Prototype

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Average customer rating: More good space at last Yep...they're absolutely correct! Echoes pick of the week A 21st Century Masterpiece

Prototype 2 Zero One Manufacturer: Waveform ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Psy-Fi Zero One Sub Conscious Luminal Uplift Drift ASIN: B00004YR33 Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

1. Possibilities
2. Memory
3. Two (Oogie Eeha)
4. Search
5. Bot
6. Inner Space
7. Blueshift
8. Think
9. Module

Customer Reviews:

More good space at last.......2005-08-20

The link at echoes.org was for a different CD, but I got this one instead, so I ordered it anyway. Well written tunes, full of shifts in tempo and rhythm, effects, etc. The rhythm synthesizers sound tinny or harsh at times. Thought I might blow a speaker, but didn't. A very good listen all-around, tho. Really enjoyed cooking while listening to it. You can listen to it for hours before you ask yourself if you've heard a particular song before. The true mark of good space music.

Yep...they're absolutely correct!.......2003-05-10

The other reviewers that's who! This is a great CD that gets better every time I listen. This music continues to delight me with surprises in perscussion and rythym. I've been an electronica fan since early Klaus Schulze and TD and Zero One is extending the tradition in marvelous ways. Without a doubt my favorite CD! 5 stars +

Echoes pick of the week.......2000-12-13

Here's what Echoes host John Dileberto writes about protOtype2 while making it his album of the week:

If you need to up the BPMs of the usual Echoes soundscape, strap yourself in for the second album by ZerO One, a.k.a. Kevin Dooley. From his San Bruno, California studio, ZerO One orchestrates ambient excursions of a decidedly electronic nature. From the opening "Possibilities," ZerO One establishes his sonic terrain with a repeated spoken refrain, "Your life is going to be different now." ZerO One recalls Dogon, with his sense of playfulness, using vocal sound snippets as signposts in usually surreal sound designs. Take, for instance, "Two." Subtitled "oogie-eeha," that phrase is a hypnotic refrain, popping up, like a virtual Energizer bunny, in the oddest, yet perfectly timed moments. ZerO One uses these effects to delineate his other world of sound, full of trancey beats and shifting textures. Whenever those spoken fragments arrive, it's like a window briefly opened up back into the real world, but ZerO One makes sure you won't want to leave the one he created. protOtype2 is sure to be featured this year on Echoes Techno-Tribal New Year's Eve show.

A 21st Century Masterpiece.......2000-10-05

Some say that Ambient Music reached its pinnacle in the early to mid 90's. Such artists as Global Communication,FSOL,Aphex Twin,Orb, to name a few, produced pieces of work which can be considered Ambient Music classics. However,after '95 it almost seemed like the Ambient Movement ran out of steam and only offered a handful of great music. Well, a new century gives birth to a new CD that is sure to be a classic. Simply put, "Prototype 2" by Zero-One is a masterpiece. Kevin Dooley, the mastermind behind Zero-One begins the CD with the track "Possibilities" which is layer upon layer of synth washes set to the trademark Zero-One subtle, yet groove-laced beats. This incredible song sets the tone for the rest of this work of art. Each song is so full of atmospheric soundscapes that you wish you were born with headphones permanently attached. Not since "Lifeforms" by FSOL has there been a CD that makes you thank the heavens for the invention of the headphone. The use of sampling and voice processing adds and ethereal human touch to every song. Some would say tht electronic music lacks emotion, but there is no way that can be said of this release. Mr. Dooley combines dark and moody atmospherics with lush and bright rythms and arrangments throughout which will leave you in awe. Every track on this CD is beautifully arranged and produced. This CD is the follow-up to the self titled debut which is also known as "Calculated Adventures in Electronica". It is an exceptional CD and would make it hard to believe that it could be topped. But, not only does Mr. Dooley top that one, he makes a masterpiece.

