Published
Tue, Aug 22, 2006, 17:50
- Minimal seeps overground on latest CD comp 'Destroy Minimal’�
Minimal seeps overground on latest CD comp 'Destroy Minimal’…
There’s the underground, and there’s the overground, and a sign that one is becoming the other is the infamous anonymous mix compilation. Latest double CD on Resist ‘Destroy Minimal’ features cuts by Alter Ego, Trentemoeller and Ricardo Villalobos, but you have to look deep into the fine print of the press notes to discover the name of the DJ, which turns out to be J16. Who dat?
Compilations sold by genre rather than DJ name are common in mainstream dance markets, especially house and trance, catering to the clubber who likes their music but has little interest in who's actually behind the decks. So is the forthcoming comp ‘Destroy Minimal’ aimed at the “throw a bit of trance in your cart at Tescos and don’t forget the pea soup” brigade? Or does it signal something new – the triumph of the producer over the DJ?
Either way, its the first “minimal” CD RA knows of to get the genre-sell treatment, and it certainly catches the zeitgeist kerfuffle with its title… But hang on, before you rush to judgement, it’s on Resist Records, the same label responsible for James Holden's 'At the Controls' and Miss Kittin's 'Bugged Out'. Should we be expecting quality?
A close look at the tracklist reveals dreaded M-word genre confusion – the mix features everything from deep house (Dennis Ferrer; Schwarz, Dixon and Ame) and beardo disco (Lindstrom) to neu-prog (Lazy Fat People) and electrohouse (Stephan Bodzin), but there’s also some bonafide minimal house and techno on it such as Cassy's 'Marylin's Wake', Alex Under's 'El Encuentro' and Mike Shannon's 'Valence'.
So, some great tracks but er… who's the DJ? Is J16 the warp-marking intern at Resist? Or a pseudonym of Jambi? Turns out J16 is Jerry, the owner of online record store City16. Naturally, the tracklist comes with a footnote that if you like any of the tracks you can buy them all on vinyl at, surprise surprise, City16. So do you want to go shopping?
'Destroy Minimal' Tracklist
CD1
1. Kosuke Anamizu ‘Moopy’
2. Cassy ‘Marylin’s Wake’
3. Lazy Fat People ‘Big City’
4. Stephan Bodzin ‘Caligula’
5. Villalobos ‘What You Say Is More’ (Isolée speak&spell Remix – Long End)
6. Peter Dildo ‘Curly Blonde’ (Original Mix)
7. PuNto ‘4tempo4’
8. Claudio Alvarez ‘Lluvia De Verano’ (Abe Duque Remix)
9. Thugfucker ‘The Dance’ (Mr. Negative Remix)
10. P. Van Dongen ‘Hate To Say O.K.’
11. Luciano & Serafin ‘Funk Excursion’ / Marshall Jefferson vs. Noosa Heads ‘Mushrooms’ (Acapella)
12. Alter Ego ‘Daktari’ (Matt John's »Daktatrick 17« Remix)
13. Mike Shannon ‘Valence’
14. Alex Under ‘El Encuentro’
15. Trentemøller ‘Killer Kat’
CD2
1. Dennis Ferrer ‘Son Of Raw’
2. Henrik Schwarz, Dixon & Âme featuring Derrick Carter ‘Where We At’ (Version 1)
3. Partial Arts ‘Cruising’
4. Padded Cell Presents Planets Against Us ‘Haunted House’
5. Lindstrøm ‘Another Station’ (Todd Terje Remix)
6. Solaris Heights ‘Midnight’ (Padded Cell Remix)
7. Booka Shade ‘The Birds And The Beats / At The Window‘
8. Till von Sein & Aera ‘Lesbah’
9. Vibe Dealers ‘Vibe Di Laine’
10. System Of Survival ‘Nuday’
11. International Pony ‘Our House – Mama’
12. Rekid ‘Retro Active’
13. Stephan Bodzin vs. Marc Romboy ‘Phobos’
'Destroy Minimal' is released on Resist on October 9, 2006.