"This is Plastikman at his best, the mixing is superb and the tracks are racey and funky. This album is great for listening to anywhere, whether just chilling out with friends in a larvalamp lit room, or blasting it out your car, or full volume off your hifi at a houseparty.Hawtin remains the master of surprise with his mixing, but at the same time keeps the tempo flowing beautifully. A wonderfully crafted piece, full of innovation, improvisation, and great tracks. Bollocking techno."
Ultimate Classic!
eaugsten@aol.com | Miami, FL | 06/01/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Richie has once again dilivered a flawless mix. Even more incredible, It's live! His selection is the deepest and most unpresidented of "Minimal Techno". Most of his albums are very deep and extremely minimal. But his mixes take you to places you could not even imagine. In my view, it is his best work to date. Remember if Richie is in your city check him out, he is truelly unparrallel."
Best Album of 1996! ----seriously --this is a classic
eaugsten@aol.com | 04/29/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a Great Album. ---It won my personal 'Best Album of the year -(96)' --The year before I would have to say it went to the Yellow Hardfloor disk--you know the one! --If you dig Plastikmans ability to slide one track into another and then turn the former inside out so that your mind is jammin backwards.....then this disk will rock you. It is very tight."
SO good it will give you chills
Steve L. Pichosky | Toronto, ON CANADA | 01/20/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A gift for all of your senses. The most brilliant live piece of work behind turntables to date, no contest. Richie takes minimal techno to you whether you like it or not... and you will. To put it simply, this set is an adequate substitute for almost any drug. It really is that good.For those of you who have seen Richie live, I only say this... GET IT NOW.As for the rest of you, this is a rightful introduction into minimal techno. Why not start with the best effort by the best DJ?"
A seminal classic, twisted and dark. Incomprehensible
Asciigod | 01/01/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Richie Hawtin is responsible for a lot of great mix CDs. Plastikman, his alter-ego, is equally responsible for tons of seminal acid techno tracks. This CD combines the personalities perfectly in a completely infamous, unparalleled mixed.
Tracks are split into equally divisible intervals. At the time, properly queueing the tracklist was impossible so dense was his mixing. Maybe that was just superstition, or marketing. Whatever, an urban legend like that pretty much sums up the legacy of this disc.
A must have for techno fans. Richie peaking off his early acid days and turning towards something even darker and more minimal that would eventually come to define his sound.