Average customer rating: Legal Stuff Apart

An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Vol. 3: 1952-2004 Manufacturer: Sub Rosa ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Vol. 4 An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Vol. 2 An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music: First A-Chronology, Vol. 1 Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music Special Edition 3CD + DVD Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center 1961-1973 ASIN: B0002Y4PPU Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. De Natura Sonorum: Matis Induites - Bernard Parmegiani
2. Short Presentation of the 1948 Sackbut: The Sackbut Blues/A ... - Hugh Le Caine
3. Stereo Music for Serge Modular Prototype - Keith Fullerton Whitman
4. Last Largo - Ilhan Mimaroglu
5. Room Pieces [Excerpt] - Michael J. Schumacher
6. Ovipool
7. Stone: Reciprocal
8. Flume
9. Execution of Intelligence - Zbigniew Karkowski
10. Birds and Warhorse
11. Requiem: Dies Irae - Michel Chion

Tracks:

1. Sttimen ni4 & #1 - Erkki Kurenniemi
2. Time...Dot
3. Early Work 6
4. Klangstudies II - Herbert Eimert
5. Eve
6. Teilmenge - Asmus Tietchens
7. Feuerland - Michael Rother
8. Contacte - To Rococo Rot
9. Till Zakynthos (Op. 205) - Rune Lindblad
10. Eternal Love #3

Customer Reviews:

Legal Stuff Apart.......2007-04-21

To understand this review, take a look at the reviews of the other volumes in this series...
Some of the music on this series is so weird and beautiful that the composers should be grateful that it is released here. They should think of this series as a sampler which might atract us, the general public, into further investigation of their work, which we most probably would have never had the chance to hear it or become aware of its existence or of the composers/artists. Don't be so greedy... for I believe you have been done a favor. The same goes for the other volumes of this series. TWO THUMBS UP!

Average customer rating:

Prototype Manufacturer: Loop Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000TNM9FC

Product Description

Prototype is the dynamic solo debut of Video Kid, the alter ego for New Zealand's Bret McKenzie. Bret is well known for his past work with The Black Seeds and as half of the folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords whose self titled TV series is currently airing on HBO. It's also worth mentioning that McKenzie has a cult following from his role as the elf Figwit in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. As for the album, Prototype is a series of warm analog sound waves mixing dub, reggae, electronica and 70's pop sensibilities. It features guest performances by members of The Black Seeds, New Zealand's legendary Trinity Roots, Hollie Smith, Twinset and Age Pryor. Tracklisting: Video Kid (4:25) DJz Girlfriend (4:38) Cctv (4:26) Dawnskate (5:31) Runnin (4:15) Runnin Dub (3:36) Crime Scene (4:12) Let Her Go (5:14) Slip Away (3:00).

Average customer rating: Review from allaboutjazz.com Carving out a niche of his own

Prototype Wallace Roney Manufacturer: HighNote Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mystikal No Room for Argument The Standard Bearer Misterios Crunchin' ASIN: B0006213AI Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. Cyberspace
2. Shadow Dance
3. Prototype
4. Then And Now
5. Let's Stay Together
6. Quadrant
7. Three Views Of The Blues
8. Secret Identity

Customer Reviews:

Review from allaboutjazz.com.......2004-11-22

I saw the group in Oakland - at Yoshi's - they KICKED BUTT! The best show I have seen all year! I don't know who was with Roney in Paris (but I heard that was a good show as well from other posts on the Internet)..

I thought I'd share a review I read about the CD on allaboutjazz.com this review helped me to understand more about the CD before I purchased it on amazon.com: (Written by John Kelman)

On Prototype, his first album in four years, trumpeter Wallace Roney continues to develop ideas begun on Village ('97) and No Room For Argument ('00). That is to say, as the liner notes describe, "Miles' playing and his album Nefertiti as one link; Weather Report as the compositional link; Mwandishi (pianist Herbie Hancock groundbreaking early '70s fusion band) as the conceptual link, with John Coltrane as the spiritual link."
Roney's links to Miles Davis have been written about and, perhaps, overexaggerated. There is no doubt that Roney's playing and concept of openness stems from Miles and a time in the late '80s when Roney was hanging with the Prince of Darkness. But whereas Miles changed direction countless times during his career, Roney has chosen a starting point for his music-that of the transitional Miles period of Nefertiti through Filles de Kilimanjaro-and steadfastly evolved the idea, incorporating contemporary technologies and rhythms, painting a picture of where Miles might have gone had he been more evolutionary than revolutionary.

