Hernan Cattaneo Renaissance Master Series 3: countdown

[day_for_night]

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CD 2 is where its at for me. Really good...

Though I'm partial to disc 1 just for the Danny Howells track. He played that shit at BED in miami and it was fucking awesome.

[simonr]

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^^ 'kin awesome isn't it !

[Homegrove]

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^^^ Seriously?

Yeah.

The first 15 minutes of disc one nearly made stop listening to this. It reminded me why I gradually started look outside prog in 2004 when it all started to be this wishy washy boring floating shit. Surprise surprise they're all Cattaneo-productions. I rate and respect him as a DJ but I've never liked any of his productions.

Things start to pick up with Stoppage Time and the rest of CD 1 is actually really good. Only Cattaneo mix I can think right now that actually sounds a bit edgy.

CD 2 just bored me to tears until last 30 minutes or so which I also liked though it came short of the last 55 minutes of CD 1.

It's all a matter of opinion and I'm not here to flame or troll but Hernan hasn't really interested me since his first Master Series where I thought he tried to break a bit outside the prog barriers. CD 1 of that is my favorite Cattaneo-disc probably although South America and his Ministry CD from 2001 are also cherished.

His sound is maybe a bit too smooth for me. It all goes together so well that it sounds like a prog version of Hawtin's Transitions cd which I never got into either. He seems to me to lack any sort of edge or intensity. I do like when he bangs it out a'la the essential mix from Homelands (?) from 2002 which is awesome. But his deep stuff just puts me to sleep.

The mix was worth the money for getting the new Guy J-tracks when I bought it from iTunes though. Bianca is really really good. And the first track on CD 2 is just stunning although I could never play that one out.

[Homegrove]

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Best part of the mix:

5. Guy Gerber - Stoppage Time (Reshuffle Remix) 6. Hideo Kobayashi - Amarillo 7. Kruse & Nürnberg - Suerte 8. L. Kubic - Voyager

[DIDI]

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Different strokes for different folks I guess I love the first three tracks, I thought it took a slide at Stoppage time One of the reasons I love his music is the passion and intensity I find in it.

My favourite up to date would be Masters 2 , we will see how this current one stands the test of time. It could end up top of the list.

Yeah that first track cd2 is just beautiful

[phazon]

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Signed copy just turned up, looking forward to this

[nick007]

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^ oh ffs - lucky bastard

[Corven]

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Signed copy just turned up, looking forward to this

and i was starting to think those 'first 100 signed copies' were some kind of marketing urban legend

[simonr]

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I looooove this:

Applescal – Describe The Doc (Hernan Cattaneo & Martin Garcia Remix)

A real '99 Oakenfold Space EM summer vibe to it ... in an absolutely fantastic way !

[GregWhelan]

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I can see Homegrove's point to an extent. I love Hernan's sets, but there are times when he will play a track, or a series of track that really do not interest me at all. They seem to be very 'stop-start' and are not particularly memorable. Other times he will get into a real techy groove that doesn't interest me either - his 2nd CD of his 1st ever Masters release is a case in point - the Morgan page track goes on for ages and the tracks around it are not that interesting either.

However, there are times when he nails it, especially when he plays more 4/4 stuff e.g. the whole of Masters 2.

[phazon]

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^ oh ffs - lucky bastard

and i was starting to think those 'first 100 signed copies' were some kind of marketing urban legend

Sorry guys To be honest it could be my 6 months old kids signature, but hey, I got lucky.

Only had a chance to check out disk 1, like what I heard so far. Really like the Stoppage Time remix, and it's nowhere near the best track, so that's gotta be a good sign

[fer_]

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hernan was amazing last night. he played 6 hours of PURE Progressive House... loved every tune .everything was just perfect.. that groove he s got ..that beautifull melody ... played some tunes of the renaissance

he dropped 2 killers rmx of radiohead - nude and bjork - paga poetry (unkown rmx)

the cd is lovely specially the 2nd

[simonr]

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^^ sounds amazing + you get nude & pagan poetry too ... wow !

Wish he played 6 hour sets over here.

[day_for_night]

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I can see Homegrove's point to an extent. I love Hernan's sets, but there are times when he will play a track, or a series of track that really do not interest me at all. They seem to be very 'stop-start' and are not particularly memorable. Other times he will get into a real techy groove that doesn't interest me either - his 2nd CD of his 1st ever Masters release is a case in point - the Morgan page track goes on for ages and the tracks around it are not that interesting either.

However, there are times when he nails it, especially when he plays more 4/4 stuff e.g. the whole of Masters 2.

disc 1 of his first masters cd is my favorite thing he has ever done...

[chuckc]

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hard to believe there are some people who dont think this is a good comp. for me its a masterpice from start to finish. incredible programming and build up. deep and melodic. progressive at its best

imo its the best comp that has come out since jimmy van m bedrock.