Customer Reviews

Afterdark New York City

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4 star:		(4)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

The formula is this: two DJs from New York deliver a mix of deep house on two discs, one by Jon Cutler and the other by Osunlade. Both are deep excursions of vocal house with a soulful edge that's best suited for late night listening. On Cutler's disc, you're gonna find noteworthy tracks like his own "You're Not Alone," Johnny D and Nicky P's "Johnick Fire," and Scott Wozniak's "Wake Up My Life" which serve as the highlights. Osunlade's disc has a more chilled vibe, with laidback cuts such as the Latin-lite fare of "Cafe Sol" by Alistar Calling, Tortured Soul's "I Might Do Something," and "Remember" by The Moves. But the pace does pick up later in the disc with more aggressive numbers like Soul Vision's kicking "Don't Hold Back." All in all, there's nothing earth-shattering on this disc, and many househeads will recognize familiar ground. But "AfterDark NewYorkCity" is good enough to rise above the average. One last thing: this CD is copy-protected, so computer freaks who like to burn and mix their music will be out of luck with this disc.

Even if the title suggests this is a moody, deep type of compilation, it has enough yang to move your soul and booty...it kicks off with a smooth voice, has a nervous drum beat and a simple and cool keyboard in the back, then the rhythm picks up with a great percussion transition for an even jazzier voice. "Alone" has a house like feel to it still with world class vocals. From there on, the rich array of pleasures is ensured on a impeccable tempo: Brazilian beats (the energizing Only you, the marvelous bossa feel of Sintra, Cafe Sol), sexy voices (Wake up my life), a mean bass (Johnick fire), 70's like disco (Pride), clubby hip trends (Fluid, Don't hold back, If you leave now) and other singable tunes (anything from Tortured Soul or Moves). The mark of this album is it's live-like feel of the music played. It has a great balance between the danceable and the audible. It's if you want a "juiced up" lounge/jazz version of what remains in the end a little musical gem that will leave you content with the groove of life.

I have purchased all of the Afterdark CDs, and this one is really disappointing. I was expecting more from the Deep House center of the music world. I have yet to find a CD that measures up to the San Fran disc. Buy that one! If they could only replicate that....

I must admit that I'm not a real sucker for all those "bar" compilations full of dull deep house tracks but THIS ONE IS REALLY SOMETHING. Especially the Osunlade mix which is simply magic.
No track is better than the other and the mix just takes you to heaven. Simply one of the best garage/deep house mix I've heard in years. And I'm 41, married with two kids... who love to see their dad in our kitchen dancing and singing along this magic record.THANK YOU !

This CD is protected from downloading so you can't use it for MP3 players or an iPod. The music is great, but worthless if you want to listen to it from a source other than the CD.

This album doesn't even come close to the SanFrancisco, Madrid and the Chicago compilation. It's repetitive, boring and dull. All I can say is save your money and get any of the other good ones.

This CD introduced me to a side of house I didn't think existed, modern soulful house music. It's not noisy nor lack rhythm. It's very tasteful and danceable. A great blend of latin and soulful house. A must have!

I don't know what the last several reviews are talking about, but I simply LOVED this compilation. Smooth, Deep,Sexy, and FUNKY. There were NO duds... IMO this is the absolute BEST of the Afterdark series. Montreal was just LAME , the other are various degrees of "hit or miss", but this one is a MUST for DEEP House Lovers.

all the beats/songs are the same and the vocals don't rub the right way either. I do own Chi. and SanF. releases and they are far better.

This is a nice deep house production. If you like this, check out the first full length CD for producer Quentin Allen as Karu. There are other 12" releases on Silver Network, Dadhouse, Winding Road, Mimosa & Smooth Agent. This CD is a very consistant production with a good blend of jazz, hip-hop, techno, neo-soul, and deep house all together. The beats are very crisp and sound good in the car, the house or the club. Some songs tastefully use vocal snippets to add flavor. There is even a track featuring Warren Harris aka Hanna (Shadow Records, Silver Network, Flat & Round, Freerange). If you want good quality deep house, this CD is for you.