*Review* DJ Luna-C - Mirrors and Wires
Hello,
After a long break, I return with a review of the latest album from the ‘Kniteforce Again’ stable. Yes, I have managed to get my dirty grease-ridden hands on the eagerly awaited KFA album ‘Mirrors and Wires’ by Luna-C (www.kniteforce.co.uk).
Touted around the place as the Luna-C project 14, it sees Mr C. collaborate with such artists as Dave Skywalker, T.C., Idealz and grab a remix from Hattrixx (double T double X), and the other tracks are just him (as if that matters!!!).
Ok, so I know this release is not strictly Hardcore Breaks, (far from it), but if you are a lover of all breakbeat music and hardcore, this album is a definite purchase.
I’m not gonna sit here and write that every track on this album is mindblowing, because it isn’t. However, I defy you to tell me a track on this album that isn’t, at worst, “really good”.
Again, I’m not going to review every track, as I havent got the time, but overall, this album is, without a doubt, the single most infuential piece of ear-candy that I have heard since I fell in love with the Arctic Monkeys. So lets give it some love.
Let me start by telling you that this album has everything. In a scene that is narrow minded about speed and sound, Luna-C doesn’t just break down the barriers, he fucking bombs them, pisses in the hole, and buries them with a note saying ‘Fuck You’.
From the Conventional to the just plain mental, Luna-C shows us exactly why his talent, versatility and sheer disregard for formula sets him a good number of levels ahead of any producer writing any form of hardcore at the moment. The Album opens with a hip-hop style intro, and drops into ‘End of an Era 2′. This is Luna-C, at his ‘conventional’ best. Which is in total contrast to the next track. Dave Skywalker encourages Luna-C to write some hard gabber. And although the track isn’t as hard as I expected, it’s still fucked up.
This CD takes us on a journey through the ‘Mind of a lunatic’, and it delivers in every aspect, pleasing the ‘Nu’ Hardcore with the “Wot For, Not Sure?’ tune, through to the totally unexpected, but inspired ‘Beware the Preacher’, and the touching ‘Song for Rebecca’, Luna-C shows us just how far he has come. Attempting things that very few other hardcore producers have tried. Listen out for the ‘Rants’, the classic oldskool track, the Idealz (totally brilliant) reworking of ‘Victory’, and the unexpectedly Panacea-esque Hattrixx Remix of Piano Confusion.
But save yourself for Track 7. ‘Scratch my Mix up’. If anyone ever needed any proof that Luna-C is way, way, way further down the line than anyone else, this is it. In a word…. ‘Amazing’. This track is, in my opinion, the pinnacle of his production, to date. Not as melodic as ‘Piano Progression’, or as revered as ‘Snow In Summer’, this is just pure amen rinse-out, and for any budding producer, just take a listen to this track, and try not to feel shit in comparison. What it lacks in musical content, it makes up for in sheer production brilliance. The money for this album is worth it for this track alone. Seriously, it is a lesson in technical production.
Overall, I consider myself lucky to have gotten a hold of this album. If you love ‘Hardcore’, this has everything. I cannot stress enough how good this album is. Buy it, listen to it with an open mind. I defy anyone to be disappointed with this.
A modern day masterpiece.
Until Next time…….
The (Fuckin buzzin off this album) Mix Analyst