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This disco influenced house is not for the faint hearted

benny_sa | Bordertown, South Australia Australia | 05/11/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have the full Dimtiri collection all on vinyl - I think to classify this music as house is a mistake. Its mixed disco. Mixed damn well. I collect old disco vinyl and to me this is a treasure trove of very hard to find vinyl with some funky beats mixed in to make it easier to mix. These records did it for me on both a funk and disco level. For those of us who spend hours thumbing through old dirty records in the basements of second hand record shops looking for that piece of gold to blow the lid off the joints we play, these records are a godsend. I am the first to admit that if ur not a dj and your looking for the "jam in ur cdplayer magic and play till it bleeds" of after the playboy (esp. the uplifting) this may not be your cup of tea - but i hope if ur reading this u own cassius 99 and discovery - and how much sense do they make NOW?This disco influenced house is not for the faint hearted - and unless u have a passion for the obscure - stick with the naked music records or something similar. Its not mainstream. It's a collectors edition, not a good cd for the car unless u like the ff button."

Just don't expect it to be another "Night at the PM"

Artem M. | 04/25/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Like many, I became Dimitri's fan after his "Playboy Mansion" mini-series first CD, and I still think it's incredible. My love for this wonderful mix was the primary reason why I bought the next one, "After the Playboy Mansion", immediately after it was released in February 2002. The CD was good enough, but I hoped that Dimitri wouldn't follow the path of overly-intellectual and sometimes truly boring track selection which he introduced in it. Unfortunately, he did - in his latest "In the House" CD.Being also a double, "In the House" can be viewed as a successor of "After the Playboy Mansion", and not only for this reason. The first of the two CDs, though certainly not as low-tempo and laid-back as "After the PM" Disc 1, still gives an impression of a warm-up - a boring one. Many of its tracks, though up-tempo and energetic, lack melody and notable hooks (which is what the original "Night at the PM" has a lot of) and are just not memorable. Rare but lucky exceptions like DJ Gregory's "Don't Know Malendro" and "Mon Amour" by Louie Vega are simply lost in the overall gray picture.Disc 2 is by far brighter. Being a clear shift towards American garage sound, it takes you right from the start with Dimitri's "Re-touch" of the "Gipsy Woman" classic, with the next track ("Ever After" by Ramsus Faber) setting happy and joyful mood for the rest of the CD. The track selection is a lot closer to what we would expect from Dimitri, with many excellent vocal tracks (rather fresh as well as classics), that just make you dance.Overall, if given a choice, I would purchase CD 2 only. The intellectual thing Dimitri talks about on the CD cover turned into Disc 1 being nothing to remember after you listen to it. CD 2 seems to partly correct for it, though, again, don't expect it to be another "Night at the Playboy Mansion"."

Really Great House!!!

Rod | Australia | 06/09/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This tripple cd is really good, one the best out there.Yes it has the boring songs but if you take all the good songs and put them in to one cd you have the BOMB. You can totally feel the french house feeling. Cheers"