Bedrock: Compiled and Mixed By Jimmy Van M [Import]

Bedrock, Jimmy Van M | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Bedrock
• ASIN: B00005JIA8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Night Stalker

2. Late Night [Dissonant Dub]

3. Circuit Breaker [John Creamer and Stephanie K Remix]

4. Heavy Fluid

5. Control of Sound

6. Barotek [Blackwatch Threshold Dub]

7. Mothership [Steve Porter Remix]

8. Lacuna

9. Love Like Sleep [Dub]

10. Struggle for Pleasure

Disc: 2

1. London

2. Janiero [Original Mix]

3. Janiero [Saffron Mix]

4. Music Don't Stop

5. One Last Time [Quivver's Amityville Dub]

6. Soulfeel [The Senses EP]

7. Mansdisco [Original Mix]

8. Bon Voyage

9. Deep Blue

10. Diminished Responsibility

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing cleanse of pallette to your trance collection, June 17, 2001

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Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bedrock (Audio CD)

This release is way overdue. As part of Balance Promote Group, Jimmy Van Malleghem (along with Chris Fortier) booked tours for Sasha and John Digweed in the mid-90s, frequently playing with them. On their Communicate he appeared several times (in name and as part of Freelance Icebreakers), while his thumping breakbeat track `Forget Time' was one of 2000s unheard gems. Now throw in the fact his `Sanctuary' tune was the monstrous MVP of John Digweed's Global Underground: Los Angeles mix, and, like I said, this release becomes way overdue.

From a man who's own work is intricately structured and genre-defying, it's no surprise that Bedrock is a similar statement of style; moody, edgy, and experimental to the extent it explores the boundaries of conventional dance. The bubbling off-kilter minimalism of `Night Stalker' and silvery whispers of `Late Night' steer a course on disc 1 of atypical beat patterns and abundant effects-box noises shaped into melody. Gibberish voices and bombastic alien sounds propel `Heavy Fluid,' `Control of Sound,' and the prime time `Lacuna,' cleverly choosing loud over fast to peak a set. Amidst this off-worldly design, Jimmy van M`s`Love Like Sleep' drops the disco-funkiest bassline in some time, a cracking dub cut that vastly improves on the full-vocal original.

It's almost a shame that disc two plays less inspired (more traditional, pending your viewpoint) than the ab-fab first. Stripped of the excess sheen, `Janiero' and `Soulfeel' opt for a more languid pace and tranquil tone. DJ-favorite Junkie XL's `Bon Voyage' adds some expected kick near the close of what is essentially a lukewarm closing spin.

All a bit too cool for it's own good? Perhaps. Let's call it brain trance, then, and an exhilarating cleanse of palette to your dance floor collection. Not quite the musical revelation expected, but oh so close. Disc one: 5 stars Disc two: 3 stars Overall: 4.5

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars jimmy crack corn and we sure do care, January 6, 2002

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harm: producer, mixer & all around good guy (sfbay) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bedrock (Audio CD)

short version:

buy it right now.

listen to it, enshrine it, & make little animal sacrifices to it.

long version:

no doubt one of the best, if not the very best compilation of 01. jimmy van m, perhaps best known as squire and partner in crime to the dynamic duo of sasha & digweed, has long championed a style of dark, borderline tribal trance that sways between beat-ladden minimalism and melodic excess. much of the popularity he has acquired so far has been by proxy--most folks naturally associate him with his bedrock seniors. worse, his trance nation america effort in cooperation with another of east-coast's best djs, taylor, failed to garner and huge hubbub.

what pity.

i'm the last person in the world to deride digweed's impeccable beatmatching or sasha's subtlety, but van mulligam's unobstrusive mixing and splendid selection makes him my favorite of the three. yes, really. that good--and once we get to talking about the track selection, it gets even better.

cd 1 is a masterful exercise in subtle musical progression, from brooding and tribal to percussion-driven, chord-ladden funk and back to rolling, dark & dirty beats.

israel's hottest producing team, moshic & zeidan, open with a slow building, eerie gem--nightstalker--which blends into the echoing whispers of 'late night,' by floppy sounds. remixers du jour john creamer & stephane k contribute an appropriately dark remix of ecvm's 'circuit breaker,' and then we're off to funkbeatland: yum-yum's william borroughs-inspired 'heavy fluid' and prototype's 'control of sound' wind their way around splendid chords, aggressive percussion and vocal samples.

the disk peaks with blackwatch's incredible, deep and dreamy re-dub of barotek, steve porter's irresistibly kinetic remix of 'mothership' and tocharian's 'lacuna,' a melodic masterpiece with vocals sampled from the next track, a dub of jimmy van m's latest effort, 'love like sleep.' a much slowed-down version of minimalistix' 'struggle for pleasure' provides closer to one of the most gorgeous stretches of music ever to be mixed.

cd 2 deserves less analysis since it's not nearly as beautiful, or as innovative. john johnson's london is a forgettable introduction, sadly, but van m perks things up by prudently paying tribute to the most popular track of early 01, solid sessions' 'janiero,' featuring both the original and the saffron mix. the next track--the best of the cd, frankly, is MISLISTED as brancaccio & aisher's 'music don't stop'--i haven't the information on what it actually is, but i am quite familiar with work done by london's busiest producers and remixers, and this is not one of them.

from there on, only a scintillating dub of quivver's 'one last time' and junkie xl's 'bon voyage' offer reprieve from an otherwise standard progressive-fodder fare.

conclusion: though cd 2 slacks up in selection (though not mixing; the cd is obviously pro-tooled, not turntable mixed) bedrock 02 is a serious contender to the title of 01's best compilation. hurrah to jimmy and the good guys from the balance promotion group from providing us with another stunner.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the original, April 8, 2002

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Yance M. Freeman (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bedrock (Audio CD)

To some it may seem like blaspheme to say that this is better than Digweed's original Bedrock release, but to me it is. Jimmy Van M mixes with the skill of Digweed and the track selection is better than the original (granted, Digweed's release is a few years old). I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is the most impressive progressive mix I've heard since the man himself released the first Bedrock. I don't say this often, but it truly is a must have!