Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine

Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records is proud to present it's second DJ mix album from international DJ phenomenon Seb Fontaine. Seb is the latest British DJ to obtain superstar status on this side of the Atlantic. Constantly touring the US with the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Timo Mass, as well as his own headlining dates, Seb was recently voted on of the top 5 UK DJ's by DJ Magazine. Always a leader, "Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine" sees Seb pushing the big club sound deeper and darker, with an incredible x2CD mix of current and future dance floor classics.

Tracks:

Pete Tong & Chris Cox pres. Noho Porn Stars "MORE INTENSITY"
Rene Amesz "Back Into The Funk"
Thick Dick "Tweakin" (Saeed Mix)
Chiapet "Westworld" (Nic Fanciulli's Skylark Mix)
Seb Fontaine & Jay P "Do the Do"
Saeed and Palash "Champion" (Palash Mix)
Zoot Woman "Grey Day" (Paper Faces Remix)
Reflekt "Need To Feel Loved" (Type Album Mix)
Morillo & Co. "Dancin" (Fuzzy Hair Remix)
Sucker DJ's "Lotta Loving" (Paradise Soul Mix)

Tracks:

Sebastian Ingrosso "Get It Back" w/ Harry "Choo Choo" Romero "What Happened"\
Eric Entrena "Arabian Nights"
Bent "Comin Back" (West London Deep Remix)
Outgrowz feat. New -G "Wrong" (CeCem & Peter Luts Dark Edit)
Sander Kleinenberg "My Lexicon" (Step & 16 Bit Lolita Remix)
Greg Churchhill "Infused Trash"
Smith and Selway "The Way It Is" (Acid House Mix)
Alex Neri "Club Element"
Calderone & Quayle "Resonate"
Dylan Rhymes "The Way" (Evil 9 Mix)
Jaydee "Plastic Dreams" (Andrea Doria Breaks Mix)

Album Description

With Seb's sound fully realized at both his club and on his non-stop global tour dates, it was fitting for Seb to launch the natural continuation of his legendary Prototype mix album series in the form of Type. With one eye on his established sound, and one eye on the future of electronic music, Seb puts forth his strongest effort to date on Type. The tracklisting is filled with tough, chunky, digital-edged house music (which Seb deems "electronic house"), and represents one of the most forward thinking efforts ever put forth on a Perfecto compilation. The mix also includes two Fontaine original productions: the funky chugger "Do The Do" produced with Jay P, and the soon to be huge "Need to Feel Loved", produced under the Reflekt moniker. Progressive, electro, trance, and house heads will all find something to like about this mix…

Customer Reviews:

Yeah, it's solid. But it could've been more; not a bad party choice........2007-01-27

What initially attracted me to this album were the incredibly infectious, hard-hitting beat-loops which caught me completely off guard as I listened to it at the record store. I decided to buy it, and I'm not REGRETTING the decision, but there are a few more albums with such intensity (perhaps ISOS3? Solarstone's Destinations Vol. 1?) which I would have rather spent my money on. But, this CD is strong.

Fontaine leads us through a two-disc myriad of breakbeat, thumping dance music. If clubs wont play progressive, minimal, melodic/vocal and tech house/trance, this is next in line. But dont mistake that: In its own right, this CD in every way belongs in a dark, anonymously misty and heart-thumping bass filled room crowded with Hi-NRG ravers and casual dancers alike.

Particularly on disc 1, however, the mix selections could have been just... well, just better. I HATE the track 'tweakin' (Saeed Mix), with its repetitive and glammed up song line, 'we, be tweakin, like every single weekend we be tweakin'. There are only so many times I can hear that line, in one single song, before having to skip ahead. My sanity depends on it. I liked the opening Noho Porn Stars' "More Intensity" which flows nicely into Rene Amesz's "Back Into the Funk", but unfortunately the antecedent to that track is "Tweakin'". I cant get past that fallacy of a track in its inopportunely placed location! I have tried.

I'll say a few short words on disc 2, because in terms of elaborative criticism there isnt much to be said. One standout track, and whose remix I really enjoyed by Fontaine, was Sander Kleinenberg's "My Lexicon" [Stef & 16 Bit Lolita Remix], as I am always excited to see it appear after being introduced to it on one of Sasha's Global Underground releases (Ibiza, I believe it was...). Otherwise, a great combination of breakbeat, hard-hitting and sometimes melodic trance without as much annoying vocal intrusion as the first disc. A good buy, especially if you need something accessible to bring to a party centered around consistently danceable music. I'd probably include this disc along with The Politics of Dancing 2 ~ Paul van Dyk and maybe Emersons GU015: Uruguay. I'm not saying these releases sound alike at all; merely that they could concievably serve the same purpose when proposed for a party; that is, to get people funkified and in the mood to party!

