| 1. -I LOVE MY PEOPLE |
| 2. -WHEN I HAD NO MONEY |
| 3. -EYES TOWARDS HEAVEN |
| 4. -SUNNY DAYZE |
| 5. -QUEEN OF THE GUETTO |
| 6. -THEME SONG |
| 7. -DIME PIECES |
| 8. -BOUNCE BABY BOUNCE |
| 9. -WHEN I HAD NO MONEY-RAP |
| 10. -I CAN TAKE IT |
| 11. -NORTHERN EXPOSURE |
| 12. -OUTRO |
| 13. -THE WHOLE "9" |
Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
J'LAHM IS BORN IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN AND IS THE YOUNGEST OF 9 CHILDREN. HE IS 6'4" AND PERFORMS VERY STRONGLY ON STAGE. COMING FROM A RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, HE HAS PERFORMED WITH GOSPEL ARTISTS INCLUDING "MICHELLE FLOWERS". TOGETHER WITH "JEFFREY VALANTINE" SINGING R&B, J'LAHM HAS PRODUCED A GREAT ALBUM WITH A MIX OF URBAN STYLE MUSIC.
Product Description
HIP-HOP, URBAN, R & B MUSIC BY J'LAHM AND FEATURING COURTNEY & SHY, MICHELLE FLOWERS AND JEFFREY VALANTINE. SONGS NOW PLAYING ON THE RADIO: "WHEN I HAD NO MONEY" AND "DIME PIECES".
Furthermore, while the CD was playing, my wife asked me what it was. When I told her, she said, "Don't you dare sell that CD!" She has nothing to fear. I have played it several times now, and I like it better each time I listen.
It showcases what DJs can do to tunes.. It proves that they can indeed be artists.
Starting off with the gorgeous sounds of Gus Gus and Chicane , (atmospheric, earthy and organic.), to the main room progressive sound of Frontside, Spooky and Uberzone.. (dark, dirty and sexy.) before landing with the most soothing sounds of Hybrid's `Unfinished Symphony"... this mix transcends Genres and Sub-genres and simply delivers a musical journey indescribable by words.
To know that it was recorded from vinyl rather that any computer software adds to the natural feel that has come to define the `Northern Exposure' series..
Is this the best of the series!? Hard to say.. but for pure musicality, originality and midnight magic.. yes.. yes it is.
A beautiful, dark, sensual journey through the underground as only Sasha with the aid of Digweed can deliver.
GET INTO IT!
I'd have to say that this set scores an easy second place for the Northern Exposure series. However it still falls short compared to the quality and creativity of the first.
3.5/5 stars for this half of Northern Exposure, volume 2.
If you bought NEII:West Coast first, do yourself a favor and check out the good ol' East. It w.i.l.l. blow you away by comparison, and I love the West Coast edition. While West has fantastic tracks which are more relaxed, consistent, bubbly and soothing... East takes that formula, bends it, twists it, makes suitable additions and comes out with something so much more intensly pleasing to the ear. The vocal selections on tracks 1-3 make the album hauntingly appealing at first, and remind me of the cover of the album due to their blue/white liquid texture and composition... but just when you sit back to enjoy the smooth relaxation Sasha and Digweed serve up first, it is only an appetizer.
The next set of perhaps 6 tracks up the ante on the tempo and profundity of the listening experience, especially on Geomantik, Blue-->Little Bullet and Botz. These tracks are, to me, so reminiscent of those found on Disc 1 of John Digweeds GU006:Sydney release. Tribal, with the "evil frog" croak and beats which create a spiraling intensity about them as the listener is propelled through the vortex of sound.
The album ends with lovely track slections and mixes by Lost Tribe, Gus Gus's "Purple" (An early trance classic and staple Tranceport remix by Sasha), and Hybrid's "Symphony". I have to say I was a bit surprised by their slection of Hybrid's track, but pleasntly so; a unique artist with a unique track to end a rewardingly unique listening experience.
I would recommend this album to anyone with an ear for audible appreciation: if you really dig albums like Sasha's Involver, Lexicon Avenue's mix on Dave Seaman's "Therapy Sessions Vol. 3", or any of the other Northern Exposure series (particularly NEI and NEIII:Disc 1), you will love this album to death.
If you are looking for Global Underground comparisons, GU006:Sydney and GU013: Ibiza come to mind; not surprising, as they are the cream of the Sasha and Digweed GU crop.
If you have not even heard of any of the aforementioned albums, you will still love this album to death.
My absolute favorite among the greatest collaboration series of two of the greatest DJ's on Planet Home.
~Lex
Check the fluke track Referendum #10 for the signature Sasha sound, haunting poignant beauty partially embossed by sadness that speaks to the human soul.
You won't find another Northern EXposure compilation like this one.
Gus Gus's purple original is here to for those who have heard the legendary remix and want to get a feel for the original version. Additional breakbeat production on the track of course but it was pretty much left untouched.
The Fireball theme is actually much improved on this version. I prefer the orchestra and the vocals over the original.
"Space Manoeuvres" by Stage One sets the overall theme of this two disc set. Overabundant spacey trance tracks fill up most of both discs. For this reviewer's taste, it can get a little tiresome for an entire disc, let alone two of them. I am not that impressed with this album, especially when compared to the quality of the original.
Both discs get 3/5 stars.
I'm glad I gave this another shot. There are some standout tracks on the first disc mainly Space Manoeuvers, Lost Without you, Belfunk & Know You love me too.
The stand outs are #4,#5,#6 with seven being one of the heaviest electronic songs ever created, with its dark, chuggy, yet light to the touch, smiling from ear to ear beat and #9 "free".
i like to consider myself a conniseur of sorts of this (trance,house) type of music beacuse i have been enjoying this type of music since '95. But for the 'beginner' and the experienced alike these cd's are a must have for the emotional moody feeling that we all relish as a member of the human race.
Even an intermediate trance enthusiast knows that trying to cram too many good songs into a single mix has a detracting quality (see Oakenfold's Tranceport). For one thing, the mix tends to be a little forced. What you get with this album is the most individual-song quality possible in the shortest time length. Of course, they cheated a little. Tracks 1 and 2 were not only programmed by the same set of musicians, but musicians aimed at tailoring their songs to fit into Sasha and Digweed mixes. Still, tracks 1 and 2 are incredibly fit together! The rest of the CD almost doesn't matter.
CD 1 seems to be a little more Sasha-esque while CD has the Digweed structure. If you take out tracks 1 and 2 on the first CD, the second CD is the superior mix.
The first release is a classic that will stand against the test of time despite being two years the junior to this album. Northern Exposure II: West Coast is outdated with tacky-sounding trance. Glowsticks and pacifiers anyone?
2.5/5 stars.
Be sure to check out the East Coast edition - it's very different, but a good purchase still (I'd give it 4 stars).
