Tracks Essential Selection 1998: Mixed By Pete Tong & Paul Oakenfold
- Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52
- Diving Faces - Liquid Child
- Talkin' All That Jazz - Stetsasonic
- Wide Open Space - Mansun
- Horny - Mousse T & Hot 'n' Juicy
- Greece 2000 - Three Drives On A Vinyl
- Jayou - Jurassic 5
- Gangster Trippin' - Fatboy Slim
- Mysteryland - Y-Traxx
- Skydive - Freefall (2)
- Crazy - Lucid
- Bad Girls - Roberts, Juliet
- Let Me Show You - Camisra
- Greece 2000 - Three Drives On A Vinyl
- Energy (Feel The Vibe) - Astro Trax
- Skydive - Freefall (2)
- I Can't Help Myself - Lucid
- Wide Open Space - Mansun
- Good Rhymes - Da Click
- Drowned World - Madonna (1)
- El Nino - Agnelli & Nelson
- Beachball - Nalin & Kane
- Buena Vida - Inner City (1)
- Meet Her At The Love Parade - Da Hool
- Party Hard - Pulp
- Needin' U - Morales, David & Face
- Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust (2)
- Word Is Love - Voices Of Life
- Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52
- Dreamin' - Arrola
- Storm - Storm (4)
- Meet Her At The Love Parade - Da Hool
- El Nino - Agnelli & Nelson
- Bodyshine - Hendrix, Billy
- Word - Dope Smugglaz
- Dreamin' - Arrola
- Mysteryland - Y-Traxx
- Diving Faces - Liquid Child
- Crazy - Lucid
- Storm - Storm (4)
- You Don't Know Me - Van Helden, Armand
- Word - Dope Smugglaz
- Everybody Come On (Can You Feel It) - DJ Skribble
- Bodyshine - Hendrix, Billy
- Relax - Deetah
- Beachball - Nalin & Kane
- Let Me Show You - Camisra
Release date: 1998-11-23
RRP: £17.99
Price: £19.99
Review Essential Selection 1998: Mixed By Pete Tong & Paul Oakenfold / Pete Tong:
Tracks The Altogether
- Shadows
- Waving Not Drowning
- Funny Break (One Is Enough)
- Illuminate
- Meltdown
- Pay Per View
- Tension
- Doctor
- Last Thing
- Oi
- Tootled
Release date: 2001-09-01
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.88
Review The Altogether / Orbital:During their long reign as one of dance music's most endearing acts, the Orbital sound has rarely changed. The result: five albums of beautiful electronic space-symphonies, blunt dancefloor beats and eccentric cinematic themes. And so to album six, 2001's The Altogether. From the start, it's clear that this is no ordinary Orbital album. Gone are the space-opuses of old, replaced by rock-sampling instrumentals, what can be described as "techno skiffle" numbers and David Gray collaborations. Of the 11 tracks here, three are punk-sampling breakbeat romps (think 1996 hit Satan), two are full-on vocal numbers and one's a breakneck drum-and-bass tune about rioting (the Scott Walker-inspired Meltdown). Sure, all the familiar elements are here-tracks such as "Pay Per View", "Doctor Who" and "Shadows" are classic Orbital-but they're no longer the most dominant themes. While fans may find The Altogether uncomfortable listening at first, it's easily the Hartnolls' most varied album to date. Within its 60 minutes lies some of the duo's most inventive and enjoyable music in years. This is a real mixed bag, for sure, but one that demands repeat listens. [+]-Matt Anniss.
