Wax Trax! Mastermix, Vol. 1

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Invariably one of the first names to pop up when discussing the roots of techno, Juan Atkins took nearly two decades to put out his first-ever mix CD. He is affectionately known as the Godfather of Techno, and this 19-track collection traces the evolution of the genre through the Detroit-based innovator's ears, retaining his antithetic and mechanical style each step of the way. Among the selections here are vital cuts from Atkins's alias Model 500 ("No UFOs") and pal Derrick May's Rhythm Is Rhythm ("Nude Photo")--the very foundations of contemporary electronic music. Essential listening. --Aidin Vaziri

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Atkins kicks back and lets the congregation testify, floating through some contemporary, synthetic house tracks and the lean, polyrhythmic grooves that define Detroit's original techno sound.

Tracks:

No UFOs - Model 500
Nude Photo - Rhythim Is Rhythim
Sharevari - A Number Of Names
Disco Circus - Martin Circus
Lara's Theme - B.J. Robson
Another Dae - Blaze
Prime Time - Rick Wade
Reborn - Walt J
The Pace - Rob Hood
Convextion (AA) - Convextion
Nature Of The Beast - Black Noise
Their Voices - Pacou
Game One - Infiniti
Skyway - Infiniti
Sex On The Beach - DJ Assault
Inhibitions (Clear Horizons Mix) - Belizbeha
7 - Maurizio
Starlight - Model 500
Klum - Mr. Oizo

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Invariably one of the first names to pop up when discussing the roots of techno, Juan Atkins took nearly two decades to put out his first-ever mix CD. He is affectionately known as the Godfather of Techno, and this 19-track collection traces the evolution of the genre through the Detroit-based innovator's ears, retaining his antithetic and mechanical style each step of the way. Among the selections here are vital cuts from Atkins's alias Model 500 ("No UFOs") and pal Derrick May's Rhythm Is Rhythm ("Nude Photo")--the very foundations of contemporary electronic music. Essential listening. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

Great Selection, terrible mixing.......2003-09-25

No doubt at all the Juan is a great selector of tunes and a great techno artist, but his mixing on this album is not slightly bad, but down right anoying. I cannot believe he sent this out to press. OK, so he hasnt used any software to mix them, but if your gonna produce a mix album on two turntables, at least know how to use them.

Sharevari and Techno Education.......2001-05-29

To those of you who don't appreciate Sharevari: The techno you love would probably not exist without it. Techno is relatively young, and Sharevari, dating back to 1981 (i think) is CRUCIAL to techno becoming its own style and genre. Without Sharevari, well, techno wouldn't be where it is today, and, knowing this, as well as the significance of the good majority of the tracks on the mix, it is hard to judge him for his minor slips. This is the history of detroit techno mixed. If you like techno i wouldn't RECOMMEND this Cd to you, i would FORCE you to buy it. The history of what you love. Dont get me started...

No more "education" please..........2000-10-12

There's definitely a place for old records, and I liked hearing some of this stuff again. But really, DJ's need to get over "educating the crowd" and just play good records. Not that most of the records on here aren't good, but a lot of them had their particular time and place, and as usual, Juan seems intent on covering too much ground in too short of a time (at least he didn't play "Numbers" on this one, which he seems to every time I see him live.) This CD seems to exemplify why a lot of Detroit artists seem to have a hard time putting out a really good full length release. And we all know Juan ain't the greatest DJ, but as another reviewer said, it's about time we started getting real DJ mixes like this instead of a bunch of cheezy Pro Tools trance edits.

Classics from the master.......2000-06-11

4 Stars for quality of track selection, -1 star for sloppy mixing... you should get this though. Put it in your CD player (or on your TT) and get yourself educated. The vinyl version is unmixed so you DJ's can collect all those classics (and that yummy instant-classic Maurizio track). The 'top 500' reviewer who said Sharevari is "cheeze" obviously does not understand the roots of Techno. Sharevari is actually one of the reasons I have this album on CD and vinyl. Don't pay attention to those who don't understand... pick this up today.

Wax Trax was pretty tight.......2000-03-29

The cd was pretty tight.Being a ghetto dj from Detroit We still spin No Ufos, and my favorite sharivari. Whoever said sharivari was cheezy, certainly is not a techno/house fan and fo dam sho aint from around here.All these people talkin about real detroit techno like they heard it before,dont know nothin bout it.Juan Atkins represented on this one!

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