The West Coast edition is the more danceable of the two NE2s, with some of the best progressive house tracks of the era/ever. Opening with Cygnus X's "Protison" (incorrectly listed as "Superstrings" on the back cover), a lush, bouncy, euphoric mood is instantly created only to be torn down by the stabbing melodies and abrasive percussion Speedy J's "Fusion". Humate's classic "3.2" is mixed in creating a dark, atmospheric sound, that melds perfectly with William Orbit's remix of Sven Vath's techno classic "An Accident In Paradise". The Light's "Panfried" and Third Man's "Solar Cycle" keep the beat steady, before the duo really turn up the energy with L.S.G.'s "Netherworld". The Jules Vern mix heard on this album is the best version of the song I've ever heard emphasizing the best elements of the song, and creating a hard hitting progressive house floor-filler. Taucher's melodic "Waters" is perfectly mixed holding the peak created by "Netherworld" to over ten minutes of sheer electronic bliss. "Teach Me" by Art Of Silence is a serene break from the energy, but we're soon brought back to 4/4 floor-stomping energy with Transa's anthemic "Enervate", before slowly closing with the trance inducing groove of Armin's "Blue Fear".
While not as timeless as it's predecessor or the East Coast Edition, this is still a classic piece of progressive house. Although more immediately accessible, it is ultimately less rewarding than it's counterpart. Still, an essential purchase for progressive house/trance fans.
For the most part, the individual tracks and the set overall does not sound that outdated when related to the album's release date of 1997.
I like this album for its sheer creativity. It the album cover and title have any true purpose in conveying what type of setting Sasha and Digweed were going for with their track selection...chilly, untamed, and isolated...then they sure succeeded. I just don't understand why they decided to open with a track using a vocal clip of the BBC's premier documentary narrator, David Attenborough talking about the Amazon instead of the Arctic or Antarctic?
This review is for the single disc album with the tracks featured above. 4/5 stars.
Unfortunately, the record gets off to an almost aggravatingly slow start. The Suzuki number that kicks the disc off is about five minutes too long and features an irritatingly incessant chandelier-and-wind-chime jangling. A later track, "Raincry," succumbs to the deadly repetition of a monkish whine that, after seven minutes, starts to sound like a dying whale. The third track of the album is a Native American-themed chorale by The Future Sound of London; it's suitably sensual (think pan-flutes and fairy-whispers), but the mood is almost ruined by an escalating mish-mosh of weird electro-swoops and kinetic synth.
These minor mishaps, however, are all overshadowed and overpowered by the rest of the record, which is not nearly so twilight-toned. The sound coasts up higher through the angelic sparkles of "These Waves" and then dives down into the cool, murky waters of "Out Of Body Experience."
"I'm Free," "Ultraviolet," "Obsession," and "Water From a Vine Leaf" form the nerve-throbbing core of this record, and they are crafted and coalesced with S & D's usual fine eye for detail. The music picks up speed without losing its airy effervesence. Textured alto serenades, strobe-heavy splashes of sound, urging and sexual half-moans: it recalls bare feet kicking up surf around a beachside bonfire, sweaty and shadow-soaked club couches, or candle-lit house parties.
This delightfully dirty block of trance brilliance is followed by some last-minute theatrics (the up-and-down robotics and the silk-weave organ chords of Apollo 440's "Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold") and a steady, patient, Indian-influenced come-down that recalls the life and lushness of the record without any of the awkward false starts. This trip may have a rocky beginning, but it ends, in true S & D fashion, with a dreamily perfect fade.
This album as a single unit was perhaps as influential on modern mixing as the duo's Renaissance: The Mix Collection was to the introduction of mixing itself. The mixing is flawless, but unlike the acclaimed Global Underground series' mixing, this was done by Sasha and Digweed themselves, not a professional studio mixer using 21st century computers - making the album all that much more special.
The track progression is seamless; I love the ethereal sounding beats mixing, melding, churning subtly together to form this astounding musical mosaic. The music is now eleven years old. 1996-2007. But it is as fresh, as seamless, as illusory and divine as it was in the mid '90s.
One thing to be said - for years, I owned the U.S. release (long after the UK release had been discontinued) and was ignorant of a second disc to this release. And I cannot convey to those out there with enough urgency that the second disc completes this epic journey, even though the first disc (North) could very well stand alone as a 5-star album and has for quite some time.
The second disc (South), never released in the United States and only limitedly available around the rest of the globe, matches the mysticism of the North disc. Yet it is so very different. While the North disc is a bubbly landscape of dreamy, beautiful and luscious ear candy melded into one long 11 part track, the South disc adds the balance necessary to call this a real trance album. There are solidified beats on the South disc, straight from the get-go. This disc has an icier feel to it, a bit more cryptic whereas the North disc feels somewhat organic and earthen to my ears. I love it. Phased vocals, beat crescendos and chopped inserts lay the foundation for the rushing peaks that the North disc lacks. The North disc still remains my favorite because it is a humble work of beauty, but the South disc feels a bit more like the perfect segue into the future Northern Exposure releases.
The biggest complaint with these masterpieces is that the songs sound too dated. NOT SO WITH THIS RELEASE. I promise that anyone, from an older ex-raver to the trance newcomer will find these songs accessible. This album surpasses that boundary which can snag some listeners' appreciation for the music.
If you want something truly historical, aurally divine, musically enigmatic and a work of technical genius, then purchase this album. Sell a kidney if that should be the prerequisite to getting the South disc. I have finally found the whole package, and I refused to review this album without having experienced it first in its 1996 completeness.
~Lex
For the most part, the individual tracks and the set overall does not sound that outdated when related to the album's release date of 1997.
I like this album for its sheer creativity. It the album cover and title have any true purpose in conveying what type of setting Sasha and Digweed were going for with their track selection...chilly, untamed, and isolated...then they sure succeeded. I just don't understand why they decided to open with a track using a vocal clip of the BBC's premier documentary narrator, David Attenborough talking about the Amazon instead of the Arctic or Antarctic?
This review is for the single disc album with the tracks featured above. 4/5 stars.
Unfortunately, the record gets off to an almost aggravatingly slow start. The Suzuki number that kicks the disc off is about five minutes too long and features an irritatingly incessant chandelier-and-wind-chime jangling. A later track, "Raincry," succumbs to the deadly repetition of a monkish whine that, after seven minutes, starts to sound like a dying whale. The third track of the album is a Native American-themed chorale by The Future Sound of London; it's suitably sensual (think pan-flutes and fairy-whispers), but the mood is almost ruined by an escalating mish-mosh of weird electro-swoops and kinetic synth.
These minor mishaps, however, are all overshadowed and overpowered by the rest of the record, which is not nearly so twilight-toned. The sound coasts up higher through the angelic sparkles of "These Waves" and then dives down into the cool, murky waters of "Out Of Body Experience."
"I'm Free," "Ultraviolet," "Obsession," and "Water From a Vine Leaf" form the nerve-throbbing core of this record, and they are crafted and coalesced with S & D's usual fine eye for detail. The music picks up speed without losing its airy effervesence. Textured alto serenades, strobe-heavy splashes of sound, urging and sexual half-moans: it recalls bare feet kicking up surf around a beachside bonfire, sweaty and shadow-soaked club couches, or candle-lit house parties.
This delightfully dirty block of trance brilliance is followed by some last-minute theatrics (the up-and-down robotics and the silk-weave organ chords of Apollo 440's "Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold") and a steady, patient, Indian-influenced come-down that recalls the life and lushness of the record without any of the awkward false starts. This trip may have a rocky beginning, but it ends, in true S & D fashion, with a dreamily perfect fade.
