Tectonics

Adam Freeland | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 30, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ultra Records
• ASIN: B00004T0LL
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,186 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Chronologic

2. Pig Chase

3. Tectonics

4. Isokora [Bushwacka! Mix]

5. Bangin'

6. Impulse Transmission

7. Hip Hop Phenomenon- Tsunami One/BT

8. Liposuction

9. My Mind

10. Stitch Up

11. Freak Frequency

12. Deep South

13. Juvenile Delinquent [Tectonic Mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a complete journey through the sound of breakbeat, August 6, 2000

By 

Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tectonics (Audio CD)

There was a time when breakbeat was all the rage, and the music- as close to rock as electronica would get- seemed a sure thing for mass acceptance. Ah, the perils of courting the mainstream; the sound quickly junked song structure exclusively for the appealing hooks and devolved into big beat. Whoever that didn't turn off quickly fled for the frenetic stylings of jungle.

So what's an artist to do, with a genre largely held in disdain? Adam Freeland has the answer, raising the flag for nu-school breaks, the hottest hybrid of the past year or so. Take two parts breakbeat, add the subterraneous basslines of drum and bass, a dash of electro for good measure, and you have a sound that packs the groove without beating it over your head.

Which brings us to Tectonics, Adam Freeland's mix of thirteen tracks by artists you've probably never heard of, that take you through the variations of nu-school style in one thorough swoop. Opening with the moody "Chronologic" and "Tectonics," the electro-tastiness of the (literal) "Pig chase" and slowly expanding to encompass old school techno with "Impulse Transmisson" and the hip-hop nod of "My Mind" and "Stich Up." Winding you down proper, he offers up the bobilicious (and too short) churning bass of "Freak Frequency" and the bluesy wonder "Deep South." In fact, the only disappointment in the set is the one artist you're likely to recognize, BT's overproduced "Hip Hop Phenomenon."

As an album it highlights the scene and makes a complete journey through sound. More important, it's an excellent mix demanding to be heard in its entirety. Grade A-.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even the world's greatest DJ's sweat Adam Freeland, July 25, 2000

By 

Jeremy Bates (Berkeley, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tectonics (Audio CD)

I got this CD because Adam Freeland's name kept popping up everywhere - he helped BT program "Madskilz-Mic Chekka" - Sasha mention him in an article I read on the world's top DJ's - and I had the rare pleasure of interviewing Scott Henry, DC's Buzz/Fever kingpin, and Scott also thought very highly of Adam Freeland - so I admit that I was a bit inclined to think this album was good before I even heard it - but nevermind that, because I was completely blown away

This album is sexy - It has the coolness of drum n' bass with some of the textures and instruments that makes great deep trance - tracks melt together and they are all truly top notch - I don't think I possess the techno-vocab to perfectly describe the merits on this album, but this CD is definately something special - Nu Skool breaks is going to explode and Adam Freeland is a pioneer - you'll want this CD before all your friends get it so you can say you were into new skool first - it's so good

not only is it cool and sexy, but it's downright beautiful - it begins with some chill cuts before turning up the bass - the energy is unleashed but not wildly, somehow cooly and confidently (example BT and Tsumani One's Hip Hop Phenomenon) before ending with beautiful songs - "Deep South" is a gorgeous moving track and it yields to the damn-near spiritual "Juvenile Delinquent"

GOD I LOVE THIS ALBUM - I'm often let down by CDs, but this one is the best thing i've heard in a very long time - deep, silky, funky, confident, dark, thumping and beautiful all at once, "Tectonics" will take up residence in your CD player

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing new album pushing forward a great new sound, July 8, 2000

By 

Rosemary Polk (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tectonics (Audio CD)

Adam Freeland is at the top of the heap of the nu-skool breaks scene and with this album you can see why. He has built a fiery, sinister mix of hard metallic breaks, eerie little melodies, and huge industrial synth washes. His studio collaboration with BT, "hip hop phenomenon" included on the mix is a perfect example of the sound he is pushing forth. Very flawless mixing and a nice progression made over the course of the album. He keeps pummeling you with stab after stab of enormous riffs and skittery breakbeats but he never really becomes monotonous because he doesn't go all out and blow his watts on the first track. Everything thing is nicely built up and eased into. This is a very crafty piece of turntable work. It is very obvious that this sound is going to get much larger when you have a DJ like Freeland who can support a sound with great production work like "Hip Hop Phenomenon" , a great label in Marine Parade, and most importantly an astonishing mix like Tectonics