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Fabric 41 was one of the precious few mix albums by Luciano commercially available at the time of its release. Considering Luciano is often compared complimentarily to Ricardo Villalobos and widely considered one of the top minimal DJs of the new millennium, it's unfortunate there aren't more. Fabric 41 is a fantastic showcase of his DJ performance style, which includes overlayered mixes and a varied track selection of minimal and Latin- and tribal-tinged house. Within the first quarter of the 80-minute, 16-track set, Luciano showcases his knack for layering one track over another and letting them play out. He does this twice in a row with Brothers' Vibe's "El Baile" and Los Updates' "Getting Late (Luciano's Getting Late Remix)," and he does it most impressively later on in the set when he layers M83's "In Church" over Julien Jabre's "Jungle Beatz." His subsequent transition from "Jungle Beatz" into Inner City's "Good Love (Luciano Remix)" is also impressive, leading next into one of the album's peak tracks, Phuture's "Rise From Your Grave (Tiefschwarz Remix)." While the mixing is impressive from a technical standpoint, it also helps keep the track selection moving along from one musical style to the next -- from the minimal style of the first third to the house style of the middle, then back to minimal for the finale. Luciano includes several tracks released by his label Cadenza (Rhadoo's "Slagare," Reboot's "Be Tougher," Alex Picone's "Floppy," Schneider, Galluzzi, Schirmacher's "Albertino"), along with a couple of his remixes, but there surprisingly aren't any of his own productions. Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

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