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One for the ages..., June 8, 2006
This review is from: Original Series 0s.0_2 (Audio CD)
After fully listening to this CD for well over a year I have decided to finally put my thoughts into writing. This mix is turning into one of the most inventive CD releases since Digweed's Sydney Global Underground release Disc 1. Over five years ago Digweed was dropping tribal percussion beats like Hong Kong Trash, Elements, and Shape Shifter...molding tunes together where you would literally think to yourself "what the hell is going on here! This is superb.."
Lisle has taken things to the same level with this mix. This mix is meant be truly "listened" to and not just put on for generic thumping prog. He drops breaky and techy sounding overlays all the while keeping your head adrift with excellent track selections. Certain CD's never get old, others you stop listening to after multiple rotations. Dance music changes so often that a disc that was created 3 years ago is often considered a dinosaur. After careful attention to this CD, I think 5 years from now, this CD will still be in the library. Listen carefully and you will find the small details of the mix and smile. Nice work Jonathan..nice work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Get your headphones out..., March 4, 2006
This review is from: Original Series 0s.0_2 (Audio CD)
Three of my favorite musical tastes - Pink Floyd, Blade Runner and the soundtrack of Baraka - are sampled on this mix. Phenomenal. The mixing is spectacular. Get a quality pair of headphones and put this mix on repeat for a while. It'll grow on you - quickly.
It starts out with a great mix of the theme from Blade Runner and slowly drifts and meanders about through spacey atmospherics and minimal beats. It's taken me several listens to really appreciate it. It isn't until sometime just after the middle of the mix that it picks back up again. There are some really, really great moments on here but overall it is is music that is meant for headphones. I can't imagine hearing this in a club, unless it was a laid back kind of 'hip' club where everyone is a bit too chilled to actually dance.
My only reason for not giving it a complete five stars is that, although it's a slick production (and I mean, slick), it lacks soul. But, then again, we're talking about computer generated electronica so how much soul can you really get anyhow?
Check out his wesbite at www.jonathanlisle.com and check out his other mixes. I believe that as he continues to mature we'll see some great things from this guy.
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Intergalactic Sci-fi House Soundtrack..., March 20, 2005
This review is from: Original Series 0s.0_2 (Audio CD)
From the "cosmic", twinkling strains of the Vangelis infused "Tribute to Bladerunner vol. 1" to the driving, pulse pounding rock-grooved breaks of Forme's "Ignition", Jonathan Lisle deftly crafts an aural sci-fi house masterpiece of progressive electronic soundscapes unparalleled...
With tracks from Steiger, PMT, Rabbit in the Moon and an electro/tech-tinged rework of the seminal Andy Ling track "Fixation" courtesy of Bill Hamel and Evolution, Lisle truly takes the listener on an interstellar journey replete with elements of trance, breaks, electro and yes - even a shot of drum and bass thrown in to keep things interesting - as if it were needed...
This compilation, indeed, covers all the necessary bases and then some. As a much vaunted Digweed protege, Lisle is one to watch in 2005 and most assuredly beyond. But in his own right, he is also a DJ who effortlessly manages to reference "Bladerunner", Pink Floyd, Young American Primitive, AND Depeche Mode all in one complete, consummate mix...
Do yourself and favor and discover Jonathan Lisle if you haven't had the pleasure of doing so already. And things are certain to only get better with this new series as Luke Fair is scheduled to drop the next installment sometime in the near summer!
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