~Lex

Solid.......2006-09-17

A good exemplification of hard house here. I'm kinda impressed although like another review it reminds me of Sander K, maybe because he was just in my player. Some tracks are borderline tribal with the drums banging, but overall, a hard house album for the pleasant ear. Cool vocal interludes. The second disc displays originality and it blew me off my toes. Especially with the tracks Outrowz "Wrong!" and Sander K's "My lexicon".

Disc 1: 3.5 stars
Disc 2: 5 stars

One of Perfectos best!.......2006-04-19

Damn this is great. After listening to Fabric 20 I decided to get more house music.

Now if this isn't house I don't know what this is but all I know this is some sick $hit!

At first it was kinda crazy cause I was expecting something like Fabric 20 but what I got instead was better.

CD1 is so great on track selection and mixed so great. (After the third time listening to this CD a finally saw the beauty of it. And I was left speechless).

CD2 Damn he starts with a great song in the beginning which grabs your attention and sensation to dance and almost to the whole album he will keep mixing good.(But in the middle it kinda gets boring)

Verdict: 5.0 out of 5.0 This is great and you need to give this album a couple of spins before actually enjoying this. Seb mixes great on. Buy this I loved this one!

has its moments.......2006-02-12

As a whole these cd's are not Seb's best work. But if you like the 'commercial' sound of Oakie then you will love it. He has definately replaced a lot of his regular funk and edge for some atmosphere and POPie baselines. The standouts on cd1 are "Tweakin", and Saeed and Palash's "Champion "which by the way is a bangin track. Cd2's standouts are #4 "wrong" and #5 "Lexicon".

As always Seb's mixing is utterly flawless, i would almost say that all of his cd's are laid out by a computer if i haden't seen him spin personally. Definately has its funky and 'chunky' moments but not often. I know that all artist have to move foreward or get left behind but we have enuf Oakies in the world.

Best DJ Album of 2005.......2005-11-30

Be prepared to warehouse style. This set takes you to so many adventures. Well done Seb, it is been a long time for me that i did not hear a set like this. This album will be around my classics "definitely".

The best album of 2005.

And second place goes to deep dark mix of "Anthony Pappa - Balance 006".

Average customer rating:

Sublime & annoying all at once - that takes some doing
The Ever-Evolving Seb!!!
I Wasted $20 on this cd
sublime
Not bad...

Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine
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Manufacturer: Thrive (Red)
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Prototype Vol. 3
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ASIN: B00009N1XO
Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

5am Soho (Different Gear Mix) - Saltpervert
India (Seb Fontaine Mix) - Shagrat
Workshop Of Devil - UDG
Are You A Freak? - Flatline
Crazy Hardcore Bitch - Andreas B
Distortion - David Guetta
Lil Silver Boogie Box - Soul Mekanik
Planet Rock / Funky Planet - Powers That Be Vs. Roland Clarke
Feel Alive (Scumfrog Mix) - Pure Orange feat. Shane Nolan
Dropped - The Mook
It's Love (Trippin) - Matrix Vs Goldtrix

Tracks:

The Force - Agent Sumo
'Don't Expect Me' - Aircrash Bureau
Into The Light - Jeffed
Timefactor - Bjorn Mandry
Groove Moderator (Miro Remix) - Saiko-pod
Rock - Digistar
Pushin' Too Hard (Futureshock's Confession) - Saints and Sinners
Collapse (Dub Mix) - Cinch
Spectrum - Mateo Murphy
Bang - Remy
Hold You - Didbaba

Album Description

Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records is proud to present it's second DJ mix album from international DJ phenomenon Seb Fontaine. Seb is the latest British DJ to obtain superstar status on this side of the Atlantic. Constantly touring the US with the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Timo Mass, as well as his own headlining dates, Seb was recently voted on of the top 5 UK DJ's by DJ Magazine. Always a leader, "Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine" sees Seb pushing the big club sound deeper and darker, with an incredible x2CD mix of current and future dance floor classics.

Album Description

Thrive Records is proud to present the third release on Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records. Seb Fontaine is the latest British DJ to obtain superstar status on this side of the Atlantic. Constantly touring with the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk and Timo Maas, Seb was voted one of the top 5 UK DJ's by DJ Magazine. This truly epic double CD mix album is set to become the breakout release for Perfecto/Thrive's growing phenomenon. Slipcase. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Sublime & annoying all at once - that takes some doing.......2004-01-20

What do you do when a mix transports you to dizzy heights one minute, and then irritates the heck out of you the next? If that puzzle is too much for you to handle, you may want to leave this mix well alone. However, for those of you who can put up with (or skip) nerve-jangling moments of sonic horror every now and again, this mix is a beauty - 'coz he's back, all right. With a bang. Like only he can.

