Acen Razvi is an English

breakbeat hardcore Breakbeat hardcore (also referred to as hardcore rave, oldskool hardcore or simply hardcore) is a music genre that spawned from the UK rave scene during the early 1990s. It combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats usually sampled from ...

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...

music producer. Acen was known for tracks such as "Close Your Eyes", "Window in the Sky" and "Trip II the Moon" (the latter two both 1992). He worked for the

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stable, which also brought fame to Baby D. He released the album ''75 Minutes''. He has also collaborated with Baby D's Floyd Dyce to form The House Crew. He is now a filmmaker, specialising in short films under the name Acen Films Limited to be shown at festivals. Besides producing dance music tracks, his aim is to fuse art forms and to introduce pioneering visual and musical perceptions to new audiences.

Critical reception

In 1999, Tom Ewing of ''

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'' described Razvi as "the most underrated act of the decade": "His series of 12″ singles, tossed out into the seething dance marketplace of ’92–’93, are without exception stunning. Acen is the lushest, and most lyrical, of the great hardcore producers, and if his gleeful inventiveness and wicked way with a sample are more typical of the time, that just goes to show what an unbelievable time it was. More than anyone else making records, Acen for me encompasses the beauty, velocity and freedom of hardcore." In his list of the "Top 100 Singles of the 90s", "Trip II the Moon (Part 2)" was ranked at number 23 and "Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion!)" was ranked at number 44, while "Window in the Sky" almost featured on the list. In 2020

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newspaper ranked his "Trip II the Moon" at number 2 in its list of "The greatest hardcore rave tracks".

Partial discography

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" (re-mix) (1992) UK No. 71 * "

" (1992) UK No. 38 * "Window in the Sky" (1992) UK No. 88 * Collaborated with Dice on "When the Lion Awakes" by The Brother's Grimm – Exodus (1992) * 75 Minutes (1994) * ''

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'' (EP) (2002)

References

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