Tracks Big Tunes 2008
- Outhere Brothers Shake It Wideboys Remix
- Dave Armstrong & Redroche Feat. H-Boogie Love Has Gone DJ DLG Remix
- Picco Back To Hawaii Elektro Mix
- Basshunter Now You're Gone DJ Alex Extended Mix
- Johnny Crockett Theme from Shout Hi_Tack Radio Edit
- Lara Janine Nothing Really Matters
- RICO BASS Vs Deejay Bonito Cisko Disco Original
- 2Vibez You Wanted Love
- Weekend Warriors Don't Stop Believing Original
- Peter Gelderblom Waiting 4 Bad Behaviour Remix
- Stunt Raindrops Radio Edit
- Stevie B Feat. Alison Wade I Hear My Heart
- Dougal & Gammer Feat. Jenna Lose Me Forever Bounce Mix
- Euro Alliance The Way I Feel About You
- Rachel Loy I Can Feel It (Lovin' Me) Audioscape Vocal Mix
- Dance Nation Move Your Love Sham-Poo Remix
- Micha Moor Space Rocco & Bass-T's Bootleg Mix
- September Cry For You Spencer & Hill Remix
- Angel City 24/7 Club Mix
- Socialites Feat. Gemma J There's Nothing I Won't Do
- Butterfly Still The One
- Cascada Miracle Northstarz Remix
- Emanuel, McCall & Jamesie Feat. Rita Campbell In This Silence Bass Slammers Remix
- Sy & Unknown What A Great Drug Cheeky Trax Remix
- Backside Artists Freed From Desire Club Mix
- Kim Leoni Medicine Raindropz Remix
- Chanel Dance Fish & Chips Remix
- Espire Right Here Waiting Club Mix
- Skreatch Vs Joe Smooth Promised Milkshake
- Speakerz! Love You More Topmodelz Remix
- 7th Heaven Feat. Katherine Ellis Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent Fonzerelli Club Mix
- Bel Amour Bel Amour 2007 (Part 1) Jerry Ropero & Michael Simon Remix
- KLM Music Feat. Coco Star I Need A Miracle
- Love Assassins Teardrops Bass Slammers Remix
- Jinny Keep Warm Stompin System Remix
- Uniting Nations Do It Yourself (Go Out And Get It)
- Ida Corr Vs Fedde Le Grand Let Me Think About It Bad Behaviour Remix
- Brisby & Jingles Surrender Extended Mix
- Booty Luv Some Kinda Rush Bad Behaviour Remix
- Sy & Unknown Under The Stars Cheeky Trax Remix
Release date: 2008-01-14
RRP: £18.99
Price: £3.48
Review Big Tunes 2008 / Various Artists:
Tracks Getting High on Your Own Supply
- Lost In Space
- Perfect Crime
- Heart Go Boom
- High On Your Own Supply
- Yo Future
- Crazee Horse
- Stadium Parking Lot
- Are We A Rock Band Or What
- Cold Rock The Mic
- Blackbeat
- Machine In The Ghost
- Stop The Rock
Release date: 2001-12-10
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.85
Review Getting High on Your Own Supply / Apollo 440:Fatboy Slim digs deep in the vaults, finds an obscure surf-guitar classic, and with a wave of his big beat wand, "Sliced Tomatoes" by the Just Brothers undergoes a phoenix-like rebirth, emerging as the all-conquering "Rockafeller Skank". Meanwhile, Apollo Four Forty nip down the local Oxfam, and pick out Status Quo's "Caroline". It's the main sample on their Top Ten smash "Don't Stop The Rock". Will this do? Actually, yes. Big beat has a way with making the cheesiest of rock moves seem like God-given dancefloor charm, and much of Gettin' High is a pretty competent, self proclaimed festival of the dumb. No, "Crazee Horse"'s refrain of "I got no remorse / Like a crazee horse" doesn't quite have the same idiot savant ring as "check it out now/ the funk soul brother", but "Lost In Space" has no doubt filled more dancefloors than the rest of the Skint roster put together, which makes Gettin' High pretty hard to knock. -Louis Pattison.
Tracks Flying Away
- With You
- Aguas De Marco (Joga Bossa)
- Devil Mood
- Jamie Pan
- Numbers
- Giulietta
- Underwater Love
- Flying Away
- Mr Gorgeous (And Miss Curvaceous)
- Dark Walk
Release date: 1999-03-29
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.20
Review Flying Away / Smoke City:Though best known for the use of the single "Underwater Love" in a Levi's commercial, Smoke City's debut album, Flying Away, has a surprising amount to offer. Fronted by the multi-culti Nina Miranda-who answers the question of what a Brazilian-born Björk would sound like-the band combines an inherent bias towards tropicalia with the more electronic sounds of groups like Thievery Corporation and Portishead; the result varies between a dance jam like "Darkwalk" and the slinky "Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceos)", between the darkly playful "Aguas De Marco" and the lush "With You". Gently inviting, but with significant substance, Flying Away is a long-term delight. -Randy Silver.
