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TwinCitiesNightClubs.com Album Reviews
by Dj John Kill
Good Trance Mixed CD compilations are hard to find. Here are two that I came across recently:
Godskitchen : Summer Trance : Inc-Redible / Sony
This 3 CD set is a rave in a box. The CDs are labeled 11:PM, 1:AM, and 3:AM respectively. The 11:PM disc is deep and moody featuring Kosheen, Jan Johnson, Hemstock and Jennings, Barraka and Yunus Guvenen. It starts out almost ambient and morphs into deep house vibes and finally introduces trancey flavors towards the end.
The 1:AM disc starts there and is a Dutch trance opus from beginning to end. Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren and Marco V all appear on this disc. The mix is fluid and emotional giving you wave after wave of sonic euphoria. This second disc finishes aggressively with Marco V’s Godd and the Marco V remix of Energy 52’s Café Del Mar.
The 3:AM disc takes no prisoners and continues to aggressively pound you with hard trance. Fergie kicks it off with Bass Generator. From there, the beats continue to pound through tracks from Prime Mover, Marco V, The Disco Brothers and more from Fergie.
By the time you have finished all three discs you are as exhausted as if you actually spent five hours at Godskitchen, the UK superclub that produced this compilation.
4 of 5
Ministry Of Sound : Dance Nation Anthems (The Clubland Experience) :
Ministry Of Sound Recordings
This double CD set includes lots of hits: Scooter, N-Trance, Jurgen Vries, Paffendorf, Ian Van Dahl, Dee Dee, DJ Aligator Project, Future Breeze, Shakedown, Underworld, Felix Da Housecat, X-Press 2, Missy Elliott, Basement Jaxx, Goldtrix, and Raven Maize.
Disc one is a continuous mix of clubby trance hits. The mix is obviously a studio mix and the focus is on banging out hit after hit rather than inspiring blends and transitions. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s actually a pretty energetic mix – perfect for a house party.
Disc two is unmixed and is made up of mainstream house and electro hits. I’m really not sure why it’s not mixed. There is no explanation in the liner notes. At any rate, it’s the weaker of the two discs to be sure, but there are some groovy gems here.
3 of 5
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TwinCitiesNightClubs.com Album Reviews
by Dj Abstract
Attention to "Details"
A review on Frou Frou's upcoming album Details
MCA records
With a light smoothness that one can almost hear by simply saying
their name, Frou Frou attempts to bring a movement of beats together
with strong vocals to create a newer sound on their debut album
"Details." Grammy-nominated producer Guy Sigsworth brings his unique
style together with Londoner Imogen Heap, whose vocals are both powerful and soothing, creating a sound worthy of the upper-class scotch and cigar crowd, yet still maintaining a down-to-earth feel that allows any true music lover to enjoy.
With a Dido-like vocal sound and a moving bass line, Frou Frou
hits hard from the start of the album with great cuts such as "Let Go"
and "Must Be Dreaming." Emotionally compact with her lyrics, Heap has
found a way to let out her feelings without drowning the listener with
depressing ideas or facts. Throughout the album Sigsworth continues to show the electronic pulse that made his work with artists like Bjork fit so well.
A cross sound between the Cranberries and Portishead, Frou Frou
even manages to squeeze in a pop-friendly, ready for radio song titled "Hear Me Out," and finds a way to fit in a ballad at the end of the album to feature Heap's voice in "The Dumbing Down of Love."
Consistency is Frou Frou's biggest weakness. After a good start to the album, the feeling and sound almost taper off to the point that the middle of the album feels a bit like filler to get the listener to
the final cuts. At that point, the little details of the sound that
work so well for the first few tracks seem to be missing. However,
the other tracks on the album more than make up for it. For their
debut album, Frou Frou has seemed to find a good start to what is sure
to be a bright future.
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