My notes describe this techno track as “meriting consideration purely for the force of its beats, over the last minute”. And there’s no question that they are mightily impressive and meaty, though having listened back to the track a couple of times, there’s a little more subtlety about the whole thing than I might have suggested in my initial notes.
What’s of greater interest and importance about Planet 42 is that it marks one of the earliest appearances on a John Peel running order of the man behind the Directional Force alias, Dave Clarke, who alongside Jeff Mills, could be considered to be one of Peel’s two favourite dance DJs of the 1990s. Amongst other things, Clarke played at Peel’s 60th birthday party and saw his album Archive One included in Peel’s 1997 list of his 20 favourite albums. The two became friends and Clarke frequently recorded sessions and live sets for Peel, including one under the Directional Force name in May 1994.
Video courtesy of Juan Stein.
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