Digital Empire II: The Aftermath

Various Artists - Dance & DJ - Electronica | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: K-Tel
• ASIN: B00000DFMS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,612 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Comin' Back

2. It's Like That [Club Edit Mix][Edit]

3. Cetcha da Monkey

4. Velvet Pants [Spare Pair Mix]

5. Luv Dance

6. Dub the Dice [Fatboy Slim Mix]

7. 3lectro

8. Vocodor Bass

9. Floori.D.A. [Pimp Juice Mix]

10. Creep

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Brimful of Asha [Norman Cook Original Radio Edit Mix][Edit]

2. It's Jazzy

3. Tow Truck [Chemical Brothers Mix]

4. Free

5. Strictly Business

6. Back on a Mission [DJ Dan Mix]

7. Playing With Lightning

8. Sky Away

9. Godspeed

10. X-Beats [Orbital Mix]

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Editorial Reviews

The second volume in K-Tel's breakbeat electronica series includes a lot of American names: Lunatic Calm, Crystal Method, Rabbit in the Moon, Überzone, DJ Icey, Cirrus, Atomic Babies, and BT. The focus on funky breaks is balanced with the British and techno side of music, with tracks from Cornershop, Roni Size, the Sabres of Paradise, Infiniti, and Pressure of Speech. ~ John Bush

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 11 OUT OF 10!, December 22, 1999

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David A. Roller "Rollman" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Empire II: The Aftermath (Audio CD)

This compilation gets bonus points from me. The previous compilation was a "best of" set, giving new electronica fans a wide variety to listen to. Meanwhile DE II takes it a step further, exploring smoother and harder sounds than before.

All the returning artists did well with their second contributions, except for Rabbit in the Moon. "Floori.d.a" lacked the consistency of their previous releases on "Digital Empire" and "Urbal Beats" (another great comp). It wasn't what I expected to hear from past comps, but was okay.

Roni Size's "It's Jazzy" did excellent with its fast moving drum loops and sharp cuts into the sound.

But the highlight of it all was probably the contrast between neighboring songs "Playing With Lightning" by Expansion Union and "Skyway" by Infiniti. It goes from the hardest sound to the smoothest sound on the album and they (strangely enough) fit together in the lineup like key to lock.

And finally, I received a nice little surprise inside the 2 CD set--a CD sampler titled "In The Mix," which covered more of the club scene that DE II didn't really cover.

So, considering the total package deal, I give it an 11 out of 10 with a bonus point for it's depth and value.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent CD, April 15, 2000

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"bobodoc1" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Empire II: The Aftermath (Audio CD)

"Aftermath" features the next step from "Digital Empire-Electronica's Best". Released in the same year, this cd features more selections from the previous cd's artists. The fatboy slim "big beat" edits are definitly my favorite on all the "Digital Empire" cd's. On this cd, BT's "Godspeed" definitly gets my attention as well as "Florr.i.d.a", "Deep Sky" and definitly Crystal Methods "Coming Back". If you like the first DE cd, you'll like this cd. Check it out! Bi Bi from BoBo

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as great as the first but still awesome, December 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Empire II: The Aftermath (Audio CD)

Listen to this cd....what you have to look for is changes within the electronica scene..the first one had the advantages to take from the best of kinda old stuff that just wasn't released yet. This cd has the stuff that has come out since then that has tore up the clubs. For instance, Fatboy Slim's remix of Cornershop was probably the highlight of his Better Living Through Chemistry tour. The cd will grow on you, TRUST ME.