Take "Then and Now," with its "I Got Rhythm" changes. It may start out as the most mainstream-sounding piece on the record, but only for about thirty seconds as it quickly breaks down into a freer piece, with wife Geri Allen peppering the song with abstract harmonies while bassist Matt Garrison and drummer Eric Allen play loose and elastic with the time. But while the track unquestionably fits within the context of the album as a whole, it is something of an anomaly.

"Cyberspace" opens the album with a dark and deep funk groove, Roney and brother Antoine on saxophone stating the attractive yet edgy theme while keyboardist Adam Holzman, who spent time in Miles' late '80s bands, colors the piece with sharp chords and subtle washes. Similarly, "Shadow Dance" finds an expanded horn section building the extended theme over a 3/4 ostinato before heading into more exploratory territory, with guest Don Byron delivering a particularly pungent solo. The title track is a tender ballad, but even though it is one of only two completely acoustic tracks ("Then and Now" being the other), it brings a sense of freedom to the more closely-adhered changes that lends it a consistency with the rest of the record.

It is, in fact, this sense of freedom that pervades the whole record, giving it a sense of urgency. That's not to say this is exactly free jazz; rather it is more open-ended jazz where a firm sense of rhythm exists throughout, but with harmonic and thematic liberation the group is less concerned with hanging on specific changes and, instead, uses harmonic devices as a jumping off point, much as early Weather Report did.

Prototype continues to evolve Roney's conception of jazz, one that successfully combines inarguable roots with a more contemporary view, incorporating a diversity of influences into a blend where the fundamental notion is that of freedom, but, like Miles before him, with a clearly-defined rhythmic and harmonic basis.

Carving out a niche of his own.......2004-10-30

Wallace Roney, long pigeonholed (not unjustly) as a Miles clone, on this completely satisfying disc steps out of the master's shadow into the brilliant light of day as an artist that must be considered entirely on his own merits. Yes, there is still quite a bit of Miles Davis in Roney's playing and musical conception, especially Davis's mid-late electric period, but here Roney has once and for all moved beyond the disciple stage into original territory.

Listen. This is a very smart disc. Hip, edgy, approachable. The trifecta. Hard to achieve by anyone, let alone a guy who comes with a ton of baggage. From the opening notes, it's clear that we're in some kind of special territory. Really, I think he's outdone fellow trumpeters Nick Payton (Sonic Trance) and Dave Douglas (Freak In), as well as trombonist Josh Roseman (Treats of the Nightwalker), with this fabulous recording. This is what we've been waiting for, lo, these many years, from one of the chops-heaviest trumpeters of his generation.

This is modern, electric, groove-oriented jazz of the absolute highest order. Indeed, I consider it a high water mark for this kind of music. What immediately grabs the listener is the brilliantly conceived and executed soundscape of "Shadow Dance," at 10:34 not only the longest track but the most provocative. Featuring Don Byron on skanky bass clarinet, Clifton Anderson (Sonny Rollins's longtime bandmate) on trombone, and a killer sax solo by brother Antoine, this music evokes a very cool vibe, at once slinky and vivacious, crepuscular and noonday bright, sultry and spiffy. The title cut, a languorous ballad, continues the magic, and things remain at a near-impossibly high level with the boppish "Then and Now," featuring killer solos by the fils Roney, not to mention jaw-dropping drumming from up-and-comer Eric Allen. Roney's wife Geri Allen also seems completely locked into the vibe, producing brilliant pianisms on this cut, and, really, throughout the disc.

Throw in some absolute top-notch production--clean, transparent, beautifully imaged--and you've got a disc of great merit. Personally, I'm thrilled, as I've been waiting for Roney to produce an album of this quality for a long time. I'd almost given up on him. Am I ever glad I didn't.

