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Freestyle crew members (EzBoy, Say Vegin, Howie & Outspan) and Friends
offer you the coolest tracks we discovered in
February 2002

ezgr.gif (46613 bytes) EZ Boy
e-mail: bruno@freestylegrooves.com
Nu millenium stuff
1. Syntetika : 100% Syntetika : Shaped Harmonics
- Awesome eclektronics, instant goose bumps guaranteed
(review)
2. Gus Gus : My anthem : 4AD
- Trancy mid-nineties car trip music revival
3. Neotropic : 15 Levels of Magnification : Big Orange Cat
- Eclectic slow beats and electronics
4. V.A. : Did you see : Defocus
- Featuring masterpieces of Lackluster, CiM and John Tejada
5. Atjazz : Labfunk : Mantis Recordings
- Nu millenium space jazz and synth funk
6. Eddie Henderson : Anthology : Soul Brother Records
- A sort of best of Eddie Henderson, with stunning tracks such as Prance On
7. V.A. : Highway and Landscapes : Distance
- A well above average deep chilled beats compilation
Past millenium stuff
1. Gentle People : Soundtracks for living 
- A never matched unique album sound still fresh & creative these days
(review)
2. VinZee : Funky Bebop
- Simple and fat funk groove but still shaking
3. Cherrelle : I didn't mean to turn you on 12"
- Super heavy drum work in this special 12" remix, blowing cheap speakers instantly
4. Toney Lee : Love so deep
- Classic deep dance funker
   
Howard
e-mail:
howie@freestylegrooves.com
Singles & EPs of the month
1. Larry Heard: Another Night re-edit // Track Mode 2001
Comment: THX Bart for the B-day gift... this limited record rullleeesssss!!!!
2. Framework: Blue // Framework Recordings 2002
Comment: nice electro beats from Austria!! (www.framework-recordings.com)
3. UndaCova: Metamood Katalyst (promo, white label) // Pleemobil (003) 2002
Comment: 3th record from Pleemobil!! High-Q electro from K-Town(Kortrijk) also home of town of freestyle crew! (review)
4. Squarepusher: (untiteled) // 2002
Comment: cool but limited! :(
5. Desmondwilliams: Cocoa // ESL Music 2000
Comment: nice down-beat loungy-jazz stuff! check it!
Albums of the month
0. Markant: Vice Versa // Markant Records 2002
Comment: THX to Markant to send this promo Cd, and must be honnest one of the best electro-chill 
stuff I heard since years!!!!!!! check it!!! soon as possible or check their site!
(review)
1. Flip Kowlier: Ocharme Ik // Petrol (EMI) 2001
Comment: Westvlaamse dude uit t'hof van commerce die zachte rock muziek maakt, maar in onze moedertaal! voor alle westvlamingen n'een aanrader en voor de anderen ... ne keer luisteren hé!
2. em:t 1197 // t:me recording 1997
Comment: one of the long serie ambient CD's of em:t, must have serie for the ambient freaks! you can recognize them easly, the covers are always with animals!
3. Deep Forest: Deep Forest // Columbia 1993
Comment: classic in his style....
4. Avalon: earth water air fire // SSR 1993
Comment: must ahve classic in your collection
5. subsurfing: frozen ants // Apollo 1994
Comment: one of the amster works of abinet from apollo!!!! hmmmm... I'm so high when I lsiten to this CD! THX Katrien for what you did years ago with the apollo label! give people the chance in belgium to show their feelings in their music... repect!
6. Badmarsh & Shri: D.Drums // ?? 2001-2002
Comment: nice break-beats....
7. Incospict // freamework-recordings 2002
Comment: elctro and brake-beat stuff!!! nice nice!! THX people at frame-work (austrai) for sending the promo material (www.framework-recordings.com)
   
say logo3.gif (5257 bytes) Say Vegin
e-mail:
bart@freestylegrooves.com
Nu Skool
Syntetika : 100% Syntetika : Shaped Harmonics
Discovery of the month, magical ambient album (review)
Markant : Vice Versa : Markant
Quality IDM (review)
Boards of Canada : Geogaddi : Warp
What can I say, still one of a kind melancholica. The 12 interludes are so beautiful
Various : Northern Faction Volume 1 : Balanced
Enjoyable jazzy downtempo tunes (review)
Mik at Home : Untitled : Sendertechnik 004
Quirky electronica with a very heavy 80s synth influence
UndaCova : Metamood Katalyst : Pleemobil (Promo)
Experimental cut-up hard-tek electronics, from our hometown: K-town!
(review)
Lackluster : 7" : m3rck / rikos
Somewhat darker than usual, but it's quite nice ambient electro
Mid Skool
Various : Document 01 - Trance Tribal : Dorobo
Excellent Australian compilation, contains ambient with trance and tribal influences
Soul Electrik : Drift / Inside Fix : Void 
A.k.a. Future Beat Alliance, lovely mid 90s detroitish electro with spacey breakbeats
Pete Namlook : Namlook X - Monolith : Fax
Yet another classic set of ambient music ...
Oval : Systemisch : Thrill Jockey
Trendsetting (this is from 1996) clicks 'n ambient
Old Skool
The Jones Girls : Get as much love as you can : Philadelphia International 1981
This album features "Nights over Egypt" and this track alone makes it essential!
Dexter Wansel feat. The Jones Girls : Captured : 10 Records 1980