I thought this to be a compilation of some up & coming electronica artists, or the start of a per-year "best of the genre" type thing. Actually, it's a collection of 10 songs, all programmed and produced by Wysh Productions. Track one, "Free," features Nailed's Justin Bolli on vocals, and some of the other tracks feature samples of profound sermon excerpts by pastors like Jim Greer, Doug Seayger, and Steve Faytow. The songs seem to be built around the actual preachers' rhythms, rather than having samples thrown haphazardly into a dance mix. Pretty cool. Most all the music resembles a basic club mix, making it closer in style to traditional techno than more popular song-oriented forms of electronica, like Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, or even Fold Zandura.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 1998Reviewed by Sam HagedornAudio X has carved out a unique niche in the Christian music scene by combining parts of sermons with various sub-genres of dance music. Electronica '98 is the second title released by the unnamed performers, the first being a decent ska album. The second outing is reminiscent of a much earlier album, My King, by the Raving Lunatics in that My King uses full messages from the likes of Billy…
