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Bedrock - the Album: Mixed By John Digweed | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Digweed
Label: Incredible
Category: Music
Buy New: £75.94
New (3) Used (9) from £8.34
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 184995
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
EAN: 5099749619821
ASIN: B00002MVRY
Release Date: October 4, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Listen - Ruff n' Ready | | • | Sky Is Not Crying - Tiny Trendies | | • | Moody - BPT & Danny Morales | | • | Judy (Hooked On Coke) - C12 & Jole | | • | Locomotion - Los Diablos Locos | | • | Repurcussion - Science Dept. | | • | True - Morel | | • | Illusion - ABA Structure | | • | Odysseus - ABA Structure | | • | We Are Connected - Jondi & Spesh | | • | Persuasion - Science Dept. | | • | Ba Ba - Pob & Taylor | | • | Salina - Escape (2) | | • | Swirl - Dakota (1) | | • | Rising Sun - Heller & Farley | | • | CC16 - Interstate | | • | Time Travel - Voyager (1) | | • | Flutterby - Collins, Sandra | | • | Over And Out - Hunt, Mark | | • | Flying - Slacker | | • | Heaven Scent - Digweed, John |
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| Editorial Reviews:
From Amazon.com
One of the scene's best-known trance DJs, along with fellow Brit DJ Sasha, John Digweed continues his winning streak with this collection of sleek, beat-driven beauty. Working off a diverse set of obscure originals, Digweed burrows his way into one's subconscious, slipping in subdued rhythms and day-dreamy thematic elements with skillful grace. He has a patient ear for incorporating transitions between songs, and an uncommonly light touch. Even when the melodies drift away and the drum machines start to overwhelm, there's always a compelling pulse. Disc 2's "CC16," for example, is mercilessly danceable, yet Digweed cleverly employs a simple, sustained note that offsets the tension, offering friendly reassurance as it hangs delicately over the dance floor. Often working with Sasha on such standout trance collections as Global Underground 003: San Francisco, this record establishes Digweed as the light to Sasha's darker musical colorings. There's an almost obsessive insistence on flow, with mellow, languid phrases morphing into fleshed-out songs, then suddenly pulling back again in a barely noticed evolution. The album starts the process early on the Underworld-like opening track, "Listen," pulling off the trick with a silky progression into Tiny Trendies' "The Sky Is Not Crying." From there, the entire CD unfolds with a lazy elegance, like a cat stretching after a long nap, giving further nuance to Digweed's reputation as a stellar mixologist. --Matthew Cooke
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| Customer Reviews:
Deep and meaningful house - TIMELESS January 24, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Buy this CD if you like well thought out deep house music. Superbly mixed by one of the best DJs in the business with a flowing tempo. Some people may need a few listens before the subtle character of the music shines through and imprints itself in your brain!! This CD is timeless and will definitely not gather dust....
Sound! September 22, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of my favourite compilation CD's ever and the only one of which there's always at least one CD in the changer.Beautiful sounds, smoothly mixed but with enough punch to keep the vibe flowing along and my feet tapping. If only the music in the club was still like this..!
 It's a 'grower' but, by jingo, Digweed delivers again! December 23, 2000
Td Elliot (North Yorkshire, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to admit that I had a bit of trouble getting into this album. It wasn't what I was expecting at all.I should have known better though. (I thought the same of "Northern Exposure 2" and that has ended up being one of my favourite albums of all time!) For the most part though, Digweed keeps this mix reasonably funky/proggy (with a bit of dirtiness on the side!) as well as pretty laid back until (and this is my only gripe) he drops the pace a bit too low OR takes the listener into relatively cheesy realms when there is absolutely no need for it. He's done it with "Global Underground: Hong Kong" and he does it here too. Don't get me wrong. This is an essential purchase. It perfectly suits the moment when your mates are round for the night, it's quite late and your not quite sure what to put on next. However, there are times when it demands listening to and there are times when it doesn't and that's what demotes it to 4 stars as far as a listening experience is concerned. We have yet to hear the perfect Digweed mix, of that I am sure, but for the meantime "Bedrock" should have a welcome place in anyone's collection..
Judy was a friend in need, judy was a friend indeed September 13, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album goes down as one of the best dance albums of the nineties. From the first track to the last this is truely a superb recording from one of the worlds finest DJ's. If you have checked out Bedrock on a Thursday night in London, you will see this CD as being true to that night. A MUST BUY!
excellent!! December 6, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
uplifting deep house, that'll keep you going for hours
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