Definitive Techno-Soul?
chis@matrik.ndo.co.uk | Hants, UK | 09/01/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Some hailed this the Detroit Techno... hell simply THE Techno album of the nineties. This is no overstatement, nor is it frivolous marketing hyperbole. Juan Atkins really achieved something here, from the swirling and provocative opening pads of Milky Way, through the lush vocals of Ashia Jamel on The Flow; the quirky minimal spatial electro of Last Transport and the utter perfection that is I Wanna Be There (a somewhat repetitive, but oh-so trippy up-tempo arse-mover that surely must be the highlight of the album). Deep Space has it all. Sadly at only 50 minutes I can't help but feel one or two more tracks would have made this even more essential (the original mix of Sonic Sunset... where is it!?). No matter, what there is here, is enough.LA Synthesis have continued the trend with Matrix Surfer, and UR gave us Jaguar. Global Communication gave us 76 14 and Bola gave us Soup (this one is about on par I would say, but for different reasons). All wonderful albums, but of all the releases of this particular decade - Model 500's Deep Space is the one that all Detroit fans (at the very least) should really own."