Average customer rating: A Beat For Everyone This is a mixed bag Music for The Soul seb brings dance to a new level Sebastian Fontaine-- Great and still improving

Prototype Seb Fontaine Manufacturer: Prototype ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Prototype Vol. 3 Prototype, Vol. 3 Type Vol. 2 Universal Religion 2004: Armada at Ibiza Ibiza '06 ASIN: B00000J5XD Release Date: 1999-05-03

Tracks:

1. My Fellow Boppers - Thee Maddkatt Courtship
2. Basketball Heroes - Woody McBride
3. Zipper Track - DJ Dan
4. He Chilled Out '99 - L'Iasons D
5. The Sound - DJ Lottie
6. Drive By - Jan Driver
7. Sisters In Heaven - DJ randy
8. Club Killer - X Press
9. Back To Love - Baby Doc
10. Got To Have It - Mike
11. 5:55 - Durango-95
12. Summer Night - John Johnson/Saints & Sinners

Tracks:

1. Good Shot - Hands Burn
2. Universal Nation - Push
3. Because Of My Dreams - 2 Digital
4. 9PM (Till I Come) - ATB
5. Mission - Dawntreader
6. Galea - CL McSpadden
7. I Dream - Tilt
8. Bulgarian - Travel
9. Life Isn't Easy - Plastic Boy
10. Pearl River - Johnny Shaker
11. Fiji - Atlantis
12. Sanctuary - Dejure

Album Details

Continuous Mix by Seb Fontaine.

Customer Reviews:

A Beat For Everyone.......2003-03-25

The beauty of this two disc CD is that it gives Seb a chance to allow the listener to explore a diverse sound of beats. I prefer Disc 2 over 1, but that's b/c I love the trance he brings into it. I've owned this CD for 4 years now, and I'm STILL playing it at least twice a month (CD 2)...and I had to go back to the store to find his other Prototypes...which at times I'm just as pleased, and sometimes not so pleased. Either way, his style never fails to make my body move to the beat!

This is a mixed bag.......2001-03-01

For a 49-year-old, I listen to a lot of trance - in fact, sometimes I thrive on it. Seeing the other reviews here, I pounced on ordering this CD. When it arrived, I quickly put on the first CD, and waited for it to "warm up to me" or pick up. I waited & waited... then I realized I was nodding off to insistent (and quite boring) repetitive rhythms. Great if you're an insomniac. CD 2 is quite a bit better, but still uneven. I prefer dynamic and varied paces, melodies you can get behind, and music that gets me going. Only certain cuts on this CD do that for me, so I was somewhat disappointed.

Now 2002: I've revisited this CD, and I must confess I'm liking it more - it may grow on you.

Music for The Soul.......2000-10-25

Seb Fontaine Prototype 01

Think of the DJ Seb Fontaine, as dance music savoir for the new millennium; but for those of you unlucky ones out there, let me give you the low down on him. Seb started out dj'ing at a young age and when on to play at soul and reggae clubs; there he used to get paid 39 pounds (about $25 dollar here) a night; spinning the same old records, night after night. Until a friend of his talked him in to going to a house club one night, and the rest is history. Seb told one magazine: "I was totally blown away". That is where he found his "niche". In a matter of months, Seb went from playing the same old crappy routines and the same old records, to testing out different tunes, missed placed mix's, studying the dance floor, and picking up his "sixth sense" for what the crowd liked and wanted to hear.... before they knew they wanted to hear it! Seb started out his new dance themed set with a number of residencies from clubs such as Wag and Fridge in London, and last year went he got a weekly night at cream in Spain. His set at Cream is where he started attracting people from around the world, people from Germany, china, and even the USA. Everyone wanted to see him perform dance floor destroying sets. Seb's reputation was growing and just rep, so will his CD's. For all you house music lovers out there, disc 1 is for you. Seb slices and dices his way into the funky-seedy style of house music, that currently the crazy of there in London. From the opening track "My Fellow Boppers", you can tell just where Seb is going take you. The music builds and grows into a furnace of hard deep house with core tracks like "Basketball Heroes" "Zipper" and "He chilled out 99". Seb is making a fiery of deep house that never lets you down. Disc 2 (my favorite.) is more like a peak time Saturday night, but with a more trance theme to it. This set blends, shiver, and melts into more commercial tracks such as ATB's "9pm(till I come), "Life Isn't Easy", and "Mission". Plus some more "E"urphoric ones that can be found in gems like "Universal Nation" and " Because of Dreams". In the end, Prototype is a small sample of what we should prepare for what to come from Seb Fontaine, because once you hear this CD, you'll be some immersed, so deep into the music...you'll realize that the CD has stop, but you was still jamming.

