Customer Reviews

After the Playboy Mansion

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After listening the CD with some good expectations after the masterful 'a night at the playboy mansion', i decided to just stockpile it in my storage desk..
the album lacks connections, transitions are not thoroughly thought and the tracks sound a little bit outdated.
When in A night at the Playboy Mansion, Dimitri made old songs sound fresh and new, in this Album he makes the old song sound same old.
my question is: why Dimitri? why?

This album picks up where 2000's A NIGHT AT THE PLAYBOY MANSION left off from. This generous offering of 2 cds filled with great songs, is divided up by the type of music. The first cd is a more down/mid tempo kind of groove, filled with some goodies such as "Nyce & Slo" by Lil Louis, "So Good, So Right" by Imagination, "Get It Up For Love" by Tata Vega, "Peanut Butter" by Gwen Guthrie, and my personal favorite of the disc, "Seasons of Love" by Blaze. The second disc is a collection of uptempo disco/funk songs, most honorably "Candidate for Love" by TS Monk, "That's The Way Love Is" by Ten City, "Changin" by Linda Clifford, and "Don't Leave Me This way" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. This 25 song collection is sure to please any fans of house and disco. This is a generous offering and perfect for when you want to chill out or when you just want to get funky and dance. Dimitri From Paris does not disapoint on this collection. Give it a listen!

dimtri returns with two discs of slamming french house and his secret re-edits of old disco tunes to keep the party going once the playboy mansion is over. digging through a bazillion dusty crates, dim pulls together a slew of rare tracks and puts them together on two separate cds: laidback and uplifting. the laidback disc is just that: laidback. meandering through breaks, hip-hop, and house - dimitri combines the smooth disco sounds that he's known for with a near perfect mix of tracks that really just make you want to relax. the uplifting mix is a grouping of uptempo house tracks that will certainly keep the party going into the afterhours, with not only great 4/4 action, but with themes that make you smile and grind a little closer to the person you are dancing with, or just cut loose on your own. it doesn't matter when it's that late - it just makes sense. this album will be enjoyed by fans of night at the playboy mansion or people who have enjoyed disco in the past for the new disco. it's nothing new from dimitri, but it's all about keeping the party going.

Unlike other dance compilations, which are little more than cheesy K-Tel-like collections of played-to-death top 40 tunes, Dimitri digs deep and pulls together some rarely heard grooves for this fabulous double CD. The first disc features mid-tempo grooves from the likes of Lil' Louis, the long forgotten Imagination, and the late Gwen Guthrie. The second disc offers more uptempo, disco-oriented numbers suitable for any dancefloor. The highlight, I think, is the finale: a version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Whether you want music to chill to or to spark up a party, you cannot go wrong with this excellent disc.

I coudn't find a better word to characterize this CD/Set. Amazing! It gives the best of House, non-comercial but with funky drums and a lot of vocals, for those who like it! Besides, Dimitri from Paris is one of the best DJ's in the world, so this CD goes in count of that!

Have fun listening!

once again, dimitri displays impeccable taste, knowledge and skill on this new double CD set. what i like most is the way he seamlessly blends forgotten classics (grace jones, imagination) with brand new tunes i would never have gotten the chance to hear otherwise, for example, the beautiful song by emma nilsdotter sung in swedish, the anthemic "never enough" by boris dlugosch and the brilliant, jazzy john cutler track "it's yours".
this is a great collection for those of us that can no longer go clubbing every weekend, but still want to know about all the great dance tunes that are out there. yah-boo to the nay-sayers. this guy is on top of his game.

After a long awaiting for this album, I finally got it in my hands and this is what I think. First of all I think its only half as good as the Night In Playboy mansion, the tracks on the uplifting selection have no logical sequence and there has been no effort to cover this up with some editing, remixing etc. When you listen to it you can feel at once the lack of structure in the mix. It has some nice tracks that are hard to find outside this collection but thats all. On the laidback mix things are not so tragic as on the uplifting mix but once again I found it nothing special.
I am very suprised that Dimitri went ahead with this album, especially after releases such as A Night In The Playboy Mansion and the "Japanese" Salsoul Mix. This is way below his average and all of you who think that this is going to be as the first part, do listen to the tracks before you buy.
Disapointed? Yes, definetely.

not nearly as good as I was hoping. i'm not sure i would even define the music as part of the same genre as "night at the playboy mansion". much more drum and trance feel...

After a long awaiting for this album, I finally got it in my hands and this is what I think. First of all I think its only half as good as the Night In Playboy mansion, the tracks on the uplifting selection have no logical sequence and there has been no effort to cover this up with some editing, remixing etc. When you listen to it you can feel at once the lack of structure in the mix. It has some nice tracks that are hard to find outside this collection but thats all. On the laidback mix things are not so tragic as on the uplifting mix but once again I found it nothing special.
I am very suprised that Dimitri went ahead with this album, especially after releases such as A Night In The Playboy Mansion and the "Japanese" Salsoul Mix. This is way below his average and all of you who think that this is going to be as the first part, do listen to the tracks before you buy.
Disapointed? Yes, definetely.

...The Playboy Mansion made Dimitri on of my "Immediate Buy" artists and as soon as I saw that the "Return" was out, I bought it. It's been a disappointment because there are quite a lot of duff tracks on there. "Return..." contains some tracks that are old but don't sound fresh (So good so right, Nyce and Slow), some tracks that are on many other dance compilation cds (It's Yours, Never Enough) and some great new finds (Candidate for Love, Fran Mig Til Dig). It's worth buying for those new ones that I would never have found anywhere else.