John Digweed - Transitions

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John Digweed has taken the title of his global radioshow and put it to a mix series which we'll see twice a year on the highly regarded Renaissance label...

:: John Digweed - Transitions
:: Renaissance
:: REN27CD


Tracklist
01) Partial Arts - Cruising
02) Every - Feelin'
03) Popnonname - On the Run
04) Margot Meets The Melody Maker - Torch (Etrawelt Remix)
05) Tigerskin - Neontrance
06) Catwash (DJ Wild & Chris Carrier) - Plastic Rubberband
07) Davis K - Beautiful Dead
08) Diringer - Flake Escape
09) Rocco - Roots 4 Acid
10) Trick & Kubic Feat. Valeska - Easy (Niekisch & Hermann Dub)
11) On Spec - Knights Of Columbus
12) John Digweed - Warung Beach (Lutzenkirchen Remix)
13) Michael de Hey - Jetchi
14) Dana Bergquist - McEnroe
15) Paul Kalkbrenner - Gebrunn Gebrunn

Carrying the torch now for Renaissance and their ever increasing list of quality releases, it's John Digweed, a name everyone will undoubtedly know, and he's putting forward his 'Transitions' compilation.

This CD overall is generally progressive house. However the journey that you're taken on undulates to and fro, one minute featuring smooth, progressive house and the next featuring twisted and electro sounding beats. For example the album starts with two tracks which sound almost bizarre, with electro leads and springy sfx. Come tracks three and four, and the sound has changed into smooth progressive with soft basses and eerie synths. And at the end we see one final mood change but this time it's into some pretty chilled out breakbeat tracks.

As you would expect from someone of John Digweed's skill and stature, and as the name of the album inherently implies itself, the mixing here is right on the mark. The main focus is on deliberate, long, slow and subtle transitions.

On the whole, as far as house goes, this is another nice album from the Renaissance brand. The way the sound evolves back and forth throughout the album is masterfully done plus it is constrained well thus avoiding breaking out into too many genres which would've spoiled it.

Related links:
http://www.johndigweed.com/

[paulj419]

what's it wit Renaissance and signing all the global underground DJ...first satoshi tomie and now my fav house DJ digweed...DJ's please stick to GU the best house record label..come on...anyways any work by digweed is amazing so ima definetly get this CD regardless if its Renaissance or GU or any other label...

[DIONYSOS]