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I stumbled upon it by chance among YouTube’s recommended videos, and I was immediately drawn to the Frutiger Metro typography on the cover—with a name like that, it had to be an album even deeper than the Mariana Trench. Bass lines that melt into the kick drum and drums, accompanied by vocals that take you to another level: a compilation mixed by Naked Music. You can imagine my reaction when I discovered there are also Volumes 2 and 3.

Gerry Read certainly did not invent sampling, but through sound manipulations in which old soul/house vocals are unrecognizable he uses it in innovative and engaging ways. He cuts micro-phrases almost brutally, deconstructs and reconstructs them into minimal, hypnotic loops until they are transformed into rhythm. His sound is rough and imperfect, with no climax or "big moments"-just extreme repetitions and microscopic changes that generate an upbeat and powerful hypnosis on the dance floor.

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