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Mystic Groove (Dlx)

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This CD really had a lot of promise and could have been just great. In fact when I popped it in my CD player it started out great. From reading the liner notes I already knew that the last track was also to be found on another compilation album, Arabesque. That album BTW is a must for almost any music collection. It turns out however that no less then four of the ten tracks of "Mystic Groove", all on the last half of the CD, are lifted straight out of "Arabesque". It would have been so easy to replace those tracks by different ones from the same fabulous artists. So, to make a long story short, save your mon and buy the much better and longer "Arabesque" instead. Don't support this blatant rip-off.

This cd has madd flavor if you actually listen to it. sure, there are some repeats from another compilation, but that happens every other day. If you own that other comp, don't get this one, but if you're just getting into this kinda stuff, I highly recommend this album. The best tracks are from Nitin Sawhney, Thievery Corporation , Black Star , Christophe , MC , Dzihan & Kamien, the last one probably the BEST. It's a song for under-the-sheets, if you catch my drift, nudgenudgewinkwink.

I bought this CD because it had a track with Goze - Sirocco, I loved that track from the Kelly Slate Surfing game.

Unfortunately, this CD suffers from the Buddha Bar/Chill Out/<insert compilation name here> syndrome.
One or two tracks are good, but you wonder where they found the other 10 tracks, (or that whole 2nd CD in some cases).

Mystic Groove is supposed to take place in a commercialized mid-Eastern Electronica World.
The gee-whiz factor wears off quite quickly.

Most tracks on this CD are plain under-produced electronica. That's a bad combination, because it means a sounds and samples repeated just too much.

There's gotta be better compilations out there, and the only good thing from this one is that I'm searching for other, better ones.

I love it. My Friends love it. My Yoga Students love it! I get more compliments on "Mystic Groove" in class than I do on any other cd that I ever used for Yoga! People can't help but to look into the room when they pass by...the exotic rhythms just pull them in!

I bought this CD despite a few negative reviews because the price was reasonable and I recognized the following ambient classics;

track #3 Transcendence - Thievery Corporation
track #9 Caravane - Radar

So I decided to give this CD a shot and was very pleased. It is mostly down to mid-tempo electronica with asian and middle eastern influences. It is easy to dance to and I found it perfect for all the fusion dancing I am doing right now. It is also good just to chill out to or do yoga. In addition to the aforementioned great songs, other tracks that stand out are;

track #2 Ghoom Charakahna
track #6 Sirocco - Christopher Goze
track #7 Der Bauch - MC Sultan

I think Sirocco is the best track on the CD. It is gorgeous and will sweep you away!

I think this CD is pretty good overall and give it 5 stars.

I popped the cd into my computer, (entire system at home is set up through my computer, 200 watt speaks etc), but ofcourse i can't play this cd because my cd player on the comp won't recognize it. The funny thing is that the cd provides with cdplayer.exe which also doesn't work. So my verdict, stay away from palmpictures.