Bassjunkie

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He thought it could do no harm, he only wanted to try it once - just to experience it, how was he to know that after the first fix his life would be forever dependant upon this substance, how was he to know that from the moment the needle touched the record he would become a fully fledged Bass Junkie.

Bingeing on heavy doses of 808 kicks and robotic licks Phil soon invested in two turntables, speakers and a mixer to help feed his insatiable craving for electro and Miami Bass. Before long the Bass Junkie had tested almost every vinyl product on the street, this consumption did not satisfy his habit so in 1987 Phil began to manufacture his own supply

In his suburban laboratory the Bass Junkie spent many hours testing his own medicine, cutting finely-tuned frequencies, chopping them with pure bass and then mixing in raw, uncut beats, leaving loudspeakers smoking and equalizers peaking. Other addicts were keen to sample the Bass Junkie product and Phil was soon involved with some heavy mobs interested in trafficking his trax including Dynamix II who invited him to Miami for a 3 month bender of Miami Electro Bass in the early `90s.

With addicts worldwide attempting to score his dope beats, in 1996 Phil began Battle Trax to distribute his brutal brand of bass-fuelled beats. Kids were soon overdosing on large doses of Cybernet Systems, Final Dreams, Industrial Bass Machines and Kronos Devices - all variants of the highly addictive Bass Junkie, traces of which have also been found in other lethal labels including Audio Illusion, Control Tower, Breakin`, Joey Boy, SMB, Touchin` Bass, Remote Audio, Firewire, RGC, Fuel, Satamile, Cyberian Knights Recordings, Electrix, Parallax, Panic Trax, Tellektro, Tranzform, [k]rack-troni[k], Rotters Golf Club, X0X and Dynamix II Records. If you have a problem with low frequency addictions help is at hand, just visit www.bassjunkie.com where our highly trained team are on call to help you kick the habit and rehabilitate yourself seamlessly back into your society.

Bass Junkie is available for DJ & live performances as well as remix work.

 

Lyrics

COMPLY

Sent from the future, programmed to obey

Details of my mission revealed on my display

All commands must be followed for I cannot resist

Your demise my only function, in my task I must persist

Determination, cold logic, drives me in my role
No conscious, no reason, no heart or soul
Born of a machine, no feelings have I
Devoid of all emotion…… I must comply


Pursuit has been relentless, now contact has been made

We have reached the time of the final serenade

The face of Armageddon is what you see before your eyes

No fear of retribution within my being lies

Your species is a lifeform of obsolete design
In our new world order machines will rise
Your fate has been decided, the time has come to die
These orders I must execute…… I must comply

deep bass matrix

Deep Bass Matrix, you'd better beware
The power of technology, abuse it if you dare
Synthesizers, drum machines, in sync with one another
FX and vocoders providing all the cover

Deep Bass Matrix, you'd better beware
The power of technology, abuse it if you dare
Booming from your system, devastating to your ear
Isolating all the frequencies so it comes through clear

human error

Mistakes that cannot be undone
Infallibility for one
For the rest of us this can't hold true
The same for me as is for you
We put our faith in technology
An alliance in science our destiny
Controllers then become controlled
You realize your soul is sold

Human Error - You can't erase the past

Human Error – Machines are built to last

Human Error – When we are dead and gone

Human Error – Machines will still live on

No one to blame for this oversight
We embraced the future to seek the light
Unaware of our miscalculation
We only find our own damnation
In the programs we must execute
We can't shut down, re-load, re-boot
Our fate is sealed, we can't compete.
Machines control, alt, delete.

