s w e e t b e a t s ============================================================================= artist : VA album : Combination Traffic 2 year : 2002 label : Combination Records genre : Lo-Fi catalogue : CORE 012-2 url : www.combination-rec.de quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo ============================================================================= 01.Swimmingpool - Diver 04:53 02.Matt Flowers - Pursuit of Happiness 05:42 03.Scsi 9 - Silkcome 06:29 04.Kabuki - Tempest 07:40 05.Brothomstates - Adozenaday 05:32 06.Aardvarck - Nozum (Attica Blues Rmx) 05:26 07.The Green Man - Deep Below 05:12 08.Fellmann & Louise - Chicken Sandwich 04:08 09.Norken - Northern Soul 06:59 10.Dadamnphreaknoizphunk - Dadamn Traffic 06:21 11.Pentagon - Spiderman 06:02 12.Telescope Feat. Noelle Poeller - Nobile 13:07 12 tracks | 77:31 mins | 106,6 MB ============================================================================= Swimmingpool - Diver The opening. The overture. We could not wish for a better one. One theme. One fragment. Besides, it proves, that you need to possess enough courage not to finish a piece completely so even more dimensions can be unfolded. As soon as this track reaches its zenith, it just stops. This is how Traffic II opens, to make anything possible for the tracks to follow. Matt Flores - Pursuit of happiness A new man with Combination, who substantiates the social aspect of Traffic. We have known Matz for some years and on some parties now. This track he especially composed for Traffic II, inspired by the first Traffic last year. With all his experience as a producer and MC in the drum & bass and 2-step (Gush Collective), he designed a flower for the floor that has not been heard before on vinyl. A true spring hit. SCSI 9 - Silkcome The Russian Anton Kubikov, that beside his albums with Trapez /Traum releases also on other (mostly German) labels (Salo, Force Tracks, Freizeitglauben...) in the minimal sector, is a master of romantics. His melodies are taking their time to get woven to harmonies. Moscow spring and of on the bus to Cologne. Thanx. Kabuki - Tempest A brother. And probably the hottest man in the here and now in club music from break beat points of view. The way Kabuki plays his cords, throttling the tempo on a 140, not using a straight bass drum, building in Detroit, always kicking: only this man can do it at the moment. Reacts to drum & bass in the club, as Recloose to house. Brothomstate - Adozenaday On his EP Qtio (Warp), the Fin Lassi Nikko has hidden this little jewel of deepness in between 5 digital DSP abstract pieces. He probably also is somebody who still thinks he is making hip hop, but who has developed his own universe somehow. What was Boards Of Canada on the first Traffic, Brothomstates is on Traffic II. Thanx. Aardvarck - Nozum (Attica Blues Rmx) Deep Detroit electric soul with Tek 9-ish coolness. A hymn with many zeniths. A big surprise of Attica Blues on the wonderful Dutch Delsin-Label. Thanx. TGM - Deep Below After his Combination record, Heiner toured a euphoric club tour, tutored workshops for the Studio Software Reason in nearly every city and is now back in the studio. The album is like a 70 minute drum & bass cinema celluloid containing all his qualities. On Traffic II he plays quieter tones. Deep Below is dub without dub, echo's are not included. Old school break beat flavour in a relaxed high tech format. Fellmann & Louise - Chicken Sandwich Fellmann & Louise never were so silly before. Sweeping (vegetarian) rare groove loop programming with a lot of commaÆs and many breaks. Really sounds like wood! Finally snares again ... Norken - Northern Soul Oh, Mr. Lee Norris! It is not that we have been following his road since only yesterday or since the first Traffic , where he was represented as Metamatics. His project as Norken has with the Springthemes album produced one of the most unconventional house/techno albums in the past few years. This man should always continue with his mission, let's have him win the lottery. Dadamnphreaknoizphunk - Dadamn Traffic On some stages, we are distinguishing a true 303-revival. Dadamn can only shake their heads wearily. These guys never even thought of putting this grand old lady aside. Their fans have their 303`s autographed by them when they are touring as Hardfloor. The tunes are always produced in such thick a manner, that mastering is superfluous. High tech hip hop production standard with techno on the brain and Winnetou violins on the soul. Pentagon - Spiderman The Japanese Pentagon belong to the abovementioned purist gang. For Traffic, they wrote - together with Hanau's Master Kabuki - a dry minimalist drum & bass tunnel that will take you from England to Germany without wet feet. Or something like that, or so ... Telescope feat. Noelle Poeller - Nobile Telescope and Noelle Poeller already scored a small mini hit with Deeper on their first EP. Nobile rather wears the style of their freer easier break excursions. Noelle fits the vocals in and becomes an instrument. Different again, again surprising and a good ending ... --www.combination-rec.de PS: There is also a "hidden" track, "Car Distance" by Mapstation. ============================================================================= s w e e t b e a t s -------------------------------------------------- greetings to kw, dps, sour, diss, dh, ms, tr & ube =============================================================================