DJ Dirty D.

seb brings dance to a new level.......2000-09-23

once again the brilliance of the great man is voiced here, as an understudy to de vit he brings here a great blend of music styles and contrasts to capture the dance scene in europe.starting off with a fast pitch in the first three techno tracks he brings the mix to a slower speed to allows the lister to enjoy all the great tracks on this album. then for the last four tracks the pace is increased with the twisty yet catchy "mike" leaving the audience breatless. as for the second cd, the pace never drops it just continues to pound the ears with massive tracks like "til i come". the mix is flawless and finishes up with the extended mix of the uplifting track "sanctuary" a truly excellent album , a must for people who want to experience what live dance music is like in europe. the best album that i have bought all year fabulous.

Sebastian Fontaine-- Great and still improving.......2000-08-21

PROTOTYPE 3 is really 2 dance sets: a medium paced trance set, and a high energy cutting edge collection of breakebeat, tance, techno & other related genres.

Of the 2 sets, the high energy one seems to work better and showcases Fontaine's skills as a DJ better than the first one does. However, the first set is not to be disparaged. The problem with an all trance set is that there just isn't as much good Trance out there that segues well with other Trance sounds. With most Trance, you usually end up with either a compilation that sounds 'all the same", or something that sounds like a hodgepdge of audio experiments, rather than a great 'groove'.

Seb Fontaine is better than most, and the trance set mostly works, but it never really kicks into high gear (of course many Trance fans prefer those more dreamy, spacey sound textures).

While PROTOTYPE-2 was great, this is an improvement: on par with John Digweed's 'BedRock' and Paul Oakenfold's 'Tranceport' work. Fontaine sems to be developing his own 'style' and 'sound'. Hard breaks and thumping beats (120 +bpm) with a mix of Latin & Funk anchoring & driving the mix, and all with that gleaming high-tech sheen that only electronic music can deliver, are what Fontaine mixes best. I can hardly wait for PROTOTYPE-4!

WARNING: If you place the 2nd CD in your player, you may never get it out -- due to repeat listens.

Average customer rating: Good History Dope Massive Respect, so they say... Flawless mix by the master

Grooverider Presents-The Prototype Years Grooverider Presents Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mysteries of Funk New Forms Platinum Breakz II Exorcise the Demons Modus Operandi ASIN: B000002C2H Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. Dreams Of Heaven - Codename John
2. Secrets - John B.
3. Grey Odyssey - Optical
4. Mute - Matrix
5. Deep Inside - Codename John
6. Silver Blade - Dillinja
7. Locust - Ed Rush & Fierce
8. Warned - Codename John
9. Still - Boymerang
10. City Lights - Lemon D

Customer Reviews:

Good .......2006-04-10

I honestly expected more, In all though it is a good cd, with a couple songs that are essential to atleast hear. I dont listen to it all that much, but once and a while when I feel the mood to. Its not one of those cds that are ready to melt in the cd player from over usuage, but good. ------ I meant to give it 4 stars

History.......2002-07-11

This is an essential collection of early Jungle / D&b tunes. Youll listen again and again and appreciate how foward thinking and inspirational these tunes were / are.

