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Title: Techno With Soul!
Review: After scoring with "Tainted Love", ex-Soft Cell guy David Ball went on to form Grid. This album is their finest moment, its eletronic soul tempered with unforgettable melodies, superb improvisation and the stuff that makes electronic music so mind-tripping. Sure, you can dance to it. But you can also hear it over and over and hear nuance and shade, degrees and shifts. And, on "Swamp Thing", a cool banjo riff gets merged with unstoppable synth-beats to create something fresh. Grid are far better than 9/10ths of other so-called "techno" acts out there. Evolver follows in the grand tradition of Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze. Check out "Rise" and "Shapes Of Sleep" to see what I mean. Oh, yeah, one more thing: King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp turns up here and there. A great release!
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