The Therapy Sessions

Dave Seaman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Thrive
• ASIN: B0001XAM4A
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Habersham - Transparent Sound

2. Luke Chable - Melburn

3. Jeff Bennet - Swapping

4. Sterio & McGrath - Hostile Gound

5. Powerplant - Blame (Luke Chable Remix)

6. Cass - Giant (Cass' Four Four Two Mix)

7. Infusion - Girls Can Be Cruel

8. Paul Jackson & Steve Smith - The Push

9. Ernest Saint Lauren - Do Ya Dub

10. Redanka - In A State ( F**ked Vocal Mix)

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Disc: 2

1. Polanski - Film Song #1

2. Vance Musgrove - Music In The 24th And A Half Century

3. DJ Uber, Jaques & Fosch - Slow Talking

4. The PQM Project & Phil K - They Just Won't Let Me Be

5. Nubreed - One Day (Phil K's DJ Re-edit)

6. The Operators - Furball

7. Habersham - Follow The White Rabbit

8. The Disciple Grin - Odditease (Transformer Man's Blueberry Muffin Recipe)

9. Andy Page - Mr Rush

10. The Crystal Method - Born Too Slow (Nubreed Mix)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great feelings from this CD!!!, April 11, 2004

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Corey Laliberte (Lafayette, LA USA) - See all my reviews

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

The beginning of Dave Seaman's CD is particularly lush. What a great opener. It launches you into track after track of beautiful little gems. There is a surprise around every corner. My opinion is that is has an overall more sophisticated and complex sound element to it. The boundaries are pushed and pulled here my friends.

It bounces through leaving you to understand and appreciate music a little more. I think this album was carefully thought out and his direction is growing more and more with the careful track selection. The mixing is flawless and surprises me at times.

The sounds are very different and not in your usual context. Both CD's impress me greatly. For all the Dave Seaman followers out there, this CD will leave you feeling like no other has in a long time.

Renaissance does it again. Merging two well defined DJ's together and creating possibly one of the best CDs to date.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, if maybe a little dissapointing, July 22, 2004

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Jia (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

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

This album obviously has very high expectations containing, first off, a mix by Dave Seaman, a DJ who refuses to release anything less than great DJ mixes. Secondly, it's from Renaissance, the label that revolutionized the DJ mix album, and also refuses to release anything less than great DJ mix albums. And lastly, it contains a mix by alleged super DJ, Phil K, who is heralded as "technically the best" by his peers. So this mix has lot of hype going for it. Does it live up to it? Not quite.

Dave Seaman's mix is a standard progressive house mix. The first track caught my ear right away with it's spacey tribal beats and floating synths, and from there, listening to the mix the whole way through, I didn't hear much that I didn't like. Dave spins deep, melodic progressive house with deep basslines and repetitive thumping beats with just enough melody to keep everyone awake. Some of the better tracks include Sterio & McGrath's "Hostile Ground", Cass' "Giant", and Stel & Good Newz' "Particle", the latter of which might be one of the best progressive house tracks I've ever heard. The rolling bassline and epic chiming synths are just out of this world. A perfect closer. Progressive house fans should be weary however, as Seaman spins some very serious progressive house. He eschews funky basslines and tribal beats for droning, repetitive percussions with airy melodies that will probably appeal more to trance fans than your average house fan. It's a kind of middle of the road approach I suppose. Be forewarned.

Phil K's mix is interesting. Starting off with some gorgeous down-tempo breakbeat numbers, he creates a lush intro that will instantly transport you to another world. He doesn't waste time picking up the pace though, and by about midway through the CD, you're listening to some of the funkiest breakbeats you've ever heard. Some are very catchy and will force you to move with the music, while others are just abrasive and hard to listen to. Definitely interesting stuff though. I particularly enjoyed Vance Musgrove's "Music In The 24th & a half Century", and Nubreed's "One Day". Listen with an open mind, and you'll more than likely find something you enjoy.

Though not among the best Renaissance or Dave Seaman have ever released, this is still a worthy purchase. I recommend Dave Seaman and breakbeat fans check it out, though don't be surprised when high expectations are not quite met.

5.0 out of 5 stars quite possibly my favorite mix of all time, April 1, 2008

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Jeremiah C. Trevino "trance guru" (belleville mi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Therapy Sessions (Audio CD)

it took a while to get into these two but now im hookd! CD1 favs transparent sound, hostile ground, GIRLS CAN BE CRUEL!, the push and in a state, CD2 (still my weapon of choice) one day, FURBALL, follow the white rabbit, MR. RUSH (the reason i bought this) and BORN TOO SLOW!!!!