Human Error - You can't erase the past

Human Error – Machines are built to last

Human Error – When we are dead and gone

Human Error – Machines will still live on

images on screen

Images on screen
Reflections of ourselves
No time to intervene
It's a synchronised world
Computers are our future
Man is doomed to dream
There's no stopping what has started
We're all images on screen

Images on screen
Interacting through remote control
Pain and pleasure can be seen
Nothing hidden from your soul
Sex is a commodity
Is God the new machine?
No time to stop what has begun
We're all images on screen

infiltrator

My sound infiltrates the clubs, annihilates the dancefloor
Dominates the subs, that's what you freaks came for
It's a fusion of technology, computronic beats
A lesson from the future and nothing's what it seems

Searching for a soundscape constructed by machines
Electronic evolution hidden in my dreams
Complicated rhythms pulsating everywhere
An overwhelming power, a force beyond compare

jammin' the box

It's time to rock the party, it's time to jam the box
Get your body on the floor baby, give it all you got
Cos when my bass is kicking it makes you wanna move
Keeps you on the dancefloor, locks you in a groove
So let me see you shake it baby, just don't quit
And if you're feeling tired, then take another hit
Of the bass that you can taste as it hits you in the face
Cos this sound is from boom city and Miami is the place
Where this party started, where it all began
Transmitting low frequencies that make you wanna jam
So let the music move you, you know it's not too late
And this sound i'm throwing down is driven by the 808!

So now this jam is flowing and the beats they just won't stop
Keeping party people moving to this bass electro rock
Created by Bass Junkie so you know this shit is bumping
With the boom that moves the crowd and keeps your speakers pumping
Surging through your system, sending shockwaves through the floor
A relentless stream of beats like you've never felt before
Releasing boundless energy so everyone can feel it
Pushing levels to the max cos that's the way I deal it
Recreating the old school, innovating the new
Past, present and future to make this jam for you
You can't resist the urge to dance and all those that can't must try
Remaining still is not an option all bass infidels must die!

kill the humanoid

Attacking in darkness, we have you in our sight
There's no escaping the impact as our missiles strike
Your shields are defenceless, there is no respite
Try to take flight, now feel the lasers bite

Sensors pick up life signs. Drones locate and intercept
Your rebellion overcome, you have the future to regret
Your lives in our command, your fate will become clear
Drowning in our circuitry, new controllers of your sphere

out of the unknown

From deepest space, beyond the stars
Within the void of endless wars
A galaxy where darkness reigns
A shadow planet, no light remains

Out of the unknown

Invading your system, an unstoppable force
Destroying all life without remorse
You cannot fight, you can only flee
As they absorb your planet for energy

return to bass

Returning to bass
To wreck the planet
To set the pace

Returning to bass
No need to panic
It's a rhythm race

Competing on the dancefloor
While your bodys sweat
Embracing the future
Of the electro set


Returning to bass
To wreck the planet
To set the pace

Returning to bass
No need to panic
It's a rhythm race

Movements in time
Transmissions from space
It's now or never
Let's return to bass

return of the OVC

Returning Once again and on the attack
You'll feel it as you hear it OVC is back
Entering atmosphere from outer space
Releasing bass vibrations to wreck the place

Transmitting sine waves with incredible force
Creative energy from a powerful source
So if you like the feeling, then you must obey
The outer bass vibration as it blows you away


Back once more to make sure you understand
The OVC will attempt to land
On the planet surface without delay
To teach the Earth collective the outerbass way

If you're ready to join us, don`t hesitate
Just feel the bass vibration that we generate
So turn up the volume and make sure you hear
The collective sonic boom coming through so clear

system punisher

Push up the levels
Make sure it comes out loud
Boost the bass, cut the treble
Let the boom move the crowd
DJ ride the crossfade
Compliment the sound
Engage the rage of the synthesizer
Feel the bassline pound

Increase the power
Sound the laser attack
An assault on the senses
From the speaker stack
Discipline the woofers
Keep them booming all night long
Don't care about the tweeters
When the Bass Junkie's on

reviews

a bass odyssey ep - review by technohead - dj mag

New skool electro and industrial sounds from outer space. Ruff, tough and wicked man! If you`re not down with this new electro sound then you are seriously lacking in what it takes. This is the move and groove for the next wave of techno. Trust me i`m a Doctor! Forget the plink plonkity rinky tinky jazzy ambient trends, hey it`s OK to say that you possibly cannot dance to jungle and please dahlin` 4/4 is sometimes such a bore: so have a rumble in the bungle and slide your face in the electro bass.

