Various - Techno Nations - The Beginning (Part Two) mp3 album

Sometimes I can't believe these groundbreaking comps have no comments on them! I mean, come on here - we're talking Underground Resistance has a track on this comp! You think they were just bystanders in the techno landscape at this time?Onward. What can I say? This comp covers a few bases. You have some early versions of straight-ahead 909/303 acid tracks. You have some rarities like Green Buddha's "Psalm IV". Mine The Rhythm's "Alas" is equally unique. These two tracks kind of define this comp to me. Others may appreciate the straight-on acid cuts more, but being a veteran of the 1995 acid-wave that swept the Midwest USA, I rather tired of just acid. And these are not really that unique, just kind of straight-ahead formulaic acid tracks. Fun though, because they exhibit pure analog phatness that lifts them out of any funk they may otherwise wallow in.The other side exhibits some of that "Rotterdam Sound" that came and went in the early days. QDT's "The Cool Tip" has a not-too-heavy hard sound that sounds great and refreshes my memories of the times before hardcore got too acidic and too hard. Remember Nasenbluten? Too hard. "I'm Going Mad" is still classic after all these years, and also reflects upon a time when Ren And Stimpy was the cartoon du jour! Even before Beavis And Butthead.A great and classic comp EP. Definitely worth having to import to the blandish United States. Back in '91/'92, the only way I could get these tracks was to buy them on compilation CD's. I was decades away from having any interest in any kind of DJ'ing.