"V/A - Southern Breeze"

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Artist: Various

Title: Southern Breeze

Label: Echoes Records

Date: May, 2011

 

 

1. Inter - KARL JOHAN

2. Supernova (Magitman rmx) - WEEKEND HEROES

3. It's Tech No - SAVE THE ROBOT

4. Necessary Activity (Fiord rmx) - ANDREA BERTOLINI AND LISH

5. Greatest Peace - GLITTER

6. Call Me (Victor Ruiz rmx) - D-NOX AND BECKERS

7. Dengue Express - ERIC ENTRENA AND SOMETHING GOOD

8. Mantra (Roy Rosenfeld rmx) - LUIGI ROCCA

9. All Nighter - GUY MANTZUR AND STEPHAN BAZBAZ

 

Somehow this ended up in my pile of stuff to listen to. I can't explain it. Based in Israel, Echoes Records is owned by the guy who did the compiling and the promo says it is a massive release which is deep and pumping.

 

 

Look, I've been doing this long enough to know when I'm being fed a line and this line is larger than the coke that went up Rick James nose.

 

 

Inter- Let me be the first to tell you that this track will not blow anyone off the dancefloor. And I don't think it's supposed to. It's intro progressive house to the core with little evolution. Sounds get added as the measures tick by rising to a fever pitch. Let's see where they're going with this...

 

Supernova (Magitman Remix)- This is Igal Magitman aka Etic with a remix. It's another progressive house joing with not a whole lot going on. If it was a chick at the club and they were getting ready to close I suppose I would take her home. Wait...how drunk am I? Cause while she has a slight funky side I would bet this librarian might have to work in the morning.

 

Damnit, why are the lights so low in the club? This is not what my mind saw.

 

 

It's Tech No- This is Alien Project + Quadra and no matter what theorem you use it all adds up to mediocrity. Seems like they have changed their style since their earlier albums. I would say this is a step in the right direction. The track itself has a funky sway to it with a popcorn lead. Nothing here is going to make you redefine the genre, but it has its charm.

 

Necessary Activity (Fiord Remix)- The Strom brothers remix a Lish track with a lulling, pulsating effect. If you're looking for change and variation that ship has sailed. The first 4 minutes set the stage for a nice bridge, but then it's right back to what got you here. The suspense grows as the track seems to climb a never ending set of stairs. Meh. Picture going to work and killing company time on high speed internet and then having to come home to watch porn on dial up.

 

Yeah, that sucks.

 

 

Greatest Peace-

This guy? He's still making music? Wasn't he diddling children or something like that? Probably not the same guy. All these tracks follow the same pattern, what the hell. Slightly groovy with not much change and a build up. Man this was boring. If I wanted to be bored I would ask my wife how her day went.

 

Dont uh...don't tell her I said that, ok?

 

 

Call Me (Victor Ruiz Remix)- Wow, you know how cool repetitive samples are? Good God this is going from bad to worse. Call you? If I see you in a crosswalk I'm gonna try and hit you.

 

Quit jay walkin motherf*cker!

 

 

Dengue Express-

See if you name your project Something Good it gives ammunition to bored critics like me to poke fun at. It's a high standard that can be hard to attain. Still, this had some funky qualities to it. If only it wasn't so annoying. Whatever momentum it had was lost quickly along the way. F*ck me if I had a white flag I would wave it.

 

Mantra (Roy Rosenfeld Remix)- This project might as well be my mail carrier because I have no idea who any of the participants are. The sample talks about...you know, I wasn't really paying that much attention. I was busy marveling at the save that goalkeeper made.

 

I wonder if his country had that forward killed before he got off the plane.

 

 

All Nighter- You sonofabitch. You made me wade through all that sewage for the best track? It's groovy with a casual style. I didn't wet myself over it, but compared to the rest it is a fountain of melody. You can hear the melody from the Bee Gees classic all housed up. But at this point I'm ready to go.

 

 

If you are a fan of this type of progressive house I apologize. Not for what I'm about to say because I don't care if I offend you. I want to apologize for the record label making you waste your money on this crap. There is nothing interesting about this release. It's the same sh*t over and over with little to no melody or any twists or turns which may keep the listener from chucking it out the car window. Feel that breeze? Yeah, Echoes Records just farted in your face.

 

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Mdk