Name: Innovator – Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet
Brand: Rhythim is Rhythim / Derrick May / Mayday

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NWKT21R

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-03-22

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Above Board

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5060670889720

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Rhythim is Rhythim / Derrick May / Mayday 

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Techno / Electro

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Network

Network Records was a Rave music label based in Birmingham, England during the late 80's and early to mid 90's. Owned by Neil Rushton and Dave Barker, it played a significant role in the development of early Hardcore and British techno. The label hosted renowned artists such as True Faith, *Juan Atkins / Model 500*, *Derrick May / Mayday*, Cyclone, Rhythm On The Loose, MK, Neal Howard, Kevin Saunderson, Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space, Nexus 21, Altern8 and collaborated with labels like Underground Resistance, KMS, NuGroove and Serious Grooves. They also promoted the Bio Rhythms club night in Walsall.

In addition to their own releases, Network distributed smaller labels including Bizarre Inc., Manix Records UK , Dance Ecstasy 2001 , Ugly Music , Bassic Records , Hard Disk Drive , Soma Recordings Ltd., A.R.S., G-Force (3), Double F Double R Recordings Limited and First Choice. Other labels under the Network umbrella included Vinyl Solution (underground house), Rising High Records & Deep Distraxion (a more hardcore sister label), Rezerection (for trance releases) and Ibiza Recs & Phat Traxx.

The label initially partnered with Pinnacle for distribution but bought themselves out of the contract in 1992. In August 1993 Sony acquired 49

When Network Records originally issued Innovator in 1991 we knew that the music contained within was timeless. At that time, of course, we had no grasp of how well Derrick’s epic soundscapes would time travel. We christened the collection - Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet - because it seemed like the music (and Derrick) had indeed arrived from another world.

The release has been acclaimed as iconic because Derrick, the madcap and maverick philosopher of Detroit Techno, introduced the concept of dance music with a musical and emotional agenda way beyond anything that had come before. Beats with beauty. Literally the strings of life. Where fellow musical geniuses Chic had previously urged everybody to simply Dance, Dance, Dance mood alchemist Mayday merged simple yet cerebral dreamscapes with strange and urgent complex dance rhythms and invited us all to Dance And Dream. And in a strange juxtaposed way helped birth the hedonistic Acid House scene with classics Nude Photo and Strings Of Life.

The energy is frenetic, but merged with a new age ambience. The gems collected on this offering were iconic in 1991, now they cause mass hysteria when Derrick turns his one time musical experiments, created in a tiny room in Detroit, and turns them into epic concerts with orchestras and musicians across the globe. Hand In Hand existed in 1991 and we wanted to release it then, but it’s taken until now for the complete 13 minute recording to finally meet the world. It will be revered, because like all of Derrick May’s music it is life affirming. Emotions Electric indeed.

The original Innovator release was housed on one single slab of wax. This time around it's expanded it to two discs to make space for Hand Over Hand and also so everything elsewhere - masterpieces remastered - can be presented in a complete and superior fashion. Whatever the tweaks, changes and updates etc all these years on, this music still sounds gloriously alien and groundbreaking. But there’s still no Tenth Planet.

Innovator – Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet

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