Tracks The Chillout Session - Summer Collection 2003
- Love Life - Fatboy Slim Feat. Macy Gray
- Hayling - FC Kahuna
- Wasted - Mankato (Bombay Monkey Mix)
- Out Of Fashion - Hi-Gate Feat. Boy George
- Stanways Revenge - Sidewinder
- Hot In Herre - Tiga Feat. Jake Shears
- Sunday Rules - Chungking
- Wild Wood - Paul Weller Vs Portishead (Sheared Wood Remix)
- Transatlantic - Quantic
- The Boys Of Summer - DJ Sammy (Soulside Remix)
- The Audience - Herbert
- Awakening - François K. Feat. Barbara Mendes (Needs Remix)
- Window Pain - Nudge
- Gold Is Your Metal - Themroc (Paper Faces Remix)
- All Possibilities - Badly Drawn Boy
- Marylin's Reprise - Champagne Moment
- Eple - Röyksopp (Shakedown Remix)
- The Dove - Ikon
- Country Lane - Mr Natural
- Feelin Blue - Jakatta
- Leaving Monte Carlo - Physics
- An Der Beat - Knuf!
- Can't Be Doing With Love - Cicada
- Love Story Vs Finally - Layo & Bushwacka! (Tim Deluxe Remix)
- Fixed Income - DJ Shadow
- Another Woman - Moby
- Its Automatic - Zoot Woman (Cosmos vs Zoot Woman Club Mix)
- Sofa Rockers - Sofa Surfers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)
- She Was Flying - Reno
- Private Road - Bent
- All I Am Made Of - Eliot
- Easy - Groove Armada (GAs Shake Shake Mix)
- Mambo A Go Go - Tim 'Love' Lee
- Journey - Gentle People (Aphex Twin Care Mix)
- Fatigue Universelle - Troublemakers
- Sweetsmoke - Mr. Scruff (Ashley Beedle's Street Boogie Mix)
- Sun & Air - Haunted
- Leaving Home - International Pony
Release date: 2003-05-19
RRP: £18.99
Price: £17.89
Review The Chillout Session - Summer Collection 2003 / Various Artists:
Tracks Trilogy
- Beautiful Worlds
- Tristan Da Cunha
- 9 A.M.
- Made of Glass
- Some Things Just Are the Way They Are
- Stars Come Out
- No Fate
- Under the Sky
- Justify
- These Days
- Alcarda
- Trilogy (The Final Chapter)
- Feel Alive
- Illuminated Mind
- Better Give Up
- Fahrenheit 451
- Shine On
- One Small Step
- Dream About You
- Chosen Ones
- Rainy Afternoon
- Dooley's World
- Renegade
- One Million Miles
- Searching for Satellite
- Desperate Religion
RRP: £23.99
Price: £6.38
Review Trilogy / Atb:
Tracks Live at Innercity: Mixed By DJ Tiesto
- Redlections - Loop Control
- Mirror - Stray Dog
- El Nino - Agnelli & Nelson
- Anthem - Push (5)
- Sanctificum - Lord Of Tranz
- Endless Wave - Kamaya Painters
- Out Of Darkness - Fire & Ice (4)
- Twixt - Plastic Boy
- Last Voyage - Orbital Velocity
- Theme From Norefjell - DJ Tiesto
- Evolver - Evolver (1)
- Orange Theme - Cygnus X
- Gouryella - Gouryella
- Feel Free - DeRuyter, Yves
- Paradise - Fridge (3)
- Deja Vu - Systematic Parts
Release date: 2006-01-16
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.91
Review Live at Innercity: Mixed By DJ Tiesto / Tiesto:
Tracks Dubnobasswithmyheadman
- River Of Bass
- Tongue
- ME
- Dark And Long
- Cowgirl
- Spoonman
- Surfboy
- Mmm Skyscraper I Love You
- Dirty Epic
Release date: 2000-09-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £29.95
Review Dubnobasswithmyheadman / Underworld:Although Leftfield's Leftism may take the title of best album by a British dance artist, the debut LP from Underworld was a sublime collage of lush textures and insistent beats which displayed the kind of dynamic ambition which has made their live shows so exciting. The daft-yet-heartfelt vocals of Karl Hyde drift amongst Rick Smith's controlled guitar and Darren Emerson's mesmerising drum patters, an intoxicating blend on tracks such as "Mmm. Skyscraper", "I Love You" and "Cowgirl". "Tongue", meanwhile, shows a gentler, warmer side to the band, as Hyde's tones wrap themselves lovingly around subtle chords, while the lush melodies and uplifiting ambience of "M. E. " provide a worthy finale. The rarest of things: a varied, emotional dance album that doesn't sacrifice authenticity for innovation. -Ed Potton.
