Shades of Technology

DJ DB | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: F111 Records
• ASIN: B00000I4FI
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,746 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Demon Seed

2. Wish U Had Something [Jonny L Remix]

3. (You're Gonna) Miss My Face [Dillinja Remix]

4. Stash

5. Soothe [Prisoners of Technology Remix]

6. Data Life

7. Starburst [Club Remix]

8. Magnum Fusion

9. Defining Moments

10. I Let U

11. Subtropic

12. Connection 17 [Matrix Remix]

13. Blue Monday [Optical Remix]

14. Funktion

15. Warhead [Stepper Mix]

16. Saturday Flex

17. The Shadow [Process Remix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Predictably Good, January 14, 2001

By 

R. Friesel Jr. "found_drama" (Burlington, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shades of Technology (Audio CD)

First off, my musical tastes tend to run toward the more melodic (i.e., trance and house) but this mixCD rocks my little world. On this album, DB pulls off the "drum and bass journey" declared on the CD's label side. Full of frenetic beats and some of the thickest, tech-nastiest basslines, "Shades of Technology" shreds speakers, rips eardrums, and tears into your mind. Basically, this mix is brutal, dark, and techy. It's full of the patented tricks of the DNB business -- tight snare rolls, distorted and overdriven basslines, and frightening samples. Of course, what makes this mix stellar is also what makes it mediocre. On the plus side, the mix accomplishes what it sets out to do and be: It's a nasty headscrew of down-n-dirty drum-n-bass. Highlights include "Wish U Had Something," the Prisoners of Technology remix of "Soothe," "Connection 17," and (of course) Krust's infamous "Warhead." Unfortunately, that same frenetic energy that makes DNB what it is, can also be its downfall at times. That frenetic aesthetic translates out into the overall mentality of the genre -- or what some DJs call an "acetate culture." It's difficult to make a timeless or classic DNB mix because the DNB audience is not often particularly interested in that. They want what's newest sounding -- the records still warm from the lathe. As such, the way "Warhead" made this CD great at its release makes it boring now. Plus, there aren't really any surprises here. You get what you expect. However, as far as techy, dirty, nasty DNB goes -- this may very well become *the* classic mixCD. I know I use it as the standard by which I measure other techstep mixes... So, if this is your bag -- well, you probably have it already anyway. Otherwise, if you feel compelled to buy and keep just one mixCD of this genre, this is the one to have.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY Good Mix -- logical, intense, easy all in the same disc, September 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Shades of Technology (Audio CD)

Picked this up on a whim at a 'mainstream' record store in NYC. I was floored. From the eery opening ("Demon Seed") to the appropriate, emotional end ... this steps all the way through D&B genres ... even folks who aren't exposed to the music would be advised to pick this up as a D&B primer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Timeless Classic!, April 23, 2002

By 

meeks (Atlanta--Gateway to the south) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shades of Technology (Audio CD)

This album is a masterpiece. It is DB's finest work. It may be true that this album contains some mainstream drum-n-bass/jungle tunes, but he mixes it in such a way that it plays on your emotions and stirs a sense of urgency and desire within. All the songs fit perfectly together within this mix; he is a master at putting a set together which has continuity and a definitive tone and mood. Anyway, I have listened to this album thousands of times--from start to finish--and I just love it every single time. I also have about 600 CD's and this album is in the top 3! If you want to see the difference between a simple dj mix cd full of cool songs and an inspiring, creative mix (done by a talented dj), then listen to this album, then listen to Mickey Finn - "The Takeover Bid Round 2". The Mickey Finn album is arguably good and it contains many of the same songs on this DB album. However, this DB album is just brilliant; it blows "The Takeover Bid Round 2" out of the water!