Renaissance Presents: The Therapy Sessions 2

Dave Seaman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thrive
• ASIN: B0007YXPT2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,501 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Stel & Good Newz: Little Soul

2. Da Glass: You Won’t Bother Me (20/20 Mix)

3. Silicone Soul: Les Nocturnes

4. Mellow: Drifting Out of Sight (FC Kahuna Mix)

5. Holden & Thompson: Come With Me

6. DJ 19 vs. Austin Leeds: Diamond Dust (Rabbit in the Moon’s Harry Cane Remix)

7. Tilt: New Day (Killahurtz Mix)

8. Tonedepth feat. Matt Shapiro: To the Moon

9. Tears for Fears: Closest Thing to Heaven (Brothers In Rhythm Group Therapy Remix)

10. Stel Feat. John Elliott: Finding Time (Killahurtz Mix)

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Andy Page: Skin Up

2. Rene Amesz: Fragile

3. Dan Mangan: Little Snitch

4. Uberzone: 2Kool4Skool

5. Uberzone: Moondusted

6. Danni Bonnici: Return to Saturn

7. Kling & Charles: Parallel Realities (Habersham’s Git Er Dun Mix)

8. Thunderpants: Pickadollen

9. Nikola Gala: Discobreak

10. Mannel: Cruel Summer (Break Your Ass Mix)

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide

A showcase-styled series of all Therapy has to offer, Therapy Sessions is off to a great start.

Product Description

Renaissance and Dave Seaman return with the second installment of The Therapy Sessions two-CD mix set. This year budding Australian DJ/producer Luke Chable handles the bonus guest disc honors with a tough, breaks-fuelled extravaganza that draws heavily on his fellow Melbourne compatriots, alongside some of his own acclaimed tracks and remixes. Dave’s disc takes him in a new distinct new musical direction. Taking cue from his Group Therapy moniker – featured here with an exclusive reprise and remix of new wave stars Tears for Fears ‘Closest Thing to Heaven’ – Dave drops a fresh-faced blend of electro-tinged funk with rock elements that will take your breath away.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back to Therapy, April 27, 2005

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Jonathan S. Foster (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Renaissance Presents: The Therapy Sessions 2 (Audio CD)

While I did like the first Therapy Sessions with Seaman and Phil K, it didn't exactly blow my mind. It was good by all means, but I just didn't enjoy it as much as previous Seaman efforts. The second trip to Therapy proved to be much more therapeutic. With Seaman and Luke Chable providing class tracks on two discs, this is a compilation that needs to be picked up. Seaman is on disc one and brings a bit of everything to the table. It's progressive, it's housey, it's electro, it's brilliant. Top tracks are hard to pick cause everything is good, but I would have to say Mellow's "Drifting out of Sight", Holden & Thompson's "Come to Me"(My personal favorite, the vocal is amazing!)& Stel & Elliott's "Finding Time".

Now Luke Chable on disc two. For those who don't know the name Chable, he is a phenomenal dj and producer. He is responsible for "Melburn" which appeared on the first Therapy Session. Chable's disc is a breaks trip that borders on funk,tech,& progressive. Although most tracks are breaks, there are some 4/4 tracks that blend in perfectly with everything else. Just like Seaman's track listing, it's hard to pick favorites, but Rene Amesz "Fragile", Uberzone's "2kool4school"

(old school Uberzone...Quality),& Luke's own "Skyline Road"(A perfect closer to a great disc).

Honeslty, pick this up. Seaman and Chable do no wrong on this one. Therapy is a wonderful thing.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars electro shock therapy that is; cant wait for it to be over., January 14, 2006

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Filip Galiza (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Renaissance Presents: The Therapy Sessions 2 (Audio CD)

I have been a huge Dave Seaman fan for very many years and I must say that throughout his life he has put out some great mixes. His works in the trance genre have been a pure catalyst for many artists to push off of. With that in mind I was excited to get this. A couple of days ago I was able to pick this up from Media Play who is closing for $8 (normally at $20) and boy did I waste my money. Lets begin...

Dave Seamans CD is better of the two mixes. Technically he is damn good, but then again when you have CDs released you better know your stuff. As for the tracks, very poor to mediocre. There are a couple of decent tracks but otherwise its a random collection of material that just doesnt go well together. You know when you go to a club and you hear a dj just randomly pull stuff out of his bag last minute trying to make a set when its very obvious he hasn't planned it out? Well thats what this CD sounds like. From DS I was expecting a LOT more thought and quality but instead its as if he was making this mix out of revenge to the recording industry. As a key figure in trance and prog sound, this wasn't anywhere near his other works.

Luke Chable... what a disaster. I know who he is and what he has done but to put him on a trance / progressive mix series??? Some of the tracks were trash that maybe a high school dj-wanna-be kid might play. The break trance/dance stuff was horid. Then there were other tracks that sounded like club-hits from 15 years ago. Perhaps I am too old to appreciate this music but if you know anything about musical theory, trance music, or about the psychology behind sounds and emotion then you will want to avoid this.

I left feeling like this was a freestyle, non planned mix going absolutely nowhere. Therapy Session 2 is the title; well it felt like electro-shock therapy session that was very uncofortable and you couldnt wait for it to finish. Djs should not be allowed to put this kind of crap out. Avoid...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars disc 1 funky progressive..disc 2 breaks breaks breaks!!, June 13, 2005

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Higgs "mcmikey7" (Motown, WV USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Renaissance Presents: The Therapy Sessions 2 (Audio CD)

Dave Seaman always has a couple of tricks of his sleeve, and it seems he used all of them for this one. He comes out witha perfect progressive stunner that include some monster tracks like tears for fears's closest thing to heaven and holden and thompson's come to me (which is just a killer track). Seaman's tracklisting gives it the fifth star.

Australia's Luke Chable brings out the breaks in full swing on disc 2, and he even has a couple of tracks that go in a totally different direction (Moondusted, Skyline Rd.) but sound perfectly intertwined into the compilation. Chable's Tokyo and Skyline Rd. take the spotlight i think, and I believe Chables compilation slightly edges Seaman's (I love breaks). Anyways, this CD is off the meat rack. Get it.