"Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Apple Computers 2006
I didn't know what to expect this time around from Steve, but as I began listening to Lawler's own intro on the 1st album, "Day 1," in the trilogy, I immediately got a nostalgic shiver.
But it's not just that what brings back the memories, it's the first track too, and the next, and the next…
Chelonis R Jones' "Deer in the Headlights," followed by Vibe Dealers and Livio & Roby set the stage for what appears to be an interesting electronic departure into Lawler's first disc. All three tracks fit well together, but instead of getting much too caught up in blurringly long mixes, Steve quickly places the spotlighted tracks down one after the other. It's only after our fist few introductory tracks that the Artist then begins to flawlessly fuse the mixed compilation and showcase his own talent. Tracks from Huntemann, David Lara, Ceramix, and Pete Heller act as the cast-members as Steve directs from above.
Keeping things in order, I ignore my urge to see how the story ends on disc 3 and continue into the 2nd mix titled "Day 2."
"Where are my strobe-lights?..." a booming voice resonates over long chasms of deep and droning electro sound on the intro, and drudgingly flows even deeper into the echoing abyss. Anthony Collins, Jamie Jones, and Ekkohaus take the spotlight on Lawler's darkened stage as the artist continues his performance. Next, Steve takes us right into the pulsing electro-tech of Desktop Prostitutes and Kaiser Souzai. Thriving from well under the 160k sub-frequencies is a hot and heavy floor-rocker from newcomer Saschco (another of my personal favorites from the series).