Breakdancing is not obligatory

bass time continuum - review by gil gershman - sonomu

As "Breakers Throwndown (Final Battle Mix)" announces, "The music doesn't follow you; you follow the music. And that's what really makes a B-Boy." Bass Time Continuum, like Phil Klein's previous In Bass No One Can Hear You Scream, envisions electro not as a nostalgic refuge for those who miss Zaxxon and Ms. Pac-Man, but as the only religion fit for these technocentric (and otherwise spiritually bankrupt) times. Hanging most tracks on a B-boy vocal hook, Klein styles his Bass Junkie tracks with reverence for the beatbox bashers of the past, forsaking the "cool" '90s-style irony that cheapens many of the neo-electricians. "A New Order Of Intelligence" enters on an angelic choir, giving the feel and fervor of an evangelical sermon to the ensuing rhythmic tirade. Klein's revivalist electro comes at you as a densely packed, speaker churning rush of fidgety 303 runs, detuned Atari synth, fitful slice n' dice beats, and vocodered proselytizing - an earnest address delivered from atop the bass bins. And, of course, there is bass; undiluted, soul-juddering bass. In a modern rite of flagellation, Klein scratches feverishly and offers the benediction of "R-M-T-S" ("Records-Mixer-Turntables-Speakers") as though it were liturgy. Like Drexciya, Bass Junkie has a techno-utopian New Jerusalem in mind (Futura), whose anthem is an electronic hymn in the holy Detroit style. Moreover, Bass Time Continuum's titles suggest an underlying sense of history and myth to rival the Pentateuch?a Genesis ("Bass Time Continuum," the birth of the "Bass Mutant (Re-Mutated")), an Exodus ("A Bass Odyssey"), a Leviticus (the commandment of "Listen To The Beat"), a Numbers (the stray-flock wanderings of "Back In The Jungle"), a Deuteronomy ("Welcome To Futura"), and even a Messianic prophecy ("Return Of The OVC," wherein "Man is finally ready to move into Bass"). All Klein needs is a congregation - and maybe a satellite-radio hookup - and his ministry is primed for worldwide conquest.

808fm / internal malfunctions - review by paul sullivan

There`s nothing like getting bullied by a piece of vinyl is there?

The first attack from this beefy fellow comes from Bass Junkie, who starts slapping us silly with `Internal Malfunctions`, a raw slice of acidic, audio electro, purpose built to provoke dancefloor mayhem.

He follows this with a kick-ass combo of bass punches and snare kicks in the shape of his `808FM`, which uses the same chaotic approach, but with a more dubbed out atmosphere and more twangs to the melodic refrains.

Still reeling we manage to flip the record over only to find our heads twisted and tummys tickled by Silicon Scally`s intergalactic synthwashes `Proteus` and trippy lunarscapes `Moontax`.

Defeated we fall down and pay out our weekly pocket money – Firewire wins unanimously

808fm / internal malfunctions - review by nexus 6 - atome

Available for a long time in Mp3 version at ElectroEmpire website, "808fm" appears today in vinyl format! Coming with unreleased "Internal Malfunctions", whose intro and rhythm should capture your attention, this superb old school construction from Bass Junkie completes A side of Firewire 03, a young uk label based on a new concept: gather altogether two electro artists in a same 12''. On the flip, Carl Finlow aka Silicon Scally offers two brilliants compositions as well: minimal "Proteus" and sci-fi "Moontax". The final result is an original EP with four awesome and distinct pieces. Quality rhyme with quantity!

quad city - review by nexus 6 - atome

Funky and sexy, here comes the new production from Imatran Voima aka Randy B associated with Flesh O Lex, two obscure and discrete Finnish artists already heard on Kostamus or Bunker Records. Taken from their forthcoming "The Church Of Latterday Magogts" LP, "Groupsex", dedicated to Johnny Cash, reveals on A-side an old school killer piece in a 2 Live Crew, Egyptian Lover or Grandmaster Flash style. Declined in three versions ("Radio Edit", "Club Version" and "Acapella"), this jewel enhanced by a vocoder lauding copulation with several partners will teleport you into 80's electro funk! Brilliant. More actual is "Quad City" on the flip, a perfect tune that welcomes immense Phil Klein (Battle Trax, Control Tower) for two unstoppable collaborations: first of all, the Imatran Voima mix based upon a muffled bass and some beautiful acid loops. At last, the Bass Junkie mix, centred on vintage synthesisers and heading melodies. A future classic!

