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FULL TIME Dad caring for Tia (4yrs 8mths) officially from 14th Dec 2008. Just started College too, National Diploma Lvl 3 Business + Re-taking Maths GCSE.
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Deca Dance have compiled a 6xCD album covering the best of progressive music titled – The Ultimate Hard House Album.
There is no doubt that Ultimate with this is an understatement for sure. You may see Hard House and think that this album is full of noise, drums, whacky beats and bumping riffs but you are so wrong, even if you are female.
Going to Live Concerts, going out to Huge mad Events such as Slammin Vinyl, Homelands and the Reading Festival all seems to be something un-comparable. These mad events and concerts you go to fill you with delight, get your feet bouncing and you smiling, there great.
But Now, Deca Dance have finally released an album which can more than compare to this as this album covers not only a huge range of tunes but the sound quality and mixing have you believing your at the Biggest Ever event in your life and yet your possibly just in your room with the volume on 1. It’s that good! DECA DANCE - Background : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Deca Dance are actually American and if I had knew this before buying the album I would have not brought the album because it seems so unlightly that an American could line up an album of tracks which I’d personally enjoy.
Although Deca Dance maybe American they do have production teams here in the UK although most of their work continues in their home country.
Deca Dance are much wider known than I actually first thought. In America they are the ‘ Daddies’ to holdong and presenting huge events like Homelands and others we have here. To continue their success they’ve produced a many number of albums similar to this Hard House one and some have previously been released.
Deca Dance are like a mobile club, an international unit too. They travel the states pulling off memorable events with all the many types of sounds and here in the UK we get the very best of it by having the albums which are of course their most successful mixes.
Disc ONE: Anthems
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 > Benny Bassi - No Matter What You Do 2 > DJ Sammy – The Boys Of Summer 3 > Divine Inspiration – The Way 4 > JX – Restless 5 > Paffendorf – Be Cool 6 > DJ Misjah & DJ Tim – Access 7 > Cosmic Gate – Fire Wire 8 > Styles & Breeze – Let Me Fly 9 > Public Domain – Rock
Da Funky Beats 10 > Lost Witness – 7 Colours
The tracks on CD One are extremely familiar and right to be titled as the Anthems. Though this is more of a progressive Dance sound here as there mainly Dance & House tunes but have been fired up with new over-riding mixes.
You’ll recognize DJ Sammy, Paffendorf and Public Domain as were huge hits in your local clubs but then we have a few tracks such as Styles & Breeze’s – Let Me Fly and DJ Misjah & DJ Tim’s – Access which are both more heavy. They are much fatter with the heavy chords and stomps of drum hits but still keep it to a low level making sure any Dance fanatic would appreciate dancing with this.
Only Fire Wire by Cosmic Gate is much more banging. The tune already used a phat riff using a drum hit repeatedly and now with this mix the hitting sections are prolonged and therefore your swept over by a hard hitting sound which will sure make your neighbours know of it.
Disc TWO: FloorFillers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 > BK – Revolution 2 > Michael Woods ft. Warrior – If U Want Me 3 > Future Breeze – Temple Of Dreams 4 > Jan Wayne – Because The Night 5 > Saint ft. Suzanna Dee – Show Me Heaven 6 > Brooklyn Bounce – Loud & Proud 7 > The Sax Brothers – Careless Whisper 8 > BM Dubs – Whoomp! There It Is … 9 > Novaspace – Time After Time 10 > Airhead – Dubble Bubble
Disc Four offers a much harder sound this time. Fetauring DJ’s such as BK, quality producing artists like Future Breeze and simple club fillers like the Dance loved Jan Waynes – Because The Night.
But from the begginning of the CD you hyped into speed, either dancing away or rocking some part of your body to fast tripping chords and beats. BK starts this off with Revoloution and is known for his hard sound with his productions being hits on the Hard House and House scene. But the clever placing of this track sure gets you ready for the rest of the quality listing with the tracks tripping and strectched sectioned chords.
Warrior chose to go a little different with their later track – If U Want Me using Imagen Bailey’s voice to catch us on the chorus. The tune has something missing and seems like it has a floor somewhere but the use of female lyrics make this track one to listen to.
Huge tracks on Disc Four, Future Breeze sounding on key with their successful hit – Temple Of Dreams, it’s trance sounding and melody based but gives enough to please anyone. Again we have another tune everyone should love with the famous stretched and bended chord – Careless Whisper by the The Sax Brothers. A tune which gets your body moving and jolting to the rhythm flowing Saxophones. An excellent CD.
Disc THREE: Harder
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 > Tomcraft – Brainwashed 2 > Slipmatt – Space 3 > Matt Darey – U Shine On 4 > Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer 5 > Warrior – Warrior 6 > Jessy – Look At Me Now 7 > Northstarz – These Dreams 8 > Sundance – Won’t Let This Feeling Go 9 > Klaas Renger – Reach Out 10 > Expandable – Kia
With the Title for this CD being ‘ Harder’ it’s not hard to guess that your getting a harder sound. This is the Hard House side to the album having Tomcraft and Matt Darey just being 2 of the big names here.
Tomcraft, Matt Darey, Slipmatt and Warrior are all names which will be known by any of you hard clubbers and Stella downers. Matt Darey’s quite diverse with his sound but in this you have his ‘ U Shine On’ with Marcella Woods and it’s a classic which always gets me dancing.
The mixes all work to have the tune sounding like its actually coming straight at you by pumping out the tracking chords and riffs. Drums aint too big here and has a trancy feel especially with it having European DJ’s at work listed on this CD.
