James Lavelle - Barcelona Dlx (34 tracks) +Album Reviews

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James Lavelle
Barcelona (Dlx)
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop

Track Listings (34) - Disc #1
1. 1 To 3am Intro (Part One) - Unklesounds
2. Mongrel Meets His Maker - DJ Shadow
3. Dusted - Leftfield (Feat Toots Manuva)
4. Night Beats - Thomas Bangalter
5. The Vibe - Sotero
6. Let Th Good Times Roll - Layo And Bushwacka
7. Fundamental - Sasha
8. Hold Back - Force Mass Motion V Dylan Rhymes
9. Crooked - Evil Nine
10. Breakin On The Streets - Stir Fry
11. No Soul - ILS
12. Invincible Bass - Drumatic Twins
13. Shining Through - Layo And Bushwacka
14. FEAR - Jan Brown
15. 3 To 5am Intro (Part Two) - Unklesounds
16. Underground Sound - Pitch Black
17. Revolution - Kybosh
18. Atmosphere - Rennie Pilgrem And Meat Knife
19. Next Life - Meat Katie
20. Dirty Waltzer - Soul Of Man
21. Black Widow - Uberzone And Rennie Pilgrem
22. Hip Hop - Dead Prez
23. On The Bandwagon - Peace Division
24. Ultra Savant - Duncan Gray
25. Juicy - Phil Kieran
26. Lost - Lee Burridge
27. Dark Clouds - Halo
28. Glitterball - FC Kahuna
29. Gravastar - Hybrid
30. Vodka - Smithmonger
31. There Goes The Fear - Doves
32. Mardi Gras (Accapellas And Samples) - Cheech
33. Do It To Me (Accapellas And Samples) - Antranig And Pons
34. - Eddie Amador (Feat Lamech)

CD Details

All Artists: James Lavelle
Title: Barcelona (Dlx)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Global Underground
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 10/15/2002
Album Type: Limited Edition
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop
Styles: Big Beat, Trip-Hop, House, Dance Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 664612202339

Synopsis

Album Description

Full Title - Global Underground - Barcelona No. 023. James' revolutionary Global Underground debut which zigzags between dub, hip hop, deadly breaks and beat-driven house-and en route finds a new subversive spirit for electronic dance music. It is quite unlike anything that's appeared on a Global Underground album before! This Limited slimline long box set also contains a booklet with additional pictures of the Barcelona experience! James Lavelle is the guest of honor for the next Global Underground album. Inspired by a trip by James and the GU massive to the beautiful city and nights at venues like Nitsa, this mix is of a different caliber. Includes PC CD-Rom material. 2002.

CD Reviews

Excellent change of pace

resident_out_of_touch | Schenectady, New York United States | 07/13/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"lets face it most of the GU series sounds a lot like itself, and having collected i think 8 of them, my interest has faded substantially. seeing james lavelle hangin around on the cover of a GU cd was too intreresting to pass up tho, as i am a big fan of unkle and mo' wax in general. the whole comp in general is really quite awesome. the second disc of house tunes reminds me a lot of dave seaman's melbourne mix (my favorite GU to date with the possible exception of this one), FC Kahuna's infamous bassline-driven Glitterball is in fact on both releases, a testament to their similarity in vibe and energy. the whole second disc is on that same trip, fairly deep and abstract prog house cuts that make for a good listen. the first disc is definitely a winner though, possibly because im somewhat tired of prog house and enjoy breaks, but there are some wicked tracks in there and some dope moments. the opening track after the intro i am not familiar with, but it is quite a piece of work, a stomping guitar-driven trip hop dealy somewhere around 100-110 bpm that is a really excellent kick-off to the mix. and when he mixes into Dusted, thats one my favorite cuts ever, such a flawless blend of energy beyond just matching beats that youd almost think its the same track. and of course dusted is a killer track in itself. the next track does some tempo witchery and things take off again in more club-friendly 130ish bpm territory. the rest of the mix is rockin new school breaks, even sasha got his floaty drug-addled self in there with Fundamental. id comment more on the mixing/track selection but to be honest after the first few cuts that i love so much it just becomes a big mess of breakbeat blissout for me and i dont really pay attention to whats going on (in the manner of most progressive mix albums)id reccommend this to anyone who's into the greater electronic scene or the GU series or any of that. you get a nice dose of breaks and a nice dose of house, much better than the usual two and a half hours of the latest progressive trance hits that all sound the same"