TIDE:EDIT:07

Saeed & Palash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Star 69
• ASIN: B000066I30
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,248 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Ocean Of Blue - G-Pal feat. Anna Maria X

2. Toward The One - Noel Sanger

3. Word Unspoken - Black Watch

4. Give Me Fierce - VOG

5. U Need It - Peter Bailey

6. Tribal Tension - Lee Coombs

7. Forward - Element II

8. Future - Sub Project

9. Raices - Marcelo Gastelli

10. Amazonia - Circus Night

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Am I Still Dreamin? - Revolt

2. Jawa - Steve Parry

3. Swallows & Amazons - Spartalk

4. Driving License - Fabb X

5. My Heart - Althea McQueen

6. Space - Sub Project

7. Salvation - Lorient

8. Six - Kenny Shifter

9. Rheinkraft - Oliver Klein

10. Lost In Brixton - Dakota

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Urb Magazine, Jordan Hruska

Saeed & Palash will surely solidify their presence as American tech-house mainstays.

Product Description

Ground-breaking, New York-based Star 69 Records proudly announces the imminent release of Saeed & Palash (S&P) Saeed & Palash: TIDE:EDIT:07. The beat-mixed double-disc collection from acclaimed up-and-coming DC-based production / remixing / DJ team Saeed & Palash, marks the pair’s debut into the thriving DJ mixed compilation market.

Internationally renowned for their string of impressive remixes that have ignited dance floors across the globe including Celeda "The Underground" [Star 69 Records], Kylie Minogue "In Your Eyes" [Parlophone UK], John Digweed "Voices" [Bedrock], Peter Bailey "U Need It" [Harlem] and Marc Romboy "Hyper Harmonic" [Superstition], the innovative "future house" duo have also been in the spotlight with their arsenal of original productions. Their own Addictive Records and the LowLIT Series are quickly asserting themselves as a major force in the driving, progressive and percussive, dark and funky house underground.

With this exciting release, Star 69 Records is partnering with UCMG UK-distributed Tide Recordings, who will release their version as the 7th installment of its ground-breaking Tide Edit series [which rivals Global Underground in introducing some of dance music’s present and future DJ pioneers].

On the ferocious Saeed & Palash: TIDE:EDIT:07 set, Saeed & Palash each successfully capture their "trademark" energetic tribal-tech inflected sound from the decks to the dance floor and straight into your living room. Spread across 2, 60-minute plus, seamlessly mixed cds [Disc 1 mixed by Saeed, Disc 2 mixed by Palash], Saeed & Palash: TIDE:EDIT:07, offers addictive, musically charged selections from an array of "trainspotted" labels like Deep Dish’s Yoshitoshi Recordings, G-Pal’s Swift, Bliss, Fluid and Low Pressings.

Highlights include: the dynamic duo’s own reworking of Peter Bailey’s "U Need It" on Steve Lawler’s own Harlem imprint, G-Pal feat. Anna Maria X "Ocean Of Blue," Noel Sanger "Towards The One," Black Watch "Words Unspoken [DeVol Remix]," Althea McQueen’s rousing "Heartbroken," Revolt "Am I Still Dreaming," Oliver Klein’s "Rheinkraft [Ian Wilkie Remix]" and many, many more.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saeed & Palash's new release will KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF!, July 11, 2002

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Jack Gerard (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TIDE:EDIT:07 (Audio CD)

Well, maybe # 7 is lucky for Saeed & Palash lately, but that luck is combined with the fact that they have paid their dues for many years, by producing some of the best and most sought-after single dance mixes and remixes this side of the Atlantic. They are already worshipped in places like The U.K. and Ibiza, but their new 2-CD set should convince most folks that they are fierce, and at the cutting edge of creating near-perfect continuous dance mixes as well! Hailing from Washington DC, I think they are at the top of the stack of Tech House/Tribal/Progressive innovators. Most importantly, both Saeed & Palash, in this EXCELLENT release demonstrate two key things. They are geniuses in selecting wonderful, challenging tracks that flow well together, and they are both experts in very smooth mixing!! The current rage in dance music (other than D& B, and Deep, Soulful House) is harder Progressive/Tech House, with bits of Trance thrown in at times.
Saeed & Palash have learned well from the masters of this genre: particularly Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Steve Lawler, Anthony Pappa, and many, many others. And.... obviously they have been LISTENING to the current pulse very well, as their music is so enjoyable even on the first listen!

Saeed starts the first CD off marvelously, wasting no time in setting a deep, DARK, tribal mood from the start, with GREAT beats! "Ocean of Blue" establishes that WICKED, intimate feel early on, and Saeed's progression from there-on is very smooth, compelling, and very sexy at times! His approach is a bit more Deep House than Palash's, but that is fine, as they both complement each other on their approaches. Saeed in this CD is a genius in track selection; his selection of tunes is a bit more familiar than Palash's. You never lose the impression this is a LATE night at the club, after the groove has been established!! 3 outstanding tracks come to mind, his mix into "Word Unspoken" (Devol Remix) is brilliant!! This newer mix, which I believe is from their own label, is brilliant in establishing this already classic track into an underground anthem for the year! "Give me Fierce" has the repeating female vocal saying Underground...which is reminiscent of old school deep House a la Vasquez...This segues flawlessly into their own remix of "U Need It" . Classic Tribal at its best!! And.... the track "Tribal Tension" is an amazing gem selected by Saeed! It incorporates dubbed "disco orchestra" sounds as if they are going in reverse loops, and even a delightful music interlude...Brilliant!!