bass control ep - review by boomkat

Bass Junkie pulls out all the stops on this new 12”, a fearsome devil of a track with the opener ‘The Wierding Module’, a ravetastic slice of War of The Worlds electro with theramin style noises and hoover basslines spattered with the almost random samples and craziness that Bass Junkie has a habit of injecting into his tracks, a no holds barred destroyer of a track. Flip for two more excursions into the twisted mind, the winner being ‘Energy + Matter = Chaos’ a severly frantic bleeped out mash up that stays true to the obvious insanity of the man, ace.

bass control ep - review by nexus 6 - atome

Beware, killer release! Radioactive Man and Dexorcist (Phil Klein's partner on Kronos Device duo) label welcomes for the very first time Bass Junkie for a devastating, analogic and offensive electrocore EP. "The Weirding Module", "Energy + Matter = Chaos" and "Computer Future" offer an evil mix of sci-fi sounds, dark atmospheres and fearsome sub bass. Old school and futuristic at the same time!

deep bass matrix - review by boomkat

The latest outing from Andrea Parkers Touchin’ Bass label comes from mash up electro king Bass Junkie who drops 2 mixes of ‘Deep Bass Matrix’, vocal and instrumental. The track starts with analog strings and analog bass dropping the melody and straight in comes one of those frantic Bass Junkie beats, complete with squelch’s and soaring synths which all settles into a phat groove when the vocodered vocal arrives. The minimal vocal gives way to percussive craziness for the break with tuned drums and scratches accenting the track and the bass break completes the foray into the mind of Bass Junkie, ace. Flip for ‘Myami Style’ which holds a deeper groove and a wicked sub bass line, while ‘numbers’ style detuned synths deliver the melody and a 2nd more prominent bassline arrives for the ass shakin to commence

deep bass matrix - review by nexus 6 - atome

Last electro heavyweights to be pined onto cute Andrea Parker's label, Phil Klein (Breakin, Battle Trax, Audio Illusion) delivers today two killer cuts in pure electro bass tradition. Declined in its vocal and instrumental versions, "Deep Bass Matrix" introduces on A side superb melody enhanced by strong percussion elements and robotic vocals. Brilliant! In a Dynamix II style, "Miami Style" on the flip appears as the climax of that 12'', as irresistible as devastating by use of rough 808 over powerful bass line and ultra groovy feminine lyrics. A classic to become and an actual monster EP!

return to bass ep - review by boomkat

Bass Junkie returns to Breakin' with more mashed up 808 bass action. 4 fresh cuts of his unique and spannered take on electro starting with 'Electro Freq' which dives straight in for the jugular with its full compliment of 808 drums and soaring synths, but it's when the bass drops that it kicks ass, an almost late 80's bassline, stabbing keys that fill the beats with that machine funk we all love so well. Check 'Return To Bass' with its rave-esque lines and dark vocals over firing beats, spannered interludes and general all round madness complete the trip and there is an included instrumental for those who have a thing against vocoders, mashed up all round electro goodness from Bass Junkie and Breakin', fierce.

return to bass ep - review by nexus 6 - atome

Phil Klein runs before the wind! Over the last few months, Dexorcist partner has multiplied releases on Battle Trax, Audio Illusion and Firewire. Today Bass Junkie returns with Ed DMX famous label, for which he already dropped two albums and four EP's, to provide an unexpected but brilliant new 12''. Cause half way from "old school Miami Bass" style usually delivered by UK artist on Breakin' and dark industrial electro produced under its Cybernet Systems alter ego, "Return To Bass" shows a real evolution in Phil Klein's music. "Electro Frequency" on info side is a perfect example of this new and subtle mix between nervous 808, sci-fi sounds and funky bassline. In a offensive and vicious register, "Dark Machine" combines depressive vocoder and classic electrotech rhythm. At last on the flip, "Return To Bass", completed with its instrumental version, merges groovy electro beats, breathing samples in a Kraftwerk spirit and filtered rap. Essential!

