Search - Various Artists :: Radikal Heat, Vol. 1

Good only for that transition period in dance music

Daniel W. Kelly | Long Island, NY United States | 04/15/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is an early Radikal release, before the radikal techno series came around. This has an oddball mix of stuff that isn't quite yet rave or techno, mostly acid sounding stuff that hints at a techno riff here and there. Some very early 90s dance music sounds (think early C&C or Snap), the crazy eddie song is latin influenced, some slow hip-hoppie jams, including a downtempo recording of the classic Last Night A DJ saved my life. It is worth getting if you're a Claudja Barry fan, who carries the lead vocals on the first track, and it's nice to hear an early track by rave artist Rozalla. All in all, the music is okay, just as long as you realize you're not getting techno. Female vocal and a bit of rap is the extent of it."