Title: Requiem For A Rave
Artist: Posthuman
Label: Balkan Vinyl
Cat Number: BV50
Genre: Techno
A1: RMX
A2: To The Place
A3: Hate
B1: Ultrareal
B2: Fontalic
B3: Proof And Fade
C1: Tunnel
C2: Rushing High
D1: MCRD
D2: Homecoming
D3: Take Me Back
Reading the press release for this, I feel I’m missing out by not having the cassette version which was “recorded as a radio broadcast and features full narration throughout, plus shout outs from fellow DJs and artists.” Besides being a great concept, it does feel in memoriam. Of course this is the intention. However, the music therein is anything but defunct, The drums really roll on tracks like ‘To The Place’, ‘Hate’ and ‘Fontalic’. The breaks are crystal clear and clean on ‘RMX’ and ‘Ultrareal’. ‘Rushing High’ is neither one thing or the other, metamorphosing from low key acid into into a euphoric battering ram and there and back again. This takes talent. ‘MCRD’ is robot hardcore; ‘Homecoming’ is beatless suppressed power and ‘Take Me Back’ has that sunrise in the fields with gentle hippies feel, the type of track that, more than any other on this album feels tailor made for coming up on beans and touches base with more cultural reference points than other track on the album. This is a sonic stream of consciousness that documents a key cross cultural moment, stretched and polished by modern production techniques. A resonant rave draped collection skilfully pieced together by a master craftsman, Time to dig out your Fantasy FM, Rave FM and Centreforce tapes.
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