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Genre:
Electronica
Release Date: 03/01/2008
The fifth installment of the
Subliminal Sessions finds
Subliminal label head/DJ
Erick Morillo returning to the helm after letting longtime collaborator/producer
Jose Nunez spearhead the fourth edition. However, a lot of things separate this particular release from its predecessors, which could make it easily a contestant for the strongest release yet. Amazingly enough, he forgoes a lot of the
progressive house fanfare that he's been associated with and takes on the classics for the first disc. Disc one starts off with
Dan Hartman's lost classic
"Relight My Fire," and
More works his way through some early Chicago jack tracks courtesy of
Tyree and
Lil' Louis before making a detour in N.Y.C. to pick up the
Pal Joey/
Earth People anthem
"Dance." He intersperses exclusive
a cappella tracks from his
Subliminal imprint here and there, and they work well -- sometimes almost too well (especially in the case of laying
Harry Romero's
"Corruption" over
Tyree's classic
"Acid Crash"). From there, though, things get back to familiar sexy
Subliminal territory. Heavy-laden percussion and tribal tracks flow aplenty, all the way well into the second disc, where things get intense and peak with
Lil' Louis' epic
house anthem
"French Kiss" and work their way to the end, where there is yet
another gem, this time from
Detroit techno legends
Reese & Santonio with their
KMS lost classic
"Rock to the Beat." It's not the most representative mix CD of
Morillo's style, but it is most definitely the most adventurous and diverse mix CD he's done to date. The exploration of mixing the new with the old and the challenge of bringing it all together seamlessly make
Subliminal Sessions, Vol. 5 worth the purchase price.
~Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
;)
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