Dope.......2001-07-17

Right after the holy trinity of LOGICAL PROGRESSION, PLATINUM BREAKS & TORQUE, comes V CLASSICS AND this monster. though the vocal bytes found on "dreams of heaven" & "deep inside" might not be to your liking, other tunes such as "mute" & "gray oddyssy" manage to ride the fence between light and dark with amazing skill. either way, you MUST hear the absolutly Dope "locust" by ed rush & fierce, THE BEST! tech-style tune ever made!

Massive Respect, so they say..........2000-06-25

This is a seminal recording with some of the best stuff that was going round' back in 97' 98'. Featuring the who's who of the UK scene, this prototype is full of great music. There aren't too many other albums that offer the diversity of the genre like this one does. Definately a classic. And whoever wrote that really ignorant, stupid remark a few reviews up (moving to the jungle, bad music, etc), I think you need to go read some book's on John Cage, Stockhausen, or Boulez...or any of the most important composer's of electronic music who foresaw the uses and manipulations of these types of sounds as the future of music, not the archaic mentality that music is lifeless like the way you portray it with your weak, uninformed, useless at that... opinion. Get some rhythm. A good album...sorry.

Flawless mix by the master.......2000-05-29

It's flawless. The track selection and sequencing are perfect. Even though all the tunes are dark, they're tastefully chosen and the production on them is the highest caliber you'll see in jungle. "Secrets" by John B completely rips it up, the two-stepping Matrix and Optical (they're brothers!) tracks are a good wind-down, and Dillinja's "Silver Blade" subsequently tears through with the massive bass. Groove's own tracks are impeccable, of course, and Lemon D brings it all together with his track which really DOES evoke the sense of cruising in the city at night. This is one of the best drum&bass mixes around...also look at the Platinum Breakz, V Classics and Logical Progression series.

Average customer rating: Prototype 1 is the original and still the best! An imporvement and refecltion of his current sets

Prototype, Vol. 3 Seb Fontaine Manufacturer: Global Underground ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Type Vol. 2 Global Underground: Miami ASIN: B00004SD4K Release Date: 2000-04-10

Tracks:

1. Basses Loaded-2 Smokin Barrels
2. Defintion Of Love-Destination
3. Music Response-Chemical Brothers
4. Headroom-Catscanner
5. Disco Dancing-Plastika
6. Calling My Name-Eddie Lock Versus Priest
7. 2000-Friskoboy
8. Sidewalk Slam-Curb Crawler
9. Tiwanaku-Alexander Koning
10. Lilac-Circulation
11. Green Mamba-Christian Smith
12. Persuasion-Science Dept
13. Peas Chums-Stretch & Vern
14. Mind Control-Mind Space
15. Morning Exposure-Attractive Fusion
16. Natural Blues-Moby
17. Subraumstimulation-Oliver Lieb
18. Shimmer-Cliff Tangredi
19. When Time Will Come-Motorcraft
20. Juggernaut 1-Lucien Foort
21. Lithium-Paragliders
22. Five Years & Tomorrow-Marmion
23. Refined Intricacy 99-Origin
24. Substance-Jon Vesta
25. Futura 2000-Amethyst
26. Ricochet-Bullit
27. The Orange Theme-cygnus X

Album Description

The latest big name DJ to sign on to the influential Radio 1. This double package features an upfront selection of truly underground tracks making the album that little bit different to your average clubland compilation. Both Seb's previous mixes for Global Underground have sold in excess of 20,000 copies in the UK alone. Double CD with fold-out full color booklet. 27 tracks from such artists as 2 Smokin' Barrels, Plastika, Moby, Oliver Lieb, Paragliders & many more. Slimline double jewel case housed in a slipcase.

Album Details

Trance. Compiled and Mixed by Seb Himself in his Own True Style. Double CD in a Standard Jewel Case with an 8-page Full Color Roll Fold Booklet.

Customer Reviews:

Prototype 1 is the original and still the best!.......2004-11-15

Seb sure got it right with this one! The track selection is excellent, the bass is driving and the riffs are funky. This is one my favorite Seb Fontaine disc of all time (and I own nearly all of them). If you are new to the hard and progressive sound of Seb, pick this one up first!

