Review:
It's hard to believe that in such a high-tech musical environment, a 20-year-old record can still captivate audiences. Nonetheless that's exactly what G Strings' evergreen "Dreams" has achieved. Thanks to some smart A&Ring on the part of Seventh Sign, this release by a mystery Chicago producer has been resuscitated - and it sounds just as fresh as the day that it was recorded. Raw, driving beats are combined with surging basslines - in particular check the predatory feeling of "Motivation" - and crashing snares that are reminiscent of those used so effectively on Ron Trent's "Altered States". On both "Images" and the title track synths capture the middle ground between eeriness and melancholia, culminating in the best reissue since the Virgo represses.