I've long ago decided that nobody knows what Seb Fontaine's thinking except Seb Fontaine himself - the man seems to be comfortable with such drastic changes of direction when programming a mix that it's a little disorienting for a few of us. A classic example - mixes from his Prototype series with the Boxed label, which whipped from funky to deep to progressive to trancey with no time to breathe between tracks. That's part of the appeal of a Seb mix, I guess - track selection like there's no tomorrow, sorta like the feel of a DJ going mad in a club. Ergo, you're going to have to expect the disconnected feel that some tracks induce ("What the %^@* is he trying to do?!"). This mix showcases this ability to enthrall & frustrate in equal parts by interspersing driving rhythms and banging tempo with maniacally repetitive vocals that I simply don't see the point of - sometimes right in the middle of an otherwise brilliant track.

Disc 1 starts you off well enough, with Saltpervert's "5 AM Soho" providing the perfect foundation for a groove-oriented, high energy mix. Seb's own remix of Shagrat's "India" carries on well, and when Flatline's "Are You a Freak?" dropped, I was just getting ready to bow to the master. Then, it happened - the title vocal moved from being just right to plain peurile (areyouafreakareyouafreakareyoufreak... enough already!). I love everything else about this track - wouldn't a dub have done so much by cutting a little? We'll never know - this is Seb's party, and you just have to keep up, I guess. By the time I was back in the groove, David Guetta's "Distortion" was driving appropriately hard, and segued superbly into Soul Mekanik and further into The Mook, before ending with the suitably pulsing "It's Love (Trippin)".

OK - just an aberration on Track 4, you think. Let's move on to Disc 2.

He does it again - right in the beginning. Otherwise fine track absolutely mauled by a pointless, looped vocal. I could cry with disappointment, but things get hauled back up again in a serious hurry - tracks 3, 4, 5 & 6 are vintage Seb. Wild, out of control grooves brought to shuddering halts with outworldly, trippy breakdowns - this is what he does best. By the time MAteo Murphy's "Spectrum" breaks over your speakers, you've moved through enough suitably electro-clash territory to satisfy followers of the year's biggest trend. Overall result - satsfaction.

Bottom Line - He's a mad magician. Don't come here if you're looking for consistency. But if you want to experience the buildup of epic sound to that defining moment that only Seb can provide, go get it. It may make you shake your head in bewilderment once or twice, but you'll always be yanked back into the groove eventually.

Disc 1 - 3 stars.
Disc 2 - 4 stars.
Reviewer's Tilt - An extra 1/2 star (aww, it's Seb, after all :-D)
Overall - 4 stars. Does him no harm at all.

The Ever-Evolving Seb!!!.......2003-10-19

This set is sick! Seb gets right into it from the start. Excellent programming. This is a must have for Seb fans! He kills it on this one.

I Wasted $20 on this cd.......2003-10-13

I found this cd to be overly repetitve and boring. As a fan of Sasha, Digweed, Van Dyk and crew, I would recommend any album by these DJ's over this Perfecto compilation

sublime.......2003-09-06

track 1 on cd 2 is definately the worst track on either cd.
but its not THAT bad. you can/will survive listening to it!

and i kid you not, other than that track, this cd is FLAWLESS. its dark, moody, and full of beats. i'm going record shopping for a couple of the tracks on here, like track 1 cd 1. great vocals. love 'em.

oh and i saw seb fontaine a couple weeks ago in chicago. got my flyer (looks like the cd cover) signed! wooha!

this cd is great!

Not bad..........2003-08-04

The Seb is back indeed considering this album is much better than his previous one, but I was not wowed like I was with Prototype 1 and 2. The first song on disk 2 made me very annoyed. How many times can you repeat the words: Chicago, Detroit, New York in one song??? I'll tell you: 30 times in less than 8 minutes. That's just wrong. Therefore, considering the lack of "wow" factor and such amazingly annoying repetition on song one of disk 2, this CD deserves a 4. Try a little harder Seb!

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PERFECTO

Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine
Seb Fontaine
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00009WNC3
Release Date: 2003-07-15

Tracks:

5 A.M. Soho [Different Gear Mix]
India [Seb Fontaine Mix]
Workshop of Devil
Are You a Freak?
Crazy Hardcore Bitch
Distortion - David Guetta
Lil Silver Boogie Box - Soul Mekanik
Planet Rock/Funky Planet - Roland Clarke, Powers That Be
Feel Alive [Scumfrog Mix] - Shane Nolan,
Dropped
It's Love (Trippin) - Goldtrix,

Tracks:

Force - Agent Sumo
Don't Expect Me - Aircrash Bureau
Into the Light
Timefactor - Bjorn Mandry
Groove Moderator [Miro Remix]
Rock - Digistar
Pushin' Too Hard [Futureshock's Confession] - Saints & Sinners
Collapse [Dub Mix]
Spectrum - Matt Murphy
Bang - Remy
Hold You

Customer Reviews:

PERFECTO.......2003-08-22

Like we say in spanish : PERFECTO , which means perfect, from the track selection to the mixing and production, iam the type of person that really puts attention to the whole production of the album .. and let me tell you that its perfecto !!! a lot of bass , groovy and ofcourse a lot of progressive which is the main idea of this album ,,, buy it , you wont regret.

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