En-Tact

An interesting but slightly bloated piece of early 90s electronica. It would be interesting to hear the original LP version rather what id now on streaming services. Move Any Mountain was defenitely a classic of its time.

Didn't hate it but can't really say I liked it. I am just lost with these older electronica albums. With most of the popular genres I can fit the records into a story of subcultures and influences that helps me appreciate them even if they aren't exactly my thing. But to me this just sounds like an alternate fan soundtrack to the Matrix. Yes I know the Matrix hadn't come out yet, no I don't care. I didn't dislike listening to it so it isn't a 1, but I can't rate it a 3 because I don't think I can make a coherent statement about any of the tracks, except there was something about mountains...

Too long.

Here’s what I’ll say about this: it ain’t good.

very house! i think environment matters when listening to this. would be much more fun in a club and not sitting in my bed listening off of my laptop.

stfu & dance

I didn't mind it. Can't tell if these guys are on here because they're in some way influential, but to my electronica-averse ears I didn't hear much of anything unique.

Nah

Remarkably boring club music.

Mi(n)d-lessly repetitive dance instead of being psychedelic and hypnotic. This kind of dance definitely didn't age well. It was quite underwhelming like they were repeating the same motifs and beats from one song, and calling that an album??

Go guys give us nothing 👏 (2.5)

Bit of a long sit-through. I can understand why this has such a low average rating, but I liked it. It was a bit boring at times, but there were a number of nice and groovy songs on here that I actually enjoyed. You can't really hear the Psychedelic influence they started with on here anymore. Such a trailblazer too, kind of hard to imagine this came out in 1990.

There are a few decent tracks on here, but it should not be over an hour. If they released this as 6-8 of the best tracks, it might have crossed over into the US and become a classic. At times, they're pretty good at imitating the best US producers of the time, but some other songs are quite corny and the "rapping" is downright bad.

Yet again, I need to point out that this list is packed with second rate UK copies of pioneering Black contemporaries in Chicago, Detroit, and New York. Take this off the list and add in the real artists who originated, innovated, and elevated dance music in the 80s/90s.

Felt very long. Sounded like its time. 90s soft electro techno thing

Eh ok. Don’t hate, don’t love.

2
Inoffensive, boring though

Never heard of The Shamen and understand why, it's by no way in my taste. The shitty electronic sound of the 80's is so prevalent that I would enjoy a trip at the dentist 10_000 times more than listening to this album. Hopefully the second part of the album redeems it a bit.

Favorite songs: Possible Worlds: Deep Psi

Going from Aphex Twin to this is a drastic shift in quality. I just didn’t like this. I think my favorite song here was 666 Edit because of the sharp synth tones. Probably would not revisit this. Could have been worse. At least it was only a hour.

This is my second techno album in three days. Never been a fan of the art. Been to a bunch of raves but that was mostly for something to do I suppose? It was the mid-90's and all my friends were going. Devoid of the atmosphere I usually find that stuff lacking but this was pretty good. Nicely varied and the tracks were defined and not overlong.

Bouncy, dialed a notch or two above ambient, but still pretty chilled out, great synths, energetic beats - a few tracks are full acid house ala Happy Mondays - but it's mostly loungey wallpaper stuff. Good fun though.

Sounds pretty dated these days, but at least it's not the Shamen of a year or so later when they were churning out rubbish like Ebeneezer Goode. Drags on far too long though. Sorry boys, I can't give this more than two even if you are from Aberdeen.