DJ Tiësto - Magik 1 First Flight (1997)

Sorry for the lack of updates to all my five followers. No rest for the wicked. Anyways, here's a nice change of pace on the BPM meter. Straight from Holland, world renown trance master "DJ Tiësto" came out with some mixes featuring all various artists. I highly recommend listening even if your not a trance/progressive trance/house music fan. If you do decide to grab it, have a listen to the track L'Annonce des Couleurs by Mac Zimms. One of the best progressive trance songs I've heard. Let me know what you think.



01. Sunday Club - Healing Dream
02. Lock - Into The Sun
03. Clear View - Never Enough
04. Channel Tribe - Program 1
05. Jake & Jesse - Low Turbulence
06. Mockba - Shell Shock
07. Allure - When She Left
08. Mac Zimms - L’Annonce Des Couleurs
09. Stray Dog - Chapter Two [Southsquare Mix]
10. The Voyager - Back On Earth
11. DJ Tiësto - Long Way Home
12. Silent Breed - Sync In
13. Club Quake - Vicious Circle
14. Viper 2 - Titty Twister
15. Qattara - The Truth [Coufsat Mix]
16. Sakin - Blue Sky

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Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (Collected Works 1945-1950)

Again, sorry for the lack of updates recently, if anyone has any suggestions, requests or questions, feel free to e-mail me.

Now this is a bit out of place but I felt that it needed another session in the "spotlight". This classic is an easy listen with hilarious lyrics, sexism, and old school booze and card games. These songs almost all seem to follow a template. Listen and find out for yourself!





1. Shame on You
2. I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You
3. You Can't Break My Heart
4. Detour
5. California Polka
6. Leaf of Love
7. You Broke Your Promise
8. Crazy Cause I Love You
9. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
10. That's What I Like About the West
11. Never Trust a Woman
12. Miss Molly
13. Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell a Woman
14. Suspicion
15. Banjo Polka
16. Who? Me?
17. Foolish Tears
18. Talking Boogie
19. Just a Pair of Blue Eyes
20. Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?
21. Bluebird on Your Windowsill
22. Ham & Eggs
23. Great Big Needle
24. Wild Card
25. Birmingham Bounce

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Green Tea - Places & Spaces (2009)

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, I just got a job and have been working out the kinks. I will try to be more consistent. This is a wicked album, mostly instrumental with two tracks featuring an underground rapper. I'm not quite sure what his name is, even though it's mentioned in both songs he features on. I'm not too fond of the rap lyrics but it isn't awful. If you like jazzy beats to just sit back and chill out, don't pass this up.




01. Something Like This
02. Maximum Joy
03. Dew Drops In The Garden
04. Cruise Control
05. Jazzy Joint
06. Future Classic
07. Words Left Unspoken
08. Porto Seguro
09. Thinking Of A Master Plan
10. Yes Party People
11. Eclectic Relaxation
12. The Waiting Game
13. Cruise Control 2.0.

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Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins - Clutch Of The Tiger (2008)

I don't have much to say since I've only briefly listened to this album but from what I remember, it's worth a listen. Nice instrumentals that cater to a variety of moods. Check it out. If you like it, I would suggest heir other album which sounds similar, "Fascinating Fingers"

01. Full Moon

02. Two Steps Back

03. Things Change

04. Bill Blows It

05. So Easily, So Naturally

06. Leon Me

07. Dollar Short

08. When I Was Young

09. Across The Pond

10. Bad Influence

11. Till Next Time

12. Indian Burn

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Dynamic Syncopation - Dynamism (1999)

Here is a hidden gem of hip-hop and instrumentals alike. It sounds allot like The Herbaliser, in fact, I think Ollie Teeba does a few scratches here and there. Raw underground lyrics and some really bangin' choones.





1. Intro
2. Dynamism
3. Ground Zero feat. Mass Influence
4. Veteran's Leg (5:12)
5. The Essence feat. Yeshua daPoED
6. Bahian B-Boy
7. The Plan feat. Juice Aleem
8. It's A Monster
9. Homing In
10. Dedicated feat. Mass Influence
11. Rock
12. Losing Your Soul feat. Yeshua daPoED
13. Swings & Roundabouts

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LTJ Bukem - Earth Volume 3 (1998)

Another rock solid release in the Earth series. Instrumental for the most part, I think there's 2 hip-hop songs, Con-Quest and Constellation. Both tracks fit in very well on this album.




1. LTJ Bukem - Constellation
2. Tayla - Stargazing
3. Intense & Molly Duncan - Jammin' In My Head
4. Words 2b Heard Meets Ad-Ill (Planet Invasion) - Con-Quest
5. Bjorn - Distorted Reality
6. Longers & Forces Of Nature - Nature's Way
7. Blu Mar Ten - Ir-On-Ing
8. Big Bud - Distant Space
9. Artemis - First Light
10. Blame - Latitude

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St-Germain - Tourist (2000)

This CD has the finest production, be sure to listen on good quality speakers if possible! 5 years after his first album under the name St-Germain, Ludovic Navarre released Tourist. Tourist has a very eclectic sound from up to down tempo and everything in between. To say the least, this album is a must-have. I highly anticipate another album in the near future.






1. Rose Rouge
2. Montego Bay Spleen
3. So Flute
4. Land Of...
5. Latin Note
6. Sure Thing
7. Pont Des Arts
8. La Goutte d'Or
9. What You Think About...

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Shawn Jackson - First Of All Instrumentals (2009)

California based hip-hop artist Shawn Jackson released his album in lyrical and instrumental format. Here is the instrumental album. These are really good loungin' hip-hop beats. It kind of reminds me of Mark Farina's Mushroom Jazz series with a hint of Pete Rock's Petestrumentals. I haven't heard the lyrics to this album, but frankly, the beats are good enough to keep me uninterested in the lyrics.

01. How Ya'll Feel??
02. First Of All...
03. Soopafly
04. Fix Ya Face
05. Traveling Salesmen
06. Gold Medal Kids
07. Backstage
08. Strategies
09. Go There With You
10. Feelin' Jack
11. Countdown
12. Hate Down
13. Maan Up!

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Movits! - Äppelknyckarjazz (2008)

Here's a group that, oddly enough, mix swing and hip-hop with entirely Swedish lyrics. If you can put up with not being able to understand what their saying, I would highly recommend it. The music video for the song "Fel Del Av Gården" is also really entertaining (The lead singer looks like Adam Savage from Mythbusters). Overall, fantastic sound. You might have seen them on the Colbert Report recently cashing in on that "Colbert Bump".

1. Ta på dig dansskorna
2. Lite som...
3. Swing för Hyresgästföreningen
4. ...Fast tvärtom
5. A-kasseblues
6. Fel del av gården
7. Epistel No. 1
8. Tom Jones
9. Äppelknyckarjazz
10. Stick iväg Jack del II
11. 2 Dollar på fickan
12. Det vete fan
13. Har du Soul?
14. Vals på Vinkelgränd

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Little People - Mickey Mouse Operation (2006)

UK based producer Laurent Clerc launched this as his debut album back in 06'. I wonder why I haven't heard about this sooner. This reminds me allot of DJ Shadow and Nightmares On Wax. Purely instrumental and a solid from start to finish. Check out the track "Above The Clouds".



01. Basique
02. Moon
03. Unsaid
04. Eitheror
05. Above The Clouds
06. Breathe Again
07. Intermezzo
08. Idiom
09. Inutile Et Indispensable
10. Last Fare
11. Fisticuffs At Dawn
12. Behind Closed Doors (Edit)
13. Start Shootin'
14. Gravitas

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