Underwater, Episode 1

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Darren Emerson no longer flaunts the dark DJ heart that made Underworld an international club force, but he has never contributed to anything so effortlessly danceable as Episode 1's first disc. Part of that comes from his partner here, Tim Deluxe, whose club-oriented sound encourages Emerson to drop all pretense of depth and let the house beats pound. Even the Emerson-produced "H2O," while one of disc 1's more restrained moments, has a sunny immediacy that signals a new evolution in his sound. As for Deluxe, the up-and-coming UK DJ's touch on this record is relentless and direct, with no time for filler or wasted energy. His production work on the European dance hit It Just Won't Do sums up his unabashedly club-oriented approach while echoing the entire retro-electro thrust of dance music in 2002. Disc 2 eases off the gas pedal, kicking off with the updated rave beats of Loose Headz before eventually dissolving into Deluxe's deconstruction of the great Layo & Bushwacka's "Love Story." But the disconnect that could have erupted between Emerson and Deluxe's disparate styles never happens on Episode 1, dissolving in the face of their shared goal to make those asses shake on the dance floor. --Matthew Cooke

Product Description
Former underworld member Darren Emerson releases his first mix album since departing the groundbreaking trio. On this effort England's most up and coming DJ/remixer Tim Deluxe joins him. Over 140 minutes of dance music is packed on this double CD package. Slipcase. Thrive. 2002.

Underwater, Episode 1,Darren Emerson & Tim Deluxe,Thrive (Red),Club/Dance,Dance,Dance Music,House,Pop,Techno

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1. Blue Danube
2. Waltz of Flowers
3. Waltz No. 1
4. Waltz of the Snowflakes
5. Naila Waltz
6. Spanish Dance
7. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
8. Sugar Plum Fairy
9. Dance of the Comedians
10. Camptown Races
11. Carnival of the Animals Finale
12. Dance of the Clown [From "A Midsummer Night's" Dream]
13. Dance of the Hours
14. Dance of the Swans [From "Swan Lake"]
15. Faust Ballet
16. Tritsch Tratsch Polka
17. Hungarian Dance
18. Dance of the Priestesses
19. Overture from "William Tell"
20. Toreador Song [From "Carmen"]
21. Overture from "Carmen"
22. Samson & Delilah
23. Ride of the Valkyries
24. Baracole from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
25. Scheherazade
26. Water Music - The Hornpipe
27. Nocturne
28. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
29. Hungarian Rhapsody
30. Prde L& Arlenne
31. Preer Gynt Suite No. 1 Anitra's Dance
32. Liebestraum
33. Adagio from "The New World Symphony"
34. Flight of the Bumblebee
35. Ave Maria
36. Air on a G String
37. Neapolitan Song
38. Violin Concerto
39. Serenade No. 4

Tracks:

1. When You Wish Upon a Star
2. Chances Are
3. Calcutta
4. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
5. Gigi
6. They Call the Wind Maria
7. Memories Are Made of This
8. Catch a Falling Star
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
10. So in Love
11. Begin the Beguine
12. Misty
13. Little Things Mean a Lot
14. Embraceable You
15. It Might as Well Be Spring
16. On the Street Where You Live
17. Moment to Remember
18. Anniversary Song
19. Golden Days
20. Theme from a Summer Place
21. Tonight
22. Lullaby of Broadway
23. Easter Parade
24. Tenderly
25. Young at Heart

Tracks:

1. Claire de Lune
2. Piano Concerto No. 1
3. Minute Waltz
4. Piano Concerto
5. Fantasy Impromptu
6. Piano Sonata No. 20 - Finale
7. Swan
8. Polonaise No. 6
9. Waltz in C Minor
10. 1812 Overture
11. Light Cavalry Overture
12. Nutcracker Overture
13. Marche Militaire
14. Tannhauser Overture
15. Radetsky March
16. Tragic Overture
17. Triumphal March
18. Tales of Vienna Woods
19. Emperor's Waltz
20. Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
21. Voice of Spring
22. Fledermaus Overture
23. Skater's Waltz
24. Roses from the South
25. Romance
26. Symphony No. 5
27. Mer
28. Moonlight Sonata
29. Capriccio Espagnol
30. Lohengrin
31. Symphonie Fantastique
32. Greensleeves
33. Souvenir
34. Lonely Heart
35. Die Meistersinger
36. Polovtsian Dance

Customer Reviews:

Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08

A search for Deep Purple's "Smoke on [in] the water," brought up this title. I rate it only #1 because I could not locate the "Smoke on the Water" listing. Amazon seems to be having an indexing problem.

Average customer rating: Not too bad! Awesome tunes.... nothing more Yep. The best DJ mix of 2002? Pumping, glammy, trashy anti-prog house.

Underwater, Episode 1 Darren Emerson , and Tim Deluxe Manufacturer: Thrive (Red) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Underwater, Episode 3 Underwater, Episode 2 underwater episode04 ASIN: B00006IT5K Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

1. Ya'self - Original Vocal Mix - Mutiny
2. Wuz Without You - Alex Gopher w/ Demon pres
3. H2O - Darren Emerson
4. Fly Shuffle - Ian Pooley
5. It Just Won't Do - Tim Deluxe feat Sam Obernik
6. That Latin Track - DJ Vitamin D feat Miss Audry
7. Capital Rocka - Medicine
8. Orbeat - Daniel Vigorito
9. Yess - Smith & Selway
10. Bubbles - Vince Watson

Tracks:

1. Like This - Loose Headz
2. Dance You Down - Mutiny Mix - Gus Gus
3. Acid Tricks - D'Julz
4. Keep Beating The Drum - Steve Mac
5. Love Story - Tim Deluxe Mix - Layo & Bushwacka!
6. Hungry - Muzik Junkies
7. We All Love Sax - Tim Deluxe
8. Mountains - Meeker
9. Remember When - Djembe Beats - Audio Drive
10. Jungle - Jay J and Chris Lum
11. Anthem - T World

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Darren Emerson no longer flaunts the dark DJ heart that made Underworld an international club force, but he has never contributed to anything so effortlessly danceable as Episode 1's first disc. Part of that comes from his partner here, Tim Deluxe, whose club-oriented sound encourages Emerson to drop all pretense of depth and let the house beats pound. Even the Emerson-produced "H2O," while one of disc 1's more restrained moments, has a sunny immediacy that signals a new evolution in his sound. As for Deluxe, the up-and-coming UK DJ's touch on this record is relentless and direct, with no time for filler or wasted energy. His production work on the European dance hit It Just Won't Do sums up his unabashedly club-oriented approach while echoing the entire retro-electro thrust of dance music in 2002. Disc 2 eases off the gas pedal, kicking off with the updated rave beats of Loose Headz before eventually dissolving into Deluxe's deconstruction of the great Layo & Bushwacka's "Love Story." But the disconnect that could have erupted between Emerson and Deluxe's disparate styles never happens on Episode 1, dissolving in the face of their shared goal to make those asses shake on the dance floor. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

Former underworld member Darren Emerson releases his first mix album since departing the groundbreaking trio. On this effort England's most up and coming DJ/remixer Tim Deluxe joins him. Over 140 minutes of dance music is packed on this double CD package. Slipcase. Thrive. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Not too bad!.......2004-10-20

I am a huge fan of Underworld, Emerson, PVD, many such progressive authors. I saw this at the store today after I did a trade in, and I decided to give this a try since Darren Emerson was one of the core members of Underworld, I figured why not.

It's not bad! It's a little bit different than what I'm used to, but not by much - it's really great! I'd recommend getting a used cd.

