Tronic Treatment

Christian Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Moonshine Music
• ASIN: B00005LN1Q
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,143 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Juicy Pad - Christian Smith

2. Do you like the way you feel when you shake? - A2

3. Falling - A.D.N.Y. & Moonchild

4. Take Me Back - G-Flame

5. The Preface - Gaetano Parisio

6. United Groove - Junior Sanchez & Christian Smith

7. Road To Rio - Santos Rodriguez

8. You Make Me Shiver - Samuel L. Sessions

9. Compound - Michel de Hey Vs. Grooveyard

10. Fadin' Away (Oxia Remix) - The Hacker

11. Visions Of You (Smith & Selway Remix) - Trevor Rockcliffe feat. Blake

12. Mojito - Christian Smith

13. EP2 - Zeta Reticula

14. Club M.C.M. (Sterac Remix) - K-Alexy Shelby

15. Remanipulator (Adam Beyer Remix) - Ben Sims

16. Endzone - Christian Smith & John Selway

17. A1 - DJ Shufflemeister

18. Agent Wood (Ben Long Remix) - UK Gold

19. Pulsate (DJ HMC Remix) - DJ Rob Little

20. Levanon - Chester Beatty

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Live Mix, May 13, 2002

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Brian Gruidl "gruidl" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tronic Treatment (Audio CD)

In a time when so many dj mixes are made on computers, rather than showcasing the dj's talent on actual turntables, it was really nice to hear a true dj mix. This was mixed live on 3 turntables, and the occasional beat juggling and scratching proves this man has talent. It's a pumping, high energy tech-house mix where the dj lets the tunes ride. The reason that there are so many tracks is not because he only plays one minute of each song (Bad Boy Bill, Richard Humpty Vission), but because he lets the tunes ride. There's almost always two songs going at once. If you're looking for techno or tech house, this is the mix for you.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Techno set that commands attention, September 13, 2001

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Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tronic Treatment (Audio CD)

Two chaps named Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin vouch for Christian Smith's DJ prowess on the album sleeves. Not unwarranted, seeing as most are likely to associate Smith with his thirty-plus records popping up in the widest array of mixes ("Move!" with John Selway foremost to mind and included here).

Twenty eight tracks of house-flared techno in seventy- three minutes reads like a recipe for disaster, all hacked up hooks with little continuity; there's plenty floating around from lesser hands to prove the point. Not the case on Tronic Treatment, as each record, stripped of flab, forms one seamless, relentless ride. At this pace the cuts become DJ tools for Smith to balance over three decks, sequencing and skill proving as important as the cuts themselves. Though the bpm's rarely waiver, pieces like "Falling" with flat bass, and "Agent Wood" with an actual breakdown, serve as breathers, while slick overlapping ("United Groove" with ""Road to Rio") and straight-up muscle ("EP2", "The Dubs") punches the needle even higher.

Whip in tricks and tweaks, varied percussion ("Compound") with just enough vocals, and a sense for infectious energy, and you get a complete set commanding attention. Certainly up for you if you're up for it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to "SOMEGUY'S" expert opinion ..., July 25, 2007

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P. Tranreno "TrainWreck" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tronic Treatment (Audio CD)

Take a look at "SOMEGUY'S" other reviews, and you'll probably laugh at his taste in 'music' - THIS REVIEWER IS A TOTAL TOOL!

Anyway, this is C. Smiths first DJ Mix Offering, and it rocks pretty well (from a roots Detroit / N.Y. Techno point of view).
Plenty of banging tracks by top name producers like Gaetano Parisio (as well as C. Smith and his mate J. Selway).

NOTE:
THIS IS A VERY RHYTHMIC AND BEAT DRIVEN MIX COMPLEMENTED BY SUBTLE BUT HYPNOTIC SYNTHS & ATMOSPHERICS.
IF YOU ARE EXPECTING THE EXTRODINARILY SYMPHONIC (i.e. Rob Dougan, Juno Reactor) OR THE BLISSFULLY MELODIC (i.e. Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk) DO NOT PURCHASE THIS MIX.

HOWEVER ... For those who do dig the styles of Carl Cox, Sven Vath, Plasticman, or even Kraftwerk - YOU SHOULD AT LEAST GIVE THIS CD AN HONEST LISTEN BEFORE BUYING.

Perfectly put, this mix is perfect for those who have been into the electronic genre since the illegal rave scenes of the 1990's.
Would have killed to hear a mix like this back then!