The name Steve Rachmad is no stranger to visitors to techno parties. This veteran has been producing for twenty years, under a myriad of pseudonyms like Ignacio, Parallel 9 and Tons Of Tones. Under the name Sterac he put his name on the international map in 1995 with the CD Secret Life Of Machines. Platinum, the last CD he released under his own name, dates from almost ten years ago. Neo Classica
… was already released in Japan and Hong Kong at the end of last year and was received with great enthusiasm. And rightly so, because Rachmad shows once again that his nickname 'the Dutch father of Detroit techno' is very justified. Using an arsenal of old-fashioned production equipment such as the Roland 808 and 909 drum computers and an Atari computer with Cubase, he manages to revive the atmospheres of yesteryear in a new way. (AD)more
