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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Techno god Craig shows he can do the lot, 13 Nov 2000
This album is excellent. I could probably leave it at that but you'll probabaly want to know why. Those in the know rate Craig from way back, and he's always shown up with ground-breaking stuff every 12-18 months. For instance, check out Paperclip People or some of his Planet E output (or early KMS remixes). It's techno, it's funk, it's deep house - you can't quite classify it which is probabaly a good thing. However, he's never sustained it ('Landcruising' - what a waste of hard-earned cash!) Til now that is. 'Programmed' is groundbreaking yet very satisfying to listen to. He touchs on all sorts of styles - techno, hip-hop, house, straight-out jazz, urban soul-funk - yet it always feel it makes sense, it never becomes a mish-mash. Tunes like 'Blakula' and 'At Les' are beautiful and elegiac, but always remain edgy and capable of throwing you off as much as keep you riding along. 'Basic Math' and 'Architecture' are tech-jazz reminiscent of experimental Miles or early George Duke. 'Monsters' is hip-hop as it should be - as much looking to the future for new sounds as looking back, and backed up by paranoic mumblings. 'People Make the World Go Round' breaks out like morning sunshine over an urban sprawl. 'Bug in the Bassbin' caps a genius of an album off with breakbeat that remains unpredictable and soulful. Buy it, buy it now 'cos while a lot of guys out there, in all genres - techno, house, breakbeat, hip-hop, ambient, big beat and so on - talk a good game, this delivers. Soundtrack for the 21st C.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Techno/Jazz/Funk/Crossover - Brilliant!!!, 19 Aug 2002
By A Customer
This is an album of rare quality - it would surely appeal to anyone who appreciates good music and is not bothered about musical conventions. It doesn't fit into one genre, hopping between menacing hip-hop beats, classical-sounding violin, funked-up techno-jazz and soulful house. Check out 'Millenium' (Schizo uber-rap), 'Galaxy' (flute-laden driving house) and People Make the World Go Round (Funky 70s cover feat. strings). Carl Craig's stuff can be pretty variable but this is by far the best I've heard him come up with. Buy it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
space-jazz/techno monster lp, 6 Jul 2009
released in 1999 by techno maverick/legend Carl Craig : im STILL getting my head around Innerzone Orchestra Lp :"Programmed" which was released to much critical acclaim at the time. at first you think - interesting but bit uneven and densely layered. many repeated listens revels the depth of creativity involved in the makng of this lp with techno welded to space-jazz (Herbie Hancock's 1972 space-jazz/tech lp' "sextant" springs to mind) with soul vocal on one number,use of arabic scales,hip-hop,techno ambient weirdness,mating elephants...makes this lp a little similar in weird-ness and aural density in places to FSOL 's ISDN lp with "far out son of lung" type wigginess (i.e.craziness - hence the elephants) BUT it IS undeniably an important lp that ten years on from its release date still sounds fresh and adventurous with many layers to the sounds+post-techno beats to uncover. there's some terrific "real" jazz drumming here amongst the beats also.
strongly recommended for the adventurous and open-minded jazz/techno/beats fan.
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