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A Night at the Playboy Mansion

~ Dimitri From Paris
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Product details

  • Audio CD (15 May 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B00004S5Z6
  • Other Editions: Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 41,819 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Reach Inside - Bah Samba
2. Star - Mecca Headz
3. Groove - Astrojazz
4. Down To Love Town - Originals (1)
5. Shangri La - La Pregunta
6. Talkin' All That Jazz - Stetsasonic
7. Outra Lugar - De Bahia, Salome
8. Motivation - Atmosfear
9. Give Me Love - Cerrone
10. I'll Be There For You - Sunburst Band
11. Sweet Music - Hunter, Terry
12. Place Is Rockin' - Pioux, Pascal
13. Wonderful Person - Black Masses
14. Found A Cure - Ashford & Simpson

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
This mix compilation by French DJ Dimitri From Paris of "Sacre Bleu" fame demonstrates the French preference for smoothness and elegance, which is fine when it comes to a twin set but a bit dry as far as dance music is concerned. Dimitri's unwillingness to get down and dirty in his mix denies these grooves by Masters At Work, Stetsasonic and Bah Samba their right to funk. His own remixes of Ashford & Simpson's Found A Cure and Atmosfear's Motivation are equally nice, chic and just a bit flat. The emphasis on sophistication hits its height with the reference to the Playboy Mansion, a fantasy zone of less than real pleasure where cool rules over content and a bloke in his 70s gets laid a lot. If you need a soundtrack to your lava lamps and brown shagpile carpet then here it is. --Jake Barnes

CD Description
Born in Turkey, based in France, Dimitri From Paris is widely considered one of the latter country's top DJ's. With A NIGHT AT THE PLAYBOY MANSION, Dimitri settles quickly into a retro-disco, house music journey. The mix of varied tracks includes such classics as "Talkin' All That Jazz", from Stetsasonic, "Shangri-La", from La Pregunta, and Ashford and Simpson's "Found A Cure".
Dimitri takes the listener on a wild throwback ride, mixing in elements of retro-'70s flavour with '80s house, using modern remix techniques to blend themall together. Some other standouts include "Reach Inside", "Star", and "Sweet Music". Listening to Dimitri spin during A NIGHT AT THE PLAYBOY MANSION is as close as most of us will ever get to this gifted turntablist.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic disco that's one of this year's best party records, 11 Feb 2003
In an era of disco mutated into a dozen forms for the modern dancer, you need releases like this to remind you that the 70's sound was just fine, thank you. With this collection of old and new tunes Dimitri From Paris offers a cleansing of the palette, if you will; a classic sound with a bit of modern editing.

"Reach Inside," fires the part off right away, soulful disco that's all smooth diva crooning and blaring horns. As the disco ball descends, "Star" bounces in, featuring a sample of Aquarian Dream's "You're a Star." Sneaking in is the diva chorus scat singing of "The Groove," flaky but effective. Without checking the liner notes you'd never know the first three songs were made in the last three years (only four on the disc are from the 70's.) "Down to Love Town" is indeed from 25 years ago, Dimitri serving up a re-edit that focuses on the last few minutes of the funk-disco original. "Shangri La" has everything- snappy break intro, strings, electric guitar, even some "wakachica" (yea) and a mean drum fade leading into a great remix of Stetsasonic's "Talkin' All That Jazz." It scraps nearly all the rap to fit in funk guitar, flutes, and production tricks out the wazoo. "Outro Lugar" adds a bit of sass courtesy of Salome de Bahia. "Motivation" is party jazz that doesn't do much, but the rhythm is restored with the classic track "Give Me Love" (house heads will note it's often sampled bassline) and the wailing "Band." "Sweet Music" dishes up deep bass and a piano, leading to Pascal Pioux's smooth and classy "The Place is Rockin." The wrap-up includes the hugs and smiles of the gorgeous "Wonderful Person," and Ashford & Simpson's "Found a Cure."

What you have here is one of the best party records of the year, a complete and polished package of a time brought back to life.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Real Fruity House, 4 Mar 2004
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The real deal fruity French cheese feel, it gets no smoother than this. Considerably more old skool and disco'fied then Dimitri's MixMag Live effort from a few years back. Disco, funk, soul and Latino influences abound and as a package it works very well. Not the sort of compilation that's gonna change any drum & bass fan's clichéd opinions about house music, but if you enjoy the fruity end of house (or European 'real' house) then this is the one for you. A high quality compilation, but as I say, fruity as all hell.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An education, 8 Mar 2002
I must admit that like the 1 star reviewer when I first put it on I just thought "Well so what?" and left it on the side for months.

I couldn't have been more wrong however and one rainy weekend afternoon it found it's way back into my stereo and has not strayed far since.

Like so many of the finer things in life it's an aquired taste; a musical expression of pure joy.

If you already have this and want more check out the "after the Playboy Mansion" double CD also from the man like Dim.

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5.0 out of 5 stars it's cool for cats
By my reckoning, this is Dim's best work. I've read a few of the criticisms & am a little surprised - this is deeply funky stuff. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2001 by Michael McCarthy

5.0 out of 5 stars Life is a party
Superb montage of disco dancefloor gems, fused together by Dimitri for a unique taste of the life of those international playboys. Read more
Published on 30 Jul 2001 by James Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Tell them to make a sequel
All I can say is...this puts the unk in spunk, oove in groove and yle in style. If you like disco jazz funk fusion or if you think you should like disco jazz funk fusion then buy... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Best mix CD ever!
I bought this CD in response to the reviews below so I felt I should comment. I loved every minute (all 76), it has to be one of the best mix CD's I've heard for the shear... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2000 by gt_andrew@hotmail.com

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty boring, really.
OK, so some of the tunes themselves are alright... nothing special though. I however, just find that it bobs along... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars a mild brie with serious funk!
was sent this cd by the excellent mrs g and was consequently late for work. i defy anyone to listen to this masterpiece of up-beat 70's soul and funky house tunes and not get up... Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars great funky house,just can't avoid wanting to dance!
dimitri dusts off a selection of disco rarities and house classics on this album that it is impossible to just sit and listen!This is real party music for real party people! Read more
Published on 21 May 2000 by mar@freemail.it

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Album of Funky House Tunes!
Jake Barnes is quite correct when he states that the French have a preference for smoothness and elegance. Read more
Published on 17 May 2000

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