Amazon now says release date is April 11th. I just ordered it off of Amazon.co.uk. Im not sure why amazon.com doesnt release it when co.uk has it in stock.

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Originally posted by Clovis86 If you dont like this CD then i think your taste in music sucks...but thats just me.

This CD is pre-dominantly glitched-out/minimal/IDM techno. Not sure if you'd like it, if Holden's name wasn't slapped on it. That's one thing I've realized: the amount of attention this release has recieved on TA just because Holden's name is on it. Any IDM/minimal DJ releasing the exact same thing and it would be unheard of in this forum. It's a great CD don't get me wrong, but lets face it, Holden's name is whats keeping most people (in TA) attached to this mix.

damn amazon.ca doesnt seem to have it argh

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Originally posted by PersianMafia This CD is pre-dominantly glitched-out/minimal/IDM techno. Not sure if you'd like it, if Holden's name wasn't slapped on it. That's one thing I've realized: the amount of attention this release has recieved on TA just because Holden's name is on it. Any IDM/minimal DJ releasing the exact same thing and it would be unheard of in this forum. It's a great CD don't get me wrong, but lets face it, Holden's name is whats keeping most people (in TA) attached to this mix.

Maybe for some, but I was not expecting this at all, and I've actually been gravitating towards more minimal house and techno myself recently, The IDM side is just refreshing, because its something that really doesnt get much exposure on this forum, and thus, less people are very familiar with it...

I think most Holden fans are just surprised and enjoying some very good music, even though it may not have been what they expected. When it comes to someone like Holden, I've said it before (and I said it before heard this CD) that regardless of what genres he chooses to play, I trust his taste in music enough to expect something really good.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

Got it delivered yesterday, listening to cd 1 now..
It features some very interesting stuff indeed

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Originally posted by PersianMafia This CD is pre-dominantly glitched-out/minimal/IDM techno. Not sure if you'd like it, if Holden's name wasn't slapped on it. That's one thing I've realized: the amount of attention this release has recieved on TA just because Holden's name is on it. Any IDM/minimal DJ releasing the exact same thing and it would be unheard of in this forum. It's a great CD don't get me wrong, but lets face it, Holden's name is whats keeping most people (in TA) attached to this mix.

If it was some unheard-of guy releasing this we'd never get to listen to it, true. But if by some random coincidence i did, i'd love it as well.

Now to be fair: this CD isn't flawless and certainly not the greatest work of art in the decade or something. I feel myself listening to CD2 way more than CD1, meaning the whole package isn't perfect. At first I thought the heavy-dark Lump and Nazitrancefuckoff disrupted from the whole feel of the mix, now I think if they weren't there the compilation could end up feeling too "fluffy" overall. They're both powerful tracks, but Lump has a particular pet peeve of mine: it uses the cheap trick of including child voices to make it sound scary. James, it's lame. And while it's not a big deal, it's a factor in my preference of CD2 over CD1. Nazitrancefuckoff on the other hand is really fucking good.

But there's loads of utterly brilliant "feel-good" tracks in here, particularly:

Kate Wax - Angel Blues (ok not 100% "feel-good", but those vocals..)
Anita Berber - Death In Vegas
Harmonia - Watussi (i'm guessing Holden takes that proeminent melodic loop from this track on top of "10101", cause i can't distinguish the two tracks completely)
Lucky Pierre - Angels In Your Body
Christ. - Perlandine Friday
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Paul Kalkbrenner - Gebrunn Gebrunn
Malcolm Middleton - Solemn Thirsty
Water Lilly - Lottotron Reboot
Trans Am - Cold War (War Is Stupid Mix)
Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed (Boards Of Canada Reprise)
AFX - Every Day

That's almost half of all tracks. And enough for me to award it a very, very solid 9/10.

As for putting it against Balance 005.. I don't really know. Maybe Balance is better given its time period. Maybe. But this one probably fits a bit more my current musical taste.. it's too close to call.

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I don't know about you but the retarded kid saying "we are" totally pwns and it's what makes that track! It's the best part in Lump!

what makes this cd great is James understanding of creativity - for example Angels on your Body - it´s a 110 bpm Ambient Track and he uses it as a "normal" technotrack - I think he has a very good feeling for using tracks in a different meaning - great cd

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Aphex Twin - Xtal >>> Milky Globe Vs Holden - Sun Spots

Just plain shitty

I also think Holden sees the early techno ambient artists as "trendy" and "hip" and for clubculture use, but i'd rather listen to them at home when I'm eating my dinner or something. I also think it's a pretty stupid idea to mix tracks together of which the ending should be open and calm.

But that's just my point of view

Does anyone know when this damn CD will be released in the US?

It was listed on Amazon as an import with a release of 3/27/06, then switched almost on that day to 4/11/06, now they're saying it'll take 4-6 weeks to ship.

I haven't heard this at all and have stopped by a few record stores in NYC hoping they'd have the import, but no luck. It's really getting annoying. Would anyone like to share for the next 4-6 weeks? I'm going to be quite pissed if I wait all this time and don't like the CD.

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Here's American Gladiators, here is 56 channels of it,
Watch these picturary retards bang their fuckin' skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom,
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We want your soul
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Originally posted by Groundhog Boy I'm going to be quite pissed if I wait all this time and don't like the CD.

You still haven't gotten it illegally yet

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Originally posted by Demoted You still haven't gotten it illegally yet

Yeah, I know, I don't really do the torrent thing. I have enough sets as it is and most of my time on a computer is spent at work where I can't install anything. I was much more on top of things when I was in college and had more time and control over the computer. Wanna send me a link??

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"Go back to bed america your government is in control
Here's American Gladiators, here is 56 channels of it,
Watch these picturary retards bang their fuckin' skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom,
Here you go America you are free to do as we tell you
We want your soul
Your cash, your house, your phone, your cash, your house, your life" -Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul