Various Artists

Title: Spectral Sound, Vol. 1 Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 6/28/2005 Label: Spectral Sound Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Contains explicit content UPC: 804297992525 Genre: Electronica Styles: Techno, Club/Dance, Experimental Techno, Left-Field House Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Bout Ready to Jak :: Osborne & Isolee
2. The Tic-Tac Tactic :: Vanisher
3. It's Over Now [Peter Grummich Remix][#] :: Matthew Dear
4. Nintendisco :: Geoff White
5. Buck! [Reinhard Voigt Remix] :: James T. Cotton
6. Je Suis Musique [#] :: Hieroglyphic Being
7. Arcona [#] :: Peter Grummich
8. Juice [#] :: Matthew Dear
9. HeB. GBz :: Jeff Samuel
10. Raw Dog [#] :: Audion
11. T-Y-O-C Painkillers [#] :: James T. Cotton
12. Daylight [Isolée Remix] :: Osborne & Isolee
13. Dog Days [Radio Edit][Edit][#] :: Matthew Dear

1. Another :: Matthew Dear
2. Five Leaves :: Lawrence
3. Pinch + Pillage :: Matthew Dear
4. Moniss :: Jeff Samuel
5. Graphite :: Osborne & Isolee
6. Mind Your Manners [Food Be Clean Mix] :: James T. Cotton
7. Dog Days [Pantytec Remix] :: Matthew Dear
8. Daylight :: Osborne & Isolee
9. The Crush :: Matthew Dear
10. Searoom :: Peter Grummich
11. Bout Ready to Jak [Ryan Elliott RMX] :: Osborne & Isolee
12. Reason and Responsibility :: Matthew Dear
13. Slapback :: Lusine
14. I Won't Forget :: DMX Krew
15. Raw Dog :: Audion
16. Ince :: Geoff White
17. Beat Ya! :: James T. Cotton
18. A1 :: TNT
19. Toothpaste :: Vanisher
20. Your Place or Mine :: Audion
21. No Reason :: Peter Grummich
22. Irreparably Dented [Vox][Version] :: Matthew Dear
23. The Drain :: James T. Cotton
24. Bizarre Carnival :: James T. Cotton
25. Apple :: Hieroglyphic Being
26. Think Like Us [Alter Ego Remix] :: Solvent
27. Anger Management :: Matthew Dear
28. Stealing Moves [John Selway RMX] :: Matthew Dear
29. The Pong :: Audion
30. Carrier Wave [Bryan Zentz RMX] :: Kenneth Graham
31. Titty Fuck :: Audion
32. Lojak, Pt. 1 :: James T. Cotton
33. A Long Way Down :: James T. Cotton

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Spectral Sound 25

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The first various-artists-on-CD release from one of the most adventurous and consistent dance labels of the early 2000s, this package comes with an unmixed disc of previously released tracks and exclusives, along with a blinding 33-track mix from label associate Ryan Elliott. The unmixed disc gets top billing, but it's eclipsed by the mix, even though the mix presents only a minute or two from selections that often deserve to be heard in full. Elliott takes it all in, whipping through major highlights from the label's catalog while including dozens of less-recognized productions. Points of interest: Lawrence's quick-step necro-house in "Five Leaves," Matthew Dear's depth-charge electronic body music in "Anger Management," and "Apple," where Hieroglyphic Being sets the sound of a rusted roller coaster swaying in a stiff wind to a cosmic thump. Above all, there's James T. Cotton's gut-punching "The Drain," a potential nausea-inducing experience in which the mechanized handclaps seem to be the only element not twisting and warping. Elliott knows these tracks inside out, covers lots of ground, and provides a trip of a trip through the label's back catalog. It's one of the best dance mixes made available in 2005. Not to be completely outstripped, disc one is attractive by itself. Osborne's "Bout Ready to Jak" combines humor and menace with a deep vocal command and even deeper bass pressure. Hieroglyphic Being's bounding warhead "Je Suis Musique" is cyborg tribal house, the opposite of the French disco-house implied with its title. Kept until the very end is the radio edit of Matthew Dear's delirious "Dog Days," the label's most popular track; two years on, it sounds more like a step forward than a look back. Like elders Kompakt and Playhouse, Spectral Sound has grown and thrived at the same time. Their releases are almost as reliable as the sleek, die-cut sleeves they come in. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bryan Zentz Remixing, Producer Edward Upton Producer Geoff White Producer Håkan Lidbo Producer Jamal Moss Producer Jason Amm Producer Jeff McIlwain Producer Jeff Samuel Producer John Selway Producer Jörn Elling Wuttke Producer, Remixing Kenneth Graham Producer Matthew Dear Producer Peter Grummich Producer Peter M. Kersten Producer Rajko Müller Producer Rashad Mastering Reinhard Voigt Producer Roman Flügel Producer, Remixing Ryan Elliott Mixing T.N.T. Producer Tadd Mullinix Producer Todd Osborn Producer