Tracks Live at Innercity: Mixed By DJ Tiesto
- Paradise - Fridge (3)
- Endless Wave - Kamaya Painters
- Twixt - Plastic Boy
- Sanctificum - Lord Of Tranz
- Theme From Norefjell - DJ Tiesto
- Last Voyage - Orbital Velocity
- Mirror - Stray Dog
- Redlections - Loop Control
- Evolver - Evolver (1)
- El Nino - Agnelli & Nelson
- Deja Vu - Systematic Parts
- Feel Free - DeRuyter, Yves
- Orange Theme - Cygnus X
- Anthem - Push (5)
- Out Of Darkness - Fire & Ice (4)
- Gouryella - Gouryella
Release date: 2006-01-16
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.91
Review Live at Innercity: Mixed By DJ Tiesto / Tiesto:
Tracks A Higher State of Wink's Works
- Tribal Confusion - E-Culture
- I'm Ready - Size 9
- Unification - E-Culture
- Higher State Of Consciousness - Wink, Josh
- How's The Music - Winx
- Thoughts Of A Tranced Love - Winc
Release date: 1996-09-02
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.48
Review A Higher State of Wink's Works / Josh Wink:
Tracks fabric29: Tiefschwarz
- Amazon - Jones, Jamie
- Bassic - Touane
- Hammer Of Thor - Riton
- Damage - Tiefschwarz
- Whose Afraid Of Detroit - Claude VonStroke
- Hey - Ichundu
- Freefall - Sleeper Thief
- AAKNY - Gummihz
- Rotor - Schumacher, Thomas
- Rondell - Night On Earth
- Extruder - Zox, Theodor
- Grace (Anxiety) - Louderbach
- Beetles And Spiders - Wax, Kate
- John The Revelator - Depeche Mode
Release date: 2006-07-17
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.06
Review fabric29: Tiefschwarz / Tiefschwarz:
Tracks Paradise
- Ain't Nobody Better
- Do You Love What You Feel
- Power Of Passion
- And I Do
- Secrets Of The Mind
- Set Your Body Free
- Paradise
- Big Fun
- Inner City Theme
- Good Life
Release date: 1996-09-16
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.28
Review Paradise / Inner City:
Tracks Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Vol.2
- Towards The Evening Star - Tangerine Dream
- Crystal Clear - Grid
- Sentinel - Oldfield, Mike & The Orb
- Jo The Waiter - Tubeway Army
- Halleluwa - Can
- Time To Make You Mine - Stansfield, Lisa
- Miracle - System 7
- Towards The Evening Star - Tangerine Dream
- Angel Art - Witchman
- Morocco Mole - Simizu, Yasuaki
- Sentinel - Oldfield, Mike & The Orb
- Sunset Gun - Damage Manual
- Halleluwa - Can
- Sunset Gun - Damage Manual
- Crystal Clear - Grid
- Staring At The Sun - Wendy & Lisa
- Radio Babylon - Meat Beat Manifesto
- Reefer Song - Mindless Drug Hoover
- Miracle - System 7
- Once More - Orb
- Radio Babylon - Meat Beat Manifesto
- Art Of Love - Art Of Noise
- Angel Art - Witchman
- I Started A Joke - Williams, Robbie & The Orb
- Higher Than The Sun - Primal Scream
- 3am Eternal - KLF
- Reefer Song - Mindless Drug Hoover
- Runaway - Wright, Rick
- Music For A Found Harmonium - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- Morocco Mole - Simizu, Yasuaki
Release date: 2007-11-29
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.00
Review Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Vol.2 / Various Artists:
Tracks Getting High on Your Own Supply
- Lost In Space
- Stadium Parking Lot
- Perfect Crime
- Crazee Horse
- Cold Rock The Mic
- High On Your Own Supply
- Are We A Rock Band Or What
- Machine In The Ghost
- Stop The Rock
- Heart Go Boom
- Yo Future
- Blackbeat
Release date: 2001-12-10
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.85
