Tracks Northern Exposure: Mixed By Sasha & John Digweed (UK 2 Disc Edition)
- Raincry - God Within
- Satellite Serenade - Suzuki, Kellchi
- Dusk - Light (1)
- Wave Dub - Dope On Plastic
- Photogenic - Evolution (2)
- Plan 94 (The Voyage) - X-Trax
- Sound System - Drum Club
- Last Train To Lhasa - Banco De Gaia
- Out Of Body Experience - Rabbit In The Moon
- Dark And Long - Underworld (1)
- Kites - Ultraviolet (1)
- I Can't Stop - Mellow Mellow
- Gloom - Castle Trancelot
- East - Humate & Rabbit In The Moon
- Heliopolis - Banco De Gaia
- Wave Speech - Lazonby, Pete
- Water From A Vine Leaf - Orbit, William
- These Waves - Young American Primitive
- Liquid Cool - Apollo 440
- Cascade - Future Sound Of London
- Obsession - Fuzzy Logic (1)
- I Am Free - King, Morgan
Release date: 1996-10-01
Price: £17.99
Review Northern Exposure: Mixed By Sasha & John Digweed (UK 2 Disc Edition) / Various Artists:The Rolls Royce of trance-house mixes, and every bit as cool as the polar bear on the sleeve, this first edition of Sasha and John Digweed's Northern Exposure sets is the tightest and most effortless of the series. With 11 superbly arranged cuts from the likes of William Orbit, Rabbit in the Moon, and the Future Sound of London, not one moment is wasted. The disc's flavor is decidedly organic and wholly evocative of all-night mountain raves or desert parties. Starting with the early-morning stretch of Keiichi Suzuki's delightfully sunny "Satellite Serenade," the duo swiftly build the tempo up to the breezy ambient plateau of Morgan King's "Free" before heading into harder house territories. The metronomic pulse and atmospheric chanteuse vocals of Fuzzy Logic's "Obsession" form an incremental crescendo with Orbit's "Water from a Vine Leaf. " Being a condensed version of the European release, the closing salvo from Banco de Gaia's "Last Train to Lhasa" confirms the since-validated fact that these Exposure journeys have infinite potential; Sasha and Digweed are among the first DJs to create mix sets that tap into earthy, human emotions. It is precisely this unique flavor that will make you yearn for a dance floor, beach, or campsite, packed with deliriously dancing bodies. Yes, really. -Steffan Chirazi.
Tracks Tripomatic Fairytales 2001
- Who Opened The Door To Nowhere
- Zen Flash Zen Bones
- Muffeled Drums
- Neurotrance Adventure
- Path Of Harmony
- Odyssey To Anyoona
- Heart Of Africa
- Two Spys In The House Of Love
- Operating Spaceship Earth
- Paradise Garage
- Stella
- Right In The Night
- Stellas Cry
- Earth Spirit
Release date: 1995-07-13
RRP: £7.99
Price: £7.73
Review Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 / Jam & Spoon:
Tracks Essential Millennium: Mixed By Pete Tong/Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold
- Soul of A Man - Between The Eyes
- The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel
- Scanty Sandwich - Because of You
- Major Force - Return of The Original Art Form
- Pete Heller's Big Love - Big Love
- Basement Jaxx - Rendez-Vu
- Atlantis - See You In The Next Life
- Brother Brown Featuring Frank'ee - Under The Water
- Art of Noise - Metaforce
- Armand Van Helden Featuring Duane Harden - You Don't Even Know Me
- Lovechild - Gloria
- Phatts & Small - Turn Around
- Andy Gray, Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne - Bunker
- Lalo Schifrin - Summer Samba
- Session #9 - Welcome To The Magic Sessions
- Moogwai - Moogwai
- Fatboy Slim - Everybody Loves A Carnival
- Ceasefire V Deadly Avenger - Evel Knievel
- Roger Sanchez Featuring Cooly's Hot Box - I Never Knew
- Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun
- Groove Armada - At The River
- Frankie Knuckles Presents Satoshi Tomiie - Tears
- Danny Tengalia + Celeda - Music Is The Answer (Dancin' & Prancin')
- Mr X & Mr Y - 1956
- Ambassador - Fade
- Armand Van Helden - Necessary Evil
- Junior Cartier - Women Beat Their Men
- Moloko - Sing It Back
- Lost Tribe - Gamemaster
- Size 9 - I'm Ready
- Alan Braxe - Vertigo
- Rhythm Masters Present Disco Dubbers - Ibiza In My Soul
- Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining
- The Source - Fly Away
- Hardy hard - Funky Music
- N-Fluence - Sweet Substance
- DJ Stew Featuring The Bhudda Monks - Funky Fresh
- Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
- Lenny Fontana & DJ Shorty Featuring Loleatta Holloway - Chocolate Sensation
- Velvet Girl - Summertime
- Skip Raiders Featuring Jada - Another Day
- Underworld - Jumbo
- Olive - You're Not Alone
- Fatboy SLim - Jack It Up
- Krystal - Burning Flame
- Michael Moog - That Sound
- Underworld - Born Slippy
- Paul Johnson - Get Get Down
- Ecano - Run
- Mr Spring - Blaxxtraxx 3 (Funky Nassau)
Release date: 1999-11-01
RRP: £18.99
Price: £7.99
Review Essential Millennium: Mixed By Pete Tong/Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold / Pete Tong:Whereas other compilations in Pete Tong's Essential Selections series of DJ mixes have featured one or two big-name jocks, Essential Millenium features three-Tong himself, Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold. With arguably the three biggest DJs of 1999 on board, it really should be something special-and most of it is. All three DJs stick largely to their own musical style, leading to three vastly different discs. Oakenfold steals the show with a breathtaking mix of melodic, uplifting trance that's tough, tuneful, euphoric and nigh on brilliant. Fatboy Slim spins a tight set of party favourites, effortlessly moving between big beat, hard acid house and funky hip hop; though it doesn't come close to matching the brilliance of his own On The Floor At The Big Beat Boutique mix album, it's still quite good. Pete Tong proves to be the loser of the lot, completing the set with the weakest-yet most commercially accessible-mix, chopping together disco house anthems (Phats and Small,Basement Jaxx, Stardust, Armand Van Helden) and Ibiza favourites (Bob Marley vs Funkstar Deluxe, Paul Johnston). Tong's cheesy house-set aside, this collection is as essential as the title implies. -Matt Anniss.
Tracks Ultima Thule: the Electronic Magic of Tangerine Dream
- Landing on 51
- Rare Bird (Live 1988)
- The Seventh Folder
- Maroubra Bay
- Pink Ashes
- Ultima Thule Part 2
- Shy Shila
- Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nighmares
- Run to Vegas
- Asteroid Agenda
- Lady Greengrass
- Borealis
- Exit to Heaven
- Love of MineTangerine Dream
- Sunset in the Fifth System
- The Burning Hole
- Huckebees Dream
- Silver Pendulum
- Ultima Thule Part 1
Release date: 2008-08-04
RRP: £16.99
Price: £10.31
Review Ultima Thule: the Electronic Magic of Tangerine Dream / Tangerine Dream:
Tracks Segundo
- Vaca Que Cambia de Querencia
- Mantra del Bicho Feo
- Zorzal
- Perro
- Misterio Uruguayo
- Desconfiado
- Pastor Mentiroso
- Que Lluvia!
- Quien?
- Sonamos
- Medlong
- Quiero
- Visita
- Martin Fierro
Release date: 2004-06-21
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.16
Review Segundo / Juana Molina:Prior to Segundo, Juana Molina set aside the budding musical career she'd pursued since childhood to become one of TV's most acclaimed comedians in her native Argentina. Her original muse may have been denied for seven years, but was never forgotten; indeed, Molina has managed something of an unexpected musical delight here. Her breathy, gentle vocals haunt unusual song structures and the album's quiet, playful production seems like some restless ghost, wandering a sonic landscape that's as electro as it is Latin. That pan-cultural, less-is-more sense is rare on any collection, let alone on a sophomore album (Rara was released in her native country in 1996) cobbled together between club gigs while living in Los Angeles. Driven by an insistent, plaintive guitar and producer/collaborator Alejandro Franov's delicate, bubbling synth riffs, Molina's unusually structured songs often seem to float in on a breeze and escape on a daydream. She's claimed the album was recorded in moments near the edge of sleep, and that stream-of-unconscious tack variously involves rhythmic choruses of barking dogs, ticking watches and rainforest soundscapes-most so delicately rendered they sometimes seem an auditory illusion-seasoned with impossibly plastic washes of synth and carried by Molina's sweetly somnambulistic vocals. More impressive, Molina's songwriting sense seems as inscrutably subconscious. This is a rare, true musical adventure from first track to last. -Jerry McCulley, Amazon. com.
