Raiders Of The Lost ARP - Beyond The Dark

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  • Nature Records, part of the Final Frontier family of labels, has had a "special relationship" with Detroit, in particular Underground Resistance, since the mid nineties. UR and its many offshoots don't work for just anybody so it's always a matter of great interest when their work turns up on imprints other than their own. Here Raiders of the Lost Arp, aka Mario Pierro, is the recipient of the Detroit remix treatment, and the results are predictably good. The original mix of 'Beyond the Dark' is a rather leaden affair compared to the two remixes, but it does contain some classic Detroit motifs that will make it useful as a set opener, closer or interlude. The Galaxy 2 Galaxy remix—Galaxy 2 Galaxy being of course none other than "Mad" Mike Banks—doesn’t disappoint and embodies, for me at least, most of what makes Detroit techno such a special, immutable genre. Taking the central riff of the original and amplifying it to new levels of intensity, the track easily achieves a level of spirituality that other artists can only hope for. Some of the early UR tracks were very garage influenced, and I can hear it here, as well as strains of that perennial classic 'Hi-Tech Jazz.' DJS2, a relative newcomer to the UR collective, is credited with the other remix, along with Los Hermanos, the one-time refuge of DJ Rolando and still home to one of techno's quiet genuises Gerald Mitchell. Again, this mix takes the original’s main element and allows it to develop, making use of some nicely dissonant keys, but it's not quite as lush as the G2G version. I just about prefer this version to Mad Mike's. This is a very strong release but, if I have one criticism, there really isn't that much variety going on. UR are much more than a one trick pony so it would have been nice if Nature had included something a bit different. Anyone care to make an electro version?
  • Tracklist
      A Beyond The Dark (Galaxy 2 Galaxy Mix) B1 Beyond The Dark (Original) B2 Beyond The Dark (DJ S2/Los Hermanos Mix)
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