Mmii

John Digweed | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000067FU5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,665 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #31 in Music > Dance & DJ > Trance

Track Listings

1. Lonely Planet - Pollon

2. Dust - Pole Folder & CP

3. Moogerfooger - Bermuda Triangle

4. Of Course - Sean 06

5. Protect The Sense - Flash Brothers

6. Te Quiero - 108 Grand

7. Black Sky - Shakespear's Sister

8. I Have Put Out The Light - James Holden

9. Belong - Spooky

10. Deep Love - Mandalay

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars .-[...Blissfull/Different...]-., June 8, 2002

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"jeyjeydiggy" (Nacogdoches, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mmii (Audio CD)

MMII, aka 2002 in Roman numerals opens with some lightly mixed analog hi hats and percussion sounds with a whomping sub bass hit. This introduction leads to the soothing melodies of the first track: Pollen - Lonely Planet. A wonderful opener, the tracks name belies whats held inside --- a spaced out melodic ambient stormer to set you up for the mix. The track is a great example of what is contained throughout this mix, beautiful ambient tunes with beats that don't come as an afterthought. While some tracks tracks (Sean Q6 - Thing / Shakespeare's Sister - Black Sky (Dub Extravaganza) ) lean more towards the bouncier club side of the musical spectrum, the majority of the tracks maintain a euphoric moody feel to them. Classics and unreleased and hard to find tracks are dispersed quite evenly throughout the mix.

People find MMII harder to take than many of Digweed's other mixes. It's style seems to tell more about Digweed's love of music than his love of making people wave their hands in the air and rocking a club. Taking a break from club stormers or the latest craze of percussion based tracks ruling the clubs at the moment, Digweed takes not of the importance of melody with great tracks like the unreleased Darren Emmerson mix of Te Quiero by 108 Grand. Israel's hot Flash Brothers make themselves known with four minutes of their track Protect The Senses which provides a subtle mix of percussion and bass heavy synths led out by atmospheric pads. James Holden's beautiful bellfest "I have put out the light" provides the setup and moodchange for the the last two tracks of the mix, which belong to Charlie May. The first, Belong by Spooky, done with his partner in Duncan Forbes is a track littered with tons of variation that shows off the duo's high standards for production. The last, Charlie May's remix of Deep Love by Mandalay slams together filtered trancey chords and beautiful voice swells with a rising bassline to create the perfect track to end a mix with, especially with its twinkly outro sprinkled with rising and falling percussion hits and misceallaneous sounds.

What Digweed has done has not exactly change his style, but show a different side to himself. For me, its the preferred side... atmospheric beautiful tracks, with subtle, deep mixing, and gentle washes of percussion and beats throughout. Some people may not like this side, but hey, he has other cd's, go pick up one of his GU's or a Bedrock mix --- thats what they're for. Many will probably overlook this one as something they aren't used to and will miss out on a very coherently nice mix. Here's to hoping for another one like this!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine mix., June 5, 2002

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jaoshwa (Ashland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mmii (Audio CD)

I'm not quite sure why the editorial review calls this an "off mix". I agree that it is not necessarily his best album, but it is also not without its own charm. This is a more melodic album than Digweed usually puts out, especially over the first half, which is given a pretty mellow and relaxed feeling. The mix picks up speed later on, in what are some of the smoothest track transitions of any Digweed album. The energy builds to a point that by the end of the album I was left wanting more, especially with there being only one disc. I was impressed however that he used some more "classic" tracks, such as 108 Grand's "Te Quiero", and "Black Sky" by Shakespear's Sister. Both are from the early 90's but fit perfectly with the style of the album, and meld together with the more recent selections. I would give the album 5 stars if it were a standout mix, but I give 4 because it is still excellent but on a par with what Digweed normally puts out. I recommend this for any Digweed veterans as well as any newcomers. Enjoy!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speechless..., November 22, 2002

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"pizzadeliveryguy" (Coral Springs, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mmii (Audio CD)

I have always held a slight bias against John Digweed. His skill is supreme; there isn't a DJ on the planet who can mix tracks like this man can. But when it comes to track selection, Diggers has always left me cold. His GU Hong Kong CD is a perfect example of this: incredible mixing, awful, boring, unmusical songs, a seamless mess of beats and random noise. I thought without Sasha to provide some direction (the entire Northern Exposure collection is phenomenal), J. Digweed was tone-deaf.

I was wrong.

Borrowing this CD from my roommate, I sat down, open-air Sennheisers on, homework open, and pressed play on my CD player. And opened my player up to double-check that it WAS in fact a John Digweed CD I was falling in love with.

Moving without being cheesy, subtle without being dark, this CD breaks barriers in terms of excellence. It's definately not a dance CD, but in the realm of chilled electronica, it has no equal.

If you're looking for the most perfected chill mix ever, one that will live in your CD player for months, trade in your money for MMII. If you're a fan of Northern Exposure, this CD is heavenly. If you're a fan of GU Hong Kong, you've come to the wrong place. Short of raving endlessly, there isn't anything left to say about this CD.