Greek seaside club Cavo Paradiso is consistently rated as one of Europe’s top clubbing destinations, and while listening to one of their double CDs in sunny London isn’t quite on the same level, it’s still a rather pleasant summer experience. Japanese hero Satoshi Tomiie and Moon Harbour Recordings boss Mathias Tanzmann are given the controls for this compilation. From his proggy styles of old there remains some hangover in Tomiie’s sound – dreamy, dainty, hypnotic vibes run through the mix, but are bolstered by some straight up grooving too. Feygin’s low-slung B Local provides a stomping anchor to push and pull against after a hazy first quartet, while it’s left to Phillipp’s moody Federation to bring some drama and engrossing live percussion into the mix. The next couple of tracks pass by a bit unnoticed, but Dani Casarano & Felipe Valenzuela’s glorious Tony Sonny is an absolute stunner – all moody jazz pianos and yearning soulful vocal snippets that create a classy, sensual little roller. Hereon it’s all about galloping skippy beats and rhythms, with Matthias Meyer’s bongo-filled Infinity raising the pressure, and Doomwork’s Aplauso al Ocaso bringing some African tribalism and vocals into the game. Lee Van Dowski’s Die Eisenbahn makes for a deeper, more contemplative techy finale. Tanzmann kicks off with the smooth musicality and lively trumpets of Martin Buttrich’s I Am Going There One Day, before an album highlight comes in the shape of Chris Carrier’s summer stomper Cabaret Des Belles Lettres. We get to an almost garage flow with the skippy beats and bumping bass of Mathais Kaden’s re-rub of Luna City Express’ Diamonds & Pearls, setting us up perfectly for the hushed jazzy tones and woozy vocals of Johnny D’s Rashaida, like dOP in full delicate form. Then – WOMP – big bass slams in from Tanzmann’s remix of Michael Melchner’s Four To The Floor, the energetic feel continuing with a classic hip-hop horn sample on Oleg Poliakov’s Caravan. This is definitely the more engrossing of the two mixes, and the one that you can really see yourself grooving away al fresco to. TrackItDown http://www.trackitdown.net/news/show/103822.html |