This album as a single unit was perhaps as influential on modern mixing as the duo's Renaissance: The Mix Collection was to the introduction of mixing itself. The mixing is flawless, but unlike the acclaimed Global Underground series' mixing, this was done by Sasha and Digweed themselves, not a professional studio mixer using 21st century computers - making the album all that much more special.
The track progression is seamless; I love the ethereal sounding beats mixing, melding, churning subtly together to form this astounding musical mosaic. The music is now eleven years old. 1996-2007. But it is as fresh, as seamless, as illusory and divine as it was in the mid '90s.
One thing to be said - for years, I owned the U.S. release (long after the UK release had been discontinued) and was ignorant of a second disc to this release. And I cannot convey to those out there with enough urgency that the second disc completes this epic journey, even though the first disc (North) could very well stand alone as a 5-star album and has for quite some time.
The second disc (South), never released in the United States and only limitedly available around the rest of the globe, matches the mysticism of the North disc. Yet it is so very different. While the North disc is a bubbly landscape of dreamy, beautiful and luscious ear candy melded into one long 11 part track, the South disc adds the balance necessary to call this a real trance album. There are solidified beats on the South disc, straight from the get-go. This disc has an icier feel to it, a bit more cryptic whereas the North disc feels somewhat organic and earthen to my ears. I love it. Phased vocals, beat crescendos and chopped inserts lay the foundation for the rushing peaks that the North disc lacks. The North disc still remains my favorite because it is a humble work of beauty, but the South disc feels a bit more like the perfect segue into the future Northern Exposure releases.
The biggest complaint with these masterpieces is that the songs sound too dated. NOT SO WITH THIS RELEASE. I promise that anyone, from an older ex-raver to the trance newcomer will find these songs accessible. This album surpasses that boundary which can snag some listeners' appreciation for the music.
If you want something truly historical, aurally divine, musically enigmatic and a work of technical genius, then purchase this album. Sell a kidney if that should be the prerequisite to getting the South disc. I have finally found the whole package, and I refused to review this album without having experienced it first in its 1996 completeness.
~Lex
The first CD is a gorgeous down tempo/break beat mix in the same vein as the first CD of NE1. The mood and atmosphere is different however. Whereas NE1 CD1 was earthy, organic, and spiritual, the first CD of NE2 is jazzier, funkier, more melancholic, and near the end, more euphoric. The mix starts off phenomenally with an ultra chilly mix of Gus Gus' "Believe", which perfectly segues into Chicane's mix of Furry Phreaks' "Soothe". After we're transitioned with Violet's "Burn The Elastic", we're treated to the less memorable funky breaks of Prana's "Geomantik" and Acoustic Hoods "Cycle Of Time". Frontside's "Dammerung" brings a more serious tone back with its beautiful melancholic melody, which sets up for the mixes first and last 4/4 numbers, and also the most amazing numbers on the whole album. The trickling melody of Doi-Oing's "Blue" is perfectly blended with a superb live version of Spooky's classic "Little Bullet". The live version included here is even better than the original with washing synths and several layers melody that bring the album to it's first peak. While both of the tracks are amazing in their own right, this is a case where the expert DJ mixing of these two tracks creates something that is greater than the sum of it's parts.
Having already reached heaven 8 tracks in, the funky breaks of Uberzone's "Botz" is dropped bringing the mix back to the earth before slowly climbing back up with some of the most euphoric electronic tracks ever recorded. The tinkley melody of Fluke's "Reeferendrum" builds perfectly into Lost Tribe's gorgeous "Angel" (incorrectly listed as "Distant Voices" on the back cover), which out of nowhere turns into Gus Gus' mid-tempo masterpiece, "Purple". The final track, Hybrid's "Symphony" is perhaps the most emotional electronic music I've ever heard. A perfect closer to a near perfect mix.
The second CD is the more danceable of the two CDs, with some of the best progressive house tracks of the era/ever. Opening with Cygnus X's "Positron" (incorrectly listed as "Superstrings" on the back cover), a lush, bouncy, euphoric mood is instantly created, only to be torn down by the stabbing melodies and abrasive percussion of Speedy J's "Fusion". Humate's classic "3.2" is mixed in creating a dark, atmospheric sound, that melds perfectly with William Orbit's/Spooky's remix of Sven Vath's techno classic "An Accident In Paradise". The Light's "Panfried" and Third Man's "Solar Cycle" keep the beat steady, before the duo really turn up the energy with L.S.G.'s "Netherworld". The Jules Vern mix heard on this album is the best version of the song I've ever heard emphasizing the best elements of the song, and creating a hard hitting progressive house floor-filler. Taucher's melodic "Waters" is perfectly mixed in holding the peak created by "Netherworld" to over ten minutes of sheer electronic bliss. "Teach Me" by Art Of Silence is a serene break from the energy, but we're soon brought back to 4/4 floor-stomping energy with Transa's anthemic (and somewhat formulaic) "Enervate", before slowly closing with the trance inducing groove of Armin's "Blue Fear".
The weak moments on CD1 are when the mix goes for the more abrasive, funky numbers, but in the scope of the album as a whole and in terms of setting up the more serious melodic songs, they work. CD2 on the other hand, while more immediately accessible and overall consistent, it is ultimately less resonating than it's counterpart. Still, as a whole, this is the strongest entry in the Northern Exposure series, and an essential for any electronic music fan's library.
Believe me in a decade, this set will be a classical for electronic music, and will always seem fresh and timeless.
CD 1 begins with a superb remix of Gus-Gus' Believe, and goes on, on the same pace: mysterious, lovely, deep and groovy.
CD 2's beat is stronger, but takes on where the first started, as perfect.
J'LAHM IS BORN IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN AND IS THE YOUNGEST OF 9 CHILDREN. HE IS 6'4" AND PERFORMS VERY STRONGLY ON STAGE. COMING FROM A RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, HE HAS PERFORMED WITH GOSPEL ARTISTS INCLUDING "MICHELLE FLOWERS". TOGETHER WITH "JEFFREY VALANTINE" SINGING R&B, J'LAHM HAS PRODUCED A GREAT ALBUM WITH A MIX OF URBAN STYLE MUSIC.
Product Description
HIP-HOP, URBAN, R & B MUSIC BY J'LAHM AND FEATURING COURTNEY & SHY, MICHELLE FLOWERS AND JEFFREY VALANTINE. SONGS NOW PLAYING ON THE RADIO: "WHEN I HAD NO MONEY" AND "DIME PIECES".
Northern Exposure,J'Hlahm,B.I.E. Records,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues
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Northern Exposure: Music From The Television Series (1990-95 Television Series)
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ASIN: B000002OMG Release Date: 1992-09-15 |
Tracks:
- Theme From Northern Exposure - David Schwartz
- Jolie Louise - Daniel Lanois
- Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. & The MG's
- At Last - Etta James
- Everybody Be Yoself - Chic Street Man
- Alaskan Nights - David Schwartz
- Don Quichotte - Magazine 60
- When I Grow Too Old To Dream - Nat "King" Cole & His Trio/Stuff Smith
- Emabhaceni - Miriam Makeba
- Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Bailero (from "Chants D'Auvergne") - Frederica Von Stade
- David Schwartz Medley: Funeral In My Brain, A / Woody The Indian / Tellakutans, The
Customer Reviews:
STILL MY FAVORITE.......2007-03-23
Better than I remember.......2007-03-08
Totally rocks.......2006-09-11
Music that Grows on You.......2006-08-01
Furthermore, while the CD was playing, my wife asked me what it was. When I told her, she said, "Don't you dare sell that CD!" She has nothing to fear. I have played it several times now, and I like it better each time I listen.
