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woensdag 26 mei 2004

Serious Beats 25 has been in my cd player for the last 4 weeks. Not only because I'm damn lazy but also because it offers a good overview of what was hot in Belgium during 92-96 (only my estimates). The period when techno/house was still new and mostly "not done" on national radio and in most schools. But also a booming period with lots of new people entering and lots of new clubs and parties. Living the techno boom was certainly different than todays status quo (or maybe even decline?).

I think most of the tracks on there have aged pretty well. Especially the first cd is still music I wouldn't mind hearing in a club from time to time (not too much nostalgia either please). But that might be because of my current days interest for trance. To name just two of the classics: Moby's Go and Humate's Love Stimulation. However the cd is sort of spoiled by Amphetamine (by Drax Ltd II) which I have never liked and probably will never like, though I got to admit it is in fact a classic because of its huge success.

Some random classics you'll find on the other 3 discs: Green Velvet's Flash, The Good Men's Give It Up, Metro Dade's The Andor Voyage, Phantasia's Violet Skies and many more. And than there's also a bunch that just is overplayed and has become just annoying to hear, like Speedy J's Pullover or Robert Armani's Hit Hard. While they might have been good to start with I just can't understand why today's DJ's can't pick some more original old tracks to mix in with the new ones.

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