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More was expected from quality trance producer

Richard Diaz | 05/22/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Witness the career of Hollander Lucien Foort, ex-rapper turned top trance producer - not your everyday dance floor story. After making a name through his Funk Function alias, acclaimed tracks and remixes landing on albums from scene stalwarts John Digweed and Sasha, Foort got the call to put out compilations of his own. The results, import-only Singularity 1 and 2, proved quality excursions into deeper, more melodic trance, the exceptional second volume frittering between music sub-genres to earn Must Have status. Slice via Black Hole Recordings is a clubbier, one-disc affair. It clatters along at a good clip with the occasional highlight; wounded dove Kellis swoons on "Help Me," melding into a complementary dub from Mickey Blue Eyes "Keep Me Straight." Neruda's "Alliance" bottles the foreboding mystery of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive by referencing Silencio throughout. But most of the tunes here are either bop along forgettable fodder, or one line lyric repeated-infinitum tracks that show their cards quickly and lose appeal, such as "Deep Soul Music," We Like the Music," and "Old Skool House Musik." Fine for a dark, thrashing dance floor, pointless on the ol' stereo. As for Silk's revisit of Dead or Alive "U Spin Me," there's always the stop button. Lucien Foort's Slice: more was expected."