Awesome tunes.... nothing more.......2003-08-30

I have to admit, there are some really awesome tunes on both cd's. I don't think there's a track that i dont like. Although this is true, that's about as far as the CD goes. Some of the mixing makes me want to puke, and programming doesnt even exist in these discs. Emerson= good producer. not a good dj.

Yep........2002-11-10

Well I wrote a long descriptive review but they didn't like it I guess. I'll give you the jist.

-It's not as light and funky as people make it out to be. There is that but both discs take a turn for the more intimate and serious; exactly what anyone would want from a good night out.

-It blends some unique styles of house that are a refreshing break from what people traditionally call "Progressive house". Anyone see the irony in that? anyway.

-I didn't like Emerson's GU releases but these two discs, in particularly disc 1, will be one of those compilations that I recall with good feelings a few years down the road. I can't say that for very many of the compilations that I pick up these days. What Deluxe and Emerson are doing here is breathing new life into EDM. Give it a listen, give it several listens.

-I haven't been able to spot a tune I didn't like which is one of my criteriums for an excellent mix. It meets the other criteria as well.

Enjoy.

The best DJ mix of 2002?.......2002-10-30

This DJ mix is essential and a must buy for anyone who likes any kind of dance music, especially progressive house fans. Not too tribal, yet not too jazzy, but stacked full of dancefloor burners. Now we know why Emerson left Underworld. The sound is especially refreshing coming to since the breaks (James Lavelle's new mix: pretty good)+ nu-electro scene is getting stale lately.

Pumping, glammy, trashy anti-prog house........2002-10-29

Here is a planet moving far away from the mass of progressive hous chug and boom.

Darren Emerson of Underworld fame has teamed up with a rising start of the UK music scene to create a pumping, glammy, trashy, techno stew of a mix. Its cheap, its nasty, its sexy, its electronic, as one would expect from Emerson, one of the new electronic meisters of the 1990s. This is no Digweed, this is no Graham, its got the ghost gay disco and attitude all over it, and its fun.

On the surface prog house in structure, it carries a lot of jewelry on its spiny bod, that glitters and shines, particularly of the keyboard kind. Its not dark, brooding and subeterannean as the fashion has been of late, but Emerson is clearly trying to define the next wave of what club will be. Its an interesting blend and interesting try, although ultimately a tad derivative--reintegrating techno siganture sounds back into prog house, have not we done this already?-- and not overly satisfying. Like candyfloss that saturates the taste buds but quickly dissipates, leaving an icky feeling in the mouth. But thats just me.

But its certianly moving in the opposite direciton and a Jolt Cola antidote to the latest prog house/trance Global Underground relases of Satoshie Tomie, Anthony Pappa, Sander Kleinenberg and Lawler. Give it a twirl: good for parties I'll wager.

Average customer rating: Just Brilliant! Fresh Sounds and beautifully sequenced

Underwater Episode V.1: Mixed By Darren Emmerson & Tim Deluxe Various Artists Manufacturer: Underwater ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006CY6I Release Date: 2002-07-22

Tracks:

1. Yaself - Mutiny (Original Vocal Mix)
2. Without You - Alex Gopher (With Demon Pres Wuz)
3. H2O - Darren Emerson
4. Fly Shuttle - Ian Pooley
5. It Just Wont Do - Tim Deluxe (Darren And Tims Re-dub)
6. That Latin Track - DJ Vitamin D (Feat Miss Audry)
7. Caital Rocka - Medicine8
8. Orbeat 1 - Daniel Vigorito
9. Yess - Smith And Selway
10. Bubbles - Vince Watson
11. Like This - Loose Headz
12. Dance You Down - Gus Gus (Mutiny Mix)
13. Acid Tricks - DJulz
14. Keep Beating The Drum - Steve Mac
15. Love Story - Layo And Bushwacka (Tim Deluxe Remix)
16. Hungry - Muzik Junkies
17. We All Love Sax - Tim Deluxe
18. Mountains - Meeker
19. Remember When (Djembe Beats) - Audio Drive
20. Jungle - Jay J And Chris Lum
21. Anthem - T World

Album Description

Former underworld member Darren Emerson releases his first mix album since departing the groundbreaking trio. On this effort England's most up and coming DJ/remixer Tim Deluxe joins him. Over 140 minutes of dance music is packed on this double CD package. The slipcase is embossed and different than the domestic. Underwater Records. 2002.

