RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM STRINGS OF LIFE - TRANSMAT ORIG RARE
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THIS IS A VERY RARE AND HTF COPY OF THE CLASSIC BY RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM - 'STRING OF LIFE'. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL TRANSMAT PRESSING WITH THE GOLD LABEL / BLACK WRITING. IF EVER THERE WAS A DEFINING HOUSE TUNE THIS WAS IT. DERRICK 'MAYDAY' MAY CLASSIC.
TUNE IS IN MINT CONDTION
UK POSTAGE £2.35 / 90P THEREAFTER. (OPTIONAL POSTAL INSURANCE)
LOW RESERVE STARTING PRICE!!
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life Label: Transmat Catalog#: MS-04 Format: 12" Country: US Released: May 1987 Genre: Electronic Style: Techno Credits: Edited By - StoneyExecutive Producer - Mike Slade
Producer, Mixed By, Written By - Mayday Notes: Repressed with identical tracklist but different packaging in the 90s as part of the 'Transmat Classics' series. Rating: 4.8/5 (174 votes) Rate It
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User Comments & Reviews:
Battle - 14-Jan-03 03:24 AM
On my record are five tracks, but the label shows only the four, here in the tracklist are written. Do anybody knows about the fifth track (name)?
And to all which like 'Strings Of Life' watch out for the 'Retro Techno' compilation on Network Rec. There you'll find the "Unreleased Mix", 8 minutes without bassdrum and a furious final - a string madness!!!!!
dexterfeng - 26-Jun-03 08:04 AM
I've got the 92 re-press of this with the quote from Don Juan... "The universe is an infinite agglomeration of energy fields resemlbing strings of light. These energy fields, call emanations, radiate from a source of inconceivable proportions metaphorically called THE SOURCE. Human beings are also composed of an incalculable number of the same stringlike energy fields. These emanations form an encased agglomeration that manifast itself as a vall of light the size of the humans body in the shape of a luminous egg".
As near as I know these pressings marked the reactivation of the Transmat label.
phrasedjs - 12-Apr-05 10:15 PM
Strings is simply the greatest track ever. I can remember the first time I ever heard it, it changed my life. I just had to have one. From the moment the piano starts the song just oozes emotion. Then the synth stabs enter and all hell breaks loose. By the time the drums are added you cannot help yourself. You simply have to go wild.
Derrick's best work in my opinion, still to be bettered.
Check out the release on Buzz for a truly epic no beats version. Strings of Life is a must have for everyone!
Blood_Rose - 13-Apr-05 12:02 AM
Even though the Soul Central version for "Strings of Life" turned to be a massive hit kinda instantly, the original version from master Derrick May should get the credits for it, 'cause it holds the essence. It may be a bit slower and have a different mood from the more recent tracks, but it definitely has the spirit of a Detroit Techno classic.
G.Monk - 25-Feb-06 02:47 PM
An interesting thing about 'Strings Of Life' is that Derrick May didn't name the song, but Frankie Knuckles did. Derrick took the song to Frankie, so he could play it at the Power Plant. The song was played seven times in a row in a night and the people who came to dance loved it. But there was still no name for the song, but everybody called it 'The String Song'. Then Frankie came up with the idea to call it 'Strings Of Life'.
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