Dr. Speedlove Presents -- Vol. 2 -- 2000, Invisible Records [Last Sigh Magazine]

1. OSO Finsengi VS Coldcut
Luxor
2. TRS-80 VS TRS-80
Bamboo Shoots battle (Drum Eater Mix)
3. Meg Lee Chin VS Martin Atkins
Heavey Scene (Radio Edit)
4. The Damage Manual VS Orb
Sunset GUn (Fully Monty Sunny Orb Up Mix)
5. Spear of Destiny VS The Vice Presidents
Never Take Me Alive (Vice Pres. Club Mix)
6. Attrition VS Chris N Cosey
I Am (Eternity)
7. Jared Louche VS Martin Atkins
Sexy Boy
8. Drugbeat VS Haloblack
My Sacred
9. The Mad Capsule Markets VS Alec Empire
Crash Pow (Digital Hardcore Mix)
10. Sheep On Drugs VS Bagman
Strange Days (Money Mix)
11. Chemlab VS Pig
Vera Blue (Edit)
12. A1 People VS Metamatics
Do It
13. Lady Galore VS Buzz McCoy
Psycho Bitch Sister
14. Sister Machine Gun VS Sister Machine Gun
Dead Generation
15. Pigface VS Youth
Chikasaw (Ten Inch Mix)

    This is one of the best compilations stemming from Invisible Records that I have heard. What makes it so good? Take another look at the artists, those remixed and mixing, a sonic engagement between some of the best signed in the scene. Unlike other compilations that tend to be in a certain genre or two, this release combines a number of different sounds creating a tasty blend for the listener of electronic beat heavy works.
    Each track offers a different sound, new beats, new rhythms and new blood. The release presents us with some intense speedy percussion/drum&bass with OSO Finsengi vs Coldcut's "Luxor", TRS-80 with "Bamboo Shoots Battle" [with a few short blasts of trumpet mixed in], and The Damage Manual vs Orb, spicy drum&bass on "Sunset Gun". "Never Take Me Alive" is recreated by The Vice Presidents with powerful drums, great guitars [you can hear a dash of spagetti western guitar in this track] and excellent vocals that could run chills up your spine, "Mother!!!!!!!!!" The CD is worth getting for this track alone.
    Then there is track 6, Attrition's, "I Am [Eternity]", my favourite track on the CD, mixed by Chris and Cosey. A delicious GOA Psy-trancey track that I keep playing over and over again...you can barely sit still NOT get up and dance to this one. Great mystical arabesque soundscapes and [female] vocals, and sexy rhythms and strings. Praise ALLAH! Totally delicious work! The Jarod Louche [Chemlab fame] vs Martin Atkins [Invisible owner and Pigface mastermind] track is yet another mystical GOA-edge track in part with a sitar in the background, dreamy vocals [Jarod]/melody and tasty drums/percussion -- "Sexy Boy"!
    The release moves into yet another change with Drugbeat vs Haloblack renewing "My Sacred" with jazzed up drum and rumbling bass yet slower track then the others. It moves about half way into the track with a grinding guitar, adding a huge amount of depth to the track. The Mad Capsule Markets vs Alec Empire pretty much says it right there. Chugging guitar opens the track, with vocals of "CRASH -- POW", then it moves into hardcore speed drift of chaotic yet precise drum, base and noise at some of the highest BPMs I've ever heard ! How fast are they? I'd say maybe 200-300+ BPMs... ? Not for the faint hearted!
    Things tend to mello out a bit with Sheep On Drugs vs Bagman, of whom is one Lee Fraser remixing his previous project with "Strange Days", a tasty drum and bass layered under trickles of hornlike sounds and swishy rhythms. Chemlab vs Pig is a dreamy piece of work on "Vera Blue". Soft and gentle, spacious and eerie, "Taking a ride with a pretty face tonight. You know it's wrong but if feels so very right." The vocals, bzzzps and mzzps, slow caressing beat and keys make this track a standout.
    A1 People vs Metamatics "Do It" is an excellent dance track. It's kind of trancy with soft dream-like ambient background music but has an edge of hip-hop rhythm, tasty beats and quirky treated vocals. It's a very mello laid back track. Lady Galore vs Buzz McCoy turns the mood around to a popish synth-rock hardcore sound on "Psycho Bitch Sister"... "She's a self-serving psycho, a bitch of a bitch.." --Lady Galore. Sister Machine Gun vs Sister Machine Gun's "Dead Concentration" is, well, I'd say it's more like rock and rather boring to me, but SMG fans would probably like it. The vocals are pretty good but continues on repeat of: "I belong to the dead generation....." Drums, guitars and a simple melody line accent the words.
    Pigface vs Youth on "Chicksaw" starts out as a bass line driven drum machine whirring into a heavy guitar and conga's with a touch of tribal congas but for the most part remains a relatively quiet track, accented with dark drum and bass, and a good dance beat with an exotic flair.The center of the track is accented with a heavy guitar, but it all reverts back to that stylish rhythmic blend to the end. Last but NOT least we have Meg Lee Chin vs Martin Atkins. Meg Lee is an acquired taste for the discerning listener who is on tour in November again in the USA. This track is one of her best known, "Heavy Scene". If you haven't yet heard Meg Lee Chin's works, this is a pretty good introduction, even though Martin remixed her, her vocals remain on this track. She's a feisty woman in her music creations, not one to hold back her thoughts, and the music is equally powerful, deep [sometimes twisted] synth bass, guitar, lots of changes, and a sexy beat, Meg and Martin work as a dynamic duo on this one: "And I say, Oh No, what you doing... ? I can hardly talk, cuz there's nothin' to saaaayyyyyy......."

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