Nightdrive

Nightdrive

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Carl Craig – Darkness

2. Luciano – Octogonal

3. Slam – Genex

4. Alex Smoke – Don't See The Point

5. Dominik Eulberg – Rotbauchunken (Robag Wruhme's Bombina Bumm Remix)

6. Nathan Fake – Dinamo (Dominik Eulberg's Dinamo Remix)

7. Slam feat. Tyrone Palmer – This World (Wighnomy Brothers and Robag Wruhme Remix) – A Cappella

8. Luci – Mullet Is In Da House

9. Robert Drewek vs. Tomie Nevada – Done In Two Days

10. Marc Houle – Demor

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Disc: 2

1. Mathew Jonson – Gemini

2. Model 500 – Electronic

3. ADJD – Audio Mechanic

4. John Dahlbäck & Staffan Linzatti – Outside

5. Slam – Human (Vector Lovers Remix)

6. Hacker & Millimetric & David Carretta – Moskow Reisen (Original Version)

7. Misc. – Ballett

8. Roman Flugel – Geht's Noch? (Steve Angello vs. Who's Who Mix)

9. SaD MaFioSo – Ce Que tu Cherches

10. Hiroki Esashika – Kazane

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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Slam is Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle. Synonymous with Glasgow's underground club scene and their sound-searching record label, Soma, the duo has garnered a reputation as international DJs, accomplished recording artists and respected collaborators.

Together with Resist, Slam is proud to present Nightdrive, their new brand mix project. Nightdrive takes in all that is currently hot in the world of deep, glitchy, minimal electronic house and techno, with a distinctively pan-European flavor.

Some of the hottest names in the scene come together, including Soma's Glaswegian wonder kid Alex Smoke, Swiss minimal maestro Luciano, Berlin's uber-cool Poker Flat label's Guido Schneider, Canadian genius Mathew Jonson, Parisian demi-gods Blackstrobe, and not forgetting a few choice cuts by Slam themselves.

The mix takes a different direction from the tougher techno sound, and provides the perfect soundtrack for - among other things - driving!

Tracks:

Carl Craig Darkness
Luciano Octogonal
Slam Genex
Alex Smoke Don't See The Point
Dominik Eulberg Rotbauchunken (Robag Wruhmes Bombina Bumm Remix)
Nathan Fake Dinamo (Dominik Eulbergs Dinamo Remix)
Slam feat. Tyrone Palmer This World (Wighnomy Brothers and Robag Wruhme Remix) A Cappella
Luci Mullet Is In Da House
Robert Drewek vs. Tomie Nevada Done In Two Days
Marc Houle Demor
Slam Kill The Pain (Marc Houle Vocal Mix)
Slam Kill The Pain (A Cappella)
Guido Schneider and Andre Galuzzi Survivor
Dub Kult On and On
Perc Splashy (Original Mix)
Marc O'Tool Gear 1
Mathias Schaffher Coincidance (Trentemoller Remix)
John Spring Strange (John Springs 2005 Revision)
Lee Van Dowski & Tsack Asem
Black Strobe Nazi Trance F*ck Off! (Remixed by James Holden)

Tracks:

Mathew Jonson Gemini
Model 500 Electronic
ADJD Audio Mechanic
John Dahlb & Staffan Linzatti Outside
Slam Human (Vector Lovers Remix)
Hacker & Millimetric & David Carretta Moskow Reisen (Original Version)
Misc. Ballett
Roman Flugel Gehts Noch? (Steve Angello vs. Who's Who Mix)
SaD MaFioSo Ce Que tu Cherches
Hiroki Esashika Kazane
Vector Lovers Suicide Android
Matt Tolfrey & Craig Sylvester The Horn
D'Void & Phil Kieran Black Worm
Adam Beyer & Henrik B The Conversation A
Basteroid Rabimmel

Album Description

Slam is Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle. Synonymous with Glasgow's underground club scene and their sound-searching record label, Soma, the duo has garnered a reputation as international DJs, accomplished recording artists and respected collaborators.

The mix takes a different direction from the tougher techno sound, and provides the perfect soundtrack for - among other things - driving!

Customer Reviews:

A heavy dose of dark tech house........2006-03-01

A whopping 35 tracks on 2 discs, and aside from the occasional electro track, it's all dark techno and minimal. If the quirky, grinding sounds of minimal techno aren't your favorite genre, do not look here, 'cause you'll be getting a heavy pounding of it. With all the crazy pings and beats in this type of music, I must admit that while driving, I sometimes can't tell if my car's falling apart or it's just the track! The aptly named Nightdrive signifies an incredible experience while playing this in the car, and I have been abusing both these discs over and over again since I got them. It's definitely not dance floor friendly music, and the tones are dark enough to scare the wits out of most elderly people, especially at night! There aren't really any true, full vocal tracks on here, with just the choppy acapellas and digitally distorted voices usually found in techno.

Out of the 35 tracks, I'd say there were only 4 that I was displeased with, and actually, they are both the starting two tracks on either disc. I just start each CD with track 3! Disc 1 is really downtempo until you get to tracks 7 & 8, and by track 9, things really heat up. The rest of the disc features some really funky but dark tech stuff, with Trentemoller's remix of Coincidance, and ends with an epic James Holden re-rub of an oddly titled Black Strobe track. Oddly, this last track is over 10 minutes, when you were lucky to find a 5 minute track in all the rest.

Disc 2 is higher energy stuff from the get go, and other than the 2 opening tracks, the entire disc is solid techno and tech house tracks. What stops this set from getting 5 stars from me is lack of monster tracks; tracks that blow up the mix and take it to the next level. While there are a few on here, nowhere near the quota I would expect from a 35 track mix. Don't get me wrong, other than the 4 tracks I mentioned, ALL songs are average to well above average. It's just that the well above average ones are fewer, and when you get to those, they only usually last 3 1/2 minutes (the average of most tracks on here), so you find yourself hitting the back skip button a lot. This mix definitely could have used longer cuts of some key tracks, even if it meant less tracks (there are certainly plenty of them anyway), and a better helping of top notch melodies.

Overall, a must buy for the tech house fan. I just wish the tracks were a bit more selective, fewer, and longer.

This is the business........2006-02-26

Slam definitely represent the best in techno and tech house. This two disc set does a great job of showing their range of tastes and sounds. Cd One is a slightly deeper, mellower affair. From the opening ambiance of Carl Craig's 'Darkness' to the driving rhythms of Marc O Tool's 'Gear 1', the first disc runs the gamut.
Cd Two hits the ground running. Choice tunes by Mathew Jonson, John Dahlbåck, Vector Lovers and Adam Beyer, to name a few, get blended together for a mix that showcases the progression and evolution of the techno sound.
Dark, Deep, Funky and just plain Good. Highly Recommended!

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