Ibiza Trance Club Vol.8 - Various Artists

Advantages: Classic tracks, no fillers
Disadvantages: Adagio for Strings is missing!

...! Disc One's stand out favourites for me include Storm's Time To Burn, Cosmic Gate's Fire Wire, IIO's Rapture, Angelic's It's My Turn (Angelic being Amanda, wife of DJ Judge Jules), an amazing Tiesto remix of Delirium's Silence, and one of my all-time favourite tunes, Sandstorm by Darude. So many memories of Ibiza and a brilliant, high-energy opening full of mainly chart hits and possibly the most recognisable tunes for the average listener. The second disc, although still full of recognisable hits, is a little more obscure and is possibly more familiar to the seasoned dance music fan. Again chock-full of trance anthems, Salvea Mea by Faithless builds the momentum, Planet Perfecto's Bullet in The Gun has you dancing like a loon and ten songs later, Lost Witness's Happiness Happening has you needing a quick sit down to recover before getting... Read review

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Advantages: 3 CDS - good value, lots of tracks
Disadvantages: Bad mixing, no vibe, soulless

...I do like my club music, you know. At 7.30 a.m., sat in the solitude of the office before everyone comes in, I’m sat there with my headphones on, pumping out one tune or another. It’s an acquired taste of course – you’re either that sort of person or you’re not – but I’ve been out clubbing since I was about 14 and I think it’s in my blood. Well, something certainly is, anyway. I do find, however, that I get very bored of compilation albums very quickly and I seem to buy them by the ream. As fast as the Ministry of Sound can bring them out, I’m buying them, along with all the Clubland ones and anything else I can lay my hands on. The History of Trance is a newish compilation from Warner Dance, and is the latest in a series of triple set CDs. I’ve been listening to it fairly... Read review

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Advantages: A couple of tunes there to make you twitch your head
Disadvantages: Cheesey to say the least

...the Sunshine Agnelli & Nelson - EMbrace Fragma - Toca Me Basstoy - Runnin' The Tamperer feat Maya - Hammer to the Heart Now these tracks are not what I call HUGE clubbing tracks from this time. I f I'd of walked into a nightclub and heard that trash playing I would have walked straight out and went elsewhere......... What the album looks like? Well it is Orange and Yellow on the cover. Mostly orange though. Has the writing - Club Mix Ibiza 2000 - 40 of the biggest Ibiza Club tracks (SUCH RUBBISH) in white writing along the front. There is a picture of a palm tree beside a beach with a set of decks. Think the cover suits the album though. Mixing on this album is ok - nothing to jump up and shout about. Back to the recommendation - nah still wouldnt recommend it. Not for the fact it is way out of date now anyway, just for the fact... Read review

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