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Front Line Assembly > No Limit
Third Mind Records: TMCD 43 (CD single)
Wax Trax! Records (1989) WAX 9087 (12")
Released on CDS and 12".
Tracklists:
CDS:
01. No Limit (Damaged Goods Remix) 7.38
02. Lethal Compound (Harmful If Swallowed Mix) 11.08
03. No Limit (Spontaneous Combustion Mix) 5.27
12":
01. No Limit (Damaged Goods Remix) 7.38
02. Lethal Compound (Harmful If Swallowed Mix) 11.08
Credits on cardboard sleeve version:
Written, Engineered, and Produced by Front Line Assembly. (C) 1989 Third Mind Records. Published by Charming Music. Manufactured & Distributed by Play It Again Sam. Made in Austria.
Review
The track No Limit has a very typical Wax Trax sound to it, and is one of Leeb's best 80's tracks. The Damaged Goods Remix on this single is a very extended version of the track with long build-ups for all-day funkiness. The percussion layers alone are interesting enough to be able to carry the track for a minute and a half, while an unusually long Leeb sample gives us a sermon from some southern preacher with lines like "Jesus is comin' and I'm already accepted!" Then comes the patented Leeb bassline. Even back then he knew exactly what to do. By two and a half minutes all of the layers have been explored and have joined together to begin the song as we all know it. A low growling Leeb sings the lyrics while the music makes you dance. No complaints here. The different percussive rhythms are what stand out in this track.
Lethal Compound (Harmful if Swallowed Mix) starts with a typical electro rhythm and a sample of someone saying "I wanna hear you scream! Not good enough!" Then my favorite sound starts, the swooshing. It goes back and forth between the speakers and the percussion along with this sound is quite entrancing. At two minutes a bouncy fun bassline comes in, with Bill in finest form spewing random silly rhymes and throwing in grunts. At around six minutes most of the song drops away and only the whooshing sound remains to spin around the speakers. I love the swoosh and Leeb gives me swoosh love! A few faint clicks begin their rhythm and the screaming sample spins around as well. This part of the song is very spooky because it feels like the song should end but it just delves into a deep trippy abyss. Leeb throws around some very bad rhymes, including the heinous "exfoliating". At nine minutes (I'm not kidding!) some sinister synths creep in and the clicking noises get more random and complex. "It's a state of fear...we antagonize" makes one feel the claustrophobia that this song is supposed to induce. And then it ends like that! What a strange track! But I love it. :)
The Spontaneous Combustion Remix starts with very high synths reminischent of Walls of Ice from Pro>Tech. The sermon samples and more warped and textured, which is because this remix focuses only on the samples and the percussion rhythms. It's a smoother mix with less percussive layers than the first one, making the second half of this CD the chillout side to the bouncier harder first half. Leeb's voice is absent here, but it is still a well done track that gets me moving. The sermon sample is thoroughly echoed and warped and makes for a very enjoyable 242-like listen.
Reviewed by Nicholas Ferro
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