Prototype

Seb Fontaine

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 4, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Prototype
• ASIN: B00000J5XD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,689 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. My Fellow Boppers - Thee Maddkatt Courtship

2. Basketball Heroes - Woody McBride

3. Zippper Track - DJ Dan

4. He Chilled Out

5. Sound - DJ Lottie

6. Drive By - Jan Driver

7. Sisters in Heaven - DJ Randy

8. Club Killer - X-Press

9. Back to Love - Baby Doc

10. Got to Have It

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Disc: 2

1. Good Shot - Hands Burn

2. Universal Nation - Push

3. Because of My Dreams

4. 9 P.M. (Till I Come) - ATB

5. Mission - Dawntreader

6. Galea - C.L. McSpadden

7. I Dream [Tilt's Resurrection Mix] - Tilt

8. Bulgarian [Signum Mix] - Travel

9. Life Isn't Easy Mike - Plastic Boy

10. Pearl River - Johnny Shaker

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Continuous Mix by Seb Fontaine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 2 discs, 2 stories, March 31, 2000

By	Patrick (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews

"Prototype," Seb Fontaine's first installment on the Boxed label, has something for everyone. CD #1 is a driving mix of hard, funky, mostly non-melodic high-thump-factor house. Depending on your tastes, you will either be moved to get up and start shaking your duff in your bedroom to the deep tech-house beats, or you'll find it extremely repetitive and boring. I subscribe to the first view!

CD #2 is a tasteful mix of melodic Euro-style trance, guaranteed to please even mainstream tastes with tried and true anthems like Hands Burn - "Good Shot," ATB - "9PM (Till I Come)," and Atlantis - "Fiji." I say this is a tasteful mix because, even though it features several overplayed tracks like the ubiquitous "9PM (Till I Come)," it does not insult the listener's intelligence like a Best of Ibiza "mix" that romps through 25 moldy trance anthems on one CD.

All in all, this mix has unlimited party potential. For your next house party, stick both discs in your CD player - it's the next best thing to having Seb spin for you live.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Mix through dirty house to big trance, May 1, 2000

By	Rosemary Polk (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews

Prototype was the first Global Underground I bought without hearing the DJ beforehand. I wasn't sure what to expect, but the track listing was promising, and it is after all, a Global Underground. I was very impressed that it goes right up there with the best of them. Seb Fontaine moves through a hard, pumping, uptempo house to real peak disc of trance. Latin percussion, big thunderclaps, down and dirty basslines, and a rough tempo push the first disc through the likes of DJ Dan's "That Zipper Track" and Jan Driver's "Drive By". Baby Doc's "Back to Love" ease things up nicely before Durango 95's "5:55" reaches a climax and first disc fades off. "Good Shot" starts off disc 2 in disc 1 fashion with a strong house beat, but then a nice melodic bassline drops in and bigger more trancier sounds come to the front of the music and our journey has taken off. Seb moves through ATB's cheesy but wonderfully bright anthem "9PM till I come" and Tilt's "I Dream" climaxes nicely. Travel's "Bulgarian" and Atlantis's "Fiji" keep us suspended before Seb, as they would say in Spinal Tap, "turns it up to 11" with Dejure's "Sanctuary". Seb's presence on the transitions is barely noticeable and he makes the house to trance progression very smoothly. Nice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Collection, April 11, 2000

By	"thickman09" (Tampa, FL, USA) - See all my reviews

I have both Prototype I and II. On both albums I have been highly impressed. However, CD 2 on this collection is simply fantastic. Although, Seb chose a few popular tracks such as 9pm Till I Come, the cd is one of the best mixes of peaking trance that I have come across. Able to hang with the likes of any of the Global Underground Series, I highly suggest buying this one. Also, Prototype II is very similar and although I don't feel it is quite as masterful as one, I suggest picking that up too. Seb Fontaine has produced a wonderful collection and I eagerly awaite Prototype III.