Mario Piu'* – Communication

People hating, I love it, but each to their own =)

Timeless classic. Never fails. The photo of an era. The sign of the times... late 90's early 2000's. What an era to rave.

Woah! If you've started reading the reviews here, I don't recommend going much further, as all you'll find is 'old skool best none of this cheese crap 1992 best year for dance music end of' attitude. 'Communication' is a clever track, The idea of sampling early mobile phone interference and turning it into a techno track, Piu's original idea, is a pretty cool one. The 'Lizard' style percussion of the Mas Mix combined with this interference actually makes a solid track.

Then, the More Mix too is pretty good. It's here the 'ringing cell phone' sample comes in to play, which I'm perfectly alright with, although from what I can tell from the reviews beneath, apparently it can cause one's ears to burn, so be careful. The little section where she answers the (DAMN) phone is a nice touch too.

Then, Paul Masterson steps in. I've always been a little unsure with Yomanda tracks and remixes, since they basically all sound the same. 'Synth & Strings' was probably Masterson's best. As for here, yeah its cheesy, but take it to a dancefloor and it will (or would have I suppose) do some damage.

Whether or not you like it depends on how many records you (claim) to own.

Hahaha, love these comments, so true. The only thing I can do when I come across this record is grin very loud lol. I hesitate to play it here though as I'm afraid it will break the whole internet if I click on play.... Feels like it's from another century. Oh wait, it actually is... My God I'm really getting old, but nevertheless as an DJ at the time trying to play in clubs everywhere and nowhere I had to buy this because that mobile phone sound was sooo trending! Everyone talked about it. Yes, via word of mouth as a matter of fact. Or 160 spaces SMS text messages....Not anything digital as there was internet for 5 years already but hey it was the slow era so no rushhhh....

The record, and def it's cover is cult now. Hang it on your wall and amaze (or bore) your kids with story's that we were taking small "refridgerator" sized phones with antennas on it bigger than Apple Earpods in our pockets to the club! And then annoyed the DJ when you were texting your 160 characters message next to the DJ booth.....ahh good times though ;-))

I always heard that he came up with this sound due to mobile phone interference on a speaker. Mate, I heard that interference in 1998 from my PAYG Vodafone Sagem phone, through my Aiwa stereo system and thought nothing of it. It could have been my name here being slated as the most annoying dance record. Hated it at the time even though I purchased it, had to keep up my Trance/House/Hard Trance collection booming.

All the arm chair music snobs on the review as usual. For those of us who were actually DJing in clubs in 1999, this was a massive record with a ton of energy - and the "somebody answer the phone" is what allowed it to crossover to women on the dancefloor. In a mainstream setting - this allowed you to take a break in a more underground set, yet still hit with a powerful well produced track.

Rave posers aside- in clubs with actual women - this did its job. Well.

more mix is liiiiiiiit.
Mr.oizos girlfriend is calling her boyfriend......

Thanks to the massive commercial remix by Yomanda, this track got slated by anyone and everyone. With good reason, the Yomanda remix is a low point in the history of Hard Dance.

However, before Incentive Records (UK) insisted on destroying the credibility with the aforementioned remix (and hammering said mix on every MTV style channel constantly), this original release stood proud.

While the b-side "More Mix" is funky and quirky (imagine the Timo Maas remix of Dooms Night combined with Mr. Oizo's Flat Beat), it is the main A-side that grabs the attention.

This, the "Mas Mix", was released roughly around the same time as Mauro Picotto's Lizard. It has a very similar vibe (only without the cheesy rip-off of Binary Finary's melody).

A heavy off-beat bass menacingly marches, and quickly a snare pattern emerges which only adds to the marching rhythm. The horrible ring tone that Yomanda included in his remix is nowhere to be found here. What Mario Più actually originally did was include the interference that you get when you hold your mobile too close to speakers. This is put over the heavy percussion, and layered into an irresistible funky rhythm just over the three minute mark.

Listening back to this mix it's sad to know it's virtually unknown due to the bad reputation it got through no fault of its own.

Then again, it's always nice to have secret weapons...

Don't be so hasty. The Mas mix isn't so bad at all, not particularly stand-out techno, but not bad by any means.

The break in the More mix where the girl takes the call is fun, but probably only for novelty value, I can't see it going down well in a club more than once. Both the Yomanda mix and the other even cheesier (yes, it's possible) one that ended up in the uk pop charts are both obviously bollocks though.

I would rate this about minus infinity.Listen and you know why.Anyone who adores this record must make an appointment with a mental-facility and let their brains be reset.