Bare Essentials: Volume One

Bare Essentials: Volume One

ASIN: B00005OLDG

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Showcasing the best (as well as unreleased) mixes from Naked Music's inception to present... Bare Essentials showcases a broad spectrum of tracks from the back catalog. Featured on the compilation are tracks from Summerland, Petalpusher, Blue Six, Groove Collective and Night Source as well as some out of print remixes and exclusive edits. This is an introduction to the Naked Music story so far. Astralwerks is now reissuing long out-of-print catalog.

Tracks:

Breakin' It Down [Jay's Blue Vocal] - Petalpusher
Music & Wine [Th' Attaboy Vocal] - Blue Six
You Are Love [Original Version] - Lovetronic
Everything Is Changing [Swag Remix] - Groove Collective
Surrender [Original Version] - Petalpusher
Don't Ya Wanna? - Night Source
Soulmate [Original Version] - Summerland
Breakin' It Down [Mig's Bump Deluxe Mix] - Petalpusher
Music & Wine [Jay's Conga Lounge Vocal] - Blue Six
You Are Love [Si Brad's Payback Vocal] - Lovetronic
Surrender [Attaboy Remix Edit] - Petalpusher
Soulmate [Restless Soul Moontime Dub] - Summerland
Pure [Original Version] - Blue Six

Album Description

Showcasing the best (as well as unreleased) mixes from Naked Music's inception to present... Bare Essentials showcases a broad spectrum of tracks from the back catalog. Featured on the compilation are tracks from Summerland, Petalpusher, Blue Six, Groove Collective and Night Source as well as some out of print remixes and exclusive edits. This is an introduction to the Naked Music story so far. Astralwerks is now reissuing long out-of-print catalog.

Customer Reviews:

Good Vibes.......2007-05-21

This is a good collections of smooth vibes. The first track pulls you in but the other tracks range from good to ok next track. Still a good addition to my collection. Vol. 2 makes up for what this lacks.

the best introduction to naked music.......2006-07-03

Bare Essentials Vol. 1 contains many of Naked Music's classics making it an essential purchase for anyone who enjoys deep house. By now, I would assume most people are familiar with the naked music sound, but just incase, here's my take: jazzy arrangements, clean, clear production, lush textures, latin percussion, straight ahead dance beats, and of course, amazing female vocal work. Of course some songs and artists vary from this formula, but overall, it fits their style quite well. The music is uniformly positive and uplifting. It's typically laid back, but almost always encourages dancing. Sound good? It is.

Bare Essential's is a great introduction to this sound and style. If the term "house" scares you, don't worry - this isn't more of the rather dubious trash that people have come to associate with house music. The music is equally good for listening and relaxing. Some have accused Naked Music of putting out compilations of tracks that all sound exactly the same. Rather, Naked Music has a voice, a style that works and the artists tend to use it as a point of departure. True, most of the tracks have a four-on-the-floor dance groove, but so does pretty much all techno. Nothing wrong with techno (I love Jeff Mills, Derreck May, and Underground Resistance as much as anyone), but this is not nearly as repetitive as techno fans are used to. Besides that, the music just sounds good. It's fun, it's light (but not lightweight), and is great for parties. If you're a fan of electronic music, you will surely enjoy this introduction to the Naked Music sound.

Groovy, Funky, Housy, Jazzy... But mostly SEXY !.......2005-06-27

Hmmmm, I'll have another vodka martini please. Straight-up, a couple of olives...

I hate to review this album and say what's been said before but I have to. This is a CD you MUST own if you like sexy house music. You can call this one downtempo lounge, midtempo, deep house, or whatever you want to call it... It doesn't matter. One thing is for sure: IT IS SEXY. This is a beautiful selection of HOUSE tracks you can chill to, SMOKE to, drink to, think to, make love to (of course), and dance to. You'll find here flutes, strings, funky bass, housy beats, and very sexy vocals that make this compilation a must have if you're into quality electronic music.

It is not perfect, but it is quite good.

Good deep house.......2005-02-27

This is a good CD for those starting out or to further flesh out a collection. My favorite is the Attaboy remix of Surrender.

Strong CD.......2004-08-02

Very good CD, doesn't flow as much as some of the other Naked Music cd's but still a nice vibe and laid backness to the CD that actaully gets better with every listen.

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