LP Review – Bugnology 2

 

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There’s not many CD’s that I’ll actually buy these due to the advent of the Internet jukebox. I figure I spent a large part of my life buying every single record I could afford and now it’s time for some payback. These days an artist has to earn their money and I try before I buy – and no, that doesn’t involve sharing a ‘listening post’ with a chav. Over the last few years, since the death of Hip Hop, I’ve been regressing or progressing into music of a danceable nature. Years ago, when it was all fields and I started buying vinyl my dance music purchases we as many as my Hip Hop ones so I like to think I know my onions. Today, the best dance/house/minimal comes from Germany and there’s nothing any of us can do about that. It’s a fact. One of the leading lights of this Germanic scene is Steve Bug. He has released two compilations called Bugnology. Vol.1 was out a few years ago and I can recommend it’s quality and it’s one of the reasons I splurged on Vol.2 which has just been released. Vol 2 starts slow but builds up into a beautiful thing. If you go out to trendy nite clubs and snort showbiz there’s no doubt some of these tracks will form the soundtrack to your evening. Songs such as Clearsky and Amazon are minimal but powerful things that probably only sound right in some cavernous warehouse. Steve has tried to sneak a radio friendly number featuring a singer at the end but apart from that it’s all good as they say on McCain oven chip adverts these days. So, I would purchase if driving around Berlin in an Audi at 4am ripped to the gills is your cup of Erdinger. 8.5/10

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