Nikita by Level A and DJ T-1000

An extra track left over from the TXC-2 "20 Hours to Paradise" EP (GEN003), but so strong I thought it would work as a single-sided release. It came out with the same track on both sides because I was too cheap to pay for the full mastering and plating necessary to make a flat b-side. Both Pen (Level A) and I worked on this, but it was mostly him. He played the pads live while I mixed the track live using mutes. I don't remember if it was the actual final thing we did together, but it was close. It holds up pretty well. Real old-school studio heads know that's a Roland D-50 pad that is the main sound on this track. I leaned on that machine throughout my career until the Korg Karma came along in 2008. The pads on the D-50 were second to none. I'm completely in the box now, though, with no intention of going back to outboard gear.

We are now out of the reel-to-reel era of Generator. As soon as I can travel back to the States and my archive, we will begin digital reissues of selected DAT material. Thanks for your support and stay well!

Alan D. Oldham
Berlin, 2021

Tracklist

1.	Level A and DJ T-1000 - Nikita	5:55

Credits

released March 5, 2021
Recorded at K-Lab, January 1993. (P) & (C) 1993 Generator Music BMI. There were only 500 of these. Made in Detroit. Original mastering by Ron Murphy at National Sound Corporation, Detroit MI (RIP). Original label art designed by Dan Sicko/e23, Ferndale MI (RIP). Remastered in Berlin by Neptune Mastering.

Note: The first Generator releases are sourced from original, archival reel-to-reel tape that has been kept in room temperature storage for almost 30 years. Although they have been meticulously transferred to the digital format and mastered using the most current tools available, please understand that full digital quality on par with a modern electronic music release may not be possible.

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