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I didn't know Spacepimp was Acen... strange. Late august 98, I taped the CD off the front of a book I'd just bought, for a drive across Europe, then sneaked Spacepimp on the end, so I could mix (with the auto-reverse) into the 2Badmice etc.
It always reminded me of the Speedy J track on AI vol 1, the sound of something trapped inside a machine, tearing it's way out.

― K-reg, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

ok, so i obviously dreamt that acen being dead thing. anyway, i agree that close your eyes is the best of the acen songs, but so many remixes of it, some dull, i'm still unsure which is the best of them.

his records are probably the most expensive of all the breakbeat rave ones these days, possibly because of name recognition. there were a lot of other cool records on production house though too, notably the house crew's euphoria (nino's dream), which is, like, the best dance record ever, obviously...

― gareth, Friday, 8 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

So am I the only one who prefers 'Trip to the Moon' then? That John Barry sample still gives me goosepimples. Better to burn out than fade away, those singles are more precious than the entire output of a Sasha, or Oakenfold.

― Stevo, Friday, 8 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one year passes...

"Trip II The Moon" is my favotrite track, and has been almost since i got into this music 7 years ago. Nothing can seem to grab my heart and soul the way that track does, in particular the "you only live twice" sample of course.......fucking headrush everytime, a thousand listens later. u take me higher, acen, truely.

― MrMikey, Friday, 4 October 2002 22:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

five years pass...

Maybe the closest thing old skool hardcore had to an outright mad genius? Sometimes a little too mad and meticulous for the dance floor, perhaps. His tunes are structured like proper pieces of music, designed to be listened to from beginning to end rather than just wacked on as floor fillers.

Check out this gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMYZMqQumfk

― chap, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link

I still bump the hell out of that one CD. His music holds up in a way that other rave tracks from that era don't.

― Tantrum The Cat, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link

the windows in the sky & close your eyes 12"s are some of my most treasured possessions. beyond classic

― never acid again, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link

just close your eyes
forget your name
forget the world
forget the people

― and what, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link

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