Review of the new Junkie XL Album (3AM-3PM)

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Posted by Razz on Apr-14-2004 16:55:

Review of the new Junkie XL Album (3AM-3PM)

April 14,2004

3PM/3AM RADIO JXL A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin

� JXL (Tom) is one of my heros. Very original, he even adds style and creativity to the designing a of CD. "3PM" is a psuedo-radio broadcast that dosent feel or sound like a gimmic,....and it works. Sure the Album/CD could have had a normal "meat and potatoes" format, but finally an album that actually keeps you intrested. Now heres a radio station that I dont want to change!

All in all, I like the new cds but I have to say I wasnt too happy with the tracks featuring Saffron, not for the music, but just her vocal phrasing and the way she sings. Besides that, I cant even listen to the song with Chuck D, "Access To The Excess". His rap is so lame in execution and in some parts, because of his odd sense of timing, its like hes rapping to another track all together. If Tom needed to cut something from the line-up, this would be the track.

"Tennis" and "Dont Wake The Policeman" however are a couple of my favorites. The first time I heard "Tennis" I was in love with its cool tones and filter usage. Strange though, the first time I listened to "DWTP", I was like..."whats going on with the bass line", I wasn't sure, but I soon fell in love with it, its just so original and well done. I really love those tracks, enough so that I actually just did a killer remix of "Tennis" (which will be in my next mix).
The content on the second cd is also full of action and not overly ambitious. Its mixed to the end but it feels more like a club mix, not typically what you might find on the mainfloor, rather the patio where you can chill with a friend on a plush velvet couch, or get up and dance if your still up to it.
Its starts off with a good intro to "Chilled" and continues on with an emotional Sasha collabaration. A few remixes later it comes to a close with "Rehsurc", .....strange..., isnt "rehsurC" "Crusher" backwards? Well you'll just have to listen for the correlation you'rself.

The album concept (especially disk 1) and the production are topnotch. The only problem I have is with the cd itself. The problem with my copy of disk 1, "3PM", is when I play the cd in a player (like Windows Media Player), the tracks are listed wrong, for example, track 2 "Tennis" is labeled as "Crusher" and "Crusher" is labeled as "Dont Wake The Policeman" and so on, and theres no mention of "Tennis" on the album at all. But that is a manufacturing flaw and not JXL's mistake.

My conclusion: I give the cds "3PM/AM" a total rating of 8.5!
Jam-packed with content and well worth the $17.00 or so dollars. So next time your at the record store and your debating on buying JXL or Oakenfold, do yourself a favor, get the JXL! You'll be happy with your purchase, and if you cant find it, Best Buy has them for cheap if your looking.

Cheers!
RAZZ [email protected]

Sample of "Tennis(Razz's Mainfloor Mix)"
Courtesy Of Habitat Records[2004]
Available in smaller parts 1-4.

Posted by noonboy on Apr-14-2004 17:27:

Good for you. Check these too:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...&threadid=85573
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=109671

Posted by Razz on Apr-16-2004 16:23:

heres a link to the "Tennis" remix

http://www.wire.fm/board/two-song.php?id=9158

I hope u enjoy.

Razz

Posted by capricorn15 on Apr-16-2004 21:27:

good album, picked it up about a month ago

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Apr-17-2004 03:17:

Not exactly new is it, it's been out for almost a year now.

Posted by refuge on Apr-17-2004 03:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Not exactly new is it, it's been out for almost a year now.

Cut him some slack, he's new to the scene. Nice review btw

Posted by torontotrance on Apr-17-2004 03:50:

hey so what it is a year old, his review is miles better than trance.nu's halfass reviews (check the review of markus's CD on there).

Posted by refuge on Apr-17-2004 04:57:

quote:
Originally posted by torontotrance
hey so what it is a year old, his review is miles better than trance.nu's halfass reviews (check the review of markus's CD on there).

That's 'cause they can't speak / write in English properly and he

can * ouch! owwwww! * * waits to get attakced by a mob of angry

dutchmen *

Posted by Razz on Apr-17-2004 16:51:

Thanks for sticking up for me guys. In my own defense, I have to mention that the U.S. release is months behind the European release. It only hit stores stateside over a month or two ago. So if its not "new" to you, it can still be new to someone else. Plus people usually consider an album as "new or newest" until that artist releases a "newer" album.

And for those of you that cant understand english, this review isnt for you anyway.

So ill take it as a compliment that the only gripe you have with my review is the word "NEW". (here, I even added a cute lil smileyface for you)

Cheers/thanks

P.S. Dont forget to check the remix(the link is above).

Posted by Razz on Apr-21-2004 17:39:

Thanks for the support so far.

Posted by Razz on May-02-2004 02:20:

Check out radio jxl

Posted by beema on May-02-2004 04:27:

those last two were just to get your postcount up weren't they?

In summation:

-JXL's album is the shit.
-Razz is a freakin' noob.
-T.nu is full of dipwads.

Posted by biznology on Aug-23-2004 05:00:

17.00?!!?!?

This could be had for dld on JXLs site for 5 bucks|

Posted by capricorn15 on Aug-23-2004 05:05:

the remix sucks