future tense ep - review by nexus 6 - atome

For the Phil Klein addicts, this excellent double pack is a follow up to London based artist previous and early productions on Breakin' and Touchin' Bass. All 808 out, The Dexorcist partner on Kronos Device band signs here eight frenetic tracks (three of them appear in instrumental and vocal versions) and three bonus sounds ("Bleeps, Squeeks, Squeeks") perfectly cut for the dancefloor in an old school electro style. To be compared with its "Bass Time Continuum LP" released in 1999, "Human Error", "EVA", "Electron Vault" and "Images On Screen" stress on vintage synthesisers, nostalgic melodies, gloomy bass lines and feverish filtered lyrics. Lonely, "System Punisher", a real robotic and futuristic hit, will refer to a visionary electrocore music close to Battle Trax mastermind's sound under Cybernet System disguise. Another huge success in the offing for Billy Nasty's fabulous structure!

berzerker - review by nexus 6 - electro alliance

In order to celebrate SMB fourteen production, the Dead Silence Syndicate Band presents its very first official output! Collective of six artists gathered around The Dexorcist (Control Tower, Buffalo Frequency), this punk exclusive live crew signs on the flip a "Suicide Bomba" worthy of its memorable performing done at the Teknival of Marigny in France at the beginning 2005. Combining digital machines and acoustic instruments, the track delivers a fearsome violin introduction. Then appears a powerful though slow down Drum & Bass rhythm enhanced by Krude (Audio Illusion) depressive vocals in a Prodigy style, dealing the story of one man trying to resist in a chaotic futurist society. Punctuated by incisive breaks, this dark and innovative killer tune is served on the reverse by an explosive unreleased cut from the like of Bass Junkie (Breakin, Firewire). Battle Trax mastermind shows a corrosive face on the heavy "Berzerker", an alienating piece based upon a rough robotic bass line, some 808 tonalities and a heading old school melody. Both sides filled up with Steve (Ramskull Design) and Ren (Dead Silence) impressive visuals, this murderer Picture Disc in the form of a split EP is a must have for all fresh electro lovers!!!

battle cry ep - review by nexus 6 - electro alliance

First split EP to be released on Battle Trax. This twelfth production introduces a fratricidal and musical fight between two regular to the label artists. On A side, Bass Junkie opens fire with a couple of his stunning sound assaults: "Kill The Humanoid", in the perfect prolongation of "Berzerker", his previous slaughter on SMB 14. Combining Sci-Fi melodies and robotic bass, this devastating cut appears completed on the vocoder by Scratch D aka David Noller, founder of the legendary band Dynamix II. Then comes long awaited remix of "Dark times" (originally produced by The Dexorcist on Control Tower 02) in an ultra dancefloor technological version, enhanced by Star Wars samples. On the flip, The Dexorcist executes in response two relentless audio raids with at first an unreleased remix of Cybernet System's classic "Robot Movement". In a deadly B-Boy breaks register, this digest of funk combines with skill cuts, funky guitars and astonishing bass. At last, "Fear Teacher" returns into an electro bass classic style based upon depressive industrial strings. A vital and titanic EP!

comply ep 1 - review by boomkat

He's still not kicked the habit so we get three more tracks of snapping 808 bass abuse. 'Infiltrator is something of an epic as far as electro trax go, coming in at 10 minutes and allowing the Junkie to fully indulge his Juan Atkins/Model 500 fetish as far as it will go. 'Sub-Mission' slows down for a purposeful electro war-track and 'Jammin' The Box' does just that for all the breakers out there.

comply ep 1 - review by nexus 6 - electro alliance

Bass overlord Phil Klein returns to his own Battle Trax imprint to deliver the first in a series of two EP’s taken from his highly acclaimed CD “Comply”, four months after its publishing.

