Balance 008

Desyn Masiello

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 2005)
• Original Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: E.Q.
• ASIN: B000AV2GL0
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #132,364 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
EQ’s celebrated Balance CD series continues to evolve and deliver elements of surprise and intrigue with each selection – adding more to its quality, Desyn Masiello is the latest addition to Balance’s impressive list of compilers.

An up-and-coming international talent, Desyn Masiello, has John Digweed, Deep Dish, Sander Kleinenberg, and Danny Howells among his biggest fans. He's also been named "Future DJ Hero" in DJ Magazine's Top 100 poll, the most recognized poll in dance music. On Balance 008 Desyn incorporates house classics, deep, tech, funk, and progressive across 2 CDs – featuring tracks and remixes from Orbital, Francois K, Moloko, Joey Negro, Soulsearcher, Killing Joke, Will Saul, Coburn, Ellen Alien and more – further proving him as one of the high ranking international DJs!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is TRUE house music, and the hottest of the year!, November 15, 2005

By	Doctor Trance (MA, United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

While you can certainly group this into the large spectrum known as progressive house, there are only a few real progressive tracks on here, and some tech house, but the rest is simply the best pure house music currently on offer. There isn't a single house CD that is going to move you as much as this one. Full of funky, infectious beats, with basslines and disco melodies to keep any dance floor in a frenzy.

There really is only one negative to both CD's: I wanted them to go on longer than the amount of music able to fit onto one CD. At the end of each disc, you are left drooling for more, and do not want these beats to ever stop. Apart from 3 weaker tracks in the middle of disc 1 (tracks 4-6 to be exact), both are superb. Disc 2 is the real stunner, without a dull track in sight, but both discs feature some monster tracks!

Disc 1 starts off progressive with Will Saul's Mbira and the first 3 tracks are solid. It gets a little weak with some rather dull disco tracks from 4-6, and I didn't care for the vocals in track 5 at all. The rest of the disc really gets moving with some pure house sounds, and climaxes with the incredible track, Our Lips are Sealed by The Visitor. You get a hot new update of Soulsearchers Can't Get Enough by Derek Howell, and the BPM's really pick up at the end of this mix, giving you a taste of what's coming on disc 2. The last track, Piano Tool, of course features some piano in it, and this track and all the other disco sounding stuff on here are great, with the exception of those few tracks I mentioned. I usually am picky about disco sounding house, but I can assure you, that it's not the cheesy kind on here, and just wait 'til you hear what you get on disc 2!

After the downtempo sounds gradually got faster and faster throughout disc 1, culminating in some high energy dance floor house which left you begging for more, Desyn chooses to slow things down for the start of disc 2, with the now classic ambient track, Halcyon+On+On. The pace quickly picks back up with some sweaty house tracks, and the music is at a solid dance floor pace throughout.

Once we get to track 9, prepare yourself for a dose of the hottest combination of tracks you will hear on any dance CD this year. It starts with the groovy Time for Change and kicks into a scorching Raul Rincon remix of Coburn's We Interrupt this Program. The original version had a decent melody and has been a DJ staple as of late, but prepare for the track to hit a new high with this remix. Then Desyn drops the bomb of a track Make a Move on Me, and I don't care who you are, where you are, or how you feel at that moment, but when this track hits, it's guaranteed to make anyone move. I can't even imagine the frenzy at a club after hearing these 3 tracks in row. Desyn certainly knows how to move a crowd! It seems like he set you up the entire mix just to blow it up right here!

The last 3 tracks get into some nice tech sounds, and at the end, I was left feeling this needed to be a 3 disc or 4 disc set, because I just couldn't get enough. This is simply the best pure house mix right now, and one you cannot miss!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Writing the book on Follow up Albums, November 22, 2005

By	Michael Mcmahon "The Stunter" (Norristown, Pa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not only is Desyn taking the balance series to new heights, he is following up on an excellent O.S. album released last year. This cd is the cream of the crop at the moment. Some of the best dance music combined with some superb mixing. The first disc is one of the best introductory cds I have ever heard and progresses smooth as H*ll. The Visitor's song on this cd is up there with one of the best tracks I have heard in my life. And the fact that Desyn definately knows the quality of this track is great. He could be like some djs and cut the best track on their cd short (George Acosta with SINRJE) or he could base his entire first album around coming to this one excellent perfect track and play it for 9 minutes. Well that explains my love for that song.

Anyway disc 2 has no flaws and has one of the best endings on a progressive house cd to date. Like the doc said you will not want this cd to end, ever. The ending made me want to listen to it again with the abrubt stop that came entirely too soon. This feeling stems from the feeling that you are on a dance floor grooving to the greatest prog. house beats this year. Desyn has put himself in the forefront of this scene and is not a dj to be missed. Buy this album without hesitation. Damn near perfect.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Dear God., March 16, 2006

A Kid's Review

Let me start out by saying I have every Balance cd, I'm an aussie so i love supporting the Balance series. I didn't think things could get much better than Anthony Pappa's mix on Balance 006. Oh lord how i was wrong. This is the epitome of house music in my opinion. So many deep chunky basslines supported by heavy beats all topped off with some of the best melodies i've heard in house music. Not to mention the amazing job Desyn does with the mixing, it's all so smooth.

Ok I rarely review cds, I am a VERY picky person. I'm angry if I've bought a cd and theres 2 songs on it that I don't like. I can gladly say that with this cd, i love every song to bits.

It's hard for me to understand why people would find this cd boring, I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion etc.. But DAMN!

If you like house music or indeed EDM in general, you will love Desyn Masiello:Balance008