Sound Design 1

Marques Wyatt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 22, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Om Records
• ASIN: B00004W5JN
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ain't No Runnin' Away - Paula Ralph

2. Soul On Your Shoes - Eric K.J. Wesenberg

3. Let It Ride (Original Mix) - Marcus Begg

4. Elements Of Life (Latin Jazz Dub) - 'Little Louie' Vega

5. Beau Mot Plage (Freeform Reform Parts 1 & 2) - Isolee

6. Orixas - Saudacao Aos Orixas

7. True House (Eddie's Spirit Filled Beat Down Mix) - C & M Productions

8. Her Song - MKL Vs. Soy Sos

9. Passages - Tony Watson

10. Happiness (Soul Dharma Remix) - Sylk 130

11. Departure Lounge #2 - Departure Lounge

12. Blackbone Roots - Tedd Patterson

13. Love And Tears (Soul Creatures - Reworked Live Mix) - Aquarian Dream

14. Stereo (Glocal Communication Remix) - Stereo People

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Rollercoaster, August 23, 2000

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Oliver J. Little (San Francisco, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sound Design 1 (Audio CD)

For those who have heard Marques Wyatt spin live, this CD is a disappointing effort. His record selection is eclectic and interesting, but the actual mixing/the sequence of tracks is spotty and seems... disorganized. The mix opens with warm vocal house, then quickly veers into more abstract territory. The change is abrupt and disorienting. By track 5, the mix seems to be back on its feet with the track "Orixas," one of the real standouts on this album. However, from here on out the record selection seems to have little direction... Marques had a grab bag of good records, mind you, but his choices still seem totally random. He throws down with a series of house tracks that are all fine on their own, but together don't create any consistent vibe. The listener doesn't get the sense that there was any care taken to create a work that builds up or sustains energy... isn't that what a good house set is all about?

Maybe you'll find something in the mix that I didn't; you might even really like it. And don't get me wrong... an eclectic selection of records can be a great thing. After all, house music is widely varied... some deep and funky, some harder and tech-y, some atmospheric and abstract. While this album does well to show that there is an array of styles of house out there, it fails to show that they can be put together effectively. Sound Design Vol. 1 has its stylistic ups and downs, but this rollercoaster is no fun.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ehhh..., May 3, 2002

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Zain Rashid "chick magnet" (Irving, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sound Design 1 (Audio CD)

Started out good, sounded like it was going right, only to find out it makes a left, then veers slightly to either side, then... I don't know... I guess the "Does Your Mama Know" crowd knows better than I, oh well.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe the hype., March 13, 2007

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M&M (Virginia, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sound Design 1 (Audio CD)

Over rated CD, nothing great here, deserve 3 stars max for this album.