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Better Living Through Circuitry: A Digital Odyssey into the Electronic Dance Underground
by: Spaceship, Future Sound of London (FSOL), Crystal Method, Roni Size, Meat Beat Manifesto, Atomic Babies, Uberzone, Keoki, Electric Skychurch, Psychic TV Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0785688012728 Format: Soundtrack Label: Moonshine Music Manufacturer: Moonshine Music Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Moonshine Music Release Date: April 25, 2000 Studio: Moonshine Music Disc 1:
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Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The effort to categorize and document the history of electronic dance music has intensified over the past few years, resulting in countless CD compilations and several cinematic documentaries. The latest is Better Living Through Circuitry, and the soundtrack suggests an attempt to link the current sounds to the industrial music movement of the 1980s. Representing the old school are Psychic TV and Meat Beat Manifesto, the latter of which shows up with "Money for E," a 1987 track from their prolific (and arguably most interesting) foray into acid-house dance music. Although the disc is weighted down with label-affiliated B-list tracks from Keoki and Electric Skychurch, the inclusion of Roni Size's revolutionary "Brown Paper Bag" and Future Sound of London's classic "Expander (Remix)" lend the collection a solid air of credibility. Although trying to capture the essence of the electronic dance underground in a mere 70 minutes is an impossible task, Better Living Through Circuitry makes an enjoyable and interesting introduction. --David Prince Album Details: Soundtrack to the First Major Release About the Development of the Us Rave Scene. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - decentDecent compilation. Nothing groundbreaking. Your typical techno dance stuff. The annoying sound clips between songs brings this one star down. Not everyone is into the whole silly rave scene. Rating: - Great music, so-so sound bytesI love the music they selected for this compilation, but I do have one complaint... At the end of a track, you'll find yourself listening to someone talking about the type of music or the scene... It can really throw you if you aren't ready for it, and doesn't work well when you've got a bunch of tracks from various CDs randomly cycling through. Rating:  - A perfect look into the Digital Underground.It's almost a shame that such increadible artists go unrecognized (with the possible exceptions of Crystal Method and Roni Size). Moonshine Music's compliation CD, Better living through circuitry, absolutely brings together some of the best dance artists out there and packages them all onto one CD. It's tough to pick stand out tracks, but the following are probably the most exciting to listen to: Keoki's "Caterpillar" DJ Spooky's "Peace in Zaire." This is actually a remix of Sublime's ... Read More Rating: - A great techno compilation!I, once again, bought this album for Meat Beat Manifesto's new track, "Parts 1-4". While MBM proves to be outstanding once more, the other tracks on this CD are addicting. The same thing happened with the CD compilation Earthdance -- bought it for MBM, got a lot more out of it! I especially like others such as "Freaks" by Uberzone and "Endor Fun" by LCD (especially the little Speak & Spell effect at the beginning). And if you listen closely to the beginning of "Peace in Zaire by DJ Spooky, it ... Read More 
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