Decks & the City VOL.1

Various Artists
General | Feb 2003

Reviews

Jacki-O
Reviewed 2003-02-12
COLL: Decks & the City Vol. 1
Label: Takeout Records

This is a pretty good mix-CD by a couple of Irish guys out of NYC. Truth is, this sound can be heard in many a club here in SF, but there is a nice mix of old & new progressive house tunes here. Try: 1,4,5,8,12,14.
1. Derrick’s signature track; spoken intro, bangin’ beats, tech-y effects.
2. R&B male vox, funky groove, deep house
3. Dubby disco-funk, nice breakdowns
4. Nice piano loop, builts into pumpy house track, gets kind of trance-y
5. Techno-y beats, synths all pitched-up and warbly, female vocal sample
6. Dubbed-up house w/ a tweaky horn loop
7. Progressive house track w/ edgy bass, a bit dark
8. Bad-ass! Hard nasty beats & some street-chica talk. Tony Senghore’s hit track of 2002.
9. Trippy dubby house track, funky bassline
10. Simple synth loop, simple bass loop, old track but good.
11. Simple funky basslines & bumpin’ synths
12. Similar groove as 10-11, w/ space-y effects, then some acid-y tweaks
13. Echo-y vocal sample & reverbed synths
14. Starts kind of minimal, space-y synths, goes into some analog-retro-new-wave melodies.

Recent airplay

Wickedy Sounds
Bump & Hustle MusicFeb 11, 2005
Wickedy Sounds, Shine, Hey Chica
Bump & Hustle MusicNov 17, 2004
Jest for Me, Where U at
PoptronicaApr 09, 2003
Jest for Me, Where U at
sub showMar 20, 2003

Charting

2003-02-10 — 2003-04-14 Electronic
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 13 2
Mar 23 2
Mar 9 1

Track listing

1. Where U at
2. Jest for Me
3. You
4. Chrous
5. Get on My Camel
6. Horny Hustle
7. Living It
8. Hey Chica
9. Shine
10. Wickedy Sounds
11. Louder 5.1
12. The Riddle
13. Oil & Steal
14. 5.05