Nightlife Vol.4 (Andy C Presents) - Various Artists

Advantages: One of the best DnB albums around, loads of good tracks
Disadvantages: Umm...

...This is one of the best Drum n Bass albums out (and a lot better than the 1st Nightlife). If contains 29(!!!!) amazing songs, which is very rare. But that isn't even the best thing about the album. The thing that puts it so far ahead of the rest is Andy C's mixing, its AMAZING. The average track length is around 2 minutes and the songs are usually being mixed for around 30 secs so this mean that the tracks are only left for about 1min without being mixed. Which may sound like a bad thing because you would think that you would miss all the good parts of the songs, but somehow he's managed to pick the best parts of the songs and they all sound great.... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of great titles
Disadvantages: No general mood

...This CD was supposed to be a first really massive compilation of drum'n'bass all time best titles. And it did a good job. But it definetly could have done much better. It's obvious that Andy C wanted to represent d'n'b of all the kinds in his compilation. Here we will find some great jump-up tracks, some funky stuff, some moody tracks and some easy to hear ambient d'n'b. But this also results in an absence of a general mood of a compilation, of some idea that could make these tracks stand together. There's nothing like that here, and fading of some tracks to the others sometimes looks simply odd. Another thing is that although good titles are in good numbers here, there are too much weak ones between them. Because of these two things we have the biggest disadvantage of both CD's: although great tracks are included and the mixing... Read review

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Advantages: Great variety, Awesome songs, Superior Mixing by Andy C!
Disadvantages: Wish it was longer!!

...Having always been an Andy C fan, I got this CD as soon as I heard about it and saw that it had received several awards which made me even more excited! The variety of tracks found on the two CDs is amazing! 29 tracks on the first CD and 14 on the 2nd. Eventhough the tracks vary so much, they way they are mixed together by Andy C just makes the whole CD flow along into one long pleasurable experience! I actually took this cd to my friends in the states to listen on the long drives there and they listen to country and rock.. but after I played this CD we were listening to it over and over on the long drives! I gotta say, fantastic road music, makes the drive go by quickly. Some amazing songs on the 1st CD including: Logitics - Together DJ Fresh - Submarines Subfocus - X-Ray Ed Rush - Bacteria Calyx - Headhunter Future... Read review

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