Bargrooves: Metropolitan

Disc: 1

1. Little Big Bee ‘Searchin’ (Atjazz remix)’ (Yellow Productions)

2. Physics ft. Alexandra ‘Don’t Deny Me Love’ (Deeplay)

3. Soldiers of Twilight ‘City Life’ (Serial Records)

4. East West ‘East West Connection (Club mix)’ (Chillifunk)

5. Reel People ‘The Light (Copyright Classic mix)’ (Papa Records)

6. Baeka ‘Soul Exp.’ (Deeplay)

7. Sanki Panki ‘Waiting 4 U’ (Serial Records)

8. Karma Fever ‘This Love’ (Cyclo Records)

9. Astro ‘You Spin Me Round (Instrumental mix)’ (unsigned)

10. Crafty Pear ‘Ritmo Sensual’ (Pear Music)

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Reel People ‘Butterflies (Restless Soul mix)’ (Papa Records)

2. Audiowhores ‘After the Party’ (Soulfuric)

3. Soul Avengerz feat. Krysten Cummins ‘It’s Alright’ (Realbasic)

4. Lisa Millet ‘It’s Alright (Jamie Lewis Funky Mix)’ (Purple Music)

5. Soul Magic ‘Soul Magic (Miguel Migs remix)’ (Trust Music)

6. Barbara Mendes ‘Got To Be in Love’ (Wave Music)

7. Soul Avengerz ‘Latino Sol’ (Soul Avengerz)

8. Danny Marquez/Ferry B ‘Afrocatalans (Hardsoul mix)’ (Defected)

9. Identity ‘Gave Me Love (Soul Avengerz mix)’ (Identity)

10. Hardsoul ‘Back Together (Seamus Haji remix)’ (Defected)

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Following on from the Mimosa collection, bargrooves continues with the ‘taste and tastemakers’ quartet, to bring you Metropolitan – the perfect soundtrack to the early evenings of winter. This time, bargrooves resident DJ, Ben Sowton, has invited the Soul Avengerz to guest mix CD2. Ben turns in a beautifully melodic mix, with highlight tracks and mixes from Atjazz, Physics and Soldiers of Twilight while The Soul Avengerz up the tempo a little with a mix that fits right in with the bargrooves vibe. Their mix includes some of their own exclusive material and remixes, as well as tracks from Wave, Soulfuric, Defected and Susu. The Bargrooves series is world-respected for its international cocktail of style and sophistication. Metropolitan follows in that tradition with a double disc set of deep sexy grooves.

Tracks:

Little Big Bee Searchin (Atjazz remix) (Yellow Productions)
Physics ft. Alexandra Dont Deny Me Love (Deeplay)
Soldiers of Twilight City Life (Serial Records)
East West East West Connection (Club mix) (Chillifunk)
Reel People The Light (Copyright Classic mix) (Papa Records)
Baeka Soul Exp. (Deeplay)
Sanki Panki Waiting 4 U (Serial Records)
Karma Fever This Love (Cyclo Records)
Astro You Spin Me Round (Instrumental mix) (unsigned)
Crafty Pear Ritmo Sensual (Pear Music)
Danny Foster Love 2 Groove (Love2Groove)

Tracks:

Reel People Butterflies (Restless Soul mix) (Papa Records)
Audiowhores After the Party (Soulfuric)
Soul Avengerz feat. Krysten Cummins Its Alright (Realbasic)
Lisa Millet Its Alright (Jamie Lewis Funky Mix) (Purple Music)
Soul Magic Soul Magic (Miguel Migs remix) (Trust Music)
Barbara Mendes Got To Be in Love (Wave Music)
Soul Avengerz Latino Sol (Soul Avengerz)
Danny Marquez/Ferry B Afrocatalans (Hardsoul mix) (Defected)
Identity Gave Me Love (Soul Avengerz mix) (Identity)
Hardsoul Back Together (Seamus Haji remix) (Defected)
DJ Chus & David Penn Will I (Discover Love) (Azuli)
Masters at Work Backfired (Joey Negro club mix) (Susu)

Album Description

Following on from the Mimosa collection, bargrooves continues with the `taste and tastemakers' quartet, to bring you Metropolitan - the perfect soundtrack to the early evenings of winter. This time, bargrooves resident DJ, Ben Sowton, has invited the Soul Avengerz to guest mix CD2. Ben turns in a beautifully melodic mix, with highlight tracks and mixes from Atjazz, Physics and Soldiers of Twilight while The Soul Avengerz up the tempo a little with a mix that fits right in with the bargrooves vibe. Their mix includes some of their own exclusive material and remixes, as well as tracks from Wave, Soulfuric, Defected and Susu. The Bargrooves series is world-respected for its international cocktail of style and sophistication. Metropolitan follows in that tradition with a double disc set of deep sexy grooves.

