cassette has two Bonus Tracks that don't appear on the LP & CD!
℗ 1991 Network Records
© 1991 Network Records
Distributed through Pinnacle Recuts
cat# on spine: retrocd1
title on spine: retrotechno/emotionselectric
Cassette has two Bonus Tracks that don't appear on the LP & CD!
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 5016846740029
- Barcode (Text): 5 016846 740029
- Matrix / Runout: RETROCD1 10168831 03 % MADE IN U.K.
Other Versions (4)
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Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive - Emotions Electric (2×LP, Compilation) | Network Records | RETRO LP1 | UK | 1991 | ||
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Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive - Emotions Electric (2×LP, Compilation, Promo, White Label) | Network Records | RETRO LP1 | UK | 1991 | ||
Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive - Emotions Electric (Cassette, Compilation) | Network Records | Retro MC1, RETROMC 1 | UK | 1991 | |||
Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive - Emotions Electric (2×LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered) | Network Records | RETRO LP1 | UK | 2008 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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This lovingly produced compilation from 1991 has more of a retrospective flavour as the name suggests. The earliest tracks here are Cybotron's 1983 Kraftwerk-ian electro classic "Clear" and Model 500's proto-techno "No UFO's (D-Mix)" from 1985. This release was the first appearance on CD for nearly every track.
The thick booklet is loaded with label discographies, artist biographies for Juan, Kevin and Derrick, short quotes on the creative origins behind each track and a re-edit of John McCready's NME piece from 1988. The quality and care obviously put into this collection helped to cultivate a fan-base devoted to Detroit techno as serious sonic art and music for home hi-fi listening as well as in the club.
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Neil Rushton's liner notes:
There was no warning. In the middle of 1987 and Chicago Ja-Ja-Ja- Jack fever a record from Detroit filtered into the UK. The label was called Transmat. The design was futuristic and suggested a 21st century Multi-National. It came from a bedroom in a neglected part of Detroit where taxi cabs would not go. Records from Detroit were the epitome of soul. This record was devoid of soul. It was however steeped in spirit. It was called "Nude Photo". The artist was Rhythim Is Rhythim. Listening to it the first time was weird. The second time made it seem even stranger. A sequenced mutant technology borne of a crazed imagination. A phone number on the label was answered by a man called Derrick May. He sounded... different. He sent a white label of the next 12". It was called "Strings Of Life" and it was a masterpiece. It still is. 20 year olds at Midlands Club where I played "House Music" hated it. The 15 year olds at the kids session went mad. Something was happening. Within two months Derrick arrived in England with four boxes of "Strings Of Life" to help pay for the flight. He had tapes of tracks with strange titles like "Sinister", "Wiggin" and "R-Theme". We didn't know it, but the bandwagon was already halfway down the hill.
Derrick mentioned his old schoolmates, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins. "They make music too", he said. "We call it Techno". A meeting was arranged. It seemed we might be able to sell some records. Mick Clark at 10 Records agreed to take a compilation of this strange music. In Detroit I needed one final track to complete the album. Kevin pulled out a box with "Big Fun" scrawled across it. The next tape he played was "Rock To The Beat". I told Kevin to get ready to quit university. He thought I was joking. Within 12 months Techno had established itself as the most enduring influence on dance music. The nineties began and this remained the case. Suddenly life was all about tracking how many millions of sales Inner City had chalked up, video budgets and remixes. Techno had gone mainstream. Too many conversations were about money. This album is from a time when Techno was a secret society. Not many people knew the codes. A time when staying up all night in Derrick's studio-come-bedroom where the taxi cabs wouldn't go meant hearing "It Is What It Is" for the first time. "Freestyle", "No UFO's" and "Just Want Another Chance" followed. It was wonderful. Retro Techno rewinds to them. It is what it was. Emotions Electric indeed.
Neil Rushton 1991 -
My CD has bronzed. Thankfully the audio seems unaffected. I've ripped the tracks off it without difficulty.
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Hadn't heard this in a long time, and noticed today that it is starting to suffer with the common oxidization issue that plagued some CDs during this era.
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How I love this Album, pure classic Detroit Techno. I've had this piece of vinyl nigh on 22years and never tire of listening to it. Just Another Chance by Reese is pure gold. Highly recomended to anyone who loves this sound.
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