Overall, Saeed's disc leads right into Palash's mix (as if it was at the club). CD2 at times is a bit more Progressive -- using more melodic synthesizer with "trance" qualities, and use of more "modern" metallic rhythm intruments. I sometimes call this Space Tribal. And Yes!, there is a repeating theme in this CD: Palash intersperses some vocals highlighting the use of the word "Space". The very first female vocal starts with the word Space. I think Palash's approach is similar to the "circular" manner that Danny Tenaglia composes his music journeys. It is as if we have come full circle from Saeed's more "Jungle" sound (yes, Saeed even has the track "Amazonia" which is a fierce song complete with big cougar sounds) to a "bigger" spacey sound on CD 2.. One of the highlights of the Palash mix is "Space" This is a SMASH song complete with relentless, rolling hypnotic drums, and the repeating lines, " I wanna go to Space, Space is the Place!". Space COULD be the club in Ibiza being referred to! The male vocal is scarily similar to a big hit of 2000, called "Roaches". Another stunner is the track called "Six". This could be a sleeper, but the second half bursts into a high energy anthem that features the same chordal changes as the theme from "Close Encounters" and its modern dance version: Sven Vath's Barbarella (Deep Dish Remix) Unbelievable!

So, to conclude, this is a SMASH release from what I call two Masters of the Tribal/ Tech House arena. Masterful selections in music are combined with Great Flow in their "journeys" from beginning to end!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Woooo Mama this One Makes You Feel Dirty...But In a Good Way, February 14, 2003

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JT in ChiTown "JT" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TIDE:EDIT:07 (Audio CD)

Oooofta....Saeed & Palash have really packed a lot of powerhouse, sinister tunes in this 2 cd set. This is house music on the edge....its deepest darkest edge....the stuff all the bad boys and girls are listening too!! I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this is a landmark house recording and a must have in any collection !! And, disc 2 could well be the new gold standard for hard, dark house music. There are nuggets of tribal and more than a dash of trance ! The best part is that both cd's give you that "inside the club" feel.....well,actually more like a dark warehouse with 5000 people boucing and moving to the beats....the speakers are turned up loud and hard and beams of green light pierce through the smokey darkness......hold me daddy, I'm afraid.....and you will be too ! Great for parties, saturday night warm-ups, the ride home from a great night/morning out, friday afternoon rush hour and for spicing up that bland house collection of cds you now own! Five lollies all the way !

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best deep, dark ,pulsing tribal house of 2002: a classic, September 12, 2002

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"whatyouneedtoknowreview" (SANTA MONICA, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TIDE:EDIT:07 (Audio CD)

Its deep, its dark, its tribal, its hypnotic and sexy, its exotic sounding--this is the best dark tribal/house/trance record of the year. S&P are two veteran DJ producers, and sadly, this is the only full length mix of theirs avaiable, although after the success of this pulsing monster, there must be another on the way. To heck with telling you S&Ps bio, or about this track or that, let me tell you how it feels.

Superb chunky rhythms, and deep, warping, chunky, bongo like, gritty beats--making the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. The drums dominate here and this music gallops and leaps, and pushes you on, the steadily growing pace ont both CDs lightens the darkness, or perhaps, makes it more compelling. Grinding, whooshing, spooky keyboard washes support the beats. The percussion breathes, gasps and heaves like two people,... well, you know. This mix is all about texture, you can feel the texture of the groove, rich deep, gritty, with a lot of swirling space on top.

As a results its glow sticks down everyone. There are no cheesy "Tall Pall"/Goa trance synth riffs, minimal "clapp, clapp, clappity, clap" percussion effects of candy trance here; no monotonous "tick-tick-tick" of ordinary house, and no holiday club anthems. S and P create a unique exotic blend of deep primarily tribal, house/trance. This is on heavy rotation in the car and I never tire of it, the beats have that certain magic that gives you a little chill or thrill, when cranked up loud.

Indeed, Saeed and Palash bring a distinctively eastern feel to the rhythms here, creating interesting beat arrangements that move beyond "thump-thump-thump". Many of the S&P track selections here emphasize a galloping beat rhythm, chunky tom tom/bongo sounds, and complex beat structures found in eastern music, and it works perfectly. Consequently, every track sounds fresh, interesting and utterly engaging on first blush. This dark mix is livened by some judicious vocal dubs and effects. Hear the treatment of the well known BlackWatch track (CD1, track) 3 and compare that to Deep Dish's version on Moscow, to see what I mean. And since I am straying into tracks, the S&P mix of Lee Coombs "Tribal Tension" is an absolute masterpiece.

For what its worth Saeed authors one CD and Palash the second, although there are no real significant differences, possible Palash is more housey and slightly less inventive than Saeed who is more trance, but there is more common in the distinctive sound than not. No need to ask: "Are you a Saeed, or a Palash?"

S&P have saved the tribal end of deep and dark to the same degree that Max Graham's grossly underrated Quivver release (transport) saved the house/trance end of deep and dark. S&P rate right up there with tribal drum master Steve Lawler. This is subterranean deep, noir, pulsing, chunky, and oh, so, sexy. The best deep groove of the year, and thus it gets 5 stars for leading its genre.