As the 200th release in the Force Inc catalog in less than a decade, Met@Music reaffirms the important role that this Frankfurt, Germany, record label holds in the global techno scene. This compilation should make anyone unfamiliar with Force Inc's legacy realize exactly why the label was able to churn out 200 releases in less than a decade, while simultaneously increasing demand for these releases. In fact, just analyzing the roster of artists featured on Met@Music should be enough proof that this is an amazing album, ...
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As the 200th release in the Force Inc catalog in less than a decade, Met@Music reaffirms the important role that this Frankfurt, Germany, record label holds in the global techno scene. This compilation should make anyone unfamiliar with Force Inc's legacy realize exactly why the label was able to churn out 200 releases in less than a decade, while simultaneously increasing demand for these releases. In fact, just analyzing the roster of artists featured on Met@Music should be enough proof that this is an amazing album, featuring many of the most innovative artists in techno circa 2000. Starting with an up-tempo dance track by the prolific Vladislav Delay (from a year when he put out three full-length Force Inc-affiliated albums), this compilation points toward what Force Inc considers to be the future of techno: the scattershot, glitch/clicks+cut style of computer-based cut-and-paste dance music that no one had been effective in defining linguistically by the end of the 20th century. Other artists on the compilation include Californians Twerk, Sutekh, Jasper, Kit Clayton, and Stewart Walker, who all practice choppy rhythms flavored with a clicks+cut aesthetic, as well as some of Germany's most inventive techno artists such as Heckmann (Thomas P. Heckmann), Atlon Inc (Rob Acid), and Auftrieb (Wolfgang Voigt). There aren't any glaring highlights here, as every track has its positive attributes, but there is an underlying motif that seems to tie together the styles of this diverse roster that ranges from California to Germany and from experienced to rookie -- each of these tracks breaks away from generic techno conventions, championing digital sound construction over analog, and in turn setting a precedent for the post-2000 sound of techno. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi
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