first off; the highly original & absolutely fabulous cover
vs. the old & uninspired
second; the tracklist & albumflow
1. Alpha-Beta
2. Solaris
3. 1056
4. Black Lava
5. Tracktor Activity
6. The Object (Live Mix)
7. Liquid Forms
8. Are We Safe?
9. Blasting!
vs.
1. Nervous (rmx)
2. Detonator
3. Dervish (wasted rmx)
4. Liquid forms
5. Are we safe?
6. Like a diamond
7. Solaris
8. Tracktor activity
notice how track nr.5 on the japanese edition is moved to the last position in the european edition. a track of such massive proportions deserves better than that. it gives the impression they filled up the european version with random tracks just for the sake of releasing "something new" & threw some of the jap highlights in to give it at least some body.
also notice how the european edition lacks "Black Lava", which happens to be their greatest achievement in the field of minimal maximal space-trance. besides that, the flow of the jap edition is incomparable to the europ one, the infatomable depth & intelligent smoothness of the prior sometimes makes me wonder if they put any effort in the latter at all. the verdict is clear & simple; the japanese edition is simply at a whole other level. i rest my case.
e. despite my negative outburst in the light of the japanese edition; my vote still stands though. chrome..