Customer Reviews:

CD 1 !!!!!! AND ONLY CD 1 !!!! .......2007-06-07

I simply ignore cd 2 ,too much of vocal , nothing really sophisticated and you wouldn't never remember songs on CD 2 ,HOWEVER CD1 will stay in your mind forever ! CD 1 brings me more joy ,beautiful melodies on each songs AND SOUND SO SOPHISTICATED ! TRACK "THIS LOVE "IS SIMPLY SUPERB ! I MEAN ALL 11 TRACKS ARE SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL !

By Disc Two, You'll Be Hooked!.......2006-05-20

Though I prefer CD 2, the entire collection is quite enjoyable. CD 1 is a bit more laid-back and the rhythms are, what I like to call, New Wave revisted with a tinge of down-tempo House music mixed in.

CD 2 mixed by Soul Avengerz, however, is where things begin to pick up, starting off with the smooth Disco-House groove of "Butterflies" by Reel People featuring Dyanna Fearon, and ending with "After the Party" by Audiowhores featuring Blu.

This compilation, particularly Disc 2, is ideal for road trips, indoor/outdoor house parties, workouts, jogging, and urban-mass-transit commuting.

I highly recommend it. If you are a hard-core House nut, lol, Disc One might disappoint a little, but be patient and then savor the bopping Neo-House tunes of Disc Two, and the compilation quickly redeems itself.

Final Note: If you enjoy Afro-Latino-influenced percussion, CD 2 provides just that, particularly Tracks 3, 7, 8 and 10.

Hit and Miss.......2006-01-22

This is the second "Bargrooves" compilation I bought--the first was "Cosmopolitan", which I like a lot because it's mellow while still having nice energy. Great ambient music. "Metropolitan" definitely has more energy, at least on Disc 2. No way you can just sit still with the R&B-flavored mix on Disc 2, which means it's not so good for background music but it's great for dancing or working out. Techno and other music like that seems kind of bombastic to me, so it's great to find some danceable music that has energy but is not overpowering.

Disc 1 has a couple of songs I really like--Physics' "Don't Deny Me Love" and Soldiers of Twilight's "City Life". I can play these two over and over and not get tired of them. They're songs 2 and 3. After that, Disc 1 seems to lose steam. It has some songs that I really dislike, the ones with whispery guys singing on them. I mean Baeka's "Soul Exp.", Karma Fever's "This Love", and the worst of the bunch, Danny Foster's "You're So Fine", which has bad poetry read in a very annoying way. Sorry, I don't mean to get so negative, I guess it's just a matter of taste. Anyway, I definitely have to skip past most of the second of half of disc 1. But on the whole, it's a decent compilation.

Mixed bag, but worth it.......2005-10-06

The Bargrooves collections have represented a very consistent offering of sexy, "daddy" house tracks. Never banging, always grooving and upbeat with a few gems that get your head nodding. This set, however, leaves me with mixed feelings. Ben Sowton's first disc presents few tracks exciting or representative of his earlier work. The only standout track is Astro's `You Spin Me Round'. In contrast, the Soul Avengers put together such a fantastic summer fun / dancey / all around good-time vocal house package, I heartily recommend the purchase, if only for just the second disc.

Disc 1 Shines! Not a bad track on either disc........2005-05-15

These days if it isn't on iTunes I'm highly unlikely to buy it...I always end up liking only a fraction of the songs on any given CD and I hate all the packaging crap. But I make an exception for the Bargrooves CD's. The first one I picked up was "Espace Prive" and it blew me away. I have played both discs dozens, if not hundreds, of times and rarely skip a song. While I wouldn't say Metropolitan is as perfectly concocted as Espace Prive, it's pretty darn close. I prefer the nu-jazz elements of Disc 1 to the vocal-laden house of Disc 2, but I enjoy both discs. Trust me, if you like your grooves tight and smooth with a euphoric twist, you'll be playing this one nonstop.

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Metropolitan

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Description

Following on from the Mimosa collection, bargrooves continues with the `taste and tastemakers' quartet, to bring you Metropolitan, the perfect soundtrack to the early evenings of winter. This time, bargrooves resident DJ, Ben Sowton, has invited the Soul Avengerz to guest mix CD2. Ben turns in a beautifully melodic mix, with highlight tracks and mixes from Atjazz, Physics and Soldiers of Twilight while The Soul Avengerz up the tempo a little with a mix that fits right in with the bargrooves vibe. Their mix includes some of their own exclusive material and remixes, as well as tracks from Wave, Soulfuric, Defected and Susu. The Bargrooves series is world-respected for its international cocktail of style and sophistication. Metropolitan follows in that tradition with a double disc set of deep sexy grooves. Seamless.