REVIEW: Various Artists, Late Night Beats (Music Club)
- Franklin Johnson
Here it comes. The future of club music, the way it was meant to be, in the wee morning hours. Too bad most people will never get to hear it live in a club.
For those folks, Music Club's Late Night Beats offers the perfect solution. No need to stay out til the wee morning hours, this collection of underground club sounds from 1996 to the present gives you the lighter than trip-hop blips, beats and feel of the new keyboard generation.
I can't help thinking of the KLF's classic ambient Chill Out while listening to this collection, and I'm sure you will as well. John Beltran's seven-and-a-half minute epic "Gutaris Breeze" is a perfect example of this ambient trance.
Subtitled "The Post-Club Sound of Britain", this aptly sums up the feeling which permeates this little round object. While not a 12" piece of vinyl, we'll excuse Music Club for this minor technicality and revel in the 4 am Brit-club atmosphere, coming down from the E-high of the last few hours.
ARTIST LISTING: Doris Days, Kushti, Pnu Riff, Modaji, Jimi Tenor, John Beltran, Back 2 Earth, Receiver, Crazy Penis, Bim Sherman, Plaid
