Unknown Possibility Vol.2

国内外で評価の高かった激ハード・ミニマル。01年に発表され、当時のテクノ・シーンを象徴するかのようなハード・トライバル。ダンスビートに対していかに貪欲であるかがわかる本作は、翌朝、腰を振りすぎて筋肉痛になるぐらいぶりぶり！最近の田中フミヤはミニマルというイメージが強いが、そのストイックなスタイルは依然として変わらない。他にも名義があるように、いろんな音をかけるが、結局はテクノのフォーマットに音をはめ込む日本屈指のテクノ王子！

Alternative Press (01/02, p.89) - 8 out of 10 - "...Deliriously transportive..."|

Most regard Ken Ishi as the king of Japanese techno. But if Ishi is often compared to Detroit icon Derrick May, then Fumiya Tanaka must be his country's Jeff Mills. Although number two by name, this release marks Tanaka's first album for techno institution Tresor, which means his international profile should increase significantly. And well it should. The opening track, "Drive #1 (1-2)" (all cuts here have the very techno "Drive" and a number for titles), slowly builds on a lone repeating conga line that shifts gears midway into a full-bore techno stormer. From there the pressure rarely lets up, with track after track of compressed looping techno that relies on rotary drums and cymbals for all of its content. Only "Drive #3 [Version 1]" slows the tempo into the minus realm of most DJs, giving an extra funk and swing to the loops, while "Drive #6" reduces into slight ambient washes. But the rest is the sort of full-frontal techno that Mills and company used to make before they regressed back into the typical Detroit pattern. But as anyone who has ever walked into a party where this 110 percent beatdown is being played knows, it can absolutely take your breath away. ~ Joshua Glazer