An imporvement and refecltion of his current sets.......2000-05-03

I usually buy ALL Global undreground releases, and since Seb is now a part of the label I bought the previous Prototype cds too. I was not amazed by the sound of the earlier releases but this new double cd is way ahead of them! Seb's sound is not, IMO, the most cutting edge of all DJ's, but Seb chose amazing and energetic tracks that make you want to fly. I caught his recent set at Mexico's Rimel and I can assure you that this disc is TRULY a reflection of what he plays. Disc one is slower but not housier, it's the sort of music that starts to be heard at 1AM, when the decks begin to heat. Disc two is the all time rush, with most of the tracks sending you into overdrive! I do remember him playing 3 or 4 songs from disc two and this makes it truly special. Check out tracks from Moby, Paragliders, Marmion, Amethyst and the classic "orange theme" from Cygnus X. A DEFINITE BUY!

Average customer rating: The Forgotten Future of Metal Great technical progressive metal! Incredible Follow-Up To Amazing Prog-Metal Debut WOW GREAT FOLLOW-UP

Continuum Prototype Manufacturer: Nightmare Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Perfect Forever Purification Waves of Visual Decay The Parallel Otherworld The Origins of Ruin ASIN: B000FTWAP4 Release Date: 2006-05-23

Tracks:

1. The Way It Ends
2. Probe
3. Devotion
4. With Vision
5. Synthespian
6. Sea Of Tranquility
7. Transcendent Velocity
8. Seed
9. Undying
10. Heart Machine
11. Cold Is This God

Product Description

1. The Way It Ends
2. Probe; Devotion
3. With Vision
4. Synthespian
5. Of Tranquility
6. Transcendent Velocity
7. Seed
8. Undying
9. Heart Machine
10. Cold Is This Cold

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

The Forgotten Future of Metal.......2007-07-03

Highly Progressive and Very Melodic. I predict once the metal movement leaves behind the screaming rhetoric of nu-metal, Prototype will finally be given proper credit for their work.

Right now, metal fans just can't accept a unique vocal style or beautiful melody... they sit and listen to their old Iron Maiden, Rush, Metallica and Led Zeplin recordings (completely entranced) but are currently unwilling to accept these styles in a contemporary form.

Metal fans have fallen pray to some primal, aggressive and simplistic style that should have remained in the realm of punk imho - rename Nu-Metal to Nu-Punk-Metal - and make room on your shelf for Prototype in your "Neo-Metal" collection.

If you enjoy the complexity of Meshuggah, but still long for a melody and more organic flow of time changes and breaks - or love A Perfect Circle and Tool (for melody and deeper lyrical content) - but long for speed and technical precision - you can't go wrong with Prototype.

Be wary of musical critics who scorn some "emo" quality in this music - it is unfounded and historically inaccurate. There was nothing "emo" about this music before "emo" existed - and there is still none. The word "emo" is too often used by simple minded critics to categorize lyrics and sentiments they do not have the capacity to understand - and is just a scapegoat for actually having to address and critique concepts beyond their range of literary, historical or artistic comprehension or expression. Call Sunny Day Real Estate or even Thursday "emo" - but question when authors throw this word about instead of addressing the actual content of the lyrical messages and vocal quality. Prototype has a "unique" vocalist - which is far from "emo" or "bad". In fact the cold, "sci-fi-like" and technical philosophy espoused in Vince's vocals is sometimes so calculating that is it only the passion and conviction of his delivery on the topics that grant any "emotion" at all. It's almost like listening to Einstein talk about physics... the only reason it doesn't come off as cold hard and boring data is the energy and passion of the author about the sophisticated subjects of which he speaks. In this sense Prototype is lyrically "anti-emo". Its "cerebral" - if you are looking for songs about how "the world just sux and my girlfriend broke my heart" - don't listen to this band. Emo kids - stay out - you may be converted to the cold and wicked world of "anti-emo".


