Yes, he's back from holiday! Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce Mr Ian Mortlock!
The Rave Corner
Yes, it's me again with another installment of the Rave Corner!
In this month's corner I shall be reviewing the *Crazy Acid Sht EP by Return of the Living Acid. I shall also be taking a look at the recent boom in rave music videos and will be reviewing Dance in Cyberspace** by Dr Devious.
But before I start any of the above, I would like to start with a few hi's to the following: Darren 'Anyone seen my jeep?' Parrish, DJ Dan-e Dee, Nikki, Craig-e-boy (I hope you are still giving me a lift to Fantazia!), Simon "I'll never drink again" Wathall and anyone else who knows me.
And now — may it pour down with rain on Alex Kinch & Take That Fans. (Get on with it! Ed.)
Crazy Acid Sh*t EP
Return of the Living Acid
I know that this does not really class as rave, but I do like a bit of Aceeeeed!
This record is just your basic nutty acid track with 3 mixes (I brought this on a white label so I do not have the names of the mixes, but I prefer A1 and AA1 (partly because A2 has "Sh*t" beeped out and AA2 does not have any lyrics at all.)) This record has a good shock rating, especially if your mum is very Catholic (as mine is), and basically, if you don't like acid you will not like this record — if you do, then I advise you go out and find a record shop that has it (hint: Woolworths, Menzies or Our Price etc are not likely to stock this particular record!).
Video Tripping
If you walk into HMV or Our Price you can now choose from quite a selection of rave videos — ranging from trippy chill-out sections to stomping hardcore nutters — all come with amazing computer graphics, which you feel were not produced on a Speccy.
Dance in Cyberspace is not only one of the first rave videos to come out, but offers the best, rave musically speaking, of both worlds: there are some absolutely mental hardcore sections and, to balance it off, there are some wonderfully trancey bits. The graphics go extremely well with the music; there are strobe tunnels etc. for the hardcore and nice fractal bits and colour-wobbly bits for the ambient parts — the price of this video is around the £10.99 mark and well worth it.
Warning
As with all rave videos, Dance in Cyberspace does contain strobe light effects and anyone who suffers from epilepsy should view with caution.
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See you next month — nice one!
Ian...
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