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Rip It Up, Issue 217, 1 September 1995, Page 28

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/DONNA SUMMER I Feel Love 95 . A \i(Mercury, double 12”) J A nasty concept this, and the Rollo mixes are as bad as you’d expect, but the ‘Master at Work’ mix strips all but the voice out of the orginal, and creates something new and special that verges on the anthemic. A VARIOUS Cajual Relief " A (UK SOM, triple LP/double CD) y Noisy, dirty, exciting, disco tinged techno from Cajmere’s Chicago labels — the cutting edge in 95. Essential, and stuck on my turntable. A RUFFNECK Everybody Be Somebody . "'X (US MAW, 12") . . , J . Sounds like it was recorded in a toilet. I mean, this is rough — but it’s so weird it works, in a Bucketheads kinda way. Unfortunately, there are Judge Jules mixes coming along to destroy it.

/ TODD TERRY A Day in the Life ' ' X L (UK SOM, double LP/CD) •'.. ' I K OREGANO Oregano - I (US Freeze, 12”) I /TODD TERRY —— Sound Design Back From The Dead Freeze, double 12") y Ten sides of essential, slamming vinyl grooves that say Todd is back. A true genius, but please, no more Montell Jordan mixes, Todd. ( MICHAEL WATFORD Happy Man A I (Bootleg? 12”) J 1 ( MICHAEL WATFORD Lovechangeover ] \JUK Hard Times, 12") J The superior, unreleased dubs of his last US single, and the killer 13 minute, tuff-garage trax from Farley and Heller. Both very cool.

/ THE ABSOLUTE There Will Come a Day X (US Tribal,- 12”) J Mark Picchietti’s four sided monster that refuses to go away — from hard garage to deep trancey sounds. A FLOPPY SOUNDS Ultrasong ~ A (US Wave, double 12”) : . . ) One of the inventors of house, Francois Kevorkian, returns with a wonderful, but strange and trippy record, that stretches the boundaries again. D urban BLUES PROJECT Deliver Me \ (UK Hott, 12”) J Deep male vocals from Miami, but best in its funky, jazzy vocal dub. Cheese free. - ( DA WILD PITCH BROS ~ A Muthafucka Come Here . I \(US Emotive, 12”) J Pierre and Maurice in a slighty pornographic (from a female point of view) extended builder in their classic style. A E-N The Horn Ride ~ 7X y(UK Tribal, double 12”) J . Simply put, Tribal don’t make bad records. You could pick any mix on here, from the ‘Tenaglia’ to the ‘Lisbon’ mixes, and the atmosphere and tension drags you in. Bloody wonderful. " ADJ PIERRE EP ~A yJUS Strictly Rhythm, double 12") > y ■ : I really love this guy’s stuff, and this EP pulls all his styles together, from the chaotic wild pitch epics and the dubby trax, to the poppier , end. Love the terrible sleeve too. ' COLN Oporto Deep Cuts ''X (Tribal UK, 12”) J - Stylish but sleazy tracks from Portugal. Check out the acidic ‘Reboot 144’ mix. CRUSHED INSECT AND SICK PUPPY A Inside the Bubble Chamber I < (Swe. Hybrid, 12”) J Pointless picture disc, but a cool, j Detroitstyled techno record, that wouldn’t sound out of place in a Carl Craig set. SIMON GRIGG