The Chris Stevens Album Collection.......2006-07-30
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ASIN: B000002OT2 Release Date: 1994-11-08 |
Tracks:
- Ojibway Square Dance (Love Song) - Georgia Wettlin-larsen
- Theme From Northern Exposure - David Schwartz
- Stir It Up - Johnny Nash
- Mambo Baby - Ruth Brown
- Someone Loves You - Simon Bonney
- The Ladder - David Schwartz
- If You Take Me Back - Big Joe and His Washboard Band
- Un Mariage Casse (A Broken Marriage) - Basin Brothers
- There I Go Again - Vinx
- Lay My Love - Brian Eno and John Cale
- Wrap You'r Troubles In Dreams(And Dream You'r Troubles Away) - Les Paul and Mary Ford
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- I May Want A Man - Joanne Shanandoah
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RADIO STATION KBHR FAN FROM DOWNUNDER.......2007-07-14
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Excellent variety.......2002-07-14
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ASIN: B000003SFS Release Date: 1998-01-13 |
Tracks:
- Believe- Gus Gus
- Soothe (Chicane Mix)- Furry Freaks
- Burn the Elastic- Violet vs Mantronik
- Geomantik- Prana
- Cycles of Time- The Acoustic Hoods
- Dammerung- Frontisde
- Blue (Original and LP Mix)- Doi-Oing
- Little Bullet (Part One)- Spooky
- Botz- Uberzone
- Reeferendum- Fluke
- Distant Voices (Angel Edit)- Lost Tribe
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A truly expansive collection of cuts, this companion to Northern Exposure 2: West Coast Edition is one for all ears that sees Sasha and Digweed juxtapose dance-pop tunes with club-land mixes. Converts to the Northern Exposure series will further enjoy the skillful Sasha and Digweed mixes washed (as ever) with layers of smooth late-night warmth; newcomers will find a variety of styles and sounds stretching beyond conventional trance-techno to whet their appetite. Gus Gus enjoy two wonderful moments, opening the disc with their dreamy, trip-hop-flavored "Believe" and also offering the penultimate cut with their celestial, bottom-end-boosted "Purple." Other standout moments include Prana's "Geomantik" and Doi-Oing's warm and hazy "Blue." Occasionally the shadow of hip-hop can be heard snaking into the mix, but never enough to take away from the predominant trance atmosphere, which makes Northern Exposure sets so unique. --Steffan ChiraziCustomer Reviews:
The Ultimate Late Night Aphrodisiac.......2007-07-07
It showcases what DJs can do to tunes.. It proves that they can indeed be artists.
Starting off with the gorgeous sounds of Gus Gus and Chicane , (atmospheric, earthy and organic.), to the main room progressive sound of Frontside, Spooky and Uberzone.. (dark, dirty and sexy.) before landing with the most soothing sounds of Hybrid's `Unfinished Symphony"... this mix transcends Genres and Sub-genres and simply delivers a musical journey indescribable by words.
To know that it was recorded from vinyl rather that any computer software adds to the natural feel that has come to define the `Northern Exposure' series..
Is this the best of the series!? Hard to say.. but for pure musicality, originality and midnight magic.. yes.. yes it is.
A beautiful, dark, sensual journey through the underground as only Sasha with the aid of Digweed can deliver.
GET INTO IT!
East Beats West But Still Not Equal To Volume One.......2007-06-06
I'd have to say that this set scores an easy second place for the Northern Exposure series. However it still falls short compared to the quality and creativity of the first.
3.5/5 stars for this half of Northern Exposure, volume 2.
One of my most revered CDs.......2006-12-27
If you bought NEII:West Coast first, do yourself a favor and check out the good ol' East. It w.i.l.l. blow you away by comparison, and I love the West Coast edition. While West has fantastic tracks which are more relaxed, consistent, bubbly and soothing... East takes that formula, bends it, twists it, makes suitable additions and comes out with something so much more intensly pleasing to the ear. The vocal selections on tracks 1-3 make the album hauntingly appealing at first, and remind me of the cover of the album due to their blue/white liquid texture and composition... but just when you sit back to enjoy the smooth relaxation Sasha and Digweed serve up first, it is only an appetizer.
The next set of perhaps 6 tracks up the ante on the tempo and profundity of the listening experience, especially on Geomantik, Blue-->Little Bullet and Botz. These tracks are, to me, so reminiscent of those found on Disc 1 of John Digweeds GU006:Sydney release. Tribal, with the "evil frog" croak and beats which create a spiraling intensity about them as the listener is propelled through the vortex of sound.
The album ends with lovely track slections and mixes by Lost Tribe, Gus Gus's "Purple" (An early trance classic and staple Tranceport remix by Sasha), and Hybrid's "Symphony". I have to say I was a bit surprised by their slection of Hybrid's track, but pleasntly so; a unique artist with a unique track to end a rewardingly unique listening experience.
I would recommend this album to anyone with an ear for audible appreciation: if you really dig albums like Sasha's Involver, Lexicon Avenue's mix on Dave Seaman's "Therapy Sessions Vol. 3", or any of the other Northern Exposure series (particularly NEI and NEIII:Disc 1), you will love this album to death.
If you are looking for Global Underground comparisons, GU006:Sydney and GU013: Ibiza come to mind; not surprising, as they are the cream of the Sasha and Digweed GU crop.
If you have not even heard of any of the aforementioned albums, you will still love this album to death.
My absolute favorite among the greatest collaboration series of two of the greatest DJ's on Planet Home.
~Lex
Amazing.......2006-06-21
Easily on the most impressive of all NE sets.......2006-01-07
Check the fluke track Referendum #10 for the signature Sasha sound, haunting poignant beauty partially embossed by sadness that speaks to the human soul.
You won't find another Northern EXposure compilation like this one.
Gus Gus's purple original is here to for those who have heard the legendary remix and want to get a feel for the original version. Additional breakbeat production on the track of course but it was pretty much left untouched.
