Various – Bar De Lune Studio Sessions

Various Artists
Bar De Lune Studio Sessions
2003 Bar De Lune

Gear change. A little Lounge-esque compilation from Bar De Lune. Mostly 12” remixes by their label roster at the time. Although “Mi Corazon (Patife X Madzoo Sessions Mix)” kinda drives me crazy, overall it’s a nice listen - Something for your next dinner party. Have to note that it’s one of my favourite packaging designs for CDs, simple top loading slip-case.

1. Fragile State - Every Day A Story (4 Hero Electric Fusion Remix)
2. Mettle Music - Capture (Chris Lum’s Frisky Remix)
3. Dust - Where You Wanna Be (Roots Manuva Remix)
4. Al-Pha-X - Mi Corazon (Patife X Madzoo Sessions Mix)
5. Dust - High (Gus Gus Remix)
6. Radar - Running Away
7. Al-Pha-X - Rain
8. The Egg - Venice Beach
9. Fragile State - Panacea (Jimpster Remix)
10. Christophe Goze - Barcelona (Faze Action Remix)
11. Mettle Music - Better Days (Deep Mix)
12. The Egg - Lost At Sea

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Juno Reactor – Conga Fury

Juno Reactor
Conga Fury
1996 Blue Room Released

Let’s keep the Goa thing going… Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor has worked with a multitude of artists including Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Budgie (The Creatures/Siouxsie and the Banshees), Eduardo Niebla & Traci Lords to name a few. On Conga Fury he teams up with the South African percussion act Amampondo. The result… a fast paced tribal masterpiece with killer percussion. Add on a couple tremendous remixes of tracks from the brilliant Beyond the Infinite and you got yourself a righteous single. Remember that Liu Kang VS Jade Battle?

1. Conga Fury
2. Magnetic (Remixed By Robert Leiner)
3. Feel The Universe (Remixed By Koxbox + Ian Ion)

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Eat Static – Epsylon EP

Eat Static
Epsylon EP
1995 Mammoth / Planet Dog

Spewing from the Somerset space rock band Ozric Tentacles, the duo of Merv Pepler & Joie Hinton were my first introduction to the Planet Dog label. Since then I've always thought they were the apex of Sci-Fi Goa Trance and still spin Implant on a monthly basis in the home studio. Taking their name came from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (so cool), they span many forms of dance music & showcase great energy & creativity. They also have an abundance of side projects and exclusive mixes out there for our pleasure. These days Pepler continues the Eat Static brand as a solo project after Hinton left in 2008. This US Mammoth release contains the Lost In Time single from 1993 which is brilliant.

1. Epsylon
2. Dionysiac
3. Peeow!
4. Undulattice (Uforic Remix)
5. Lost In Time
6. Gulf Breeze (Zetan Mix)
7. The Brain

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Various ‎– Essenchill

Various Artists
Essenchill
2002 V2

I know the market is over flooded with “chill” compilations but this is a good one. Mixed by Nitin Sawhney it has a wide range of artists & styles with a couple exclusive mixes I believe. Mandalay & Underworld appear here so it can’t be too bad right? 

1. Alex Gopher - The Child
2. Rinôçérôse - Mes Vacances Á Rio
3. Nitin Sawhney - Sunset (KV5 Remix)
4. Ian Pooley - Coracao Tambor (Needs Remix)
5. Underworld - Cups (Salt City Orchestra Remix)
6. Mandalay - Deep Love (Onda Underwater Remix)
7. Abraham - Blue For The Most
8. Jungle Brothers - Brain
9. Ninety-9 - Willow
10. The High Llamas - The Space Raid Remix (Kid Loco Remix)
11. Elbow - Powder Blue
12. Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising
13. Grandaddy - So You'll Aim Toward The Sky
14. Ben Christophers - Hooded Kiss
15. Aimee Mann - Save Me
16. Heather Nova - Gloomy Sunday

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Various ‎– Loop: Cut & Paste Groove Collection

Various Artists
Loop: Cut & Paste Groove Collection
1998 PopMafia

This is a pretty damn good compilation from a label that had only 5 releases. I remember grabbing it at a Hastings in New Mexico of all places after being thoroughly disappointed in their selection of electronic music back in 98. It’s has some exclusives from Bugs, Dropcycle & Honeypot along with some of my favourites like Meat Beat Manifesto, Halou & Perfume Tree. A electro/dubby/downtempo delight overall, cool artwork as well.

1. Coldcut - Atomic Moog 2000
2. The Grassy Knoll - The Innocent Criminal
3. Halou - I'll Carry You
4. Bugs - Only You
5. Bentley Rhythm Ace - Who Put The Bom In The Bom Bom Diddley Bom
6. Lecture On Nothing - Forward To Victory
7. Bran Van 3000 - Couch Surfer
8. Perfume Tree - Can't You
9. Honeypot - Happiness Hangover
10. Meat Beat Manifesto - Transmission (Stately Pleasure Dub)
11. Mindphaseone - No Need To Wave
12. Pistel - Skin Up
13. Dropcycle - Nightvision 2.1

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The Art Of Noise ‎– The Drum And Bass Collection

The Art Of Noise
The Drum And Bass Collection
1996 China Records

Been listening to a bunch of Art of Noise after finally picking up the Deluxe Editions. Also recently grabbed the new Total Science & Jubei 12" Reality Check / Redemption so it makes since to post this album. I forgot how much I love this collection with a great roster of big name DnB masters of the time. PFM & Dom & Roland remixes are solid gold. Happy Monday & enjoy! 

1. Something Always Happens (Doc Scott Remix)
2. Ode To Don Jose (Dom & Roland Remix)
3. Art Of Love (ILS Remix)
4. Yebo (Lightfoot Remix)
5. Opus 4 (PFM Remix)
6. Island (Seiji Remix)
7. Camilla The Old Old Story (J Majik Remix)
8. Kiss (Haitian Vampire Mix by Digital Pariah)
9. Eye Of A Needle (Lemon D Remix)
10. Peter Gunn (Flyright Remix)
11. Crusoe (Aquasky Remix)

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David Bowie – Club Bowie (Rare And Unreleased 12" Mixes)

David Bowie
Club Bowie (Rare And Unreleased 12" Mixes)
2003 Virgin

Wanted to get something Bowie up in January to pay homage to his birthday but I’m slow these days. Bowie’s catalogue is fairly easily available so hopefully this is something not everyone has. I’m partial to the “Loving the Alien” mix by Scumfrog (so brilliant), but there are some fun & catchy mixes here. Converted the video from the enhanced disc and did my best to match the level to the rest of the tracks as a bonus. Still so sad that he is no longer with us…

1. The Scumfrog vs. David Bowie – Loving The Alien
2. David Bowie – Let's Dance (Trifactor Vs Deeper Substance Remix)
3. David Guetta vs. Bowie – Just For One Day (Heroes) (Extended Version)
4. The Scumfrog vs. David Bowie – This Is Not America
5. Solaris vs. Bowie – Shout (Original Mix)
6. David Bowie – China Girl (Riff & Vox Club Mix)
7. David Bowie – Magic Dance (Danny S Magic Party Remix)
8. David Bowie – Let's Dance (Club Bolly Extended Mix)
9. David Bowie – Let's Dance (Club Bolly Mix)

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