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Khan
Passport
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. G.E.N.A.T.T.A.C.K.Z. Part l - Global Electronic Network
2. 10, 9, 8, 7 Launched - Cue 40
3. Middle Eastern Cooking - Khan
4. Body Dump (Modernist Mix) - Khan
5. Empire State Observation Deck (M. Flux Remix) - Khan/Walker
6. Say Anything! - Khan
7. EEFFSS Number 4 - H.e.a.d.
8. Time Square-No Time - Global Electronic Network
9. Suck Blood - Black Sabbath Riot
10. I Put A Smile On Your Face - Mass-Turbator
11. Super-8.3 - Khan
12. Career Councelor - 4E
13. Stay Fresh - 4E
14. Super-8.5 - Khan
15. We're Fuckt In The Head - Psi-Project

CD Details

All Artists: Khan
Title: Passport
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Matador Records
Original Release Date: 1/25/2000
Release Date: 1/25/2000
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Electronica, IDM, Techno, Dance Pop, Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 744861033820, 0744861033868, 744861033813

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Can Oral (real name!) has made hundreds of electronic records under enough aliases and record labels to foil the FBI. Obviously, then, Passport, a 15-track compilation, features the smallest smattering of the international DJ's oeuvre, serving instead as a faux greatest-hits package of tracks mostly unavailable in the United States. The package includes a deep discography and individual track credits. Not that it matters much. While Julee Cruise (Twin Peaks) is a marquee name, most of the pseudonyms make anonymity redundant. Khan, who made his name in Cologne, Germany, before expanding to Mexico, Brazil, and New York City, specializes in minimalist grooves, gentle gaits that serve as tranquil elements while sudden bursts of madness streak across the placid sky with the impact of a B-1 bomber. This surprise-attack approach is used throughout but is best heard on H.E.A.D.'s "EEFFSS Number 4," in which a funky keyboard loop is merged with the cinematic contours of strings and found noises. --Rob O'Connor

CD Reviews

Lush, Vibrant, Musical Techno

Bluejack | Seattle, WA | 12/27/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There is quite an interesting mix of sounds, styles, rhythms, beats, and energies that pour out of this CD, and it is a top techno experience the whole way:1) The production of the liner notes is superb. Note the Amazon album cover picture? That passport shaped blue is the whole of the liner notes: the rest is the cd showing through. That's right, it is a passport, rich with tamper-proof designs, vividly reproduced visas and stamps, and also a surprisingly rich history of Khan's recording career as well good notes on all the tracks. Beautiful, and also informative!2) It's techno, but it's not necessarily dance -- though there is plenty danceable music here. Much of this is more like a high energy soundtrack to a high-tech thriller; sort of Matrix meets Run Lola Run, only with more William Gibson in it. Maybe it is the soundtrack to the William Gibson movie that has yet to be made, and lives up to the promise of the early novels?3) I gave it five stars, but really it is about 4.8. I am afraid I have to deduct a couple fractions for the not-so-hot "Body Dump" with Julee Cruise. The Amazon reviewer appears to have liked that, but for money it is second rate, and the vocals and lyrics are neither interesting nor powerful enough to keep up with the instrumental.4) Black Sabbath Riot is a real, er, riot. It's kind of Skinny Puppyish with a sense of humor, except it's a lot better!Overall this is a sharp, clear, lucid, energetic, inspiring work, an addition that will please anyone who appreciates the genre, and worthy of more attention than it seems to be getting as of December, 2000."