For the Love of the Beat

DJ Icey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: System Recordings
• ASIN: B0001Z4906
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,019 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. DJ- Icey- And Go!

2. Crystal Method - Comin' Back

3. Interflow feat. Anna Robinson - Storyreel (Satoshie Tomiie Remix)

4. Marlon feat. Rex Dog - One Foot Skank

5. Playgroup - Front 2 Back (Fatboy Slim Remix)

6. Soul Hooligin - Algebra (Mr. Breaker & the Technician Remix)

7. Aquasky vs. Masterblaster - Shadow Breaks

8. Plump DJs - Weighed Down

9. Two Lone Swordsmen - Neuflex

10. 2nd Gen - And/Or (Si Begg's Buckfunk 3000 Remix)

11. Weekend Players - Into the Sun

12. Shakedown - At Night

13. Chemical Brothers - Get Yourself High

14. Raw Silk - Do it to the Music (accapella)

15. Club Deluxe - Funky Rhythm (Instrumental Mix)

16. DJ Icey - Camino Real

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well rounded but not his best 3.5 stars, October 15, 2004

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Jesse Kohlbeck "Funky House Junkie" (W. St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For the Love of the Beat (Audio CD)

DJ Icey was one of the first DJs to get me into any techno. I own all of his CDs. I got a chance to see him live in Minneapolis about a month ago. He definetly tore it up and got the crowd going. This would be a good CD if you are a long time Icey fan, the funky Florida break elements are still found on this CD. Highlights would include the remix of Shakedown's "At Night" and Two Lone Swordsmen's "Neuflex". I have been a fan of Two Lone Swordsmen for years now and was kind of sad to find in the liner notes that Icey had just found out about them as of late. But back to the point, if you are a first time listener pick up his "Essential Mix" album. If you already have that pick up his "Essential Elements" album. If you are at that point and dig those albums you will dig on this album as well.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the Love of our Ears, April 21, 2004

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"emochris9" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For the Love of the Beat (Audio CD)

More chaotic and scot free of the meek moments that kept his Different Day release from catching fire, For the Love of the Beat is solid. Icey benefits from his new combination of uninhibited and inspired, picking a loud and slick set of tunes and mashing some together (which he joyfully talks about in the liner notes). Dance purists might scoff at the fact that Icey is just now digging the Two Lone Swordsmen (he speaks of hearing them on the Internet and buying from a big retailer - very un-hardcore), but his new passion for music without the smooth sheen of his past favorites deserves attention. He's right at the heart of funky nu breaks for most of the set, complementing it with more pop moments that won't alienate your friends. Most of the tracks have either a big-name electronica artist as the performer or the remixer, and the ones that don't are undiscovered gems. "At Night" is the best, a smack in the face at first that turns into a buzzing bug in your ear. Pulling that track out alone shows that Icey has come far enough in his love of the underground to teach even the nu breaks faithful something new. For the Love of the Beat's winning trifecta (excellent tracks, exciting mix, clever nod to Herb Alpert on the cover) adds up to an album that Icey's detractors will have trouble burying. Sorry, but you can't use that "too slick" argument on this one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Less Funky more Nu Skool !!, May 7, 2004

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"sharpmaksfl" (Fort Lauderdale, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For the Love of the Beat (Audio CD)

Well let me say to this to start. I am an icey fan since the early nineties and still love his work. He has always surprised me by keeping his unique style of breaks but still putting nu elements into his music. This is is my least favorite mix for sure. It has lost a lot of funk and we certainly can't talk about funky breaks here anymore. I am sure this mix will sell more though than any of his previous ones because that's what the breaks scene want's to here right now. The cd has big name tracks which are certainly well produced and nobody can say that they are junk and his mixing is excellent as usual. Personally I don't like his direction too much but as he is gaining global popularity he is adjusting to the uk breaks sound more and more and let's face it: It's the UK Breaks sound that's been popular all over the world with only a few producers from the US jumping on the wagon. I can't even blame him since there is too much cheese coming out of Florida lately and I hope that this will change soon and Icey will put some Florida feeling back in his mixes.
Good CD, good tracks but not enough funk for me.