Just got through listening to some Juno Reactor, some of the “washing machine music” I used to jam out to in the 90s.

Juno Reactor – God is God

That’s what one of my coworkers called it. She said it sounded like a washing machine with an unbalanced load.

She said “No wonder you drive like a bat out of hell.” (Kind of, but Judas Priest started it.)

Eon – Fear

Techno and trance were great background music at work. I could go in my office, turn on the jam box and type away on news stories or lay out pages in QuarkXpress while people left me the hell alone. No one else liked washing machine music.

Juno Reactor is the only trance music that still holds up for me. Techno on the other hand, I still play – especially The Chemical Brothers. Love those trippy ass videos.

The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun

I had file all that stuff in the “electronica” box in my brain once I got into weirder things like Aphex Twin (wtf do you call him?), or more popular things like Daft Punk (discotechno?) and Fatboy Slim.

Now I’ve got my CD drive working, a lot of that stuff is going back into rotation.

Juno Reactor is still at it by the way. Check this out:

Juno Reactor – Inside the Upside Down