Tracks Satan's Circus: Limited Edition
- Anita Berber
- Help Yourself
- Dirge
- Head
- Natja
- Come On Over To Our Side
- Sons Of Rother
- Zugaga
- Ein Fur De Damen
- Leather
- Reigen
- Scorpio Rising
- Girls
- Candy Mckenzie
- Kontroll
- Heil Xanex
- Flying
- Hands Around My Throat
- 23 Lies
- Rekkit
- Death Threat
- Blood Yawning
- Black Lead
Release date: 2004-10-11
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.50
Review Satan's Circus: Limited Edition / Death In Vegas:
Tracks The Outernational Sound: Mixed By the Thievery Corporation
- Alan Moorhouse Expo in Tokyo
- Karminsky Experience Shall We Dance
- Alan Lorber Orchestra Within You Without You
- Major Force Re-return of the Original Artform
- Big Boss Man Sea Groove
- Troublemakers Chez Roger Boite Funk
- Boozoo Bajou Under My Sensi (thievery corporation remix)
- Thunderball Vai Vai
- Antonio Carlos Jocafi Simbarere
- Crazy Penis 3 Play it Cool
- Indian Vibes Mathar (Discovery Of India mix)
- Bobby Hughes Experience My French Brother
- Thievery Corporation Lagos Communique
- Beatfanatic Cookin (version)
- Thievery Corporation The Richest Man In Babylon (G. Corp remix)
- Block 16 Slow Hot Wind
- Delroy Wilson Better Must Come
- David Snell international flight
- Gimmicks Ya Ma Le
- Breakestra Cramp Your Style
Release date: 2008-07-28
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.39
Review The Outernational Sound: Mixed By the Thievery Corporation / Various Artists:Although generally regarded as producers, Thievery Corporation have also got great ears for a tune and an extensive record collection. The Outernational Sound is best likened to a branded downbeat compilation such as Back to Mine or Late Night Tales. Beginning with David Snell's "International Flight", a jazzy bass-driven piece, the mix goes through all manner of styles, dips and troughs until it ends with the roots reggae of Delroy Wilson on "Better Must Come". Intelligent drum&bass is well represented well by Thunderball's "Vai Vai"; classic breaks come in the shape of Breakestra's "Cramp Your Style", introduced by the classic sax loop made famous by the 45 King's "900 Number"; and the big tune is Mathar's 1994 Acid Jazz reworking of "Indian Vibes" which features Paul Weller on electric sitar. The Outernational Sound doesn't hold many surprises, it is what many would expect from a Thievery Corporation mix album, but this is no bad thing. The songs are well chosen, the mixing, although unadventurous, is solid and the song selection is diverse and well considered. A good stop-gap before their next artist album. -David Trueman.
Tracks Soundphiles
- KINOBE skit
- Skyscraper
- Biological break
- Bopalong
- Hammock island
- Hombre
- Lucidity
- Slip into something... feat. Ben & Jason
- Bayou barrataria
- Theatricks
- Slip into something
- Grass roots horizon
Release date: 2000-08-14
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.99
Review Soundphiles / Kinobe:Julius and Blackie's debut longplayer starts off deceptively with the bugging hyperkinetic bounce of "Biological Break" and eases into the arid dark skank of the Benjamin Zephaniah collaboration, Theatricks. Scary stuff. Don't let that put you off however, because Kinobe shine with a more exotic and feel-good sheen elsewhere. Their previous 3 EPs on Pepper were all lush sonic imagings that floated in bluesy and warmer musical waters. After the aforementioned opening confusion, every track on Soundphiles is tailor-made lush soundtrack material-Kinobe never stray too far from the visual ethic. This record is perfect headphone food for daily travels across towns, cities and beyond. The highest points: "Hammock Island" and the Englebert Humplerdinck sampling "Slip Into Something More Comfortable" (with vocals by Ben and Jason) need little explanation as to their chill-out destination. This is the most essential downtempo gem of the summer. I'll have two please. -Dan Stacey.