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One Hundred Greatest TV Themes
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ASIN: B00005Y49F Release Date: 2002-08-27 |
Tracks:
- The A-Team - Nic Raine
- The Addams Family - Nic Raine
- The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - Nic Raine
- Airwolf - Derek Wadsworth
- The Avengers - Mike Townend
- Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
- Batman - Nic Raine
- Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine
- Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth
- Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth
- Bewitched - Nic Raine
- Between The Lines - Mark Ayres
- The Bill - Nic Raine
- Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra
- Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth
- Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine
- Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth
- Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth
- Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres
- Casualty - Mark Ayres
- Cheers - Mark Ayres
- Dallas - Nic Raine
- Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend
- Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
- Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith
Tracks:
- Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth
- Dynasty - Nic Raine
- The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth
- Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth
- Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth
- The Fugitive - Nic Raine
- Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine
- The High Chaparral - Nic Raine
- Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth
- Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth
- The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres
- The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth
- Jason King - Mike Townend
- Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman
- Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth
- Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth
- Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth
- Kojak - Mike Townend
- L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth
- Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine
- Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth
- Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine
- Lost In Space - Nic Raine
- Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth
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- Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth
- A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth
- M*A*S*H - Nic Raine
- Miami Vice - Mark Ayres
- Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth
- Mission Impossible - Mike Townend
- Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine
- The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth
- Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth
- Newhart - Derek Wadsworth
- North And South - Derek Wadsworth
- Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth
- NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
- The Outer Limits - Nic Raine
- Perry Mason - Mike Townend
- The Persuaders - Mark Ayres
- Peter Gunn - Mike Townend
- Police Squad - Nic Raine
- The Prisoner - Mike Townend
- Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth
- Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend
- Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert
- The Rockford Files - Mike Post
- Roseanne - Dan Foliart
Tracks:
- The Saint - Mike Townend
- Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine
- Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth
- Star Trek - Mike Townend
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth
- Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine
- St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth
- The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine
- Stingray - Barry Gray
- Taxi - Derek Wadsworth
- Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth
- Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth
- The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra
- The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine
- Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth
- U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth
- The Virginian - Nic Raine
- Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine
- Wagon Train - Paul Bateman
- The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith
- The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth
- Young Riders - John Debney
- Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman
- The X-Files - Mark Ayres
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Two tracks I really like.......2007-07-21
The Fireball theme is actually much improved on this version. I prefer the orchestra and the vocals over the original.
Quantity Over Quality.......2007-01-15
Mediocre.......2006-05-17
One Hundred Greatest TV Themes.......2005-08-06
Pretty close to original recordings.......2005-07-24
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Northern Exposure : Expeditions
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ASIN: B00000ID2O Release Date: 1999-04-13 |
Tracks:
- Tyrantanic - Breeder
- Space Manoeuvres - Stage One
- Morning Glory - Union Jack
- Lost Without You - Jayn Hanna
- Expand The Room - the Light
- Belfunk - Sasha
- Know You Love Me Too - Chris Raven
- Micromega - Blue Planet Corporation
- Free - Mono Culture
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- Sexual Movement - Movement Perpetual
- Seaside Atmosphere - Stef, Pako & Frederick
- Der Dritte Raum - Polarstern
- Frictions Groove - Friction & Spice
- Gamelan - Red Devil
- Mess With Da Bull - RR Workshop
- Love Stimulation - Humate
- Rock Stone - Breeder
- Anything You Want - Delta Lady
- Silence, The - Mike Koglin
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The latest in the Northern Exposure series of trance-techno journeys undertaken by two of the most respected DJs in the world, Expeditions finds Sasha and John Digweed fashioning a set from some fine underground cuts. The disc carries the atmosphere of Jean Michel Jarre while maintaining the pace and energy of Orbital. Using Breeder's "Tyrantanic" as their warm-up, the dynamic duo seamlessly utilize simple techno beats with the likes of Jayn Hanna's "The Light," pumping after-hours house such as Mono Culture's "Free," and deliciously simple trance as in Red Devil's "Gamelan." Maintaining the traditions of previous Northern Exposure sets, there are two different discs for slightly different moods--the first more of a late-night soundtrack, the latter a blue-sky marathon--but both work equally well sequentially or separately. Expeditions is a dynamically balanced dance journey that takes you through many of the vistas electronica and DJ culture has to offer. No phrasebook is necessary. --Steffan ChiraziCustomer Reviews:
Very Average.......2007-06-05
"Space Manoeuvres" by Stage One sets the overall theme of this two disc set. Overabundant spacey trance tracks fill up most of both discs. For this reviewer's taste, it can get a little tiresome for an entire disc, let alone two of them. I am not that impressed with this album, especially when compared to the quality of the original.
Both discs get 3/5 stars.
good stuff .......2007-01-20
Disappointing.......2006-09-20
I'm glad I gave this another shot. There are some standout tracks on the first disc mainly Space Manoeuvers, Lost Without you, Belfunk & Know You love me too.
still bangin'.......2006-02-21
The stand outs are #4,#5,#6 with seven being one of the heaviest electronic songs ever created, with its dark, chuggy, yet light to the touch, smiling from ear to ear beat and #9 "free".
i like to consider myself a conniseur of sorts of this (trance,house) type of music beacuse i have been enjoying this type of music since '95. But for the 'beginner' and the experienced alike these cd's are a must have for the emotional moody feeling that we all relish as a member of the human race.
The crowdpleaser that even the snobbiest fans hold dear.......2005-12-14
Even an intermediate trance enthusiast knows that trying to cram too many good songs into a single mix has a detracting quality (see Oakenfold's Tranceport). For one thing, the mix tends to be a little forced. What you get with this album is the most individual-song quality possible in the shortest time length. Of course, they cheated a little. Tracks 1 and 2 were not only programmed by the same set of musicians, but musicians aimed at tailoring their songs to fit into Sasha and Digweed mixes. Still, tracks 1 and 2 are incredibly fit together! The rest of the CD almost doesn't matter.
CD 1 seems to be a little more Sasha-esque while CD has the Digweed structure. If you take out tracks 1 and 2 on the first CD, the second CD is the superior mix.
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Northern Exposure II: West Coast
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ASIN: B000003SFT Release Date: 1998-01-13 |
Tracks:
- Cygnus
- Speedy J
- Humate
- Sven Vath
- The Light
- Third Man
- LSG
- Taucher
- Art of Silence
- Transa
- Armin
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A smoother, steamier slice of house techno, this installment of the Northern Exposure series is a soft and sexy continuous mix that cruises comfortably in the fast lane without offering any standout moments of delirious excitement. Centering themselves firmly in the desert-trance arena, Sasha and Digweed opt for dreamy over direct every time. LSG's "Netherworld," Taucher's "Waters," and the William Orbit and Spooky mix of Sven Vath's "An Accident in Paradise" are all choice moments to get lost in, while Humate's "3.2" is a warm and cozy chunk of ambient techno. Overall, this edition of Northern Exposure is not the most essential member of the collection, but it does provide more than enough fluid trance-techno moments to satisfy dedicated fans. --Steffan ChiraziCustomer Reviews:
Sequels Are Usually Disappointing.......2007-06-06
The first release is a classic that will stand against the test of time despite being two years the junior to this album. Northern Exposure II: West Coast is outdated with tacky-sounding trance. Glowsticks and pacifiers anyone?
2.5/5 stars.
Classic - really is worth all 5 stars.......2007-01-12
Be sure to check out the East Coast edition - it's very different, but a good purchase still (I'd give it 4 stars).
ZRODN.......2006-10-26
Awesome!.......2005-09-13
A progressive house classic ..........2004-08-02
The West Coast edition is the more danceable of the two NE2s, with some of the best progressive house tracks of the era/ever. Opening with Cygnus X's "Protison" (incorrectly listed as "Superstrings" on the back cover), a lush, bouncy, euphoric mood is instantly created only to be torn down by the stabbing melodies and abrasive percussion Speedy J's "Fusion". Humate's classic "3.2" is mixed in creating a dark, atmospheric sound, that melds perfectly with William Orbit's remix of Sven Vath's techno classic "An Accident In Paradise". The Light's "Panfried" and Third Man's "Solar Cycle" keep the beat steady, before the duo really turn up the energy with L.S.G.'s "Netherworld". The Jules Vern mix heard on this album is the best version of the song I've ever heard emphasizing the best elements of the song, and creating a hard hitting progressive house floor-filler. Taucher's melodic "Waters" is perfectly mixed holding the peak created by "Netherworld" to over ten minutes of sheer electronic bliss. "Teach Me" by Art Of Silence is a serene break from the energy, but we're soon brought back to 4/4 floor-stomping energy with Transa's anthemic "Enervate", before slowly closing with the trance inducing groove of Armin's "Blue Fear".
