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Soundtrack

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The soundtrack to the fabulous gen x movie of the year is filled with alternative favourites Like Dinosaur Jr, Lenny Kravitz, and Crowded House, and a U2 classic. There are also lesser-known college bands thrown in, along with a remake of ‘‘Baby of Love Your Way’’, a cheesie pop song from the seventies now with a new pseudo-reggae twist. The album cannot be mentioned without a discussion of the Knack’s ‘ ‘My Sharona’’, which also made the soundtrack. An irritating song that is very likeable. Nostalgia, I suppose.

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This latest release in a series of dance albums is probably the best yet. The mainly house music tunes are strung together by some decent mixing and sampling, and the cuts are quite good, with the exception of the remake of Boston’s ‘More than a Feeling’’. Check out the dance mix of 4 Non Blondes’ ‘‘What’s Up’’ - it’s rather cool.

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the nineties, and Chris Sheppard, Ontario DJ turned techno guru. This album also runs without breaks between the songs, but with less production than Club Cutz. The purpose of this album is to demonstrate to mainstream Canada that an underground, independent techno scene exists. It is a worthy demonstration. Many of the cuts seem almost primitive, - because of the lack of commercial production, but this is to be expected with underground cuts.

: . —__Radikal Techno... Too Radikal (Quality) This release is also another volume in a series of techno compilations. The

cuts on this album are

very fast and very well produced, but in

comparison to anything

XL Recordings

In the immortal

words of Master T (who really should be shot), this MuchMusic compilation album is ‘*...full of slammin’ tracks, cool cats’’. The first question I asked myself when I got this CD was:

‘“‘How did I miss the first 3 volumes?’’. The second question was: ‘‘Who the hell are these performers-- LSU, YMT, Rag Team?’! (that’s the correct spelling-and yes, they are a Tag Team clone); but it doesn’t matter, it’s a long CD (27 songs, 79 minutes) and over half of the songs are excellent dance- hall/make-ya move tunes. The best of the bunch include Simply Majestic’s ‘‘DJ‘S Put This in the Mix’’, ‘“‘Everybody Salsa’’ by Tribe, and E.F.A.’s

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CLUB HOUSE | 100% CANADIAN DANCE |

Like U.K.

Seduction, this other MuchMusic release is

- full of artists that I've barely heard of. Seeing as how it’s an accumulation of Canadian dance music artists, I felt somewhat ashamed; however, this CD shows how far Canada has to go to match up to our : more prolific neighbours when it

releases, the selections on this album are not very ‘*radikal’’ and would be categorized under progressive house.

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together well, and I am sure the album is great for dancing,

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comes to House music. The best of the bunch is Carol Medina’s track ‘*‘And the Song Goes’‘, which is a little above average. The CD isn’t bad, but you won’t hear these songs when you/re out on the weekend.

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More music that evokes memories of Saturday nights spent -downtown. If you need a quick Myron’s fix (that might get me a free drink), simply throw this tape in your stereo and crank to 7 (my Livingroom glassware began to vibrate at 6). Just more songs mixed in together to make you move. ‘*Another Night’’ by MC Sar and the Real McCoy is the type of cut which could make your grandmother get down and dance. Other notable tracks include Black Box’s ‘‘Rockin to the Music’’ and Zoran’s ‘*Hooked on oust!

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MAESTRO FRESH WES | Nah, Dis Kid Can’t be from Canada?!!

The premier rapmaster

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from Canada has returned with his third delivery on the hip-hop charts. As with his past successes, Scarborough’s Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) has created songs containing seriously fresh rhymes-some of the best lyrics that I’ve ever heard. For example, from his song ‘\Check My Vernacular’! he rhymes off../'My rhymes are bionic, far from demonic, my phonics supersonic, while yours are embryonic’’. One of the preeminent rulers of rap, Canadian or otherwise, the Maestro is truly conducting things with his latest album.

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Kris Kross and ABC, but that’s where the resemblance ends. There’s not a lot of talent here, they’re just young artists trying to follow a trend.

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Getto Jam

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