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Has anyone got any decent G2 emulations of the alpha juno/mks or any other interesting synths for that matter.
I know the G2 is great for imaginary stuff but would be nice do get a flavour of some other synths

Stalker has pretty much covered it. I don't know of any gear/studio photos. 
4 track tape
SK1 in the LAM work?

Rude can tell dopplereffekt how unfuturistic they are.   

any reports?

ableton 

You've almost answered your own question there.  You're tracks will quite possibly benefit from breaking them out your computer and mixing on a real board.  Even if you just record back into your DAW as a stereo track, a bit of analogue mixing and EQ will help.  legowelt will likely answer on the track history but if theres a distinct sound you're going for, its work looking at what kit was actually used and then either finding that or emulating it as a far as you can with what you've got.  Some of those records might've been done with cheap or lo-fi equipment.  90s bedroom producers generally mixed to 2ch DAT with some choosing tape (reel 2 reel or even cassette).  Stuff that came from studios more likely went through a multitrack tape stage then to a 2ch master (DAT or tape).  The mastering on these records may have had an influence too.
What are your source sounds and how are you recording them into ableton?  If you can drive your pre-amp a little it might make a difference to what you want.
Most folk on here are into hardware and I'm not too knowledgable about plug-ins and such but I'm sure even playing a bit with eq's and compression on your individual tracks as well as the master bus with some kind of tape sim/warmer  you could get sounds in the ballpark your looking for

they're good. if you've done your research you'll know what they can do.  I think the alternative is mpc500 or sp404

always wondered how the microsampler is.  seems like a sk5/sk1 on steroids
I like the look of the recessed controls.  Can you actually sketch out tracks on it?

Just curious, did you ever get that repaired or did you fry the whole synth?

I can't speak about the EII or EIII but I've had an Emax for 15yrs.  cheap 1st sampler, then i ignored it for Akai Sxxxx and MPC and used it as a master keyboard only.  Returned to it after a while realising it had the gritty/ bassy sound i wanted.  SP1200 is great and theres loads of discussion on hip hop boards about how close the emax comes to the sound.  I keep meaning to do a decent comparison with a variety of sounds.  Its not identical but its the same ball park.  The Emax sequencer is gash but the audio outs are quieter than my SP1200 which has so much hiss it could make a basic channel record on its own.   My issue with the Emax is the disk drive is flaky, though after the last disk cleaning routine its running better.  The buttons are not as responsive now, really have to push hard on the yes/no buttons.  I've only used the basic Emax keyboard.  SE and HD editions looked good too.  It is huge in size and a decent weight.  Heavy Duty moulded plastic body with a metal base.  Keyboard is quite springy but playable and I love the big modwheels.  Its a strange looking grey beast and the EII has better looks with the blue colouring and labelling. Also, the bird run feature is pretty important.

So whats needed is a qy / xox 8ch sequencer, with poly seq tracks on a few channels at least, simple track mute/solo, drum sounds, rompler sounds, sample slots and onboard mic, an analogue synth or two (, sd card memory, a couple fx slots, midi in/out, small portable and able to run on batteries.
who wants to design one :-)

looking at that, the OP-1 comes closest. korg esx is pretty much there but doesnt have the poly sequencing and isnt so portable. MPC500 ticks a few boxes.
could do it all with a couple boxes but I'm a sucker for all-in-one toy, just keeps the workflow easy.