While not as timeless as it's predecessor or the East Coast Edition, this is still a classic piece of progressive house. Although more immediately accessible, it is ultimately less rewarding than it's counterpart. Still, an essential purchase for progressive house/trance fans.
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Northern Exposure, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B000003SFN Release Date: 1997-07-22 |
Tracks:
- Satellite Serenade - Keiichi Suzuki
- Cascade - Future Sound Of London
- These Waves - Young American Primitive
- Raincry - God Within
- Out Of Body Experience - Rabbit In The Moon
- I'm Free - MORGAN KING
- Ultraviolet - Kites
- Obsession - Fuzzy Logic
- Water From A Vine Leaf - William Orbit
- Liquid Cool - Apollo 440
- Last Train To Lhasa - Banco De Gaia
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The Rolls Royce of trance-house mixes, and every bit as cool as the polar bear on the sleeve, this first edition of Sasha and John Digweed's Northern Exposure sets is the tightest and most effortless of the series. With 11 superbly arranged cuts from the likes of William Orbit, Rabbit in the Moon, and the Future Sound of London, not one moment is wasted. The disc's flavor is decidedly organic and wholly evocative of all-night mountain raves or desert parties. Starting with the early-morning stretch of Keiichi Suzuki's delightfully sunny "Satellite Serenade," the duo swiftly build the tempo up to the breezy ambient plateau of Morgan King's "Free" before heading into harder house territories. The metronomic pulse and atmospheric chanteuse vocals of Fuzzy Logic's "Obsession" form an incremental crescendo with Orbit's "Water from a Vine Leaf." Being a condensed version of the European release, the closing salvo from Banco de Gaia's "Last Train to Lhasa" confirms the since-validated fact that these Exposure journeys have infinite potential; Sasha and Digweed are among the first DJs to create mix sets that tap into earthy, human emotions. It is precisely this unique flavor that will make you yearn for a dance floor, beach, or campsite, packed with deliriously dancing bodies. Yes, really. --Steffan ChiraziAlbum Details
Mixed by Sasha and Digweed, 2CD'S featuring 22 Tracks by Fsol, Drum Club, William Orbit, Underworld, Banco De Gaia, Apollo 440 and More.Customer Reviews:
A Ballad of Trance.......2007-06-05
For the most part, the individual tracks and the set overall does not sound that outdated when related to the album's release date of 1997.
I like this album for its sheer creativity. It the album cover and title have any true purpose in conveying what type of setting Sasha and Digweed were going for with their track selection...chilly, untamed, and isolated...then they sure succeeded. I just don't understand why they decided to open with a track using a vocal clip of the BBC's premier documentary narrator, David Attenborough talking about the Amazon instead of the Arctic or Antarctic?
This review is for the single disc album with the tracks featured above. 4/5 stars.
LOVE.......2007-05-15
Ten years on and still amazing..........2007-04-04
Sunsets And Snow.......2007-02-13
Unfortunately, the record gets off to an almost aggravatingly slow start. The Suzuki number that kicks the disc off is about five minutes too long and features an irritatingly incessant chandelier-and-wind-chime jangling. A later track, "Raincry," succumbs to the deadly repetition of a monkish whine that, after seven minutes, starts to sound like a dying whale. The third track of the album is a Native American-themed chorale by The Future Sound of London; it's suitably sensual (think pan-flutes and fairy-whispers), but the mood is almost ruined by an escalating mish-mosh of weird electro-swoops and kinetic synth.
These minor mishaps, however, are all overshadowed and overpowered by the rest of the record, which is not nearly so twilight-toned. The sound coasts up higher through the angelic sparkles of "These Waves" and then dives down into the cool, murky waters of "Out Of Body Experience."
"I'm Free," "Ultraviolet," "Obsession," and "Water From a Vine Leaf" form the nerve-throbbing core of this record, and they are crafted and coalesced with S & D's usual fine eye for detail. The music picks up speed without losing its airy effervesence. Textured alto serenades, strobe-heavy splashes of sound, urging and sexual half-moans: it recalls bare feet kicking up surf around a beachside bonfire, sweaty and shadow-soaked club couches, or candle-lit house parties.
This delightfully dirty block of trance brilliance is followed by some last-minute theatrics (the up-and-down robotics and the silk-weave organ chords of Apollo 440's "Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold") and a steady, patient, Indian-influenced come-down that recalls the life and lushness of the record without any of the awkward false starts. This trip may have a rocky beginning, but it ends, in true S & D fashion, with a dreamily perfect fade.
Earthen Organic Frost.......2007-01-11
This album as a single unit was perhaps as influential on modern mixing as the duo's Renaissance: The Mix Collection was to the introduction of mixing itself. The mixing is flawless, but unlike the acclaimed Global Underground series' mixing, this was done by Sasha and Digweed themselves, not a professional studio mixer using 21st century computers - making the album all that much more special.
The track progression is seamless; I love the ethereal sounding beats mixing, melding, churning subtly together to form this astounding musical mosaic. The music is now eleven years old. 1996-2007. But it is as fresh, as seamless, as illusory and divine as it was in the mid '90s.
One thing to be said - for years, I owned the U.S. release (long after the UK release had been discontinued) and was ignorant of a second disc to this release. And I cannot convey to those out there with enough urgency that the second disc completes this epic journey, even though the first disc (North) could very well stand alone as a 5-star album and has for quite some time.
The second disc (South), never released in the United States and only limitedly available around the rest of the globe, matches the mysticism of the North disc. Yet it is so very different. While the North disc is a bubbly landscape of dreamy, beautiful and luscious ear candy melded into one long 11 part track, the South disc adds the balance necessary to call this a real trance album. There are solidified beats on the South disc, straight from the get-go. This disc has an icier feel to it, a bit more cryptic whereas the North disc feels somewhat organic and earthen to my ears. I love it. Phased vocals, beat crescendos and chopped inserts lay the foundation for the rushing peaks that the North disc lacks. The North disc still remains my favorite because it is a humble work of beauty, but the South disc feels a bit more like the perfect segue into the future Northern Exposure releases.
The biggest complaint with these masterpieces is that the songs sound too dated. NOT SO WITH THIS RELEASE. I promise that anyone, from an older ex-raver to the trance newcomer will find these songs accessible. This album surpasses that boundary which can snag some listeners' appreciation for the music.
If you want something truly historical, aurally divine, musically enigmatic and a work of technical genius, then purchase this album. Sell a kidney if that should be the prerequisite to getting the South disc. I have finally found the whole package, and I refused to review this album without having experienced it first in its 1996 completeness.