Tracks Between Darkness And Wonder
- Heaven
- Darkness
- Hearts And Flowers
- Please
- Learn
- Wonder
- Angelica
- Sun
- Sugar 5
- Gabriel
- That Thing (Open Up)
- Gabriel
- Stronger
- Till The Clouds Clear
Release date: 2003-11-03
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.30
Review Between Darkness And Wonder / Lamb:Springing from the trip-hop revolution, Lamb have proved themselves to be masters of their genre. With Between Darkness and Wonder, they consolidate earlier advances rather than invade new territories. Recorded in a farmhouse just outside Bath, their fourth album has singer Lou Robinson and techno-wizard Andy Barlow in fine form. Though the opening "Darkness" is a mess of burbles, scratches and disjointed synths, they quickly find their feet with the quiet clatter and beautifully blended vocals of "Stronger" and the smooth bass and swirling effects of "Sugar 5". Following the instrumental "Angelica", they introduce a deft folky guitar for the excellent and eventually storming augury of "Till the Clouds Clear", and this remains in place for the intimate, innocent "Wonder" and mildly rocking "Sun". Throughout, Barlow creates a series of blissful, sometimes turbulent backdrops for Robinson's sweet voice, cast somewhere between Beth Gibbons and Victoria Williams. In turn, she explores the minutiae of problematic relationships while remaining ever positive. The album suffers somewhat from the addition of three extra remixes, MJ Cole's take on "Gabriel" being inappropriately festive and clunky, while Nellee Hooper's version of the same track is tasteful but, naturally, reminiscent of Bjork. Between Darkness and Wonder could easily stand without them. -Dominic Wills.
Tracks Sound of Water
- Boy Is Crying
- Aspects Of Lambert
- Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi)
- Place At Dawn
- Downey CA
- Late Morning
- Sycamore
- How We Used To Live
- Just A Little Overcome
- Don't Back Down
Release date: 2000-05-22
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.48
Review Sound of Water / St. Etienne:St. Etienne remain one of the most intelligent, pop literate acts around. Their previous album, 1998's Good Humour, found them breaking with their own conventions by dropping samples and effects in favour of real musicians. However, Sound Of Water sees them blending the two with immaculate good taste: strings and woodwind (arrangements by the High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan) sit alongside bubbling keyboards and quietly throbbing beats while guitars (courtesy of Doves' Jez Williams) rub up against buzzing synths. German electronic pioneers To Rococo Rot chip in with some minimalist, arty arrangements but only in the context of some beautifully sculpted songs. And what songs: "Sycamore", "Don't Back Down", "Downey CA" all swell with the sort of lush, gossamer melodies that breeze through your consciousness like a warm breeze through a curtain. Sarah Cracknell sounds like she's going to expire at any moment, while Wiggs and Stanley breathe life into every musical phrase. -Mike Pattenden.