Album Details

Apart from Djing Tours around the Globe, Darren Emerson Has Been Concentrating Much of his Efforts Into his Underwater Label and Working Towards his Own Productions. In the Meantime, He Has Teamed Up with Tim Deluxe, Underwater's Most Recent and Much Talked About Signing to Compile "Underwater Episode 1", the Label's Debut Album Release. The Album is an Eclectic Mix of Funky House Tunes Ranging from the Critically Acclaimed Brixton Due Mutiny's "Yerself" to the Funky Beats of Medicine's "Capital Rocka". Also Featured on Ths Album Are Tracks by Alex Gopher, Ian Pooley, Steve Mac and Layo and Bushwacka.

Customer Reviews:

Just Brilliant!.......2003-06-16

I have been an Underworld fan even before the film Trainspotting came out. Everything everything they put out just seemed to get better with time. After DJ Emerson left the group in 2000, I did not know what to do. Underworld's "100 Days Off" Album of 2002 still held its own against the rest of the contemporary techno out there, but it was lacking the substance and diversity that was more evident in the "classic" Underworld albums.

Episode 1 has laid to rest any fears that we'll be forced to look back to the 1990's for good techno. The diversity of the selection is mind blowing and the mixing is second to none. I am particularly fond Tim Deluxe's "We All Love Sax" and Smith and Selway's "Yes".

The first disc is a little bit more solid than the second, but that does not mean that you can't have a wicked session playing these two CDs back to back.

All in all a very reassuring reminder that good Techno is not dead in the 21st Century. The 1990's was just the beginning.

Fresh Sounds and beautifully sequenced.......2002-10-18

For the past year I have been in that phase where you buy every new compilation that comes out if it even smacks of fresh entertainment and anyone who has been there knows that you might find something truly classic and timeless 5% of the time. Well people, this is it. The real gem in this two disc compilation is the first disc that starts out with what I'm inclined to describe as latin-funk although I really hate the word funk since it has this stigma of ridiculousness attached to it and disc one is anything but ridiculous. The disc is very upbeat and on the lighter side of sound until about song 6 where things take a turn for the more dramatic and poignant.

Let me see if I can put it into perspective a little better. I enjoy compilations that start off with one type of feeling and slowly song by song transform that feeling until the end result leaves the listener wondering how (s)he got to that new emotional state. Good movies of this type are Braveheart or Dances with Wolves. Good compilations of this type are Sasha's Ibiza Disc 1 (light house into heavy trance), Nick Warren's Brazil disc 2 (trancey breaks into melodic trance), Danny Howell's Nubreed (light tribal into moody house), etc. What I'm trying to describe is not the music itself but the sensations the listener receives when a compilation has in my opinion been successful.

My basic criteria for a good compilation are)
1) has to evoke emotion of some sort
2) has to have good carry (you never find yourself asking why did they put that track in there instead of being rightly absorbed in the sound) and you find yourself at the end of the album before you are ready for it to be over.
3) based on number 2 you can put the [cd] on repeat for 3-4 listens without getting sick of it
4) although intensely personal you find yourself wishing to share the music with a good friend

If any of this jives with your relation to music give this compilation a shot. To be quite honest I haven't even given the second disc a fair listen because I'm so hung up on the first.

And to those people that were turned off by Emerson's GU compilations, I HATED THEM TOO, but this is a completely different cohesion than in those compilations. Maybe Deluxe and Emerson have a good thing going. I'm looking forward to Episode 2

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