Reference Model #1 review by DJ Starfish

1) SILICON ORIENTED - was O.K., had some nice early 80's New Wave sounds and lounge melodies. 5/10

2) SOLID FUNCTION - great minimal techno/idm along the lines of Oval / Microstoria / & less noisey Panasonic meets Swim~ label! 8/10

3) FLOPPY - excellent example of great Asian Techno Scene sound! Influenced by Jeff Mills with bit of Ken Ishii / Flare influence! 9/10

4) MUNEHIRO HATTORI - great mix of lush melodies with an Acid edge, simalar to early Aphex Twin! (without the noisey experiemtnal beats and sounds) 9/10

5) SOLID FUNCTION - a different sound for them than the first! more upbeat Acid / Techno with a hint of Goa and '80's!!! Heavy bass lines! reminds me of PLUS 8 / PROBE and early R&S releases! 9/10

6) SOLID FUNCTION - again! same as above! very cool! 9/10

7) HARDCODE - this is some excellent hard acid techno trance! pulsating rhythm and repetative double beats of drums and bass drill into your skull! 9/10

8) MUNEHIRO HATTORI - back again with another Aphex influenced Acid /Techno track. Very well done! 9/10

9) FLOPPY - again we have an excellent track. doesn't sound like the Asian Techno sound of the last track, but still very good pulsating sounds for the danceclubs! Get your body to move! 9/10

10) MUNEHIRO HATTORI - once again a killer track of Acid pulsing mayhem with some Asian Techno sound! Mundo Muzique mixed with Flare with some experimental melodies (Christian Vogel) and beat-bass percussions! 8/10

11) ERROR TYPE - very strange mix to have on this compilation! Mixes together ceremonial cathedral sound and structure, strange keyboard arrangement, with mix of new Einstruzende Neubauten sounds!? NOT for the dancefloor! 5/10

12) SILICON ORIENTED - more lounge melodies and piano. NOT for the dancefloor... maybe for Karaoke? 4/10

average score 8/10

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