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Profound Sounds 2

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Josh Wink is one of the most important house DJs on the planet. I have seen him spin records several times in New York City. He used to hang out with King Britt. In the mid-1990s, much of this music was the soundtrack to my life and the city. You couldn't go to a bar or a club without hearing trance techno or drum and bass, especially around 1997. So when I hear one of these records, I am reminded of stuff I was listening to five or ten years ago. Plus since then the market has been flooded with mix CDs. Many DJs like Paul Oakenfold have released their first albums in the past few years. On this disc, Wink mixed each track before he actually did the live mix. There is a second disc with videos and multimedia stuff. This includes an interview with Josh Wink where he talks about his craft. He talks about what went into this CD. He created alternate versions of songs by Minimal Man and Frankie Bones. He remixed them live in front of an audience to get a feel of what would work. It's a decent record to listen to at the end of the day. Years ago, dance music was exciting and cutting edge. Now it's just a venue to start a career. There isn't the amazing new vistas to be seen in dance culture. One gets older and tired of drugs. It's just more of the same.

I've seen Wink live at several parties in the late 90s and he always put on a good show. But, I never bought one of his CDs until now.

Wink has been featured heavily in several music mags like: DJ TIMES, URB, etc. During the interviews Wink goes into great depth the making of his "profound" new mix, sticking not only to the turntables but incorporating Pro Tools and a slew of other effects.

He enchanted me enough with his interviews to give Profound Sounds 2 a try... Unfortunately this time around Wink is a better talker than DJ. For all his hype the CD brings nothing new to the table.

Wink's track selection starts off adequate enough but soon digresses into +6 minute play of some of the most unchallenging sounds 4-to-the-floor has to offer. His pseudo-mastery of Pro Tools is most obvious during the last two tracks where he attempts to spice things up by using some pitch, filter, and EQ effects, things any respectable DJ can pull off live on a DJM.

All in all, it's not a terrible CD, it's just not distinguishable from the hoard of other mix CDs in this bloated genre. From a Heavy Weight like Wink I expected much more.

i always thought wink was supposed to be the "king" of acid. so with that in mind, i bought this cd. i have listened to it 3 times all they way threw and i am still not hearing the acid. maybe i was wrong to think that for some reason, but with that aside, i could still only give this cd a 3 star rating. i was going to go with a 1 star, but then i thought well it's not that bad, but no where close to a 5 star cd. this cd starts out slow, slow moving, which is fine, if it where to pick up some where soon. but even well into song 4 it was still rather slow. it wasnt actually until about song 8 or nine that i got into it. but buy that time, i was looking for a new artist or cd to pop in the old cd player. like i said, i dont mind when a cd starts off slow, but it better take off, go up, go faster, do something. to me this cd just drag on and on and on and on. no peaks, no ups no nothing. maybe this is a style of house or what ever you want to call it that i am just not into. so if you are like me and like movement, highs and lows, peaks and drops, cd's that take your mind on a trip with out ever leaving your seat, (with out drugs also), then let this one slide, maybe getting it used for a few $$$$$. but if you do like music that starts out flatline, and ends that way or travels that way then this cd is all for you. remember folks, i didnt dig this cd until song 8, so skip song 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, trust me, then listen to it as an ep. peace out, and thats on the fo' real!

and already opened cd so figured i couldn't return or exchange, please correct me if i'm wrong and i'll revise my review, thank you

After a 4 year break since his last mixed CD release, Josh Wink comes back full force and leaves you not only wanting more, but screaming for more. Simply put, this CD ROCKS!!! Josh Wink is a genius and his sets always seem to invoke a spiritual reaction that can be felt down to the core of ones inner being.

It's a musical journey that tells a story, the story of life. It starts out soft and from the very first track begins to entrance your mind and body. From one track to the next it continues to build itself into a deeper and harder musical frenzy. And just when the listener thinks that they can't take any more, he kicks it in with Frankie Bones (the Godfather of Techno in America) "E Series 2". But the story doesn't end there and the journey and story continue to unfold. As a typical Josh Wink set at a rave, your entire body is taken over; you become lost in the beat and one with the music. And, with his own remix of Dave Clarke's "Compass, the CD comes to an abrupt end-- as a journey in life sometimes does.

The mixing is flawless and the record selection superb. As any Wink live set, this CD is a musical progression; therefore, I'm hard pressed to pick out a few favorite or standout tracks. You can't have one without the other. Each song seems to flow seamlessly into the other. However, I'm a huge Frankie Bones fan, and when taken in context of the flow of the CD, "E Series 2" just seems to bang even harder then when it's listened to on its own. In fact, this is the case with every song on Profound Sounds v2; they just seem to bang much harder when listened to in the creative flow that Josh Wink new the music wanted to run.