~Lex
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Northern Exposure, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B000005RDN Release Date: 1996-12-11 |
Tracks:
- Satellite Serenade - Keiichi Suzuki
- Cascade - The Future Sound of London
- These Waves - Young American Primitive
- Raincry - God Within
- Out of Body Experience - Rabbit in the Moon
- I'm Free - Morgan King
- Ultraviolet
- Obsession - Fuzzy Logic
- Water from a Vine Leaf - William Orbit
- Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold [Equator Mix] - Apollo 440
- Last Train to Lhasa - Banco de Gaia
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The Rolls Royce of trance-house mixes, and every bit as cool as the polar bear on the sleeve, this first edition of Sasha and John Digweed's Northern Exposure sets is the tightest and most effortless of the series. With 11 superbly arranged cuts from the likes of William Orbit, Rabbit in the Moon, and the Future Sound of London, not one moment is wasted. The disc's flavor is decidedly organic and wholly evocative of all-night mountain raves or desert parties. Starting with the early-morning stretch of Keiichi Suzuki's delightfully sunny "Satellite Serenade," the duo swiftly build the tempo up to the breezy ambient plateau of Morgan King's "Free" before heading into harder house territories. The metronomic pulse and atmospheric chanteuse vocals of Fuzzy Logic's "Obsession" form an incremental crescendo with Orbit's "Water from a Vine Leaf." Being a condensed version of the European release, the closing salvo from Banco de Gaia's "Last Train to Lhasa" confirms the since-validated fact that these Exposure journeys have infinite potential; Sasha and Digweed are among the first DJs to create mix sets that tap into earthy, human emotions. It is precisely this unique flavor that will make you yearn for a dance floor, beach, or campsite, packed with deliriously dancing bodies. Yes, really. --Steffan ChiraziAlbum Details
Mixed by Sasha and Digweed, 2CD'S featuring 22 Tracks by Fsol, Drum Club, William Orbit, Underworld, Banco De Gaia, Apollo 440 and More.Customer Reviews:
A Ballad of Trance.......2007-06-05
For the most part, the individual tracks and the set overall does not sound that outdated when related to the album's release date of 1997.
I like this album for its sheer creativity. It the album cover and title have any true purpose in conveying what type of setting Sasha and Digweed were going for with their track selection...chilly, untamed, and isolated...then they sure succeeded. I just don't understand why they decided to open with a track using a vocal clip of the BBC's premier documentary narrator, David Attenborough talking about the Amazon instead of the Arctic or Antarctic?
This review is for the single disc album with the tracks featured above. 4/5 stars.
LOVE.......2007-05-15
Ten years on and still amazing..........2007-04-04
Sunsets And Snow.......2007-02-13
Unfortunately, the record gets off to an almost aggravatingly slow start. The Suzuki number that kicks the disc off is about five minutes too long and features an irritatingly incessant chandelier-and-wind-chime jangling. A later track, "Raincry," succumbs to the deadly repetition of a monkish whine that, after seven minutes, starts to sound like a dying whale. The third track of the album is a Native American-themed chorale by The Future Sound of London; it's suitably sensual (think pan-flutes and fairy-whispers), but the mood is almost ruined by an escalating mish-mosh of weird electro-swoops and kinetic synth.
These minor mishaps, however, are all overshadowed and overpowered by the rest of the record, which is not nearly so twilight-toned. The sound coasts up higher through the angelic sparkles of "These Waves" and then dives down into the cool, murky waters of "Out Of Body Experience."
"I'm Free," "Ultraviolet," "Obsession," and "Water From a Vine Leaf" form the nerve-throbbing core of this record, and they are crafted and coalesced with S & D's usual fine eye for detail. The music picks up speed without losing its airy effervesence. Textured alto serenades, strobe-heavy splashes of sound, urging and sexual half-moans: it recalls bare feet kicking up surf around a beachside bonfire, sweaty and shadow-soaked club couches, or candle-lit house parties.
This delightfully dirty block of trance brilliance is followed by some last-minute theatrics (the up-and-down robotics and the silk-weave organ chords of Apollo 440's "Liquid Cool/Deep Forest Ice Cold") and a steady, patient, Indian-influenced come-down that recalls the life and lushness of the record without any of the awkward false starts. This trip may have a rocky beginning, but it ends, in true S & D fashion, with a dreamily perfect fade.
Earthen Organic Frost.......2007-01-11
This album as a single unit was perhaps as influential on modern mixing as the duo's Renaissance: The Mix Collection was to the introduction of mixing itself. The mixing is flawless, but unlike the acclaimed Global Underground series' mixing, this was done by Sasha and Digweed themselves, not a professional studio mixer using 21st century computers - making the album all that much more special.
The track progression is seamless; I love the ethereal sounding beats mixing, melding, churning subtly together to form this astounding musical mosaic. The music is now eleven years old. 1996-2007. But it is as fresh, as seamless, as illusory and divine as it was in the mid '90s.
One thing to be said - for years, I owned the U.S. release (long after the UK release had been discontinued) and was ignorant of a second disc to this release. And I cannot convey to those out there with enough urgency that the second disc completes this epic journey, even though the first disc (North) could very well stand alone as a 5-star album and has for quite some time.
The second disc (South), never released in the United States and only limitedly available around the rest of the globe, matches the mysticism of the North disc. Yet it is so very different. While the North disc is a bubbly landscape of dreamy, beautiful and luscious ear candy melded into one long 11 part track, the South disc adds the balance necessary to call this a real trance album. There are solidified beats on the South disc, straight from the get-go. This disc has an icier feel to it, a bit more cryptic whereas the North disc feels somewhat organic and earthen to my ears. I love it. Phased vocals, beat crescendos and chopped inserts lay the foundation for the rushing peaks that the North disc lacks. The North disc still remains my favorite because it is a humble work of beauty, but the South disc feels a bit more like the perfect segue into the future Northern Exposure releases.
The biggest complaint with these masterpieces is that the songs sound too dated. NOT SO WITH THIS RELEASE. I promise that anyone, from an older ex-raver to the trance newcomer will find these songs accessible. This album surpasses that boundary which can snag some listeners' appreciation for the music.
If you want something truly historical, aurally divine, musically enigmatic and a work of technical genius, then purchase this album. Sell a kidney if that should be the prerequisite to getting the South disc. I have finally found the whole package, and I refused to review this album without having experienced it first in its 1996 completeness.
~Lex
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The Balance
BWC Manufacturer: Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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Southern Rap
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ASIN: B00005YX48 Release Date: 2002-03-05 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- We Won't Stop
- Low Budget Assassins
- Get My Doe
- Smile
- Thank Those
- All I Ever Wanted
- On the Low
- KEMA Roll Call
- Burnt
- We Family
- So Sexy
- Boss Hog
- Thank Those (remix)
Album Description
Washington DC and Baltimores hottest hip-hop group. West Coast tracks, with tight MC's. THIS IS A DON'T MISS CD.
