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MISS DJAX - Raw

Name: MISS DJAX – Raw
Item: Raw
Rating: 8
Author: Michele Camerin

2005 (United/family affair)

techno

by Michele Camerin

Techno is dead, long live techno!

This, in a nutshell,

is "Raw", the album with which renowned Dutch producer Miss Djax makes her return to the

scene after a difficult period on a personal level, a record that stands out

amid a multitude of releases that do little more than pallidly rehash what

was once one of the most revolutionary genres of the postwar era. While everything around

her changes – techno dies and is reborn in other forms – the Dutch artist,

like a monolith, coherently carries on her own path and returns to her roots with

a class that only someone who has literally made history can possess.

After

the delightful intro "Time 2 Play", somewhere between cartoonish and festive,

Djax catapults us into her rigorous yet extreme style, resolute, at times bordering

on delirium.

From the devastating power of “Twisted” to the animalistic synths of

“Sick of U” (doubled at the end with a remix by the well-known American producer

DJ Rush, who adds even more bite to a track that's already a killer) or

“Techniek Stad”, passing through monumental tracks of pure kick drum and synthetic

distortion, like “Crack House” and “Club Hammer”, Miss ventures into industrial

digressions such as “My Mind”, “Detained” and “Choke 666”, right up to the acid splash

of “Brain Candy”, where the Dutch producer lets the sequencer unleash

the primal fury of a genre that's now defunct, yet still occasionally lands

a solid, decisive kick.

Ride the wave of great music

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30/04/2026

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Michele Camerin, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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