Review Getting High on Your Own Supply / Apollo 440:Fatboy Slim digs deep in the vaults, finds an obscure surf-guitar classic, and with a wave of his big beat wand, "Sliced Tomatoes" by the Just Brothers undergoes a phoenix-like rebirth, emerging as the all-conquering "Rockafeller Skank". Meanwhile, Apollo Four Forty nip down the local Oxfam, and pick out Status Quo's "Caroline". It's the main sample on their Top Ten smash "Don't Stop The Rock". Will this do? Actually, yes. Big beat has a way with making the cheesiest of rock moves seem like God-given dancefloor charm, and much of Gettin' High is a pretty competent, self proclaimed festival of the dumb. No, "Crazee Horse"'s refrain of "I got no remorse / Like a crazee horse" doesn't quite have the same idiot savant ring as "check it out now/ the funk soul brother", but "Lost In Space" has no doubt filled more dancefloors than the rest of the Skint roster put together, which makes Gettin' High pretty hard to knock. -Louis Pattison.
Tracks fabric13: Michael Mayer
- Run Into Flowers (Jackson Remix) - M83 and Benoit Villeneuve
- I Think About You (Geiger Mix) - Heiko Voss
- Mushroom - Superpitcher
- In The Air (Furthers Acid Relapse Edit) - Richard Davis
- Killerteppich - Robag Wruhme & Wighnomy Brothers
- Abendstern - Magnet
- Oldschool, Baby (Piano Mix) - Westbam and Nena
- Love Me - Le Dust Sucker
- Really Real - Thomas Schaeben & Geiger Ft Schad Privat
- Bring Me Closer - Richard Davis
- Busted - Thomas Schaeben
- Easy Lee - Villalobos
- I Think About You (Original Mix) - Heiko Voss
Release date: 2003-11-03
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.99
Review fabric13: Michael Mayer / Michael Mayer:
Tracks 200
- Shut Up - Shitmat
- Pepper Spray - Pinch
- Merda Style 2004 - Bizzy B & Equinox
- Finnial - Syntheme
- Feeling - FFF
- Sensi Skank - MRK1
- Ambulance - Tams
- Devil's Totem - Venetian Snares
- Equino - Gasman
- Acid Meters - Vibert, Luke
- Bleep Biopsy - Landstrumm, Neil
- Reading You - Milanese & Anneka
- Broken Language - Exile & John B
- Face Blast - Duran Duran Duran
- Fallen - Distance (4)
- Mannita - Doubtful Guest
- Broken Dubstep - Benga
- Throw Some Ds - Parson
- Good You - Boxcutter
- Moon Is Gone - Fane, Julian
- Whitemark - iTAL tEK
- Castillian - Ceephax
- Punisher - Pinch
- Kausikan - Apps, Jo
- Lexicon - u-Ziq
- M/Aximum Reespek - Darqwan
Release date: 2007-10-15
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.70
Review 200 / Various Artists:
Tracks In Sides
- Dwr Budr
- The Saint
- Adnans
- Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
- Petrol
- Out There Somewhere
- Box
Release date: 2006-04-12
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.02
Review In Sides / Orbital:By the time Orbital released its fourth album, the Hartnoll brothers were strongly tipped as techno heavyweights alongside more commercially palatable prospects like Underworld and Prodigy. Yet, instead of catering to the curious, they presented their most self-indulgent album to date with In Sides. Packaging the 24-minute symphonic track "Out There Somewhere?" with the loopy psychedelic flight of "P. E. T. R. O. L. ", they created a most unusual and intriguing collection. Despite their best efforts, though, "The Box" still packed the same insistent rhythm that made "Belfast" such an indelible club staple. [+]-Aidin Vaziri.
