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5.0 out of 5 stars
mixed with distinction, 17 May 2008
The DJ's dilemma goes like this: how do you make a seamless mix on the one hand, but at the same time give the listener a distinctive selection, making every tune count? Nightlife 1 was one of the rare cases that somebody hit it on the nail, and installments 2 and 3 were flawed by comparison. I groan inwardly at the discordand clash of When the Sun Goes Down/ Now's the Time on N2, and skip over derivative stuff like Princess Warrior and Babylon Rising on N3. I'm also not a huge fan of the 'max-out the bassline, throw in a vocal' school e.g. Concorde Dawn. I admit the likes of 'Fly Away' destroy the dancefloor, but mix CDs are more about the little bits and pieces lovingly put together like grown-up lego.
So, how does Nightlife 4 shape up? Apart from two 'max-out the bassline, throw in a talky bit' efforts from the formulaic and over-rated DJ Hazard, it's a blinder. I bought it on download and (annoyingly) had to split the tracks up manually using Mixmeister, but it made me appreciate just how smoothly they flow together as I couldn't find dividing points straight away. Top marks for tunes go to the versatile duo Chase and Status with the supersoulful 'Streetlife' and 'Take me Away'. it's stuff like the gradual pitch shift on 'Judgement's intro bongos that makes this CD worth repeated listening. Relative newcomers Culture Shock and L Plus have got the treble-ended gated synth sound just right, and there's a slew of perfectly crafted remixes like Neo, Plague and Screamer for those who were raving every week in the early noughties.
Nicely done Andy, not least for getting 33 tracks on there, and rounding off with Sub Focus's Bodyrock-style 'Timewarp' which is his best since Frozen Solid, and needs to be listened to in its entirety. Can't wait for his album to drop later this year, but til then N4 is gonna stay on the stereo.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Nightlife series really scraping the barrel now, 9 Jun 2009
Ive done a quick breakdown of this album because the quality ranges from atrocious to spine tingling and everything imbetween, summary to follow.
Track 1 is an all-time classic, 2 is very good quality, 3 is awful(the slide didnt take long did it Andy?), 4,5 is ok, 6,7,8,9,10,11 are awfully dull and uncreative - there is barely even a melody, 12,13 are ok(the remix is worse than the original!), 14 is dull, 15 is very good(Hazard does verge on annoying though), 17 is an all-time classic, 18 is dull, 19,20,21,22,23 are ok, 24,25 are poor, 26 is very good, 27 is all-time classic, 28 is poor, 29 is ok, 30 is poor, 31 is ok, 32 is very good(if only because Hazard tracks sound mental in clubs), 33 is all-time classic.
So overall out of a 33-track mix compilation Andy has given us 4 all-time classics, 4 very good ones, 12 that are just OK(meaning pretty dull but not offensive to your ears though) and 13 that are so awful i wanted to pull my own wisdom teeth out. SO thats an absolutely WHOPPING 25 tracks, yes count them!!! 25 tracks i dont want to hear ever again! and 8 i do, call me fussy but this compialtion is a friggin joke! Get volumes 1 and 2 for value for money, after which things seem to have gone downhill fast, I thought vol 3 was bad but 4 is even worse.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thumping progressive drum n bass, 24 Oct 2008
I have all the Nightlife series and no.4 doesn't fail to deliver the goods. I pump this up on my MP3 player for a gym workout. Believe me if this doesn't get your energy levels up nothing will! Loads of recent tracks for the most up-to-date top mix by Mr C. Sorted again!!!!
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