Hed Kandi: Beach House, Vol. 04.02

Hed Kandi: Beach House, Vol. 04.02

ASIN: B000068UMA

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Product Description
2002 compilation featuring 22 groovy tracks in their original, full length & twelve-inch mix glory, Snooze 'Dorefima Girl', Soldiers Of Twilight 'Believe', Julius Papp 'A Thousand Years', Solu Music 'Fade', Lazy Grace 'How Deep Is Your Love', Fac15 feat. Cathi Ogden 'Shine Inside', Kaskade 'You & Me & Love', Nick Holder 'Summer Daze', Beth Orton 'Central Reservation', X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne 'Lazy', Bent 'Always', Los Ladrones 'Mi Amour Es', Miguel Migs 'Brand New Day', Con Migo 'Malena', Richard F 'It's Alright', Rawsoul 'Everyday', Mambana 'No Reason', Jetlag 'It's So Right', DJ Chuus, Jon Cutler 'U Groove Me', Craig Jensen 'Club Lonely' & Octave One 'Blackwater'.

Tracks:

Doremifa Girl(Ananda Project Remix) - Snooze
Believe (Original Mix) - Soldiers Of Twilight
A Thousand Years (Sunrise Vocal Mix) - Julius Papp
Fade (Original Mix) - Solu Music
How Deep Is Your Love - Lazy Grace
Shine Inside (Full 12 Inch Mix) - Fac 15
It's You, It's Me (Album Mix) - Kaskade
Summer Daze (Original 12 Inch Mix) - Nick Holder
Central Reservation (Spiritual Life - Ibadan Mix) - Beth Orton
Lazy - X-Press 2
Always (Ashley Beedle's Mahavishnu Remix) - Bent

Tracks:

Mi Amor Es - Los Ladrones
Brand New Day - Miguel Migs
Con Migo (Come With Me) (Classic Vocal Mix) - Malena
Feels Alright (Vocal Mix) - Richard F
Everyday (Rawsoulorchestra Main Mix) - Rawsoul Orchestra
No Reason (Axwell Vocal Mix) - Mambana
So Right - Jetlag
That Feeling (Original Stereo Mix) - The Groove Foundation
You Groove Me - Jon Cutler
Club Lonely - Craig Jensen
Black Water (Vocal Mix) - Octave One

Album Description

2002 compilation featuring 22 groovy tracks in their original, full length & twelve-inch mix glory, Snooze 'Dorefima Girl', Soldiers Of Twilight 'Believe', Julius Papp 'A Thousand Years', Solu Music 'Fade', Lazy Grace 'How Deep Is Your Love', Fac15 feat. Cathi Ogden 'Shine Inside', Kaskade 'You & Me & Love', Nick Holder 'Summer Daze', Beth Orton 'Central Reservation', X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne 'Lazy', Bent 'Always', Los Ladrones 'Mi Amour Es', Miguel Migs 'Brand New Day', Con Migo 'Malena', Richard F 'It's Alright', Rawsoul 'Everyday', Mambana 'No Reason', Jetlag 'It's So Right', DJ Chuus, Jon Cutler 'U Groove Me', Craig Jensen 'Club Lonely' & Octave One 'Blackwater'.

Album Details

The definitive summer album!

Customer Reviews:

The best beach house compilation.......2005-01-04

This is my favorite compilation in the Beach House series from Hed Kandi. It is hard trying to find a weak track among the 22 spread out over two discs here. It's a nice collection of soulful house music that has a latin vibe to it. Perfect to listen any time of the year, not limited just to summer time. Favorites include Octave One's "Black Water", Julius Papp. Feat Gina Rene on "A Thousand Years", Lazy Grace's reworking of the Bee Gees' "How Deep Is Your Love", Miguel Migs "Brand New Day", and more. Great compilation that should have a place in every dance music collection!

Best Beach House Compilation Yet.......2002-12-31

I am by no means a house music connosieur. However, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that this a great compilation. Sexy, soulful house ranging from latin-influenced to disco-influenced and everything in between. The first CD is more mellow... advertised as music to listen to by the poolside. The second CD is more upbeat and danceable, perfect for getting ready for a big night out.

Standout tracks include "How Deep Is Your Love", "Lazy", "Con Migo", "So Right" and "Black Water". I hadn't heard any of the songs from this album until I picked it up (I come from Calgary- the land of rival hip-hop soundcrews battling for club space with rednecks after all!) but there are none that I skip through when listening to the CDs. This is the perfect soundtrack for a long drive, a long day, or a long night!

3.5 stars for sugary-sweet vocal house and disco.......2002-11-02

What is it?
Deep, sugary-sweet vocal house on one disc, disco on the other, all in unmixed form for this, the third installment of increasingly-prolific label Hed Kandi's most popular series Beach House.

And?
Good concept and all, but where's the sand? Most of the material locks the Latin percussion away for romantic nighttime tunes (Miguel Migs "Brand new Day," Julius Papp "A Thousand Years") certainly not aimed for friendly loafing on an afternoon. That leaves Malena, DJ Chus, an aptly named Holder classic "Summer Daze," and the vibrant Ibadan mix of rain-on-my-parade queen Beth Orton's "Central Reservation" to carry the concept - tunes that have traveled everywhere for three years now.

But?
There's still some delectable cuts here. Ashley Beedle of X-press 2 fame irons out the jilting tempo of Bent's original "Always" for a piano-led anthem floating a beguiling old-record vocal. Which makes up for his cack "Lazy." Meanwhile Lazy Grace cover a song correctly, as the Bee Gees' "How Deep is Your Love" receives the dancing queen treatment to wondrous effect. Jon Cutler's relaxed "You Groove Me" has the hook you'll remember most when it's all done, while Octave One's "Blackwater" is indeed, the strings-techno uplifting jewel worthy of the 2002 buzz.

Like all the rest of Hed Kandi's releases, there's a handful of must-haves, some duds, and a large middle range of pleasant-enough goodies. Beach House may not meet its intended concept, but the music carries this through for a worthy release.

Awesome..........2002-09-29

This is yet another must have Hed Kandi compilation! You can't find good soulful house on any other comp cd. A couple tracks that I guarantee you will have at deafening levels, are Kaskade's "It's You, It's Me," Solu's "Fade", Octave One's "Black Water," and Malena's "Con Migo." Other notable tracks are, "Summer Daze" by Nick Holder, "Brand New Day" by Miguel Migs and "How Deep is Your Love" by Lazy Grace. (Remake of Bee Gees song). If you're a house head, this album won't disappoint!

Return to the Beach, Hed Kandi Style........2002-09-03

"Beach House" is simply too good a compilation to be played only during the summer months at the beach. This collection of laid-back house is an excellent collection that can be played after dark, indoors, or to spice things up at a dinner party. We get warm grooves, soulful vocals, Latin and African influences, and mellowed-out beats. In other words, this ain't no "Totally Dance." Tracks of note on Disc 1 are "Believe" by Soldiers of Twilight, an impressive cover of the Bee Gees' "How Deep is Your Love" by Lazy Grace, and the favorite club staple "Lazy" by the David Byrne side project X-press 2. On Disc 2, Miguel Migs (known for his contribution to a couple of the Naked Music collections) shines in "Brand New Day" and the great closer "Black Water" by Octave One works pretty well. Note: this is NOT a mix CD. I thought the tracks would be blended in together like a DJ mix CD, but this is not the case. Still, it matters none to me. "Beach House" is a classy compilation that won't look out of place in your collection of dance music.

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