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A review of the LIVING ROOM album by ROOM SERVICE 1994
on NIGHT VISION records.

This is a rather underestimated album from dutch producer Orlando Voorn.
When this album came out it probably didn't sell very well because I
remember the local record dumpstore having an infinite amount of stock
selling them ridiculously cheap. That was quite cool because this album
became super cult with the techno'heads and highly coveted immediately
in places like the states were it wasn't really distributed at all -
resulting in me sending many a copy that way. As the title might give
away this album shows his more home-listening braindancy deep detroitish
kind of side....a good thing because Orlando Voorn always excells in
melodic content. I can't find anything revolting on this album, the only
track that might not have stood the test of time is 'Roomservice' which
is a laxative jazz xylophone workout that might be a bit too loungey,
though if you would put some smackos tape station over it I am sure
it would sound like Pender Street Steppers, so it can't be that bad.
Also 'Fill In The Room 1' is a bit of an odd duck on the album -
something more akin to 'cheesy' early dutch electronic music like
NOVA or PHOCHOS...its just very weird but I definitely tolerate it.

On the modern beatport and probably some other digital versions there
is a track called Gate Dub which is quite frankly horrible jock
bro techno with f*cking football horns WTF!!! - it is so out of place
and an insult to the rest of the album - Please get rid of that -
Its not on the original CD fortunately pfoei! (but might be on the LP
for DJs or something) So if you download that on beatport the first
thing you do is throw that track in the trash and flush it.

The rest of the album is pretty much mindblowing: Its varied, fresh
and overall just so pleasant...There is so much original melody and
interesting sounds that just make you smile. This album was a huge
influence on me in the 1990's and I always think fondly of the happy
times we spent. Something  vaguely  similar would be BLACK DOG's
Spanners- though this album has a much more Detroit blueprint and
seems to be bit more 'focused'. All sprinkled with those typical
dutch melancholical yet assured 'poldertechno' melodies, one of the
great 90s techno albums - ESSENTIAL FOR ANY FAN OF TECHNO MUSIC.