B! MACHINE - Temple
Songs: 7  Time:  38:04
One of the final releases for A Different Drum in 1999 is the Temple MCD by B! Machine.  Containing 4 versions of the title track along with 3 other pieces, Temple gives us remixes by Neuroactive and Maximus.  Neuroactive’s Polar remix is easy to recognize as it contains some nice programming elements that have that Neuroactive style written all over them.  Where as the original version of Temple is light on music, the Polar remix has quite a bit of added sounds and sequences that breathe life into this otherwise dull track.  Jaren Tolman reworks Temple into an even more upbeat track on his Three Degrees of Glory remix.  He switches the beat for a New Order-ish retro one and also adds in some more ethereal synth sounds.  The weakest of the remixes comes from Maximus, who transform Temple into a slow piece with a smattering of bubbly sequences and an airy beat.  Close is the best of the trio of bonus / alternate tracks as it has the most going for it musically.  Whereas A Single Thought and the alternate version of Second Time are vocals based pieces, the remix of Close has a wonderful variety of light synth-pop elements including a solid dance beat, quirky sequences, and airy vocals.  Temple is a decent MCD, but B! Machine is not near as impressive as some of the other ADD bands that are out there. 
                  
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1)  Temple (Polar rmx)        2)  A Single Thought        3)  Temple (3 Degrees of Glory)
4)  Second Time (alternate)   5)  Temple (Mixus MAXIMUS)  6)  Close (rmx)
7)  Temple (original)