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The Best of Groove Armada
~Groove Armada
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Jive (Audio CD) - September 27, 2004
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Best of Groove Armada charts the success of one of the UK's
most popular dance acts. Featuring the biggest hits from their last
three albums, this anthology of their time on the Jive label is packed
with downbeat and upbeat anthems, and an array of music as heard in
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Original Pirate Material [EXPLICIT LYRICS]
~Streets |
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Locked on (Audio CD) - March 25, 2002 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
In a thrilling UK Garage scene, blighted only by a reliance on drippy
soul cliché and tiresome braggadocio, The Streets' eminently quotable
Mike Skinner may just be the voice to take it to the next level with
Original Pirate Material. This debut is a staggeringly eloquent and
fearlessly... |
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No Roots [LIMITED EDITION]
~Faithless |
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Arista (Audio CD) - June 7, 2004 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
After a decade as one of the world's most successful dance acts,
Faithless's distinct sound has put them at risk of becoming dinosaurs.
Thankfully No Roots doesn't rest on the laurels of former glory
and delivers something quite special. Sister Bliss's shrill,
semi-hard-house synth stabs are all but... |
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Tourist
~St. Germain |
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Blue Note (Audio CD) - April 22, 2002 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Moby may have stolen his thunder on Play but St Germain, aka
Ludovic Navarre, has been showcasing his futuristic nous and love of
roots music by funking up the 4/4 electronic world with a little blues
and gospel since the early 90s. After his F-Communications swan song,
From Detroit To St Germain ... |
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Reverence
~Faithless |
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Cheeky (Audio CD) - January 13, 2003 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
With a production sound firmly rooted in club culture (Faithless
ringleader Rollo was responsible for Felix's dancefloor anthem "Don't
You Want Me" and co-conspirator Sister Bliss can claim to be the world's
most successful female DJ), Reverence allies house beats with
shades of hip hop, blues,... |
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Vertigo
~Groove Armada
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Jive (Audio CD) - April 23, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Though both Groove Armada's Tom Findlay and Andy Cato hail from London,
the pair choose to kick back to Ambleside in Cumbria when recording. As
with a great deal of dance music through the 1990s, though broadly still
considered house, the sound of Vertigo takes as much from the
jaded, trip-hop of... |
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Sunday 8pm
~Faithless |
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Cheeky (Audio CD) - January 13, 2003 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Faithless are actually a band of multiple faiths, both musical and
spiritual, including Buddhism, hippy idealism and rave fanaticism. All
these elements are sublimated into their dance sound, and after their
mid-Nineties million-selling single "Insomnia", they were mistakenly
dismissed as disposable... |
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Soul Heaven Presents Masters At Work in the House [BOX
SET]
~Various Artists, mixed
by Masters At Work |
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In the House (Audio CD) - July 5, 2004 |
Album
Description
Anyone who knows House knows Masters at Work, and anyone who loves House
is bound to love Soul Heaven Presents Masters at Work in the House.
It is hard to think of any other production partnership that has made
the contribution to House that these two Nuyoricans have the past 15
years. Kenny "Dope"... |
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Rooty
~Basement Jaxx
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Xl (Audio CD) - June 25, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
How do you follow up such a massive debut album and still keep the same
mainstream-versus-underground appeal? Well ask Basement Jaxx because
they've done it with their second album Rooty. The vibe of
Rooty is very much in keeping with its predecessor
Remedy... a non-stop party. Felix Buxton and... |
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Back to Mine - Faithless
~Various Artists,
Faithless |
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Dmc (Audio CD) - October 16, 2000 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
The concept of the chill-out album is nothing new: take a bunch of
laid-back, atmospheric records, arrange in suitably low-key running
order, then sit back and, well, relax. It's all too easy, right?
