Flashpoint Records presents industrial Strength Volume 1

[nice_guy_danny]

Flashpoint / Industrial Strength Volume 1

 

Mixed by Jupe & Marc Johnson

 

Marc Johnson and Jupe came together just under 3 years ago to form the hard house imprint that has become a mainstay in many a DJs bag FlashPoint Records.

 

Over the course of this period many of the scenes greats have graced the twelve inches of wax such as Paul Glazby, Justin Bourne, Nick Sentience, Dynamic Intervention and the legendary OD404.

 

The first compilation mix CD from the London based label sees the two honchos Marc Johnson and Jupe lay down what could only be described as a fearsome two and a half hours of absolutely 4/4 mayhem.

 

Disc one is expertly put together by Jupe, with a style and flair that has not been seen on the hard house scene in a long while. Flawless mixing and an excellent track selection makes the whole listening experience a journey, capturing your attention straight from the start and not letting go. Feature tracks on the discs include Justin Bourne and Dynamic Interventions superb remix of Kick Ass Elements, James Searles seriously bassline driven Paranoid, Nick Sentience’s infectiously catchy Act Of God remix and Vicious Circles own dark destroyer Paul Glazby’s remix of the track that led the label to the big leagues Release The Freak.

 

Disc 2 is nothing short of an all out assault and is hammered to you courtesy of Marc Johnson. The style is brutal, in your face and harder than bread left out for a month! Starting with the deviously melodic Can You Feel It? the mood instantly changes at the first bass swap and you are left gritting your teeth and digging your nails into the arms of your chair. From there on it doesn’t get any lighter… Huje basslines dominate this entire disc, and the pace definitely isn’t for the faint hearted. Marc raises some of the classic releases such as the Justin Bourne remix of Great Responsibility and the non stop Defective Audio remix of Negotiation which made the label so profound in the first place, to demonstrate why flashpoint are one of the heavy hitters! Other tracks on the disc include, Marc’s own remix with Dynamic Intervention of the OD404 classic Biofilter and Vicious Circle’s Ben Stevens remix of James Nardi and Julian Dwyer’s highly talked about Mad Dogs.

 

Any way you want it? There’s only one way you’ll get it with this CD... Industrial Strength!!

 

Review by Dave Owens

 

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Edited July 24, 2006 by nice_guy_danny