Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue

Various Artists (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Open Source Music
• ASIN: B0000510NW
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,794 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Babyfat – Walkin’ Thru (Katya’s Mix – Open Source Music)

2. RIA – Can I Bring You Flowers (Botanical Mix – Open Source Music)

3. Interlude 1 – Pelicans

4. Asoka & K. Ravi – Solitare Eve (Original Version – Hausdorff Records)

5. Chaise Lounge – Mood Swing (Break Glass Mix – Open Source Music)

6. Bambú Station – Heathen Fun (Hedonist Mix – Open Source Music)

7. Interlude 2 – At the Beah

8. LoveGrove – Molecule (LoveGrove & Who’s Tonic Soul Mix – Sonic Soul Records)

9. NOMO – Modern Day People (Minimal Mix – Odara Productions & Open Source Music)

10. Arthur Loves Plastic – Betrayed (Tabla Mix – Open Source Music)

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Intro – Down My Spine

2. Mijan – Save Your Soul (Doug Smith & Richard Payton Mix – 95 North Records)

3. Deep Dish – Mohammad Is Jesus (Original Version – Deep Dish Records)

4. Congregation – Really Feelin’ Real (Houz Dub Mix – Open Source Music™)

5. Interlude 1 – At the Beach, Part 2

6. Saeed & Palash – After Dark (AR-001 – Addictive Records)

7. Jeremy Lodeon – Fragil (Viva Martinique Mix – Open Source Music™)

8. Tamaka – Boy In Space (Chloe’s Over the Moon Mix – Open Source Music™)

9. Khommand 45 – The Underground (Tunnel Mix – Open Source Music™)

10. Dana Winner – He Is Here (Forthcoming Mix – Open Source Music™)

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

"Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue™” brings together some of the best of Washington DC’s house, dance, drum & bass and downtempo sounds. It features over 20 musicians, songwriters, lyricists, and vocalists from the Washington Metropolitan area. This 2 CD compilation of remixes contains both local DC bands as well as original tracks from the area’s prominent DJs. For more than a year, OSM has collaborated with musicians whose works capture the spirit and soul of the nation’s capital.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOPA, February 13, 2001

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Philip Tzeng (New York City, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue (Audio CD)

Various Artists :::: Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue :: (Open Source Music)

This double-CD compilation of Washington D.C. artists gets an A for awesome and an E for eclectic. It plays like a schizophrenic on barbiturates, like a toadstool on ecstasy.

Many of the tracks are remixes; some are meltdown/remold sessions of bands' offerings and some are your average re-workings of a house track. Again, all of the remixers and original artists are from D.C. Well, the old proverb that when you work with less, you come out with more may be true.

WOPA manages to articulate house, jungle, and downtempo sounds with startling fluidity throughout. The fusion is accomplished through the consistently phat basslines, well-produced horns, and funky beats that drive the remixes. Original tracks from the techno phenoms Saeed & Palash and house mainstay Deep Dish provide the backbone of the `upbeat' disk. The most notable feature of this, Open Source Music's first offering, is the potential diversity of audience. The depth of aural stimulation is really quite an accomplishment - and truly more surprising is the integrity maintained by the OSM remixers regarding their work with the bands' material. Since my own personal taste shies from vocals, I prefer the instrumental work, although I have to say that the vocal work is quite well done. Check it out for yourself at

I give the music a 4 out of 5 with a +.5 for the AIDS benefit factor adding up to an overall score of 4.5 in the floor routine. The vault is next...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thank you OSM!, July 8, 2001

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Alex thompson (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue (Audio CD)

Finally!

A label who isn't afraid to get out there and try new things. That is clearly what Open Source Music set out to accomplish with this inspiring 2 CD set, Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue.

By remixing local acts like Babyfat, Chaise Lounge, Blinded Camels and more; by including top acts like Deep Dish, Slant, Saeed & Palash, duo Christopher and Hakim (aka, Tamaka) have stayed true to their mission to deliver a comprehensive slice of DC electronica.

The album is tight and the music is fantastic as much for its quality as for its diversity.

Inside the CD booklet, OSM also describes its partnership with Metro TeenAIDS to help DC youth by promoting AIDS education and awareness. Part of their CD sales are donated to this cause. Bravo!

OSM's newest release is Tamaka's debut, Sundown. Look for it on Amazon.com!

Look up their website for info about the local artists, future releases and soundbites.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 21st Centry Music - New Music for a New Millennium, October 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue (Audio CD)

Reviewer: A music fan from Washington, DC United States Open Source Music captures the essence of musical expression. It meets all needs for music lovers. With its combination of dance, hip-hop, lounge, jazz music, Walking on Pennsylvania Avenue is truly inclusive cd - satisfing all the wants and needs a listener could ask for.

For the first time, I've heard music that combines a 21st Century orchestra that pleases the Generation "X"ers & "Y"ers. Absolutely a MUST HAVE!