For those slower off the mark, of a digital persuasion, or with a completist bent, the three CDs provide an expansive, more eclectic, thirty-five tracks. There are two choices for the consumer for those with their finger on the pre-release trigger, or willing to drop megabucks on a Discogs proxy, the option is the most floor-friendly seventeen tracks split over four 12″s with a 7″ thrown in. In the past, the Dutch label have given the anthology treatment to Rick Wade, Daniel Wang and Kenny Larkin amongst others, but never before in such exhaustive fashion. Following up this renewal of interest in Shake’s work, and perhaps conscious of the inflated prices his music was beginning to fetch on the second-hard market, comes this full-fat retrospective from the good folk at Rush Hour. The record reviewed, “Levitate Venice” ended up in any year-end list worth reading (including LWE’s), and was widely played and supported by artists and DJs from across the electronic music world, from Ben UFO to Ben Klock. When reviewing Anthony “Shake” Shakir’s first release in four years last April, I quoted an interview in which Shakir described himself as “the forgotten man of techno.” I wonder how he feels about that statement now.
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