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Communicate | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sasha! & John Digweed
Label: Kinetic
Category: Music
List Price: £18.99
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 72980
Format: Double Cd, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 677285465727
EAN: 0677285465727
ASIN: B00004TE2J
Release Date: June 20, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Like a Bitch | | • | Get Lost [Stereo Dub] - Eric Clapton | | • | Barbarella [Deep Dish Mix] - Sven Vaeth | | • | Roaches [Peace Division Mix] - Trancesetters | | • | Voices [Slacker's Dumb Struck Mix] - Bedrock | | • | Fusion - Slacker | | • | Pushing Too Hard - Sasha + John Digweed | | • | Musak [Wonderland Avenue Remix] - Trisco | | • | West on 27th [A Tribe Called KHZ Mix] - KillaHurtz | | • | Tyrantanic [Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix] - Breeder | | • | Baguio Track [Digweed/Muir Bedrock Mix] - Luzon |
Disc 2
| • | Narcotic - Mainline | | • | Blue Hour - Killer Loop | | • | Voices [Freelance Icebreakers Mix] - Bedrock | | • | Once More - The Orb | | • | E.C.I. P-S - Jimmy Van M, | | • | Waah! [Seismix] - P.O.B. | | • | Force 51 - Austin Leeds | | • | Ruhe - Schiller | | • | Put Your Earphones On | | • | Enjoyed - The Chemical Brothers | | • | Lifestyles, Pt. 2 |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Enormously popular and apparently indefatigable, trance DJ duo Sasha and John Digweed's Communicate risks market saturation given the number of CDs they've already produced separately this year. Along with Digweed's involvement in a long list of projects, including his astonishing double discs Bedrock and Global Underground: Hong Kong, Sasha's name has become omnipresent on compilations and mix records all over the world thanks to his own GU contribution Ibiza and its ubiquitous club hit Xpander. Still, one feels only gratitude for Communicate, as these two globetrotting turntablists once again show off the unique stylistic differences that produce their trademark twists, dizzying turns, and wide-open flights of rhythmic intensity. Sasha is the straightforward one, putting a heavy hand to use on the turntable, maximising bass lines and beats while keeping a sharp eye on the fader, forever attentive to the dance floor's whims. His gifted ear pits Killhurtz' "West on 27th" mix against Breeder's "Tyrantanic" with forceful execution, providing sublime closure on the first disc. Meanwhile, Digweed's world is more subtle, filled with shady crevices, slippery transitions, and subliminal melodic touches. The ghostly sample work on Digweed's haunting "Voices: Freelance Icebreakers Mix" from the second disc slices into the Orb's "Once More" with the delicacy of a surgeon. Pieces of songs ebb and flow throughout with unpredictable grace, provoking the sweaty, timeless, eyes-shut-tight club-going experiences that exist in many a hipster's fondest dreams. All in all, this might be the best example yet of Sasha and Digweed's incomparable appeal. --Matthew Cooke
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Bit of acquired taste. October 25, 2006
T. J. Stickland (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can understand why many feel disappointed with this mix. I was when I first listened to it. I put it on the shelf and left it.
About 6 months later, after a few beers, I listened to it again and started to realise what it was all about. Since then it's grown into a firm favourite. Not 5 star Euphoria like maybe people expect after the Renaissance cds, but it's not another GU or Renaissance mix.
So,maybe not the best they've ever done but still way ahead of the rest.
 Borefest July 6, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you expect something similar to the Northern Exposure series you could be disappointed, as I was. Gone are the lush soundscapes, now replaced by the darker minimalist/tribal prog house/trance sounds - whatever you call it - like you get with the Global Underground series. Frankly, after a couple of listens it gets very boring, due to the general lack of any discernible, let alone remotely memorable, tunes. If the deep prog sounds of Steve Lawler, Bedrock etc are really your bag you'd probably like this. For me it is one tedious borefest.
 Modern classical May 7, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Even though it's been three years since the release of this album, it is still one of my favorite albums. It is easily the one I go to for comfort in times of need. Sasha and Digweed show that together as a team, they are second to none...I like disc 1 more out of the two by virute of the track selection. Sasha takes you off easy, but by the time Clapton gives way to Sven Vath, you're grooving. I heard Barbarella for the first time at the release party for Communicate at Twilo (the club which this album is a tribute to) and it is the closest thing to orchestral perfection, a modern Mozart symphony. Deep Dish have seriously outdone themselves, creating chills and thrills and sounds galore, and each time you listen to the track, there is something new to cling onto and love. Sasha lets you off into a nice hard groove with Voices and builds into one of the greatest mixes I have ever heard, from Muzak into Pushing Too Hard. Anyone who was in the club or rave scene at this time have no doubt felt the frenzy that these two tracks create. Put them together, and it's like no other... Killahurtz- West on 27th is another Twilo favorite. Dark shifting and moody, the riff WILL get you. Sasha ends it with his one time fave, Breeder, mixed into a track that could very well make you cry, The Baguio Track. All of these tracks went on to become huge tracks in and of themself, but they aren't the normal cheese you'll hear by other bigtime DJ's. It's quality track selection by a truly quality DJ. Disc 2. Well... it's just a very nice bonus to disc 1, chosen more for its atmosphere and energy, vs. Disc 1's excellent track selection. Buy this album for Disc 1, keep it for Disc 2.
easily the best work of sasha and digweed January 18, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
the mixing (especially cd1) and song selection is five stars and rivals oakenfolds tranceport and van dyks seven ways and out there and back. it numbs u into relaxation and then hits you with those beats that get ur adrenalin pumping. ideal after a hard days work and when you just want to chill out. to get best results listen through ear/headphonesphones to get the finer details of the music and it MUST be played from start to finish to fully appreciate this great work of art. it is better than any global underground album (All of the ones ive listened to which include oakenfold/digweed/sasha all worthy of 5 stars). i would recommend this album to any house/trance fan. if you are thinking of buying any of sasha/digweed work , i would buy communicate 1st, its worth every penny.
Twilo-tastic!!!! December 11, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think many people have missed the point of this nem album. It's not "Northern Exposure 4," Sasha and Digweed have taken a whole new direction, which is represented by tne new title. Personally I think its excellent, CD1 is the perfect driving CD with the "Saints and Sinners" track being a prime example. I like the way it flows from deep house to tech-house to more progressive grooves (Breeder's Tyrantanic). CD2 is much more progressive beginning with a track from James Holden, keeping varied with tracks from Killerloop, P.F.N and the Chemical Brothers. It is much more of a journey, gradually becoming more melodic till it peaks at the Schiller track, then rocking to the end. I welcome this new direction, it is a better representation of what they're playing in the clubs, compared to the "Northern Exposure" series.
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