Two Techno Records That Sound Unbelievably Similar To Each Other

Suburban Knights (Underground Resistance) - The World's (1990)

Now, the labels were mixed up on this release and placed on the wrong sides of the record in the printing plant so this tune was actually supposed to be called The Art Of Stalking (Stalker Mix), which is far more fitting when you actually listen to it.

This track in particular became a big influence on quite a few clubbers that would go on to become Jungle Techno producers a few years later, including Top Buzz, Photek, Digital, Jack Smooth, Wax Doctor and Grooverider. This darker more menacing sound really was a game-changer at a time when most DJ were still playing more uplifting piano driven house records from Italy, along with the remnants of the Chicago house, acid house and deep house sounds heard at the huge outdoor raves from the previous summer of love.

"I remember it most vividly in the Limit night club when Astrix & Space used to play there every friday night. A quid to get in with a free ticket you could get from shops around town and a quid to get home on the 2pm bus. Anyway, they used to play The Worlds (which should have been called the Art of Stalking but they printed it the wrong way round) with no lights on in the club, just one strobe light sending your head into convulsions as the system banged out the hardest, darkest music you'd ever heard.
- Fakto14 @ discogs.com"

Linea Alba (Frank De Wulf) - Space Travel (Section I & II) (1990)

This next record came out of Belgium's New Beat scene from one of the top producers at the time, Frank De Wulf. This New Beat sound formed the basis for what would become the European techno sound and became very popular in the UK for the next couple of years. Anyone wanting to get a little more into this sub-genre should look at the first four Reactivate compilations as they are jam packed with all the classics. Essentially this Belgium, Dutch and German techno would form the backbone of the British rave scene for the next 2 years before the sound started to morph into breakbeat hardcore and from there into jungle techno, Drum N Bass and Jungle.

Ralph Lawson once stated that he completely cleared the floor at the Sound Factory, or maybe it was Back 2 Basics, by playing this record.

Anyway, this sounds surprisingly similar to World's doesn't it? Not sure which one came out first but it doesn't take too much of a stretch of the imagination to see that one of these two artists was hugely influenced by the other.

space travel is a beast of a track, serious and deep, evil & scary sounding underground techno as it should be, coming from straight down under, 100% free from tediousness or cheese. for me, this one is even better than the best underground resistance stuff, hits me straight in the face, if UR had done this, it would be hyped all over as milestone. if anybody would ask me how i define serious 1990 techno, i'd show him this one. priceless legend!
e-control @ discogs.com

Also check out my other posts on the history of Dance Music, Rave & Club Culture in the UK

https://steemit.com/life/@the1950smoon/the-origins-of-british-dance-music-rave-and-club-culture-part-1

https://steemit.com/music/@the1950smoon/the-origins-of-british-dance-music-rave-and-club-culture-part-2-balearic-beat-and-acid-house

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