X-102 - Explores the Rings of Saturn

Explores The Rings Of Saturn remains the gem of the X-10... series released by Tresor in the early '90s. Produced by the guys in Underground Resistance -- Mad Mike Banks, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood -- the album is the second of a three-part series: X-101, X-102, and X-103, released in 1991, 1992, and 1993, respectively. With each successive release in the series, the Detroit producers became increasingly ambitious. This particular release finds them naming several songs after the moons and rings of Saturn, and as you listen to the album, you descend toward "Groundzero (The Planet)." Some of the songs like "Intro" are interludes -- quiet and meditative, comprised of eerie synths -- while others, like "Titan," are raging tracks driven by hammering 909s and riveting synth riffs. Read More