Tracks The Rip (Etched 12") [12" VINYL]
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 5 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.45
Review The Rip (Etched 12") [12" VINYL] / Portishead:
Publisher: Fat City
Release date: 2003-07-28
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.95
Review Music to Watch Girls Cry: Mixed By Andy Votel / Andy Votel:
Tracks Generation
- Im In Love
- I Wont Let You Down
- Made Like That feat. Mr Fox & Roots Manuva
- Introduction
- Generation
- Keep On Moving
- All Sing Along
- Get Myself On Track
- Take You There
- The World
- This Road feat. Suggs
- Shot You Down (album version)
- Eq-ing
Release date: 2005-10-31
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.10
Review Generation / Audio Bullys:Two years ago the Audio Bully's delivered their visceral, zeitgeist-capturing debut album Ego Wars. This sophomore effort wisely avoids echoing the same nihilistic manifesto (see "We Don't Care"), drawing instead on a broader palette of sounds and some genuinely effective attempts at songwriting. It wouldn't be an Audio Bully's album without a couple of obligatory floor-wreckers of course, which is what "Keep On Moving" and "Shot You Down" are there for. But the best cuts on Generation are not beefed-up house-rants, but the more introspective recordings like the gritty "Made Like That" (featuring Roots Manuva) and laid back songs such as "Get Myself On Track", "I'm in Love" and "Struck By Sound". Lyrically and musically, Generation is more cerebral than their debut, providing unequivocal evidence that this talented duo are much more than simply a "Streets Pt 2". -Paul Sullivan.
Tracks A New World
- New World EPK
- Kolibre
- Ride Of The Valkyries
- Flower Duet
- Nostradamus
- Still Waters
- Deborah's Theme
- Blue Balloon
- Dido's Lament
- Somewhere In Time/The Old Woman
- Desert Skies
- Intermezzo
- Mojito
- Nostradamus
- Claudine
- Tosca
- New World Concerto
Release date: 2006-02-20
Run time: 64 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.29
Review A New World / Maksim:
Tracks Prince Blimey
- Last One
- Crusoe Takes A Trip
- Space Sickness
- Fatboy's Dust
- Thomas The Fib
- Moonbuggy
- 3 Strikes And You're Out
- Get Some Sleep Tiger
- Gridlock
- Digging Doctor What What
- Lo Beam
- Paranoid
Release date: 1996-09-02
RRP: £13.99
Price: £5.99
Review Prince Blimey / Red Snapper:
Tracks Twist
- Twist [Single Mix]
- Twist/Short Film Feat. Interview [Live][Multimedia Track]
- Deer Stop [Live]
- Twist [Jacques Lu Cont's Conversion Perversion Mix]
- Twist [Dimitri Tikovoï Remix]
- Yes Sir
Release date: 2004-04-05
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.56
Review Twist / Goldfrapp:
Tracks Breathe
- Poison
- Breathe
- Trick
- Their Law - Prodigy & Pop Will Eat Itself
Release date: 2002-07-22
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.85
Review Breathe / Prodigy:
Tracks Cocoon Compilation H
- Joris Voorn - Deep Side of the Moog
- Cassy Britton - A Plea For Me
- Oliver Ho - Tempo
- Len Faki - Death by House
- Matt Star - Am I Dreaming
- Tolga Fidan - Us and Them
- Simon Baker - U
- Efdemin - Float
- Väth vs. Flügel - TrashbinDance
- Dubfire - Diablo
- Gui Borratto - Golden Axe
- Mark August - 3 of a Kind
Release date: 2008-07-14
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.74
Review Cocoon Compilation H / Various Artists:
Tracks Per Un Amico
- Il Banchetto
- Per un Amico
- Appena un Po'
- Generale - Premiata Forneria Marconi
- Geranio
Release date: 2003-06-24
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.95
Review Per Un Amico / PFM:
Tracks Trans Europa Express
- Abzug
- Spiegelsaal
- Metall Auf Metall
- Trans Europa Express
- Endlos Endlos
- Franz Schubert
- Schaufensterpuppen
- Europa Endlos
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.89
Review Trans Europa Express / Kraftwerk:
| Models & Brands:
Northern Exposure: Mixed By Sasha & John Digweed (UK 2 Disc Edition), Tripomatic Fairytales 2001, Essential Millennium: Mixed By Pete Tong/Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold, Ultima Thule: the Electronic Magic of Tangerine Dream, Segundo, Satan's Circus: Limited Edition, The Outernational Sound: Mixed By the Thievery Corporation, Soundphiles, Between Darkness And Wonder, Sound of Water, The Rip (Etched 12") [12" VINYL], Music to Watch Girls Cry: Mixed By Andy Votel, Generation, A New World, Prince Blimey, Twist, Breathe, Cocoon Compilation H, Per Un Amico, Trans Europa Express |
