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Review: Steve Lawler - Viva Toronto
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Label:Renaissance
Rel. date:07th Jul 08
Cat No: REN43CDDJ
Reviewer:Lukasz Napora
Reviewed:08th Jul 08
Format: CD
Rating:5.55.55.55.55.55.5

Tracklisting
    CD One – Inside
  1. Viva Toronto Intro – Friends – Viva Music
  2. Robytek – Luna Africana (Reprise) – Rebirth
  3. Tg – Give It A Go – Renaissance Recordings
  4. Calculus – Loosey Goosey (Reboot Rework) – Hairy Claw
  5. Re:Axis – Outsider – Piso Records
  6. Spektre – Capacitor – Suruba Records
  7. Alecs Marta – Ramper (Patrick Zigon Remix) – Treibstoff
  8. Alex Tepper – Grains (Tg Remix) – Fling Recordings
  9. Tmsstr – As You Like It (Original Mix) – Viva Music
  10. Alex Costa – Pull & Bear (Ji-Fi Remix) – Presslab Records
  11. Christian Smith & John Selway – Total Departure – Drumcode
  12. Joel Mull – Red Light Of Dawn – Audiomatique Recordings
  13. Markantonio & Joseph Capriati – Codice Morse – Bakerloo
  14. Ilario Alicante – I Like To Serve – Atypical Farm Recordings
    CD Two – Outside
  1. Viva Toronto Intro – Computer Man – Viva Music
  2. The Black Dog – Evp Echoes – Soma Recordings
  3. Miss Fitz – Drifting On – Contexterrior Media
  4. Nivek Tsoy – Time & Space – Dessous Recordings
  5. Clé – Nomads – Poker Flat Recordings
  6. Clé – All Dried Out – Poker Flat Recordings
  7. Fetisch & Me – Diskotecktonik – International Deejay Gigolo Records
  8. Stu Hirst – Cambio – Viva Music
  9. Sie – Sublimes (Rone Mix) – Time Has Changed Records
  10. Mathew Jonson – Symphony For The Apocalypse – Wagon Repair
  11. Audion – Billy Says Go – Spectral Sound
  12. Baggy Bukkador & Tim Fischbeck – Decade – Traum Schallplatten
  13. Betoko – Xuplak – Wow Records
  14. Dachshund – Perception – Perspectiv Records
  15. Frank Martiniq – The Astropop Shop – Kickboxer

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Steve Lawler - Viva Toronto

Steve Lawler had a really weak period when it comes to compilations. He reached the lowest point with the London installment of his Viva series, which made me put the first of two lines that form a cross on his name. So it’s no wonder that I approached the CD inspired by The Guvernment club with a certain degree of hesitation.

The first impression after listening to CD 1 is that Steve learned his lesson after ‘Viva London‘, because the piece doesn’t sound like a top ten chart. This is a set taken right from the middle of a party made up of the best contemporary things techno has to offer.

But the main treat comes with the second CD which represents Steve’s performances on the terrace that begin around 8 AM. The party seems to be taking off from scratch, but the level of stimulants and growing fatigue demands a different tactic. It’s slower, darker and more hypnotic. The combination of house, tech house and techno unsticks from the surfuce only for moments and this perfidious crawl causes serious thrills. A morning with Steve Lawler at The Guvernment has to be one hell of a ride!

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