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Now then, let’s get this straight from the off: the vast
majority of this double CD from Ministry of Sound is not what I’d term as “chilled”.
Most of it makes me feel quite energetic, in fact, and isn’t what I’d put on
when I was in a horizontal sort of mode, which is what the terms ‘chilled’ and ‘chillout’
have generally come to infer and imply. It’s a shame, as I’m a huge fan of
smokey, loungey, deep, woozy, sensual house music – and there’s more of it
around these days than ever.
Once this Trading Standards-baiting problem is overcome, it’s
largely a very nice collection with plenty to recommend – if you’re looking for
a house mix with a plenty of classy tracks, lots of decent vocals and a handful
of more overtly commercial tracks. Disc 1 focuses on crisp, sparkling tracks
with big room sensibilities in the first half, kindly reminding us of beauts
like Adam K & Soha’s Deadmau5-aping Twilight
and their killer collaboration with Mark Knight, From The Speaker. The mix heads into slightly deeper territories
later on with Jamie Jones’s Summertime
but clumsily finishes off with Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso & Laidback Luke’s Leave The World Behind. Aside from that
and one or two less savvy choices, it’s a very enjoyable mix.
Disc Two sticks to the remit a fair bit better, with mellow
beginnings and some classy bits like Henrik Schwarz’s remix of Omar’s Feeling You and later Motor City Drum
Ensemble’s reworking of NUfrequency & Ben Onono’s Fallen Hero, via a smattering of nu disco and thereabouts. But
still, the lasting impression is more of a compilation that is better suited to
being put on when you’re getting ready to go out. They might have missed the
target, but what they’ve hit is on the whole something rather tasty.
Tracklist:
1 Eric Prydz - Niton (The Reason) (Treasure Fingers Epicwave Remix)
2 Kaskade & Deadmau5 - Move For Me
3 Michael Cassette - Summer
4 Adam K & Soha - Twilight
5 Groove Armada - History (Still Going Mix)
6 Tensnake - Comacat (Round Table Knights Mix)
7 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix)
8 James Talk & Ridney - Sunshyne
9 Mark Knight, Adam K & Soha - From The Speaker
10 Marco Denmark Feat. Casey Barnes - Tiny Dancer (Deadmau5 Vocal Mix)
11 Example - Two Lives (Kris Menace Mix)
12 The One Hundred - Break Me Down (Wez Clarke Remix)
13 Soul Central - Need You Now (Mark Knight & Martijn ten Velden Remix)
14 Sandy Rivera - Hide U (Sandy Rivera’s Club Mix)
15 Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve - Yang
16 Jamie Jones Feat. Ost & Kjex - Summertime
17 Jakatta - One Fine Day (John Ciafone Remix)
18 Treasure Fingers - It’s Love
19 Freemasons Feat. Wynter Gordon - Believer
20 Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso & Laidback Luke Feat. Deborah Cox - Leave The World Behind
CD 02
1 Zero 7 - Destiny (Photex Remix)
2 Underworld - Crocodile
3 Trentemøller - Le Champagne
4 Fish Go Deep & Tracey K - The Cure & The Cause (Balearic Soul Remix)
5 Solu Music Feat. KimBlee - Fade (Eric Kupper Remix)
6 Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (Tuccillo Remix)
7 Pirupa Feat. Baz - Clarity Of Love
8 Joey Negro Presents Akobu - Another World (Andre Lodemon Remix)
9 Omar - Feeling You (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
10 Mario Basanov - Lonely Days (Plate Dub)
11 Joey Negro Presents Kolo Kube - Why (Hot Toddy Club Mix)
12 AFMB - Backup Days
13 The Revenge Feat. Danielle Moore - Just Be Good To Me
14 Burn The Negative - Simple Soul (Superstringz Remix)
15 Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love (Tensnake Remix)
16 Kaine Feat. Kathy Diamond - Love Saves The Day (Mario Basanov’s Vocal Remake)
17 Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Joris Voorn Remix)
18 NUfrequency Feat. Ben Onono - Fallen Hero (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)
19 Sultan & Ned Shepard Feat. Dirty Vegas - Crimson Sun
20 Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Sam La More Remix Edit)