Tracks Trance Nation Vol.3
- Arabian Pleasure (Tuareg Mix) - Mario Piu & Mauro Picotto
- End of Time [Lost Witness Remix] - DJ Energy, DJ Tatana, Tatana
- I Feel Love [R.A.F. Zone Mix] - CRW
- Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix) - Azzido Da Bass
- Subraumstimulation (Sander Klienenberg Mix) - Oliver Lieb
- Belfunk (Origianl Mix) - Sasha
- Esperanza [Armin Van Buuren's Rising Star Mix] - Airscape
- Cry (Ferry Corsten Club Mix) - System F
- Sunshine (Hi Gate Remix) - Yomanda
- Dooms Night [Timo Maas Remix] - Azzido Da Bass
- Belfunk [Original Mix] - Sasha
- Tell Me Why (The Riddle) (Original Mix) - Paul Van Dyk
- I'm In Love (Ferry Corsten & Robert Smit Remix) - Starparty
- Natural Blues (Olmec Heads Remix) - Moby
- End of Time (Lost Witness Remix) - DJ Energy & Tatana
- It's My Turn (original Mix) - Angelic
- Deadline [Original Mix] - Dutch Force
- Hypnotic [Binary Finary Remix] - UKW
- A9 (Original Mix) - Ariel
- You Put Me In Heaven With Your Touch (Lange Remix) - Rhythm of Life
- From Russia With Love (Oliver Lieb Remix) - Matt Darey Presents DSP
- (Welcome) To The Dance (Part One) - Des Mitchell
- Lovin' Times (Signum Mix) - Web
- Seven Cities (Stones Atlantis Mix) - Solar Stone
- Destiny Calls (4 To The Floor) - JDS
- The Sound of Bamboo (Boo Extended Mix) - Flickman
- Cryptomnesia (Origianl Mix) - Kamaya Painters
- Toca Me (Club Mix) - Fragma
- Futura 2000 (Amethyst Vs Danny Howells Mix) - Amethyst
- I Feel Love (R.A.F Zone Mix) - CRW
- Return of Nothing [Evolution Mix] - Sandstorm
- Sexual (Plasma Remix) - Amber
- Infectious [Vocal Club Mix] - X-Cabs
- In & Out Of My Life (Onephat Quake Dub Mix) - A.T.F.C Presents Onephatdeeva
- The Return of Nothing (Evolution Mix) - Sandstorm
- Walhalla (Original Mix) - Gouryella
- Hypnotic (Binary Finary Mix) - UKW
- Love Will Come [Original Mix] - Jan Johnston, Tomski
- Arabian Pleasure [Tuareg Mix] - Mario +, Mauro Picotto
- Das Glockenspiel (X/tended Mix) - Schiller
- Natural Blues [Olmec Heads Remix] - Moby
- Infectious (vocal Club Mix) - x-Cabs
- Seven Cities [Stone's Atlantis Mix] - Solar Stone
- Subraumstimulation [Sander Kleinenberg Remix] - Oliver Lieb
- Killer (Lost Witness Dub) - ATB
- Sexual [Plasma Remix] - Amber
- Futura 2000 [Amethyst vs Danny Howells-The Gurning Purple Heade] - Amethyst
- Glockenspiel [X/Tended Mix] - Schiller
- Deadline (Original Mix) - Dutch Force
- Angel (Club Mix) - Ralph Fridge
- Adelante (Du Monde Remix) - Sash!