Prototype recalls the classical elements that metal once had in a full, rich, and regal new shape. You can imagine almost every song on this album sounding just as beautiful if performed by an orchestra or on Spanish guitar. Metal fans with critical thinking skills, please buy this album.

I have loved every release this band has had since its inception as Psychosis in the early 90's, through to today. I recommend their music for people who appreciate quality, technicality, and unique music.

Great technical progressive metal!.......2007-04-17

Outstanding guitar, bass, drums, and vocals...this is a great technical progressive metal album. Some of my favorite tracks are "The Way It Ends," "Devotion," and "Sea of Tranquility." Well worth checking out!

Incredible Follow-Up To Amazing Prog-Metal Debut.......2007-04-16

The first Prototype album, "Trinity", was hugely influential for me; with powerful vocals, incredible progressive song structures and heavy riffs and bass, and an epic, science fiction-themed vibe and sharp production. Happily, "Continuum" delivers more of the same-with a slightly more hook-laden delivery that actually adds to the music.

I simply can't recommend this album enough for any fan of modern progressive metal. Tight, progressive and heavy riffs and epic song structures fleshed out with an interesting concept story about an alien invasion (?) by strange being intent on enslaving man. For those who were fans of the last album, the vocal style is still very prominent, but is even catchier and more hook-laden this time around-actually enough to remain stuck in your head for days. To be honest, it sounds less classic-era James Hetfield-ish than the last album, and more akin to,perhaps, the singer of Incubus. Although a bit different, it actually works quite well with the heavier material the band delivers on this outing, and is one of my favorite metal albums of the last two years or so. The guitar and rhythmn section remain tight and locked-on, and chunky, intricate riff after riff pour out of the speakers, with the addition of some eerie spoken-word samples and interludes illustrating the sci-fi storyline...an original and intelligent metal band...Highly recommended!

WOW GREAT FOLLOW-UP.......2006-07-19

When i first got this CD i was a little apprehensive, as Prototype had had a few member changes. WOW was i wrong, this CD rocks, and the production on it is solid. I guess that is what you get when you choose a label like NIGHTMARE RECORDS.

This CD has it all, the driving guitars that are a trade mark of Prototype, the tight, tight bass and drums that provides the backbone, and them the vocals, oh my god they carry the this CD. If you haven't bought this CD yet you better hurry it is going to be sold out fast. This is a must have for you progressive metal collection.

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Prototype Manufacturer: Loop Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000SBTITA

Product Description

Prototype is the dynamic solo debut of Video Kid, the alter ego for New Zealand's Bret McKenzie. Bret is well known for his past work with The Black Seeds and as half of the folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords whose self titled TV series is currently airing on HBO. It's also worth mentioning that McKenzie has a cult following from his role as the elf Figwit in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. As for the album, Prototype is a series of warm analog sound waves mixing dub, reggae, electronica and 70's pop sensibilities. It features guest performances by members of The Black Seeds, New Zealand's legendary Trinity Roots, Hollie Smith, Twinset and Age Pryor. Tracklisting: Video Kid (4:25) DJz Girlfriend (4:38) Cctv (4:26) Dawnskate (5:31) Runnin (4:15) Runnin Dub (3:36) Crime Scene (4:12) Let Her Go (5:14) Slip Away (3:00).

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Prototype (Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords) Video Kid Manufacturer: Loop Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000TQ2KQW

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Video Kid is the alter ego of Bret McKenzie, one half of the comedy folk duo The Flight of The Conchords, whose debut TV series is airing currently on HBO. Bret was also a founding member of The Black Seeds, one of New Zealand's most successful acts. And is if that isn't pedigree enough, McKenzie also acted in The Lord of the Rings as the elf Figwit. The CD has 10 tracks including the singles"Video Kid," and "DJz Girlfriend." Features guest performances by Hollie Smith, Age Pryor and members of Trinity Roots and The Black Seeds. Import only.

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7. Selected Singles 85-98 [Box set] [Import]
8. Somnia
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Catch on Fire

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