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Northern Exposure, Vol. 2: East Coast Edition
John Digweed , and Sasha Manufacturer: Msi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient
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ASIN: B000006V51 Release Date: 1999-06-08 |
Tracks:
- Believe - Gus Gus
- Soothe [Chicane Mix] - Furry Phreaks
- Burn the Elastic - Violet
- Geomantik - Prana
- Cycles of Time
- Dammerung - Frontside
- Blue [LP & Original Mix]
- Little Bullet, Pt. 1 - Spooky
- Botz [Synthetik Mix] - erzone
- Reeferendum - Fluke
- Distant Voices [Angel Edit]
- Purple - Gus Gus
- Symphony
Album Details
Includes: Gus Gus-i Believe 16b Remix, Furry Freaks-soothe Chicane Mix, Spooky-little Bullet Live Mix, Gus Gus-purple, Art of Silence-teach Me, Transa-enervate, Armini-blue Fear and Much More.Customer Reviews:
Perhaps the greatest DJ mix ever?.......2004-09-18
The first CD is a gorgeous down tempo/break beat mix in the same vein as the first CD of NE1. The mood and atmosphere is different however. Whereas NE1 CD1 was earthy, organic, and spiritual, the first CD of NE2 is jazzier, funkier, more melancholic, and near the end, more euphoric. The mix starts off phenomenally with an ultra chilly mix of Gus Gus' "Believe", which perfectly segues into Chicane's mix of Furry Phreaks' "Soothe". After we're transitioned with Violet's "Burn The Elastic", we're treated to the less memorable funky breaks of Prana's "Geomantik" and Acoustic Hoods "Cycle Of Time". Frontside's "Dammerung" brings a more serious tone back with its beautiful melancholic melody, which sets up for the mixes first and last 4/4 numbers, and also the most amazing numbers on the whole album. The trickling melody of Doi-Oing's "Blue" is perfectly blended with a superb live version of Spooky's classic "Little Bullet". The live version included here is even better than the original with washing synths and several layers melody that bring the album to it's first peak. While both of the tracks are amazing in their own right, this is a case where the expert DJ mixing of these two tracks creates something that is greater than the sum of it's parts.
Having already reached heaven 8 tracks in, the funky breaks of Uberzone's "Botz" is dropped bringing the mix back to the earth before slowly climbing back up with some of the most euphoric electronic tracks ever recorded. The tinkley melody of Fluke's "Reeferendrum" builds perfectly into Lost Tribe's gorgeous "Angel" (incorrectly listed as "Distant Voices" on the back cover), which out of nowhere turns into Gus Gus' mid-tempo masterpiece, "Purple". The final track, Hybrid's "Symphony" is perhaps the most emotional electronic music I've ever heard. A perfect closer to a near perfect mix.
The second CD is the more danceable of the two CDs, with some of the best progressive house tracks of the era/ever. Opening with Cygnus X's "Positron" (incorrectly listed as "Superstrings" on the back cover), a lush, bouncy, euphoric mood is instantly created, only to be torn down by the stabbing melodies and abrasive percussion of Speedy J's "Fusion". Humate's classic "3.2" is mixed in creating a dark, atmospheric sound, that melds perfectly with William Orbit's/Spooky's remix of Sven Vath's techno classic "An Accident In Paradise". The Light's "Panfried" and Third Man's "Solar Cycle" keep the beat steady, before the duo really turn up the energy with L.S.G.'s "Netherworld". The Jules Vern mix heard on this album is the best version of the song I've ever heard emphasizing the best elements of the song, and creating a hard hitting progressive house floor-filler. Taucher's melodic "Waters" is perfectly mixed in holding the peak created by "Netherworld" to over ten minutes of sheer electronic bliss. "Teach Me" by Art Of Silence is a serene break from the energy, but we're soon brought back to 4/4 floor-stomping energy with Transa's anthemic (and somewhat formulaic) "Enervate", before slowly closing with the trance inducing groove of Armin's "Blue Fear".
The weak moments on CD1 are when the mix goes for the more abrasive, funky numbers, but in the scope of the album as a whole and in terms of setting up the more serious melodic songs, they work. CD2 on the other hand, while more immediately accessible and overall consistent, it is ultimately less resonating than it's counterpart. Still, as a whole, this is the strongest entry in the Northern Exposure series, and an essential for any electronic music fan's library.
just to clear some things up.......2004-04-14
I used to have this classic two disk set, however it was stolen when my car was broken into. I never got over that. I have purchased disk one seperatly, as thats how the disks were sold in the U.S. It has an amazingly timeless quality and captures that moment right before trance broke on these shores.
Disk one is the "warm-up" down tempo affair. Ironically its best served while comming down.
These are Classics. If you like electronica, you really should have these in your collection. You just should.
DIGWEED & SASHA'S FINEST HOURS.......2000-07-07
In what has become 'standard' trance fashion (although it was not established as such at the time this CD was initially recorded), the set starts out with very ambient pulsating tones that build into melodic trance and then metamporphose into full blown dance nirvana. To date, this is the definitive "John Digweed" or "Sasha" CD. But since both are DJ's, and not writers or producers (like The Chemical Brothers) who spin other people's music, and mix other people's tunes together to create their 'sound', as opposed to writing their own material, the quality of the CD's tehy put out depends largely on the quality of the music they have been able to listen to and their skill at re-mixing & blending it together. This CD shows an exceptional level of skill at both, suggesting that both Digweed & Sasha have good ears for tunes. They also display a great sense of pacing and timing: unlike many trance/techno CD's this one never gets monotonous & boring because of excessive repetition, nor does it sound puerile because the DJ's keep mixing unrelated genres together too quickly to establish a good groove (mood, tone, feel, etc.).
Like any great trance, electronica, or techno release, this one works as both dance and listening music. All the more reason to pick it up.
I am not sure what the title "Northern Exposure" has to do with the music, since neither my travels in far northern Canada, nor repeated listens to this CD, evoke memories of the other. It seemed that northern Canada featured country & western (if anything at all), and there was nothing particularly high-tech about the arctic, aside from the devices I carried, and the helicopters. Perhaps it's a thing between Sasha & Digweed. If it's a private joke, I hope they'll let us in on it some day. But that's the only 'disconnect' or non-sequitur connected with this CD. The music iteslf flows effortlessly from song to song. Some songs that you think you know are transformed into whole new listening experiences by the remixing here. Strandouts include the 2 custs from GUS GUS ('Believe' and 'Purple'), a radically remixed version of FURRY PHREAKS 'Soothe', LOST TRIBE's 'Distant Voices', 'Netherworld' by LSG, and climaxing with a must-have remix; ART OF SILENCE's 'Teach Me'.
Finally, let me say that the mega-cynic in me wonders if these sets are truly "live". I doubt it very much, and suspect that they are carefully crafted, tracks are re-recorded many times, and that there are lots of never-heard missteps that go into making CD's like "Northern Exposure", but who really cares? Would you really want to hear a "live set" with all of its imperfections anyhow? Probably no more than you'd want to hear a 'one take' version of any other great music. But however they're made, and however many overdubs, re-takes, re-re-mixes, etc. are done, this CD is a standout in a genre that had become flooded with "good, but so what, it's just like 100 others" musical offerings.
Excellent piece of work for dance and trance: BUY THIS, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
A piece of art........2000-05-12
Believe me in a decade, this set will be a classical for electronic music, and will always seem fresh and timeless.
CD 1 begins with a superb remix of Gus-Gus' Believe, and goes on, on the same pace: mysterious, lovely, deep and groovy.
CD 2's beat is stronger, but takes on where the first started, as perfect.
I just want to mention that all the Northern Exposures sets are different and can't be compared. So don't expect an "Expedition" or "Communicate" kind of music.
In fact, this CD is different from all what you have already heard, and will surely be a special one. If you know something close, I beg you to tell me.
Sasha + John Digweed's Finest 2 Hours!.......2000-01-11
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