FunkyDesertBreaks 2

John Kelley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 24, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Moonshine Music
• ASIN: B000005QCW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,174 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > General
  • #15 in Music > Dance & DJ > Trance

Track Listings

1. Multica

2. Plastic

3. You Make Me Feel So Good

4. Xplorer

5. Doin' Jobz 4tha Mob

6. Tricked

7. Free

8. Make Me Feel

9. Born Slippy

10. I Feel You

11. I, I Know [Beats Mix]

12. Scilentific

13. Nineways

14. Nipple Fish

15. Universe

Editorial Reviews

15 original tracks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mixing at its best, April 10, 2000

By 

Scott Swanson (Albuquerque, nm United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FunkyDesertBreaks 2 (Audio CD)

John Kelley was the second techno DJ I discovered right after Doc Martin. What I have since discovered is that there is no other DJ (at least that I've heard) that can make the music more his own than Kelley.

He has a way of stretching out one song into another so that the transition points between songs become more interesting than the song itself. A perfect case in point is the last 4 songs on this album especially the long glide from jds' "nineways" into the coffee boys' "nipple fish." "Nipple fish" actually begins two or so minutes before "nineways" has completed, and the mixture of these two songs is so seemless I couldn't tell where they began and ended until I picked up another CD with "nipple fish" on it and realized what Kelley had done.

Kelley's stuff isn't always as dancable as most house and trance I've heard, but his breakbeat style on both fdbks seems to have more staying power. There is such a nice variation in songs that you never get bored. Also, because he seems to overlap so much from song to song, the actual songs don't last very long so if you dislike one song you don't have to wait long for the next one. Many trance djs seem to hold onto a song too long until it gets too repetative even for trance. The only problem with Kelley's style is that all four of his Moonshine releases tend to be short for mix CDs (only an hour or so) even though they have 15 songs.

Best songs on this particular CD are Underworld's "born skippy," a mindnumbing song that if you close your eyes you may not be able to stop your head from spinning, and the closing 4 tracks, maybe the best stretch of seamless mixed techno songs I've ever heard.

This CD does have a few weak spots (dj friction & spice's "you make me feel so good"), but it is still probably as a whole the best Kelley mix.

As a sidenote, try listening to Kelley's "Knee Deep" and his transition from Brownie's "fly mutha beatz" into Jack Mackrel's "drum tumbler" and follow the extreme climax as the harder beat takes over but the first song echos distantly in the background reminding you of where you've been as you start down that new path. That is the reason I will never buy another unmixed CD and why Kelley is the master...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow, March 10, 2000

By 

Simon Hancock - See all my reviews

This review is from: FunkyDesertBreaks 2 (Audio CD)

I'm sorry but that is all that needs to be said. and one other thing - simply unbelievable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest DJ Mix every recorded, November 1, 1999

By 

R. Miller "NY Techno Guy" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FunkyDesertBreaks 2 (Audio CD)

I've been listening to Electronic Music(all kinds, Trance, Techno, House, DnB) for 4+ years. I've been buying nearly nothing but DJ mixes and seeing live sets for the last 2 1/2 years. In my listening, I've found this as simply the greatest collection of tracks and mixing I've ever heard. It makes the back of your neck tingle. It makes you smile. It is such high energy that I find it hard to describe. I bore friends trying to explain to them why it's so great, and finally just INSIST that they listen to it a few times. Give it 3 listens, and you'll be hooked. Thank you DJ John Kelley.