Due to a massive plebiscite from his greatest fans worldwide, the UK Electro Bass pioneer has decided to fill his audience with joy by giving the vinyl junkies what they wanted: three of the album best jams on wax! And that’s truly a gift, not only because the tracks are huge but also because vinyl releases tend to get scarce!

Kicking off with the mighty 12’’ extended version of electrotech destroyer “Infiltrator”, A side serves up an astounding tribute to Detroit synthetism. Mash up of 808 drums action, machine funk overtones, vintage pads with groovy bubblings and light vocoded lyrics, this instant classic comes within the great tradition of Bass Junkie’s most advanced Sci Fi sounds, displaying subsonic synth melodies over a loud bassline. Lethal!

On the reverse, deep freestyle club mover “Sub-Mission (Control The Bass)” keeps the pressure with an untouchable slight industrial 90’s style. Mixture of analogic rav’aging lines, low frequencies, deep strings, fierce female vocals chanting “another day, another night...” and uncompromised beats, the “Street Sounds Electro Chart” official first Nu School No.1, soon to appear on the “Street Sounds Nu Electro 1” compilation delivers a matchless cutting edge mayhem featuring The Dexorcist on the edits. This track has been getting major play on all electro shows worldwide since its release and this is perfectly deserved.

Ending this must have outing on a retro register, irresistible tune “Jammin’ The Box” sounds like a serious oldschoolish affair. Bringing back the 80’s on the dancefloor in a nasty way, this timeless and inspired Miami Bass anthem will invite you on an improvised breakdance contest. Fuelled with percussive rhythm, ace cuts, insane 808, frantic scratches over feverish whispers, cult samples and most of all an almighty vocoder infecting your circuitry, powering your batteries to energize your borganizm, this song is a real winner! “It’s time to rock the party, it’s time to jam the box!”.

“2009 is the year of electro” said Phil. With a Gods Of Technology output called “State Of Panic” coming out soon on brand new label Balkan Vinyl, a new collaboration with The B-Boys on Street Sounds and the forthcoming “Comply EP2”, this should be also the year of Bass Junkie!

Essential!

comply 2 x cd - review by nexus 6 - electro alliance

Is Electro Music living its best years? Considering the return of legendary producers and imprints such as Debonaire, Cut It Up Def, Egyptian Lover, DJ Unknown, the publishing of astounding albums ( “The Mighty Machine” from Dynamik Bass System on Dominance Electricity for instance), the emerging of a new generation of promising artists on such structures as S.O.M or Black Montanas, the answer is obviously yes!

To complete this delightful report, one of the UK`s Electro Bass pioneers, Phil Klein strikes back under his Bass Junkie fame disguise with the top notch “Comply”, delivering the last part of an amazing trilogy started more than ten years ago with “In Bass No One Hear You Scream”.

Incredible follow up to the 1999 cult “Bass Time Continuum L.P.”, this must have album, the third one to be published on Battle Trax (after Cybernet Systems’ highly recommended “Robot Movement” and Kronos Device’s vital “Qube”), introduces twenty five of Bass Junkie’s best works from the past ten years, gathered together onto 2 generous CDs.

This comprehensive collection of classic high tech material (fifteen tracks including “Deep Bass Matrix”, “Return To Bass”, “The Weirding Module” and “Miami Style” to name) taken from his essential vinyl outputs on Firewire, Electrix Records, Breakin’, Touchin’ Bass, Control Tower, Battle Trax and Tellektro labels, the double pack also features ten unreleased jams ranging from impressive remakes of Man Parrish, The Egyptian Lover and The Unknown DJ’s timeless mayhems (“Hip Hop Be Bop”, “Dance”, “Beatronic”) to vanguard club killers (“Interfearence”, “Comply”, “Infiltrator”, “Electrafluid”...).

