構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 01:00:45

This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Rae & Christian. Producers include: DJ Typhoon, Henry Smithson, Danny Ward, Nash, R. Scott. Includes liner notes by Bill Brewster. Personnel: Russell Nash (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Wurlitzer organ, background vocals); Gianni Gabriel (vocals); Tim Hutton (guitar, keyboards); Chris Walker (guitar); Lee Vivien (flute, saxophone, trumpet); Richard Wargent (flute, saxophone, trombone); Roger Wickham (saxophone); Robin Lee (trumpet, keyboards); Andrew Watson (trombone); Lainz Arrington (keyboards); Don Bannister (drums); Steve "The 4orce" Ellington (programming, background vocals). Audio Mixers: Michael Ball ; Darren Nash; Lars "The Kid" Vissing; Martin Desai; DJ Typhoon; Steve "The 4orce" Ellington; Russell Nash; Raj Gupta; Steve Christian; Oliver Stumm. Audio Remixers: Only Child ; Rae & Christian. Liner Note Author: Bill Brewster. Recording information: 4orce's Yard, London, England; Codebreaker Studios; LAJ Studios; Mayfair Studios, London, England; Superstar Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark. Photographer: Craig Richards. Arrangers: Marcia Rae; Simon Lee; Only Child ; Rick James; Robin Lee; Steve Christian; Henry Smithson. Just come home from the ultimate night out? Too tired to move but too jacked-up to sleep? Fortunately, the market is awash with CD compilations made just for you. With major labels Ultra Record and Kinetic battling it out for after-hours supremacy with their Back to Mine and Another Late Night series, more and more big-name artists are being asked to put their names and record collections onto the CDs. Rae & Christian are a premier U.K. down-tempo act, which makes them an obvious choice to assemble this type of mix. The first half of the mix is an unnotable collection of predictable trip-hop, hip-hop, and breaks records. These half-dozen tracks could easily be replaced with a different six and no one would notice. But just when you want to pop the disc out of the player, Rae & Christian drop the serious post-disco funk of Bushy vs. Sonic Boo's "I Pink I'm Going Squezy." In that 90 seconds, the down-tempo mush switches into dazzling, '70s-sounding funk and soul performed by modern artists Pablo and Faze Action. R&C then really take it back with their own cover of George Clinton's "Flashlight," and close the mix with original '70s recordings by Rick James and Jose Feliciano doing a fantastic flamenco guitar version of "California Dreamin." This is a disc with a serious identity crisis: half boring as molasses and half pumped like powdered sugar. If only Rae & Christian had just gone ahead and made a dance mix. But that's just not what the big labels are interested in. ~ Joshua Glazer

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)