MMII [VINYL]

1) Before his recent Fabric mix, Diggers had gone through a slightly duff minimal Progessive patch, this MMII fell within that period.
2) After searching for 5 years to find the promo only copy of Shakespears Sister - Black Sky with the Underworld mix on, Diggers goes and sticks it on the vinyl issue of MMII, one year after managing to track it down. Guh.

So I find myself in my new house in the outskirts faced with a grey day, a commute into the centre and needing something to just wash away the hordes of the suits, hustle and bustle. After exhausting the collection that was immediate to hand after moving and a LARGE quantity of CDs being hidden away in moving boxes, I succumb to MMII. And you know what? Its a real joy. Struck a much larger chord with me than I was expecting.

The opening section featuring gentle breaks and floating synths stirred feelings of Sasha-esque track selection, a large contrast to the grinding funk of the Fabric mix, the tunes mixing together with the same kind of flow and ease of the Northern Exposure mixes. Just listen to the way you suddenly find yourself progressing from the gentle breaks to the slighty darker hypnotic 4/4 beats as the mix progresses. The house beats don't gatecrash into the mix, but just arrive hamoniously with the pace and intention of the mix. Of course the track selection is spot on, plus the presence of 92's still excellent and still fresh Black Sky is just the icing on the cake really.

Nice contrast to the current sound of Diggers and light years ahead of the likes of Communicate and GU:Los Angeles. Excellent mix.


fantastic   October 23, 2005
J. J. Cook (london)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I can understand some peoples thoughts about this mix...i nearly thought the same....but then i came to my senses. This mix is truly outstanding, great partner to listen to after listening to northern exposure volume 1. You really have to listen to this mix a few times to truly appreciate what its doing. it gets played about once a week.B uy it.


A MUST FOR CLUBBERS AND NON CLUBBERS!!!!!!!!!   September 25, 2005
Aleksander Pieri (Croatia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

MMII is excellent work. Put it beside Sasha GU13 Ibiza and Involver, Perfect collection :-) Dont hesitate! I only regret that the last track Mandalay is not in a vocal version like Seaman put it on his GU Cape Town.


A MUST FOR CLUBBERS   February 25, 2005
Aleksander Pieri (Croatia)
Excellent and intelligent mix. Usualy I odnt like progressive, but this is very fluid in listening and joyfull while driving on a highway. A must CD.


A MUST FOR CLUBBERS!   February 25, 2005
Aleksander Pieri (Croatia)
Yummy I love MMII, also the title is attractive. For those like who doesn't like much than the progressive house, this CD is a brilliant and intelligent mix, from begining to the last three amaizing track. A must.