Thankfully our DJs for this particular cool-down session are the
much-revered Rollo & Sister Bliss,... |
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Remedy
~Basement Jaxx
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Xl (Audio CD) - April 5, 1999 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Basement Jaxx's debut is aptly titled. The production duo's music is a
remedy to the dull, faceless house and techno that populates dance
floors world-wide. The duo are unrepentantly pop savvy, bringing vocals
and lyrics to their unique blend of electro, house, hip-hop, salsa and
soul. It's a weird... |
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Back to Mine - Groove Armada
~Various Artists
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Back to Mine (Audio CD) - March 6, 2000 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Prior to the breakthrough success of their second album, "Vertigo",
Groove Armada [Tom Findlay and Andy Cato] were better known as
successful club DJs, plying their trade in clubs the length and breadth
of the country, from Tangled in Manchester to The End in London. For
their first mix CD they... |
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76.14
~Global Communication
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Dedicated (Audio CD) - July 7, 1994 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Understood in any language, across any time zone, Global Communication
tolls for the human spirit which knows no boundaries. As one of the most
significant releases to cross the ambient currents of the 1990s,
76:14 places itself alongside benchmark electronic releases from
Brian Eno, the Orb, and... |
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Soul II Soul Vol.4 - the Classic Singles 1988-1993
~Soul II Soul
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Virgin (Audio CD) - February 25, 2002 |
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music fan, cyprus, May 19, 2001
Afro genious
This is the first (and only so far) compilation album by Soul II Soul
covering their amazing career from 1989's Club Classics to 1990's A New
Decade and 1992's Just Right.It takes off with the smash hit (no
introductions needed)"Back To Life" which is still regarded one of the
best R&B... |
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Outrospective/Reperspective
~Faithless |
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Cheeky (Audio CD) - August 26, 2002 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Reperspective is essentially a collection of remixes of tracks from the
dance trio's third album,
Outrospective, plus a handful of previously unreleased
tracks; but it is something of a mixed blessing. As a straight-up dance
set, it's hard to fault. The dank club funk of new tracks "Daimoku"
and... |
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Deep Dish - Yoshiesque [IMPORT]
~Various |
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Yoshitoshi (Audio CD) - October 4, 2004 |
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music fan, St Albans, Herts United Kingdom, October 3, 2003
Proper house sounds
A landmark compilation for Deep Dish, raved about in the press, loved by
the music buyers everywhere ... this was their BIG mix. Coming from
their own label, Deep Dish had complete control of what they wanted
their mix to be about and sound like. From the way the first disc opens,
you know you're in... |
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The Best of M-People
~M People |
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Deconstruction (Audio CD) - January 15, 2001 |
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music fan, London, england, September 26, 2000
An outstanding cd for any dance fan
Throughout the decade of the nineties M- People grew into one of
Britain's biggest dance bands and this album proves just what an
electrifying and influential band they are as it includes some of the
most memorable dance songs of the past decade. The band has an amazing
chemistry combining... |
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A Night at the Playboy Mansion
~Various Artists, Dimitri
From Paris |
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Virgin (Audio CD) - May 1, 2000 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
This mix compilation by French DJ Dimitri From Paris of "Sacre Bleu"
fame demonstrates the French preference for smoothness and elegance,
which is fine when it comes to a twin set but a bit dry as far as dance
music is concerned. Dimitri's unwillingness to get down and dirty in his
mix denies these... |
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Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
~Groove Armada
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Pepper (Audio CD) - September 10, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Following a tide of critical acclaim and numerous appearances on every
other chill-out compilation since records began, Groove Armada's
Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) has an awful lot to live up to.
Vertigo released two years previously was a phenomenal success
both critically and commercially... |
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Xfm - the Remix Vol.1 [BOX SET]
~Various Artists
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Virgin TV (Audio CD) - February 18, 2002 |
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music fan, London United Kingdom, October 24, 2002
Pioneering, interesting compilation
This compilation is a simple but great idea. Here in London, XFM is the
only decent radio station, but boy it is decent! They play brilliant,
alternative music across the board and have all sorts of varied shows.
One is The Remix, a show where remixes of tracks played on the station
are aired. The... |