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Review: Dave Seaman - The Masters Series Vol. 10
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Label:Renaissance
Rel. date:10th Mar 08
Cat No: REN41CDDJ
Reviewer:Lukasz Napora
Reviewed:13th Mar 08
Format: CD
Rating:5.55.55.55.55.55.5

Tracklisting
    Disc 1
  1. Apparat - Not A Number
  2. Fairmont – I Need Medicine
  3. Dusty Kid – Cowboys
  4. Wally Lopez – Go Ahead (Patric La Funk Mix)
  5. Peter Edison & George Skanderberg - Patterns Of Thought
  6. Gui Boratto – Mr. Decay (Robert Babicz Universum Disco Mix)
  7. Stel – Godthab
  8. Christian Fischer - Karatschai Lake
  9. Joe T. Vannelli - Harlem (Mark Knight Dub)
  10. Skylark – Escalator
  11. Eelke Kleijn – It All Comes Together C/W Couture Feat. Rachelle – Afterglow (Acapella)
  12. Sennh – I Am With You
  13. Sasha – Who Killed Sparky?
  14. Mos – WaterhøLle
  15. Underworld – Beautiful Burnout (Mark Knight Remix)
    Disc 2
  1. Johannes Heil – The Coming
  2. Tim Deluxe Feat. Sam Obernik - You Got Tha Touch (Martin Buttrich Vox Mix)
  3. Mugwump – Memory Lane Refund (Acid Retraxion Mix)
  4. Groove Garcia – Trip To Amaltea
  5. Solomun – Deadman
  6. Sol & Grimm – Exuma
  7. Josh Gabriel – Azora
  8. Popof & Nina – Blablabla
  9. Popof - Brain On The Side
  10. Jamie Stevens – Keep Her Space
  11. Oliver Huntemann – Bakery C/W Meat Katie & D Ramirez Feat. Odissi - Stop The Revolution (Dubfire'S Arrowhead Dub) [Acapella]
  12. Rekorder – Rekorder 10.2
  13. Solaris Heights – No Trace (Popof Remix)
  14. Dj Umek – Faithful Nights

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Dave Seaman - The Masters Series Vol. 10

I could begin this review with some truisms about genres being mixed and the great times of variety in music... But what for? The cabinet with styles fell a long time ago and the the cupboards are simply rolling around on the floor.

Dave Seaman was able to perfectly fit into this situation, keeping an eye on both the forgotten by many progressive or trance producers and the fresh and trendy techy people. On the one hand, we’ve got the again brilliant Sasha or the usually brilliant MOS and, on the other, there’s Solomun, Popof and Oliver Huntemann.

But don’t think that Seaman is just mixing tracks from different styles. He mixes tunes so internaly complex that precise pigeonholing is impossible unless you want to be seen as a joke. Well, I’m sure I’m not going to try and call anything a minimal electro house track or come up with something as amusing as new prog.

So what does Seaman do? The first CD is especially a playground where he searches for common fields in the tracks he mixes. He finds the elements that one genre took from another and uses them to build a cohesive piece. On the second, more techy CD the trips between styles are not so remote, which doesn’t change the fact that the whole album is fantastic.

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