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| | Adam Beyer : Ignition Key - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | As one of the DJ/producers who defined the drummy Swedish techno sound of the late '90s, one would expect the debut album by Adam Beyer to be in the harder techno vein, much like albums by his contemporaries Joel Mull and Ben Sims. |
 | | Beyer develops a melodic motif throughout, using a ghostly synth-like wash sound that is creepy in its minor tone yet eloquently fits with these well-done rhythms. |
 | | Beyer also tries his hand at electro and breakbeat with equally dated results, and the downtempo selections that fill out the back end of the album are mostly uninteresting with the exception of "Bluetone," which surprisingly catches the shuffle of Dabrye, though without the hip-hop references. |
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