No Categories, Vol. 5: Electronic Music for Eclectic Minds

Artist	Various Artists
Producer	Stacey Pullen, King Britt, John Beltran, Chris Brann, Alex Attias
Label Name	Ubiquity
Song List	1: Hold You Close [#] (6:16) 2: Trommel Monster [Ph Remix][#] (5:02) 3: Xtradition [Zero DB Mix] (7:04) 4: Another Revolution [Stacey Pullen Remix] (6:11) 5: Contact (3:40) 6: White Folding Slowly [#] (5:41) 7: Felicidad Nova (8:45) 8: Bongo Jam (1:30) 9: The Truth, Pt. 2 [King Britts Scuba Remix] (7:29) 10: If It Ain't Broke (8:33) 11: Liquid Letter [#] (8:59) 12: Calypso Blues (4:37) 13: Gazebo (2:07)
Format	CD
Release Date	2002 03 19
Genre	Electronica
Style.Categories	Broken Beat, IDM, Jazz-House, Detroit Techno, Ambient Techno, Club/Dance, Techno

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As the 100th issuance from the fashionably eclectic Ubiquity label, No Categories, Vol. 5 is a suitably celebratory record -- almost all of the cuts offered here are furtively upbeat affairs, relying on the favored strains of Latin breakbeats, house thumps, jazz flourishes, and electro twiddlings for momentum and sustenance. When the formula works, it's because someone has augmented those ingredients with honest-to-goodness craftsmanship; P'taah's joyous opener "Hold You Close," Zero dB's devastatingly effective remix of Interfearence's "Xtradition," and Johnny Frigo's too-short "Gazebo" all resonate strongly. Unfortunately, there are too many instances when those elements fail to coalesce into anything more than a meandering patchwork of too-long drum loops and dull (albeit fashion-conscious) instrumentation. As a result, No Categories, Vol. 5 comes off somewhat antithetical to the creative, bustling music it frequently mines for inspiration. It also proves quite conclusively that mix-by-numbers genre cross-pollination is no substitute for simple human ingenuity. ~ Mark Pytlik, All Music Guide