One of the best CD’s of the album as it fulfills me as a Hard House lover and more Progressive dancer so anyone liking the harder and much faster sound to music then yeah, get your name written over this because it’ll be in your stereo for time.
Disc FOUR: Faster
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 > Public Domain – Operation Blade 2 > Storm – Time To Burn 3 > Voodoo & Serano – Blood Is Pumpin 4 > Svenson & Gielen – The Beauty Of Silence 5 > Lock N Load – Blow Ya Mind 6 > Minimalistix – Magic Fly 7 > Hi-Gate – Pitchin’ 8 > Decoy & Roy – Inner Life 9 > Pierre Van Helvig – Ghetto Blaster 10 > Fleece – Carnival
This is by FAR the BEST CD of all 6. This CD’s Titled – Faster although the only thing
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about this is, how fast your heart will be beating when continuously dancing hard to the beats and tunes here on disc 4.Disc Four covers almost everything of what you’d like as a music fanatic. You have Public Domains Huge – Operation Blade, which starts you off pushing you into gear dancing with its hard House but Dance sound to it. This versions a little longer too, so makes sure that all the heavy thumps and basey beats really kick you into gear.
Disc Four also offers more unknown but classic sounds such as Pierre’s – Ghetto Blaster. These European DJ’s sure know how to make music, well some of them at least. This is FREE from Cheese and sure gets you stomping.
You have Blow Ya Mind, Blood Is Pumpin, Time To Burn and Hi-Gates – Pitchin all here on the disc to make sure you never have a dull moment. These tunes above all featured high in the clubs and are still playing today as well as a mix to the heavier side such as Hard House. Judge Jules helped to make Pitchin and this ensures you will not be let down by the huge tunes to album covers.
Disc FIVE: Hard Trance
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 > Yomanda – You’re Free 2 > QFX – Freedom 3 > Dee Dee – The One 4 > Stuart – Free 5 > The Space Brothers – One More Chance 6 > DJ Shog – Another World 7 > Boyos – Timewarp 8 > X-odus ft. Xan – I’m In Love Again 9 > Kris & Sy – Get Down 10 > Kris, Sy & The Trixta – The Ultimate
Trance should be something all dance and music lovers appreciate as the calm chords and light flowing beats are not only a chillout side to music but also brings people higher. When hearing all these chords knocking against each other your lifted higher and get forced to jump hectic with the beat but loving every minute.
Hard Trance is what they label this disc so therefore a more Techno side to Trance. Now the very first track is one everyone will know, its Yomanda’s remake of the cold classic – You’re Free. It’s much slower in sections and the mix builds up the main chorus and you cannot help but sing along while grinding your body to the floor.
But as for the other tracks, well personally I’m not all that convinced as I feel that they could have had a better line up being a Trance section of the album and could have done themselves true justice. Although this doesn’t mean it’s no good because you have tracks from Dee Dee, QFX, X-odus and big Hardcore Star – Sy.
This is a much more vaired disc with the mixes all compelling into eachother and different drum riffs popping away flat to varied baselines, many of them good, but a few a bit querky.
Disc SIX: Classics
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 > Mauro Picotto – Pulsar 2 > Fergie & BK – Hoovers & Horns 3 > Tony De Vit – The Dawn 4 > Praga Khan – Injected With A Poison 5 > Norman Bass – How U Like Bass 6 > Trevor & Simon – Hands Up 7 > Flickman – The Sound Of Bamboo 8 > Taiko – Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro 9 > Modem – Contact 10 > Bad Habit Boys – Weekend
This is a mix of everything. It isn’t really Classics as it should be because there are so many better classics than what we have here but then like I say, this is more of a disc where they’ve thrown in the ones with no real particular sound.
You have the old pop banging club presented ‘ Hands Up’, Norman Bass’s phat Base tune and my favourite here – Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro which has that European sound but has the British banging sound influencing it as you some how love the tune as it just seems to work complete.
It’s a shame they ended the album with this as the last listing because if you had maybe the Faster or Floor Fillers here at the end then yeah it’d be no end because you’d carry on playing the final disc being so good. But still you’ll notice some of the top names there such as BK and Mauro Picotto.
The Ultimate Hard House Album - Overall : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This album is fantastic! It cost me only £5.99 from ex-Woolworths but don’t let the cheap price fool you. The album covers many classics, anthems and tunesand is still available in many shops and good record stores.
The album is labelled as an Hard House album and to be fair it is that but not completely. Any Hard, Hard House fanatic will surely be a little dissapointed with something like this as there isn’t enough of the Andy C, Tidy Boys, Ann Savage, Lisa Lashes and all the top names. However this album’s like a whole in event on CD. Dance, Trance, House, Techno and Hard House of course. So anyone who enjoy’s their clubbing or faster music then this really is an album to buy.
I have been amazed to find an album with such a good ‘ Value For Money’ and this is the one. The casing even has the clubbers and bright green tripping lights pulsating across the cover so once you brought this you know exactly what you’re heading for, a fast paced, diverse, banging hard hitting album with all the hits to keep your night more than going!
See more about Deca Dance here : http://www.decadancerecords.com/
Buy It For £9.99 @ HMV here : http://www1.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=281;1;-1;-1&sku=183069
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Thanks for Reading, Enjoy! Gavin Fowkes.
NOTE : The album cover photo is the wrong one at the moment and I have contacted Ciao for them to correct it.
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