[MacDEF]

The SF store is bigger and has more stuff than the Berkeley store. But the Berkeley store is also near Rasputin and a couple other big music stores, so it's a good area to browse for a while

 

[HeadWired]

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"One of probably the best recommendations I would suggest are any of the DJ-mix albums on the Global Underground label. The label features some of the best DJ's on the planet. "

Good suggestion, Mac. I have 5 or 6 of these myself. They seem to be a bit more "trancey" than "dancey", so it depends on what you are looking for. They have a website but I couldn't find it for you right away. I will look when I get home today.

 

[edog]

MacDEF,

Your suggestion was too helpful! I found out that my office is not very far from the Amoeba in the Haight. So, I took a "little" trip down there. An hour later, I left with 15 newly purchased CDs.

This place is really bad for one's financial health.

P.S. is your avatar in the process of being reborn?

 

[MacDEF]

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Originally posted by edog So, I took a "little" trip down there. An hour later, I left with 15 newly purchased CDs.

Sounds about right

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P.S. is your avatar in the process of being reborn?

It was snowing; now it's melting

 

[tktran]

Global Underground:

www.globalunderground.co.uk


Not really global- most of their DJ's are UK DJs, so I guess global would mean they're all jet-setting, internationally renowned DJs.

And not all that trancey, especially the later discs (GU 14 onwards)... more of a progressive, house, funk, disco, electro mix.

 

[HeadWired]

Thanks for the link, Tktran. I knew I'd seen it, but couldn't find it w/ quick searches.

 

[punosion]

I recently purchased DJ Icey's "Essential Elements 2001: Breaks Element." Good stuff

I've mainly heard DJ Icey's stuff in the early 1990's and I think I like a DJ set by him a lot better than his productions. He includes two of his own tracks on the CD, which have a classic DJ Icey sound, but more evolved. Kinda' nice.

Why do all of Paul van Dyk's recent CD's have a strange "dullness" to them? "Tell Me Why" was like that, and my friend recently grabbed "The Politics of Dancing." It seems dull and lifeless...like some sort of crazy filter on the highs. Anyone else notice this?

 

[tktran]

After PvD's oustanding 1997 release, Seven Ways, Out There and Back was a disappointment.

A more commercial album: too much fluffy lyrics to be dance-floor friendly.

I hope his DJ-mixed Politics Of Dancing is better.

 

[Raymond Kim]

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Why do all of Paul van Dyk's recent CD's have a strange "dullness" to them? "Tell Me Why" was like that, and my friend recently grabbed "The Politics of Dancing." It seems dull and lifeless...like some sort of crazy filter on the highs. Anyone else notice this?

Yea, I've noticed that, too. I guess it has something to do with the way he records his mixes. Politics of Dancing is not bad in any way, but its distortion (I guess that's a good way of calling it) irritates me.