Renaissance: Revelation

Nick Warren | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Ultra Records
• ASIN: B00005T7J2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,920 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Intro - Phil K

2. Eat Static - Luke Chable

3. So Horny For Your Horn - Jay Tripwire

4. Addicted (Powder Productions Mix) - Polaris

5. The Sounds Of Breaking Up (Dark Alley Mix) - Paul Mac

6. Dirty (Weird Acappella) - Dirty

7. Dirty - Dirty

8. Stealth (Quivver Mix) - Way Out West

9. Rapture (Deep Dish Mix) - iio

10. If You Don't Love Me (Stateside Mix) - Future Sound Of Prefab Sprout

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Always (Ashley Beedle's Mahavishnu Vocal Mix) - Bent

2. Deserted - Saint & Croker

3. Runaway (Del 5 Dub) - Reset

4. Nothing From This (Echomen Mix) - Plato

5. Pixels (Hipp-E Mix) - Ubu

6. Dark Light - Indaba

7. Blueless - Nebulus

8. Another Late Thursday (Spin Cycle Remix) - Southern Comforter

9. Back To Africa (Little Green Men Remix) - Groove Juice featuring Yamil

10. Rise (Mas Collective Mix) - Soul Providers

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dany Howells + Nick Warren + Renaissance = ????, November 27, 2001

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gab (Achrafieh, Leb) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Renaissance: Revelation (Audio CD)

What a strange combination: Danny Howells + Nick Warren + Renaissance! I bought the CD and wasn't sure what I was going to discover: Revelation or Deception?

CD 1 is mixed by Danny Howells, and believe me he is getting mature.
Danny starts his mixing by a very pleasant chill-out jazzy track ("Always") that, although nice, will make you wonder if you bought a Renaissance CD. Be patient and let yourself go into the mood. And don't forget it's Renaissance and it's Danny: the building up starts and as from track 3 ("Runaway" - Reset), the CD turns Deep, Sexy, Strong yet fluid. Ubu's "Pixels" followed by Indaba's "Dark light" (5th and 6th track) sets the CD on: WOW!!!! High quality there... And nothing more to say... I let you discover it. Bravo Danny.

And here comes Nick Warren (whose last GU "Amsterdam" pleased me but didn't charmed me). I was also curious to listen to Nick's actual style: did he succeed to follow the trend? I assure you he did. This shows you that he is a good DJ who excels in what ever he does. CD 2 is unbelievable. The CD I was waiting for...
Nick continues where Danny left, and takes it higher. He sets the tone from the first track ("Intro"): deep, in between house and trance, dark yet joyful... or in other words, nearly perfect: It's the Renaissance mood (although "Desire" deceived me a bit). "Close your heart and open your ears", as the vocals say in "Addicted". The mixing is unbelievable and the building up as well. All the tracks are wisely chosen, and different styles are there. I know I am being too picky by saying this: "Rapture" (track 9) is a nice song (specially the Deep Dish remix) but is being in almost every recent compilation (PVD, Deep Dish GU), so it's the only weak point of the CD (imagine!).
Finally, I have to emphasis the last 3 tracks: the coming down is very professional and touchy. Bravo Nick.

I don't know if and when I will get fed up with this set. But actually, I must say: Bravo Renaissance.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Renaissance Adds Another Top Mix Set To Its Ranks..., December 26, 2001

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Colin Allrich (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Renaissance: Revelation (Audio CD)

Ever since Renaissance began releasing mixes they have had their ears wrapped around the fringe of DJ culture. Licensing tracks that have that deep progressive vibe, and allowing DJ's such as Deep Dish, Dave Seaman, & Ian Ossia showcase their love for their own styles in the progressive field in the compilations they release. Now Nick Warren (one half of Way Out West) and Danny Howells come to mix the next installment, Revelation.

The American version of this CD opens with Nick's mix (where as the U.K. version opens with Danny's mix). Nick takes his progression as a DJ to the next step here, throwing out the tech-trance edge he used for his Global Underground mixes and builds a mix that is a little less accessible, deeper and more spaced out then listeners have ever heard (on G.U.). With a great ambient opening, Nick pulls you through a maze of tribal syncopation's and dark rumbles as you build into a steady pace and tight, yet dubby, house permutations. Probably the weakest point in the mix is the extremely lengthy use of Dirty's self titled track, which recites the main vocal far too many times. But once you get over that hump, its right into quivver's mix of the new Way Out West single "Stealth" featuring Kristy Hawkshaw (of BT, Silent Poets fame). A strange, quirky mix that teases you with only a few refrains from the chorus. Deep Dish's remix of the highly over-played IIO track is on here, which in my opinion is not as good as John Creamer & Stephane K's mix, the only track I could do without. The Deep Funk Project & Mario Berardi round out the mix with a extremely dark, minimal edge that screams "head trip" at the top of its lungs. All in all, I definitely enjoyed this mix. Nick's skills for putting records together in a seamless fashion is a force to be reckoned with, and he has indubitably maintained his own style in his journey.

Listening to Danny's mix was a totally different experience than the first disc. Like night and day, this mix leaps out of the gate with the crazy rhythms and disco house vibe of Bent's "Always" remixed by Ashley Beedle. From there its a twisted, curvy road of upbeat progressive house that moves over classic house styles and swings around energetic beat structures. Highlights include Reset's rump shakin' "Runaway" along with Hipp-e's trippy, tribal remix of Ubu's devilishly enjoyable "Pixels" and Soul Providers tech groove stylings on "Rise". Danny has certainly come along way since his Jackpot days, and its great to see him maturing into his sound.

So, all in all how does this CD hold up to the other numerous Renaissance collections? Extremely well I'd say, one of the few comps I've picked up lately that I was pleasantly surprised to listen to, everything on these two CD's is mixed with care and excellence. Nick and Danny have proved once again why I admire their sound and technique.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars so-so, November 2, 2004

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Nayeli Gomes (Fort Worth, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Renaissance: Revelation (Audio CD)

Danny Howells and Nick Warren each produce their own album in this new Renaissance edition. I recommend the set only to those with experience and patience. New listeners will find it extremely hard to wait for the tracks to climax, and these two hardly do so, they remain mostly monotonous.
Because Howells begins with Bent's "Always," the listener expects more of this kind of happy tune. Disappointment is evident, for deeper trance follows. The rest of the CD sees little change aside from "Nothing but this..." and "Blueless."
Warren's in charge of the second part. Through hard, yet soothing tribal beats the album achieves some highlights but mostly remains stable without significant climaxes. I like this mix better than Howells', but at first I found it hard to listen all the way through. "Addicted," "Dirty," and "Sufi" are my favorite tracks.
Both djs erred, mostly because of the tracks chosen. Their mixing skills are good but the selection of the tracks really pushes the listener's patience. Overall it's a good set but not exactly what I anticipated.