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James Holden - At The Controls (Resist Music) 2006
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Pavel
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Posted : Dec 21, 2006 12:57
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CD1
1 Apparat -Wooden (5:17)
2 Plastikman - Cor Ten (2:18)
3 Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor - Trinity Dub (Three) (2:20)
4 Kate Wax - Angel Blues (2:18)
5 Death In Vegas - Anita Berber (4:14)
6 Petter - Some Polyphony (5:43)
7 Vox Sola - Metro Pop (2:53)
8 Issakidis - Hotter Now (Stripped Down Mix) (1:20)
9 Holden - Lump (6:16)
10 Midi Miliz - Trace Function (4:57)
11 Harmonia - Watussi (0:52)
12 Holden - 10101 (3:22)
13 Stavöstrand & Skugge - Medean (3:06)
14 Nathan Fake - Charlies House (Apparat Remix) (6:33)
15 Lucky Pierre - Angels On Your Body (3:39)
16 Christ. - Perlandine Friday (3:13)
17 Fennesz - Rivers Of Sand (1:43)
CD2
1 Meta.83 - Opening Titles (4:28)
2 Paul Kalkbrenner - Gebrünn Gebrünn (4:22)
3 Motiivi:Tuntematon - 1939 (4:15)
4 Malcolm Middleton - Solemn Thirsty (4:26)
5 Aphex Twin - Xtal (4:40)
6 Milky Globe vs. Holden - Sun Spots (2:59)
7 Kalabrese - Aufm Klo (4:25)
8 Lazy Fat People - Big City (1:55)
9 Water Lilly - Lottotron Reboot (3:05)
10 Trans Am - Cold War (War Is Stupid Mix) (4:13)
11 Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed (Boards Of Canada Reprise) (1:49)
12 Egoexpress - Live At Sirius Prime (5:13)
13 Black Strobe - Nazi Trance Fuck Off! (Holden Remix) (8:02)
14 Plastikman - Cor Ten (1:32)
15 AFX - Every Day (4:14)
James Holden is a former prodigy kid of the British Trance scene who break through first at the tender age of 18 with the huge Horizons hit that was played to death and was licenced later to many compilations and mix sets including Dave Seaman's Global Underground album. A few years later he set up his own label "Border Community" that considered by many as one of the most interesting and influential labels nowadays including the seminal Soopertrack / Zu Fuss by Extrawelt, Drowning In A Sea Of Love by Nathan Fake and more. Definitely a fine lable with a broad and futuristic view on the electronic music.
This double album presents Holden's eclectic (to say the least) tastes and fuses seemlessly Minimal Techno with Dub, Electro, IDM and even some Psy Trance. Can't say how good are his Dj'ing skills in real life but his Ableton Live skills are impressive. The flow here is remarkable and he manages to fuse so much interesting music without sounding artificial for a second. Really hard to milk some more words for this one but if you enjoyed Sasha's Involver and if you like your music melodic, laidback and warm you should go and check it. Not another hit collection with a super star DJ on the decks. This one was made with love.
10/10
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evgeny@aero-groove
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Posted : Dec 21, 2006 13:48
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LigaLize
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Posted : Dec 21, 2006 20:28
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Wow...Must be very good release,i see there a big names like Midi Miliz,Nathan Fake,Massive Attack
Dance is - As a matter of fact, socially admissible public analogue of the sexual act :)
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Posted : Dec 22, 2006 02:26
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This most definately is one of the best prog-minimal-house releases of the last year. truly exceptional! |
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clown
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Posted : Dec 22, 2006 05:35
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Timetwister
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Posted : Dec 22, 2006 21:00
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Yes, they are both mixed.
I personally enjoy cd1 a bit more than cd2. Cd 1 is simply magnificent |
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kayak
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Posted : Dec 23, 2006 20:12
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at last i almost agree with m. pavel lol
very nice cd, some jewels inside
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DJ Buju
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Posted : Dec 24, 2006 04:27
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On 2006-12-21 20:13, labyrinth wrote:
very interesting tracklist, will definitely have to check this out.
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Yes i think it's the only way out!  was doubting this mix cd like i doubt many others but reviews seems to say otherwide  and when it comes to Holden you always now it's gonna be quite a trip... 
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Glen.C (Iboga Rec)
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sundrop
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Posted : Dec 27, 2006 03:43
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Boring waste of time |
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Pavel
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Posted : Dec 27, 2006 09:07
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On 2006-12-27 03:43, sundrop wrote:
Boring waste of time
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One man's trash other man's treasure.
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Fingax
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Posted : Dec 27, 2006 17:34
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Some groovy names on this one must check it 4 sure
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sundrop
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Posted : Dec 27, 2006 18:40
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On 2006-12-27 03:43, sundrop wrote:
Boring waste of time
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One man's trash other man's treasure.
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I guess but I expected at least some psychedlic edge or chillout sound... just some standard IDM, zzzzzzzzzzz there was some parts that were ok, but overall i didnt find it worth listening to |
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Pavel
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Posted : Dec 27, 2006 19:50
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On 2006-12-27 18:40, sundrop wrote:
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On 2006-12-27 09:07, Pavel wrote:
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On 2006-12-27 03:43, sundrop wrote:
Boring waste of time
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One man's trash other man's treasure.
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I guess but I expected at least some psychedlic edge or chillout sound... just some standard IDM, zzzzzzzzzzz there was some parts that were ok, but overall i didnt find it worth listening to
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I found it much more psychedelic than most of what "the psy trance" gave this year. Sorry.
Holden's Lump is one of the craziest tunes I've heard lately.
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