Communicate

Artist: Sasha! & John Digweed
Label: Kinetic Records
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record

UPC: 677285465710
EAN: 0677285465710
ASIN: B00004TE2I

Release Date: 2000-08-22

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Tracks:

Like a Bitch
Get Lost [Stereo Dub] - Eric Clapton
Barbarella [Deep Dish Mix] - Sven Väth
Roaches [Peace Division Mix] - Trancesetters
Voices [Slacker's Dumb Struck Mix] - Bedrock
Fusion - Slacker
Pushing Too Hard
Musak [Wonderland Avenue Remix] - Trisco
West on 27th [A Tribe Called KHZ Mix] - KillaHurtz
Tyrantanic [Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix] - Breeder
Baguio Track [Digweed/Muir Bedrock Mix] - Luzon

Tracks:

Narcotic - Mainline
Blue Hour - Killer Loop
Voices [Freelance Icebreakers Mix] - Bedrock
Once More - The Orb
E.C.I. P-S - Jimmy Van M,
Waah! [Seismix] - P.O.B.
Force 51 - Austin Leeds
Ruhe - Schiller
Put Your Earphones On
Enjoyed - The Chemical Brothers
Lifestyles, Pt. 2

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Customer Reviews:

A lukewarm cheese-grater which assigns the ears the role of cheese.......2006-12-27

I bought this album based purely on the collaborative duo who, together, have produced some of my all-time favorite records in this genre. What I got in return was something completely unexpected, for better or for worse.

Let's begin with the bad, because no one really WANTS to negatively critique an album produced by two artists whom they love, do they? This album, taken as a whole, is a mishmash of various industrial, grinding, wholly alienesque and synthetic noises. Now, what trance music DOES NOT fit this description, the prospective buyer might ask? Plenty, in this case. The variation of noise is wide, and this is a positive because it gives the album an interesting inconsistency, but this inconsistency leads to confusion when trying to "communicate" with the album's musical message.
Many of the tracks are, for the infamous duo, unusually repetative both in time signature, loops and song structure. The occasional 'clank', 'grind' or 'zap' is thrown in, and for good measure, but these attempts at sounding different lead the listener astray towards confusion and ultimately disinterest. Dont even get me started ranting on how Mainline's "Narcotic" left me with thoughts of sawing off my ears.

The positives ARE there, though. For the most part, the track selection is very diverse and intersting. Many of the artists are artists whom I find are rarely featured on albums of this nature, and the intensity of the 4/4 kick would be absolutely sublime for an industrial warehouse party, dirty and grimey, somewhere in the slums of New York. This is NOT a bad thing; it proves that music can be completely capable of synergizing with a particular physical setting and mood, and this album definitely lends itself to an overcrowdedly dirty, sweaty, midnight 'til 6 A.M. dance party.

On the whole, I find myself returning to this album mostly out of guilt; guilt stemming from the fact that, due to the fact that I have so many other albums more "worthy" of being spun in my collection that I rarely find time and patience to force myself into the kind of groove put forth here by these world-class DJ's.

If you're an absolute die-hard fan of Sasha and Digweed's work, listen to it before buying it.
If you're into something avante-guard and headed in an entirely different direction from most other progressive trance acts out there at the moment, coupled with a taste for gritty industrial noise intrusion, this album will become audible sex for you.

Three stars because it is not up to par with the majority of quality dance music, but its uniqueness and oddly progressive nature lend many a positive attribute to this double disc endeavor.

~Lex

really boering.......2006-08-04

I was really dissapointed with this cd .Their northern exposur cd's is some of the best progressive trance mix out there.But it seemed they got the most boreing trance and mix it together .Trance has been getting a little boring now that every dj is trying to be progressive .Im tired of djs that are old enough to be my dad telling us how trance should sound

boring!.......2006-01-26

there are better cd's to get than this one. some songs are incredibly boring i want to shoot myself.

a must have.......2005-10-29

CD1: 5 stars
The first CD is smooth and sexy and the transitions are flawless. It is one of the most memorial mixes for me because of the pure brilliance of how everything is put together and the ease at which it flows. By the time the CD is over, you find yourself waking up from a daze or a dream and then it's time to hit the repeat button to experience it all over again! Trust me, this mix sounds boring and monotonous at first, but after a several listenings it comes alive and grabs your attention. I couldn't recommend a better mix.
CD2: 3 stars
For some reason this mix hasn't spoken to me yet. I'm not sure what happened in the creation process of this set, but the magic isn't there compared to CD1.
Overall Impression: 4.5 stars (weighted average since CD1 is so awesome)
Don't pass this gem by. This is a must have classic.

Some great tracks, but that's really about it.......2004-11-28

There are definitely some jaw-dropping tracks here, but when much of the mixes sound forced and the programming is thinly contrived, I can only offer 2 at most stars out of 5. Listen to the mix from Jimmy Van M's "ECI-PS" to POB's "Waah (Seismix)" and you'll know what I mean. I mean, really, what a horrible, senseless mix. I expect MUCH MORE from Sasha & Digweed, and quite frankly, I am disappointed with this album.

This is a bad album with bad mixes and programming that just don't make sense. The only thing saving the album from an embarassing 1 out of 5 stars is the handful of amazing tracks.

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