- Don't Give Up (Original Mix ) - Chicane featuring Bryan Adams
- From Russia With Love [Oliver Lieb Remix] - DSP
- Hear You Calling (Dark Moon Remix) - Aurora
- A9 [Original Mix] - Ariel
- Cryptomnesia [Original Mix] - Kamaya Painters
- Love Will Come (Original Mix) - Tomski Feat Jan Johnston
- L'esperanza (Armin Van Buuren's Rising Star Mix) - Airscape
Release date: 2000-05-01
RRP: £18.99
Price: £15.95
Review Trance Nation Vol.3 / Various Artists:For the third instalment of their ever-popular trance compilation series, Ministry of Sound stick to the old adage -"If it ain't broke, don't fix it". So, once more they have trance-meister Ferry Corsten (AKA System F) at the helm, setting the controls for the heart of the dance floor and putting his foot to the floor on the smoke machine and the strobe lights. As with the previous two volumes it's packed with floor fillers from start to finish, including chart-toppers from Chicane and Fragma, as well as instant classics from the likes of Onephatdeeva and Azzido Da Bass. In the privacy of your own home, it's never going to be as good as blasting out of the PA in the midst of a hot sweaty loved-up crowd, but it's perfect fare for getting ready for a big night out. There are a few duff tracks in there-the much overrated Flickman's "Sound of Bamboo" for one, but if it's huge throbbing trance tunes you're after, then your quest is at an end. -Helen Marquis.
Tracks The Annual Vol.2
- Believe In Me - Mankey
- Ultra Flava - Vega, Louie
- Insomnia - Faithless
- Delicious - Bush Babies (2)
- In De Ghetto - Crystal Waters & Delta
- Born Slippy - Underworld (1)
- I'm Alive - Mad Dog
- Voodoo Ray - May, Lisa
- Make The World Go Round - Sandy B
- Beat Is Over - Basco
- Keep On Jumpin' - Lisa Marie Experience
- Tranz Europe Express - X-Press 2
- Arms Of Loren - E'voke (1)
- Professional Widow - Amos, Tori
- Real Vibration (Want Love) - Express Of Sound
- Inferno - Souvlaki
- Krupa - Apollo 440
- Let This Be A Prayer - Taylor, Pauline
- Firestarter - Prodigy (2)
- Groovebird - Natural Born Grooves
- Sugar Is Sweeter - Bolland, C.J.
- Beginning - Dex & Jonesy
- Lover That You Are - Roberson, Antoinette
- Want Love - Hysteric Ego
- Misunderstood (Don't Let Me Be) - Gallagher, Eve
- Filtri Organi - Aleem
- Disco Elements Volume 5 - Sensory Productions
- Rays Of The Rising Sun - Mozaic
- Gimme Gimme Gimme - Rio & Mars
Release date: 1996-11-04
RRP: £18.99
Price: £39.64
Review The Annual Vol.2 / Various Artists:When two of the UK's leading DJs get together to play the cream of dance music from 1996, it's a recipe for success. Disc One features Pete Tong's favourite tunes from the year, and demonstrates his exceptional taste: there's Stretch 'n' Vern's "I'm Alive" mixed by Fatboy Slim and "Insomnia" by Faithless, but best is the huge dancefloor anthem "Professional Widow" by Tori Amos, remixed by Armand Van Helden. Tong's style and taste are uplifting and funky, with a slightly harder edge than Boy George, who mixes Disc Two. Kicking things off with the Prodigy, he slips neatly into the Underworld classic, "Born Slippy. " After that, the feel becomes more Hardcore Handbag as he throws "Pulse" featuring Antoinette Robeson, "The Lover That You Are", E-Voke's "Arms Of Loren" and Manky's "Believe In Me" into the mix. -Carina Trimingham.
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Essential Selection 1998: Mixed By Pete Tong & Paul Oakenfold, The Altogether, Big Tunes 2008, Getting High on Your Own Supply, Flying Away, The Chillout Session - Summer Collection 2003, Trilogy, Live at Innercity: Mixed By DJ Tiesto, Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Live at Innercity: Mixed By DJ Tiesto, A Higher State of Wink's Works, fabric29: Tiefschwarz, Paradise, Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Vol.2, Getting High on Your Own Supply, fabric13: Michael Mayer, 200, In Sides, Trance Nation Vol.3, The Annual Vol.2 |
