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Groovy

C. Rondeau | Ottawa, Canada | 02/18/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a must buy if you are into good electro music. A very groovy sound.... not the old sound Misstress Barbara used to do. Not Techno!"

A nice tech house and minimal blend.

Doctor Trance | MA, United States | 03/16/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It seems Misstress Barbara has gone tech house, leaving her techno days behind her. All the better for me, as I took one look at the tracks on here and knew I wanted to buy this, even though I wasn't a Barbara fan. As soon as the pounding bass dropped in the first track, and then a sweet bassline, I thought I was going to be in for a great ride, until a horrible guy interrupted and starts saying "this is too hot" over and over and over again in the most dismal and cheesiest of voices, totally destroying an otherwise great track. It left me wondering what the heck was going to come next, but thankfully, the rest of the tracks are hot.



The one odd thing about this mix is that usually a DJ would drop the minimal, downtempo, and ambient stuff first, then build up to the higher BPM and high energy stuff. M.Barbara hauls out all the hard hitting tech house tracks first, then after she breaks out a 1992 acid house classic by Lemon 8, she gets into some downtempo house and minimal the rest of the way. It's a solid mix worth of tracks, but I would have preferred the normal way of building up the BPM's.



A few of the track transitions sounded awkward, and I'm leaning toward her choice in what track follows the next rather than bad mixing ability. I think a few of the tracks just did not sound right leading into each other. Nothing more evidenced by the stunning track Beta Boy by Trentemoller, which the original is over 7 minutes long, but she regretfully cuts it after letting only about 3 1/2 minutes of it play, and the next track literally swallows it up when it kicks in, making me cringe a little when I first heard it.



With this type of house, you always need a few listens, but it really grows on you and there is some good stuff on here. Overall, a great pick up for the tech house fan."