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Renaissance: Transitions | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Digweed
Label: Thrive (Red)
Category: Music
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 35135
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 90753
UPC: 651249075320
EAN: 0651249075320
ASIN: B000FP2ZP8
Release Date: June 27, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Partial Arts Cruising | | • | Every Feelin | | • | Popnonname On The Run | | • | Margot meets The Melody Maker Torch (Extrawelt Remix) | | • | Tigerskin Neontrance | | • | Catwash (DJ Wild & Chris Carrier) Plastic Rubberband | | • | David K Beautiful Dead | | • | Dringer Flake Escape | | • | Rocco Roots 4 Acid | | • | Trick & Kubic ft. Valeska Easy (Niekisch and Hermann Dub) | | • | On Spec Knights Of Columbus | | • | John Digweed Warung Beach (Luetzenkirchen Remix) | | • | Michael de Hey Jetchi | | • | Dana Bergquist McEnroe | | • | Paul Kalkbrenner Gebruenn Gebruen |
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Amazon.com
John Digweed has kept busy in recent years, with everything from remix records (like last year's Fabric 20 release) and Podcasts to collaborative projects with his Bedrock partner Nick Muir. Transitions is taken from his globally syndicated radio show of the same name, and is just the first in a promised series of discs. Digger's expansive approach to dance music has led him down both light (the Northern Exposure collaborations with Sasha) and dark (Global Underground: Los Angeles) paths, and while Transitions can be sparse, it's mostly an up trip. The beats are exceedingly solid when they kick in, scattered with the DJ's usual patience and dance floor sense. A welcome melodicism floats in and out of the mix, as Popnonname's "On The Run" winds around a kind hook while Rocco's "Roots 4 Acid" goes for theatrics. There's an airy feel to the record, mostly in the texture and tinges of electro on tracks like On Spec's "Knights of Columbus" with its wiry little bassline grabber. It could use a bit more variation; the thing ends just when the vibe really starts to settle in. A 2-cd set may have worked better, but that's more quibble than criticism. Enjoy. - Matthew Cooke
Album Description
John Digweed, along with DJ partner Sasha, made dance music history with the 1995 release of Mix Collection on the Renaissance label. This album is widely considered to be the first DJ mix album ever commercially released, and it set the standard for every DJ mix album that was to follow. 10 years later, John Digweed now returns to Renaissance with the release of Transitions. With the title taken from his globally syndicated radio show, the single disc project will be released as two volumes each year, a showcase of John's inimitable sound and flawless mixing which has established him as one of the world's most innovative DJs, firmly lodged amongst the upper echelons of the A-list. The album features the exclusive new Digweed track "Warung Beach."
Album Description
2006 mix CD by the man who put the 'J' and the 'D' in DJ! This mix, his first for Renaissance in 10 years, features tracks from Partial Arts, Tigerskin, David K, Margot Meets The Melody Maker, Rocco and others. 15 tracks total.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 A Good Set of Headphones is a Must July 16, 2008
Cloudman (Vancouver, BC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At the time of writing this review, I'd have to say that the first installment of John Digweed's Transitions series edges out as my favorite (although I've yet to hear Vol. 4).
Transitions Vol. 1 features some of the finest mixing and editing on any commercial set I've listened to, and this is the album's strongest element in my opinion. The tracks themselves are pretty good but there are a few ho-hum selections scattered throughout the set and the album can sound a tad monotoneous on the first couple of run-throughs.
I found that the true complexity and experimentation of the mix and each of the individual tracks could only appreciated while using a good pair of high quality headphones. There are just too many suttle sounds and swift programming which can't be fully experienced without headphone isolation.
Transitions is a situational album to me. As mentioned, it is the kind of set that is most enjoyable with a set of headphones, but also requires your undivided attention. It is a wonderful album to listen to while kicking back on a comfortable chair, sofa, or bed without any distractions.
4/5 stars
 My Favourite DJ June 25, 2008
Cooper Jones (Athens, GA, US)
Digweed has proven once again that he's a master at creating tight cohesive mixes of music that seems to be both energizing and calming at the same time. Since his mixes are almost entirely instrumental, you don't get caught up in the words and you can really enjoy the music. They provide the perfect soundtrack for my day.
 When computer mixed house could blow your mind with infinite possibilities, Digweed has chosen to make things even sparser April 26, 2008
Christopher Culver
In 2006, after hosting the radio programme "Transitions" for a few years, DJ John Digweed began to release single-disc mixes twice a year representative of what he was playing over the airwaves. This TRANSITIONS disc was the first installment. Unfortunately, it is the first Digweed mix CD that has disappointed me.
I have to admit, I should have seen it coming. I've never found the "Transitions" radio program particularly compelling. It exists mostly to let Digweed experiment, and the goal is more to provide a background listening experience for the guy at home or work than a clubland aural journey. And these days Digweed is spinning a style that many are calling minimalist, slower and with even less development than his controversial 2000 Mayan Theatre sets represented on the Global Underground: Los Angeles retrospective. His sets also continue the trend of one track following another, with minimal computer editing. When Sasha released his Fundacion NYC mix in 2005, that should have pointed the way forward for a more rich and cerebral experience, with elements from multiple tracks pulled into the mix at once.
After the rousing beginning of Partial Arts' "Cruising" mixed into Every's "Feelin'", we proceed through half of disc of complete emptiness. Eventually Rocco's "Roots 4 Acid" and the following "Easy (Niekisch and Hermann Dub)" by Trick & Kubic ft. Valeska bring some excitement in. From there, howver, things stumble on without building up as much as they should in a single-disc mix. "Warung Beach", here represented in the Luetzenkirchen Remix, is the first Bedrock track I've even heard that hasn't been stunning.
If you've not heard the solo work of John Digweed before, the Global Underground: Hong Kong retrospective is probably the most generally accessible starting point, although I favour the LA set.
Bass-Heavy December 22, 2007
Asad Hussain (New Brunswick, NJ)
After not having listened to his album in a very long time, I decided to listen to it again since I just had gotten new (powerful) speakers coupled with the fact that it was winter break so no one was around so I could turn it up as loud as I wanted... and wow. just wow. The difference it makes if you have the proper amount of bass is astounding. I used to think this album was good, but now I would say it is probably one of my favorites, if not THE favorite. This just makes me want to go see him play live even more, as I would bet that these songs sound AMAZING on club systems; which is one of the downfalls of progressive/house/tech/trance songs.. when played on a system such as Pacha NYC (an dynacore alpha system) make the song sound very different, and usually if not always a lot better than when people usually listen to them on normal stereo systems.... especially some one like digweed, who relies on deep dark bass heavy sounds.
Good album that gets better... October 24, 2007
tu'ens (CHI, USA)
At first I thought this was a pretty good cd but over the last few months, I've come to like it more and more. I think most people would like this cd, it seems simple but has some deep complexities and is mixed really well. Even within progressive house theres sometimes a risk that it will go too far into trances and be too "spacey" or let the keyboards get too outta control (or get heavy on vocals) which just makes it cheesy. This stays mainly deeper in terms of sounds but with an upbeat tempo which makes it sound awesome with solid grooves that still thump. Great for driving or whatever.
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