Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

HMV.co.uk have Balance 010 for £8.99 including delivery...

http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayP...;-1&sku=574763

[DIDI]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

Well we had the pleasure of seeing him Saturday night and he was amazing!!!!!!!

[fletcher]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

HMV.co.uk have Balance 010 for ?8.99 including delivery...

http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayP...;-1&sku=574763

Hmm... no artwork yet, and it claims its only one disc! Think ill wait a couple of weeks...

[Chatterbot]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

I?ve ordered mine directly from down under.
At http://www.play4me.com.au

...will take a week to arrive, but still...

[Dhar_2]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

waiting for play.com to come up with the goods!

[pdowney]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

I've heard the compilation a few times, since I've had a promo for two weeks now. Short version: I liked it a lot.

It is three discs. Disc one is "Downtempo". There are beatless sections and others with slow laidback beats. Many of the tracks are from the mid 90s, from Future Sound of London, Boards of Canada, Laika, Coldcut and Union Jack. It's a nice chill mix. There are a few good vocal tracks.

Disc two is "Midtempo". Think of it as a warmup set. You could dance, or not. You can't dance to the early Cocteau Twins and Speedy J tracks, but you can dance to the later Aphex Twin, LCD Soundsystem and Saint Etienne. Nicely chosen and mixed.

Disc three is "Uptempo". This is the peak time set. It begins with two versions of Djuma Soundsystem's "Les Djinn". Everybody's heard the wicked Trentemoller remix already, I'm sure. The mix is on the techy side, and it's nearly all new tracks, not like the other Balance discs, which take older tracks. It has Ellen Allien and Apparat's "Jet", surely a track of the year, Tom Pooks "Docker", and some other good ones like Gui Boratto's "Like You".

If you want to replicate a club night, listen to disc two first, disc three next, and disc one last. But 1, 2, 3, works too.

Can't really compare it to Chris Fortier, since all of those discs were uptempo. I can say I like it more than Desyn Masiello's or Paolo Mojo's. I liked those discs, but this one is better.

Hope that enlightens you, and whets some appetites.

[fletcher]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

thanks for the review. Looking good

[day_for_night]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

i've actually heard some negative stuff regarding this release. from what i heard, he didnt live up to the hype with this one.

need to get a copy to give it a listen myself.

[j_love01]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

I´ve ordered mine directly from down under.
At http://www.play4me.com.au

...will take a week to arrive, but still...

"International
Note: Delivery times for international orders do vary and depends on destination. Please allow an estimated 4 weeks for international delivery."

I wonder what the estimated time is for delivery to the states. I imagine it might be longer than your delivery time...

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

Hmm... no artwork yet, and it claims its only one disc! Think ill wait a couple of weeks...

I've pre-ordered many CDs from there without any issues.

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

waiting for play.com to come up with the goods!

What for when it'll be ?13-

[dusk]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

I can't even get my hands on a promo at this point...

[tiddles]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

nice review pdowney, thanks for that.
hopefully i can grab a copy this weekend when i'm in boston.

[ybhatti]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

sickest dj around...will buy the cd asap! The brains of sasha and digger

[j_love01]

Re: Balance 010 - Jimmy van M

sickest dj around...will buy the cd asap! The brains of sasha and digger

Jimmy Van M --- Thursday 11/17/06--- Cielo (NYC)

I'm thinkin about catching a flight up to NYC that weekend...haven't seen Jimmy in years.