In more than 150 minutes playtime of cutting-edge music, homogenous “Comply” serves up the right amount of Bass you would expect from one of the original true creators and most influential figures of the UK electro, alternating uncompromised 808 kicks, heavy beats, old school melodies, Sci Fi bleeps, untouchable vocoded lyrics, matchless retro style, sharped scratches and vintage synthetism.

Grade A to insane “Sub-Mission (Control The Bass)”, ace “Jammin’ The Box” and wicked “Out Of The Unknown”, some of the numerous highlights that you’ll find on Bass Junkie’s latest and ultimate album ever. Thanks God, the man will keep on producing material with his fellow partners The Dexorcist, Sum1else and Scott Weiser under his other monikers, IBM, Kronos Device, Gods Of Technology, Bassing Guild, Middle Men, Motorobot & The Brink so don’t be too sad and play “Comply” loud! Absolutely lethal! 2xCD, electro

comply 2 x cd - review by santino fernandez - technobass.net

Bass Junkie is obviously no amateur in the Electro/Techno scene. With releases dating back to the late 90's on famous labels like Breakin' Records, Touchin' Bass, and lately, Streetsounds, he has been enough of a purveyor of the Nu Electro and Techno Bass scenes that he has earned his keep. One of his most successful endeavors aside from being an incredibly talented musician, has been his infamous Battle Trax label. His new double CD album "Comply", is an adrenaline rush of Electrobotic Bass that will take your mind and ears on a journey through an apocalyptic world where the machines rule and humans are an "Obsolete Design".

Comply, the main song off the album is a bass heavy dancefloor bomb with deep and lush pads, accompanied by a spine chilling pitched down voice delivering a final message to humankind: Game Over! Submission ( Control The Bass ), is an old school-oriented blaster with some deep pounding bass and a really funky loop that take you back to the days where it all started. A sampled voice from the old school classic "Security", brings the vocal element to the track in spoken word, adding a more suddle and dark atmosphere to the song.

Dance, the hit from the infamous Egyptian Lover, is brought back here remixed in a typical Bass Junkie fashion, adding some of his amazing basslines, speaker-shattering bass kicks, and funky vocoders, while retaining the melodic element of the original track. Finally, to close on the highlights for CD #1, Out Of The Unknown is a funky spaced out mind bender full of over-compressed bass kicks, echoing voice samples that dance back and forth behind the beat along with some of his signature basslines and loops.

On the second CD, the first track that comes to mind is none other than the first track on the disc. Infiltrator is probably one my favorite tracks on this whole album, in some ways it is a very soothing track that increases the pressure bit by bit, on the other hand, its got a very funky groove to it that makes this track as great a club hit as it does a cruisin' banger.

Another mind blowing resurrection by Bass Junkie on this new release is The Unknown DJ's "Beatronic". The track is almost an exact replica, maintaining all of the original melodies and loops, but it has been completely re-written to create a 21st century version that is likely to become as much a classic as the original.

Jammin' The Box, one of the funkier tracks on the album, is a delightful journey from the past to the present with a really gritty bassline that seems to bend to the beat, while some dark and moody breakdowns take the track into some unexpected places.

Finally, Electrafluid, is a glitchy computer bass phenomenon with broken up snares that border almost more on Breaks than Electro, yet the rimshots and steady tempo keep the track within boundaries, not letting it stray too far from Bass Junkie's amazing and captivating Electro/Techno sound that people have come to love him for.

Many of the other tracks on the album have been released on various labels and are very familiar record bin classics, while this is his last release as Bass Junkie, Phil Klein will continue to do work with legendary Pseudonyms like Kronos Device and I.B.M., as well as new collaborations under names like The Middle Men, Gods Of Technology, and The Bassing Guild.

If this is to be the closing chapter in the history of Bass Junkie's discography, then let this be one of the best musical stories ever told in the history of Electro Funk and Techno Bass. Phil Klein is a producer that not only has proven to be cutting edge and full of innovation, but also someone that shows that longevity is the key to becoming a truly influencing force in music. Don't miss out on this CD, it'll never leave your player! and, if i haven't mentioned that this release has Bass, well...get it! you may just become as much a bass junkie as the Junkie himself.