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Euphoria: for the Mind, Body and Soul

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various, Mixed by the PF Project

Release Date December 21, 1998
I have all the Euphoria albums and this is the one that I always come back to - it lives in my car now and I love it when I'm on the motorway - jack up the volume and sweet... def the best. Full of classic dance floor fillers - and mixed sublimely, superbly and sure. Buy it whilst you can because this is one worth having in your collection.

CD-Charts Position 52
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Classic Euphoria Level 2

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various Artists

Release Date November 06, 2006
Excellent album. One of the best euphoria albums of recent years. With loads of older classics on which are great.

CD-Charts Position 53
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Cafe Del Mar 25th Anniversary: 1980-2005

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 14, 2005
Having never been to Cafe del Mar and never buying any previous CdM compilations I had anticipated the usual reworking of the well-know tracks present on the multiple chillout CDs now on sale. Thankfully I was completely wrong - this is by far the best of the genre compilations and is all new work from established and new artists. The blurb states that the album is new work from known favourite artists (CD 1) and compilations of new work from any artist who submitted tracks to the CdM website and was then voted on for inclusion by over 80,000 listeners (CD 2 & 3). There is a heap of great stuff on this compilation and many artists new to me who I plan to start exploring.
Perfect for warm summer evenings outside and also to drift off to any time with ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 54
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DJ Kicks - Thievery Corporation: Mixed By Thievery Corporation

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Thievery Corporation

Release Date July 07, 2008
As with a good wine ageing well so this album from 1999 is tasting just great to me having stumbled across it in a sale only 9 years later! The Thievery Corporation excel in blending together so many 'world music' sounds so seamlessly over laid back trippy beats and this offering is just perfect. Its packed with so many good vibes you could confidently leave the whole 60 minutes worth on for the chillout phase of any cool party. Its perfect for any time of day really!

CD-Charts Position 55
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Classic Euphoria

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various Artists

Release Date May 22, 2006
I hate it when people write reveiws claiming its nothing new its boring etc because when you buy a classic album thats what you are gonna get classic old tuuuunes, so why buy if all ya gonna do is slag it off for being full of the same old repetative tunes "ITS IN THE TITLE!"... Anyway thats my rant over lets get down to the album. The only thing that lets this album down is its called classic yet the most classic euphoruc tune of this era is not included (cafe del mar energy 52), thats my only gripe!... The album itself is just packed with the tunes of a musical genre that meant so much to so many people. Around the millenium euphoric trance was at a standard that will never be repeated again as it was blissfully full of quality and meaning, before various record labels jumped ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 56
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The Annual Vol.3

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various Artists

Release Date November 03, 1997
It's like all music albums/bands in life, they never reach their peak without making an average or poor album. In MoS' case, this probably is their most 'average album between the 1995-2000 era, before what I call the 'kids albums' era. But as a previous reviewer said, it's still better than the stuff being pumped out now.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad album at all. I think I was just a bit suprised to hear it sounded alot more mellow and dull than the other 90's albums, but 1997 did have a very unique theme, and this album captures a mix of the dark acid house sounds (the excellent Somethin' goin on), with some good summer tracks (Like Sunchyme). I found Cd1 the most enjoyable, as it kept the house music and really captured 'that' sound.
I felt Boy Georges attempt ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 57
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Global Underground 25: Deep Dish in Toronto

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Deep Dish (Mixed By)

Release Date June 02, 2003
I bought this several months ago unwrapped it played it and didn't think it was that good, put it away and never played it untill now!..... WOW! put it on tonight over a glass or two of wine and a takeaway with my girl and both of us thought it was simply amazing!!!!!!!... Very cleverly put together and mixed, really deep quality tunes. You just can't help but be sucked in by the mellow deep trance tunes that turn to beautifull melodic enriched vibes. Its just one of those cd's you put on and find yourself drifting away while tapping your feet or nodding your head its simply sublime... I am a really big trance fan and own loads of excellent mixes collected over the last 18 years and i have to say this is defo up there with the best of them and makes my top5. Buy it now and give it more ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 58
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The Chillout Session

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various Artists

Release Date January 30, 2006
I'm a big fan of the Ministry of Sound's more laid-back collections, and the Chillout series is a great way to be introduced to 'intelligent' artists and styles you won't often hear elsewhere. But this album is a long way short of some of the earlier efforts, and I question whether many of the tracks are Chillout at all.

The best Chillout tracks are a downbeat blend of electronic drum & bass, samples and novelty synthesiser noises with more traditional accoustic instruments and vocals, in just the right proportions to send a mellow ripple through your body. There is almost none of that here.

It's not that they aren't fairly decent music, rather they just don't belong to this genre: if you feel yourself wanting to dance to it, then it ain't Chillout. So many tracks ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 59
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Global Underground 13: Sasha In Ibiza

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various, mixed by) Sasha

Release Date September 20, 1999
I agree that the mixing is pretty seamless, as it should be if it's done in a studio. I can't help feeling that this is cheating really: there's a world of difference between mixing live (not necessarily in a club)and creating something in a studio on a computer, i.e. spontenaety.

Along with all the other Global Underground series, this left me totally unmoved. I really don't get it: the whole series just seems to be a triumph of style over substance. Go for some of the Journeys by DJ stuff instead.

CD-Charts Position 60
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Hed Kandi Summer 2004

CD-Charts > Music > Dance and Electronic
by: Various Artists

Release Date August 30, 2004
Can't understand all the negative comments here - I think this is probably the most consistent of the HK mix albums. World Series 1 was close but let down by the Twisted Disco set. Here, however, even that one touches the spot.

It seems that commerciality put a lot of people off and they shy away from anything which has the whiff of the charts about it - I was the same when I was a teenager! But if it's good, it's good and all three cds here are superb. The choice of tunes is spot on and the mixing second to none. The runthrough going from "Dusk Till Dawn" / "We Are Family" / "Boogie"/ "Fade" on CD1 is vintage Hed Kandi and its beyond me how anyone can disagree.

Compare this with the patchy offerings since Mark Doyle has left Team Kandi - at the time of writing, Hed ... Read More: