Customer Reviews

The Therapy Sessions Vol. 3

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Most of all album of Dave giving peaceful as giving colour of different music, specially at album of Therapy Sessions, so i realy like to listen masterpiece of his music.

Well Dave has done it again! His other therapy sessions were a little different from this one, he did a best hits of 2006 and some new stuff instead of all new stuff. His CD is very good and has some hard hitting songs! LExicon Avenue surprised me! They are awesome and probably have the best CD out of all the guest DJ's on the therapy sessions! IF you have never bought any of the therapy sessions this is one you can't go without!

I own 7 Dave Seaman albums, and I can guarantee that this is a must-have. Both CDs are fantastic, with completely different styles. Very different from the renaissance cds, but just as enjoyable.

initially i didnt like this one, was still in love with volume one and two but gave it time and absolutely love it! between all the little elements (like the background male murmuring in the opening track to the drum pauses of aceide) makes for a killer mix, sadly it driffs slightly outta focus half way through but throws a couple decents later. the standout to me was track "teething" cause its a solid track, nice build, big break down and when the beat comes back it KRANKS! the lex cd i thought was alright with a couple stand out (coming clean, so get up) will revise review after more listens

Because most of the other reviews bashed Seaman's mix and praised Lexicon Avenue's, I thought disc 2 would be way better but that really wasnt the case at all. Seaman's mix is great, while Lexicon's didn't really impress me aside from the 3rd track, which I really liked. Disc 1: 5 stars. Disc 2: 3.5 stars.

First CD by Dave Seaman is average at best, but the Lexicon Ave CD is awesome.
The best track (and the reason I actually bought this CD set) is the 16 Bit Lolitas track.

Dave Seaman has skyrocketed towards one of my favorite DJ's out there with this Global Underground release GU012: Buenos Aires. That double-disc set is so freaking flawless that it, without a doubt in my mind, rivals Sasha's following Ibiza GU release, and the subsequent John Digweed release, GU014: Hong Kong. That being said, however, this album (on the part of Dave Seaman) was a (partial) disapointment.

Where did he expect to take us with disc 1 (his mix)? Over bubbly and generally flat beats, the variation is just *not there*. Disc 1 seems to be purely audio [...] on Dave's part, and in my opinion is only suitable for driving unwanted guests from a house party (be sure to give your real friends a head's up that the second disc is on its way though! They will be sure to stay.) Listening to that album is like willingly taking the SAT's for fun.

I say this because Lexicon Avenue's following mix CD is one of the best I have heard in a LONG, long time. I just picked up some albums from much more revered artists and I can't stop returning to this relatively new group's offering. Turn up the subwoofers and let the intense ride begin. They mix the album well, the track selection is fantastic, the pace is consistent and varies in all the correct places. Most of all, I find it comforting to find that not only those 'world-famous' DJ's or groups are capable of producing discs which I return to on a habitual basis. Lexicon Avenue is definitely a group whose solo releases I will be diving into without hesitation from here on out. They outdid themselves with their disc 2.

Locate a friend with the album who feels oppositely and buy the Lex disc off him. Although, I will admit, for eighteen bucks I would purchase the double-disc volume just for the second disc, as it could have been a solo release for Lexicon Avenue.

I can't give this album any higher than three stars because of disc 1; if I had to split the rating I've given for the CD as a whole amongst its two halves, however, I'd give Seaman half a star and Lexicon Avenue the rest, hands down.

~Lex

I did like Therapy Sessions Volume 3. However, in a way, it relates to John Digweed's Fabric release. With Dave's disc, he sticks to candy sounding electronic, like the track that Habersham did and I really like the 3rd track. He tries something different than he usually does too, with some other good tracks. Overall 3/5.

Disc 2 has a lot more house in it. Just like their Nite Life release and their famous track "Dusk Before Dawn", they do a brilliant job. I won't go into all the detail, but I give disc 2 5/5.

Dave has yet to beat the Master(s). Dave rides the bandwagon, but still does an all right job. I still like his other stuff though.

Overall, a good effort for both partners live from Audio Therapy!!!

Initially, I was excited when I learned my favorite production/DJ trio, Lexicon Avenue, were to mix the 2nd disc of TSv3. Then I began to have doubts, fearing they too, might follow long exhausted retro/electro fads and use all of the trendy, 'right' records for their set, this time around the decks.

Suprisingly (not really...), what the Geordie boys delivered is a chuggin, edgey, bicep-flexin' onslaught of housey, groovin, tribal-tech and acid-burned beats. Bradford and Co. augment the tension effortlessly, culling an electronic amalgam of disparate tracks from different genres, which somehow manage to flow together like the innner mechanisms of some complex, well-oiled techno machine.

'Superflyin', by Cubic (Chus & Ceballos/Calderone) is a funky thrust of mean, driving, techno-tribal punishment, while the dark, menacing, sulfuric-etched grooves of Lexicon Avenue's own 'That Acid track', offer a post-progressive take on both a familiar, inimitable production prowess and a nostalgic, revolutionary sound which some (few, actually) are pulling off better than others as of late...

Hands down, this is the hottest and most well executed Lexicon Avenue mix compilation to date and offers a fresh, seamless, bangin' set of tracks. The cummulative vibe is one complete synchronicity: DJ's and producers at the top of their game and thoroughly enjoying and improvising every moment of the trip - "THIS-IS-WHY-YOU'RE-HERE!"

Regrettably, Dave Seaman's mix stumbles and falters by comparison. The mix begins with promise, however, featuring dub-tech dirtiness by Habersham, Kupon and Stelios. Unfortunately, by track 6, the mix is suddenly ambushed by the obnoxious, electro, high-end annoyance that is Freeform Five's remix of more electro/retro/disco flotsam. And then the mix continues to implode further into an emotionless, abrasive soundscape, reminiscent of unpleasant dental work...

Pick up this comp for the Lexicon mix alone and then listen to how the vibe and beat of progessive house is used as a weapon of 'bass' destruction by New Castle's wickedest...