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Post by dubman on Mar 23, 2020 18:26:34 GMT
Jeremy Olander's Balance mix is very good.
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Post by jonattonyeah on Mar 23, 2020 20:47:48 GMT
Dixon's Live @ Robert Johnson is a very good mix. 2011 I believe. Also believe that was his last mix CD. Crazy to think he'd only done one in a decade. And three DJ Kicks really stood out for me - John Talabot, DJ Koze, and Leon Vynehall. Not the best decade for the commercial mix but there were some gems.
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Post by sbando on Mar 24, 2020 10:03:23 GMT
Baumel's GU
Nick The Soundgarden 1 & 2
Jeremy Olander's Balance
DJ Harvey Sound Of Mercury Rising II
Northern Exposure
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Post by Top Fan on Mar 24, 2020 17:17:14 GMT
From what I remember the Howells’ Balance was forgettable but his Renaissance mix from around the same time was a banger. They were only 5 years apart. |
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Post by gcw on Mar 25, 2020 7:59:19 GMT
Comparing compilations from 2010-2019 and the preceding decade, I think there is only one from the teenies that would grace the previous decade in terms of quality, and that’s Digweeds Montreal effort. A lot of the others mentioned are so forgettable.
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Post by hugopal on Mar 25, 2020 10:03:12 GMT
#3 Howells - Balance 024 [2013] Basically already perfected at the beginning of the decade the already-beaton-to-death Last Night on Earth airy-soulness-techy-wannabeexperimental-but-directionless music that dominates the 4/4 scene since Bedrock 11. Infused with classic and classy Howells groove snd sexyness. A perfectly balanced product. If it wasn't for Sasha's God-like effort with Fabric, this would have taken the #1 spot for me. Yet you put it at #3... |
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Post by si on Mar 25, 2020 10:16:02 GMT
Lol, you make a decent point there, hugo!
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Post by bulletdodger on Mar 25, 2020 13:55:56 GMT
The top 3 comes “from the heart”, as in, Howells had the chance to take #1, but fell just enough that Tokyo takes the 2nd spot. It’s complicated, but your soul knows. I seriousy haven’t heard any other compilation in ‘10-‘19 that is as tense yet grabbing as Tokyo. Love it.
Montreal is a bit too sad, fits firmly in the 4/4 culture of 10-19, while Tokyo is uplifting and raw with the finesse of peak late 90s-early00s
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Post by bulletdodger on Mar 25, 2020 14:00:07 GMT
P.S. I actually bought the disc to Bonobo’s effort but it’s a bit too casual/podcast-y for earning a spot in the title of the thread. These compilations need to be first and foremost memorable/timeless. I know it’s hard these days, but I am still a believer in the format.
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Post by hugopal on Mar 25, 2020 14:08:19 GMT
Which is the fastest/darkest/most "banging" of Diggers' 'Live ' mix CDs?
It seems pretty rare that he really goes in such a direction nowadays, and I've not got the appetite to sift through them all given there's so many and they're so long.
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Post by Smallman1 on Mar 25, 2020 14:10:22 GMT
I haven't heard it but someone said Slovenia was both lively pace wise and absolute bobbins.
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Post by hugopal on Mar 25, 2020 14:11:46 GMT
I haven't heard it but someone said Slovenia was both lively pace wise and absolute bobbins. Ha. Well that won't do either. |
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Post by bulletdodger on Mar 25, 2020 14:46:51 GMT
And now gentlemen, my ace in the hole. As the RA review perfectly puts it : “ You're left scratching your head. Where am I? How did I get here? That Faki remix is fairly in-your-face, with kick drums stamping like jackboots and snares building an air of claustrophobia; was it really just an hour ago that we opened with the jazzy sunset house of Mike Huckaby's remix of Jazzanova's "I Human"? ” 2013 btw youtu.be/SaXf5H3nAec |
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Post by Steely on Mar 25, 2020 15:11:15 GMT
DJ Harvey Sound Of Mercury Rising Volume 1
Every home deserves a copy.
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Post by homegrove on Mar 25, 2020 16:09:33 GMT
Tokyo and parts of Montreal are pretty banging.
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