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Keeping Up With The Looqs

Dexter McChittersbee | San FranDisco, CA United States | 10/22/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The nature of electronic music is that production moves ten times faster than consumption. As a result, records sit in local shops and record bags and may not hit the global charts until years after the piece's actual production. Enter Jondi & Spesh. I've had the opportunity to monitor the progress of the dynamic duo firsthand over the years and I've noticed two things about them: One, they are committed to producing music that stays true to their creative muses and two, the mainstream world has not completely figured out how freakin' cool their music is. DJs around the world already know and love them. They only recently exploded in the UK with a track that is three years old via a radio mix by John Digweed. But since dance floor freaks have always had a tendency to hearald the DJs who spin the music more than the artists themselves, Jondi & Spesh may very well lay in comfortable pseudo-fame for the length of their careers. The cool part is that they don't appear to be adverse to this state. The San Francisco club scene has always embraced the underground, and Jondi & Spesh have been fixtures in this subterranean society for many years. I'm not really sure how to categorize these guys. Progressive house? Progressive Trance? Maybe a little bit of both. Spesh's style as a dj has always been to build an experience rather than cave in to spinning a complete set of hard tracks. Calm. Swell. Explosion. Kind of like the 1812 overature through a Novation Bass Station. This is definitely reflected in both the individual tracks and the full production of this disc. The disc starts out chugging with Active Love Mix of the title track, We Are Connected, then drifts into a tinkly break with Cycle One. Momentum starts building again as The Sway (an SF club standard) kicks into gear an explodes in Copenhagen Express. The rest of the disc carries the same modulating energy, each song carrying it's own momentum through builds and releases, finishing with an uptempo remix of We Are Connected. This disk will rock you. Check it out."

The journey of self discovery in Looq Land!

Megan James | San Francisco, CA | 12/30/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"WE ARE CONNECTED is a first time introduction in a new place. A place where there are happy faces, glittery kisses and never ending bottles of water that taste like heaven. 'We Are Connected' quenches your thirst for self discovery through orignal music that is so unique and like nothing else recorded today. Listening to the title track 'We Are Connected' for the first time (again)makes you feel as if you are an infant taking your first step. People are smiling at you and excited to be right there to see. You want to rush, run and jump into the next track in hopes it brings the same happiness that your last blow pop did. You soon realize that each phase is a differnt tune. You want to keep the 'We Are Connected' vibe as you are so overly ecstatic with this newfound feeling of happy happy dancing love. Track two, 'Cycle One' makes you stop and slow down so you don't forget to remember it wasn't the blow pop or the cutey face glittery kisses of big eye love that drew you in, it was the music. 'Cycle One' is deep with so much substance that for a moment, you're not too sure if you are scared or not.....you are not. Once you pass that phase, track three, 'The Sway' picks you up again and hugs your whole body and soul with it's beauty and flow. It connects your feet to your heart to your brain. 'The Sway' is the little brightly lit warm cabin in the dark woods of clubland. You get there and the light is on. By 'The Sway', you know you are safe with Jondi and Spesh. The rest of the way you let them act as your pied piper. You trust them following their journey for you down the yellow brick road of tracks 4 to 9 and end up full circle with the 'We Are Connected' overdrive mix that leads you to the Emerald City that is QOOL. We are lucky, we are happy and grateful to be able to experience this time and of course, We Are Connected. Thanks Jondi and Spesh! Yeah!"

Just Listen

japinoy | San Francisco, California United States | 01/04/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

""We Are Connected" is one of the best CDs to put any party into a trance. As soon as the first track played its spring-sounding bass out of my speakers, I was constantly waiting for more. Although the album is nothing compared to a live performance from these guys, it sure beats anything else I've heard in a long time. The only thing I wish is that it was a continous mix from start to finish. Ending it off with a faster version of track one dissapointed me. They should have started off the CD with the last song. Other than that, I don't think that any underground dancer would be dissapointed. I still gave the album 5 stars."