Hed Kandi: Deeper 2002

Product Description
UK deep house compilation featuring 19 tracks. Highlights include, Miriam Project 'Where Are You Know?, Timo Maas 'To Get Down' & iio 'Rapture. 2002.

Tracks:

Sunrise (Roger's Summer Solstice Mix) - Afterlife
Pixels (Peter Heller's Old Skool Mix) - UBU
I Wanna Be (Ricky Montanari & Stefano Greppi Deep Vox Mix) - Shauna Solomon
Moody (Peter Heller's Stylus Vocal) - BPT
Where Are You Now? (Club Vocal Mix) - Miriam Project
If You Fall (M.A.S. Collective Noosa Mix) - Ad Finem
In Stereo (Superchumbo Mix) - Flip Flop
Magnifique (Magnified Mix) - Tedd Patterson
Alright - Kidstuff
To Get Down - Timo Maas

Tracks:

It's Love (Trippin') (Original EPTN Mix) - Goldtrix
Future Child - Stylus Trouble
The Revolution (Volta Vocal Mix) - Superchumbo
Dirty - Dirty
Lover Man (Satoshi Tomiie Main Path Remix) - Urban Dwellers
Rapture (John Creamer & Stephane K Remix) - IIO
Addicted To Bass (DifferentGear Mix) - Puretone
Finally (Danny Tenaglia's Time Marches On Mix) - Kings Of Tomorrow
Circus Bells (Hardfloor Mix) - Robert Armani

Album Description

UK deep house compilation featuring 19 tracks. Highlights include, Miriam Project 'Where Are You Know?, Timo Maas 'To Get Down' & iio 'Rapture. 2002.

Album Details

The Second Installment of Deep House Grooves from the Label Popular for their Expert Collections of the Best Tracks. The Unimixed Collection Includes Serious Tracks from Iio, Urban Dwellers, Superchumbo, Robert Armani, Kings of Tomorrow, Celeda, Brown and Brown and More.

Customer Reviews:

Disc 2 Always Reliable for Parties.......2004-12-06

I have much love for the second disc--disc 1 isn't bad but it isn't equal either--great for afterparties especially if one is about to deal with sunrise. The tracks have a dark, moody edge combined with a moderate tempo that works well in the difficult transition period from night to day (or from day to night). With just the right mix of sex and energy the collection avoids the frenetic pace of HiNRG which is annoying at 5:00 (am or pm) while also avoiding the deadening lethargy of many Ambient/Chill which are often too Enya for my tastes.

Not as good as the first installment in this series.......2004-10-28

This version of DEEPER is pale in comparison to the original. The tracks here are a lot darker than the former. This album is also more trance driven. There's more filler tracks here, and it's just not as good. I would have passed had I known, but I loved the first collection of DEEPER that I thought this would be good. The selection isn't as good, I could have done without "Rapture" by Iio, Purestone's "Addicted To Bass" and "Finally" by Kings of Tomorrow. The songs that I do like are "I Wanna Be" by Shauna Solomon, "In Stereo" by Flip Flop. Disc one is stronger than disc two, which the second half totally drags on that disc.

It Could Have Been "Deeper," but It's Still Worth a Spin........2003-01-29

Hed Kandi shifts gears a bit and unleashes a series called "Deeper," a collection of house grooves that are edgier and darker than the jams we're accustomed to hearing on the label's "Disco Kandi" compilations. So what works? 90% of Disc 1, which amply lives up to the promise of the title. Main attractions are the funked-up "I Wanna Be" by Shauna Solomon, a Pete Heller remix of "Moody" performed by BPT, and Superchumbo's re-working of "In Stereo" by Flip Flop. These tracks remind me of summer late nights at a club in NYC or Washington, D.C. where grooves like these aggressively pulsate and blare out of the speakers. So what doesn't work? Well, half of disc 2, which docks "Deeper" by a star. Not only is it inconsistent, it also has some fairly predictable titles. Am I the only one who's had enough of the inescapable "Rapture" by Iio? I like the trance version, and the house remix that appears here ain't bad, but it dulls "Deeper"'s edge a bit. Purestone's "Addicted to Bass" sounds a bit clumsy, and I could have lived without hearing "Finally" by Kings of Tomorrow for the umpteenth time. Still, there's plenty to admire on "Deeper," which, despite its flaws, lives up to its name.

A Twisted Journey Into the Darker Side of House.......2003-01-25

That's what the paper slip describes this collection of hard hitting trance songs, and its a fit description. Yes it's not like the original installment of DEEPER in the HED KANDI series, but its different in a good way. The album is a lot more progressive and darker than the original, it will set you in the mood for some deep trance and some dark house beats. Highlights among the set include Afterlife's "Sunrise", iio's "Rapture", Puretone's "Addicted to Bass", Shaunua Solomon's "I Wanna Be", and Dirty's "Dirty". Although I don't really find any real faults with the tracks here, they all have their own flair and just put you in that mood. I quite like how the dark beats are matched with haunting vocals, it especially works well with the female vocals overlaying the track. Other artists on the compilation include Stylus Trouble, Goldtrix, Timo Mass, Miriam Project, Ubu, Kings of Tomorrow and more. Overall in my opinion its a good compilation, not quite as good as the first DEEPER but definately worth checking out.

Disappointing.......2002-07-09