Renaissance: Transitions, Vol. 3 | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Digweed
Category: Music
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 863316
Format: Enhanced, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5060065336006
ASIN: B000VGSQ90
Release Date: September 25, 2007
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Disc 1
| • | Coma - John Digweed, Coe, A. | | • | Spheere - John Digweed, Marzenit, Marc | | • | There - John Digweed, Henschel, Rico | | • | Along the Wire - John Digweed, Kersten, Peter M. | | • | Maferefumeco - John Digweed, Voelker, Arno | | • | Advance Panorama - John Digweed, Fischer, Christian | | • | Chest in the Attic - John Digweed, Stickroth, Daniela | | • | Begun the End Has - John Digweed, | | • | Messene - John Digweed, Ritch, Paul | | • | Hedonism - John Digweed, Gerber, Guy | | • | Come into My World - John Digweed, Pelle Buys | | • | Genesis - John Digweed, Avital, Chaim | | • | Kore - John Digweed, Lodde, Paolo Albert | | • | JS Cuba - John Digweed, Cadiz, Aldo | | • | Seven - John Digweed, Ink And Needle | | • | Lowdown Brittle - John Digweed, O'Neal, Sean | | • | Giddy Down - John Digweed, Michaud, Charles | | • | Silverlake Pills - John Digweed, Freeland, Adam | | • | Ricochet Effect - John Digweed, Umek, Uros | | • | Save Me - John Digweed, Judah, Guy |
Disc 2
| • | Gridlock - John Digweed, Digweed, John |
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Album Description
Legendary DJ/Producer John Digweed returns with his third installment in the popular DJ album mix series, Transitions. Showcasing everything that John Digweed is known for; upfront tracks, seamless mixing and choice selections of the newest hard to find remixes, tracks and edits, Transitions 3 follows the lofty standards set by the previous two installments. With its name taken from Digweed's internationally syndicated radio show, Transitions 3 features tracks and remixes from Sasha, Adam Freeland, Josh Wink, Gui Boratto, Superpitcher and more, all specially edited and re-shaped by Digweed for the mix. Includes a bonus disc featuring Digweed and Muir's extended 25 minute mix of "Gridlock" and exclusive video footage of Digweed's recent Mayan gig in Los Angeles.
Album Description
2008 release that finds John Digweed concluding his Transitions series with a bang! Since it's launch, Transitions has become one of the most anticipated releases in the compilation calendar; over the past two years its single disc, twice-yearly format has provided Dance music fans a regular, contemporary snapshot of John. Now the first chapter in the Transitions' series reaches its conclusion with the highly anticipated fourth volume. 22 tracks from the likes of Jerome Sydenham & Tiger Stripes, Claude VonStroke, Jeff Bennett, Loco Dice, Guy J, Henry Saiz, Julien Parise, Nightguy, J"rg Burger and others. Renaissance.
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 A strong mix that rewards greatly if you approach it with audiophile curiosity September 22, 2008
Christopher Culver
While some long-time DJs are now releasing mix CDs years apart, John Digweed continues to fulfill his promise of a "Transitions" disc twice a year or so. With TRANSITIONS VOL. 3, however, he even gives us two CDs. The Transitions mix is still a single disc, but the bonus CD has a 25-minute extended remix of a Bedrock track. Those who follow Digweed's Kiss 100 radio programme will know generally what to expect here. While the first installment of the Transitions series disappointed me with banal track selection and little development, Digweed has clearly returned to form.
Much of the hype surrounding the release of the mix was due to its inclusion of Sasha's "Coma" as its opening track. While "Coma" is an okay tune, it's no "Xpander" or "Wavy Gravy". Instead of succeeding on the basis of anthems like many classic progressive mixes, the power of TRANSITIONS VOL. 3 comes from its succession of tracks very close in style, often indistinguishable, but continually raising the energy. The climax of the mix comes with a stunning return to turn of the millennium progressive, with tracks like Aldo Cadiz's "JS Cuba" and Ink & Needle's "Seven" strongly resembling Anthony Pappa's NUBREED release, and Someone Else's "Lowdown Brittle (Wink's Profound Sound Interpretation)" reminiscent of Digweed's own BEDROCK mix of 1999. A lot of fans of dance music listen on very basic equipment, and indeed few mixes require anything more. However, I strongly recommend listening to TRANSITION VOL. 3 on quality headphones or speakers. My impression of the album changed to the overwhelmingly positive only after I did so--at first I just didn't see what the fuss was about. Digweed isn't mixing minimal progressive house here as one might think. Rather, the detail in many tracks is in the low end and so should be heard on something with reliable bass reproduction.
While this is obviously computer-mixed, such possibilities are sparingly used and this is a pretty standard mix where one track follows another. I think Sasha's FUNDACION NYC mix CD of 2005, where the DJ had three or four tracks regularly going on at once and created a stunningly fresh multidimensional dance music, should have set a new standard for progressive house. For that reason, I subtract a star from my rating. Nonetheless, TRANSITION VOL. 3 is a worthy purchase, and stands as one of Digweed's best mixes of the last five years.
 This has to be in your cd collection July 7, 2008
A. Shmihelskyy (Chicago, IL USA)
This is the sound of future. Every track on this cd is perfect. It's groove!It's very individual and creative! It's a must for your cd collection.
Oh...What Could Have Been June 1, 2008
CloudMan (Sydney, NSW Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm always skeptical when an album features a high volume of tracks such as the third volume of John Digweed's Transitions. Call it personal preference or taste, but I find commericial albums that feature a smaller number of longer tracks better than vice versa. Of course it ultimately is about the tracks themselves.
This is definitely a minimal techno album, but it is much thicker and complex than the majority of dreary pure minimalist albums out there. It is also much more electro heavy than most. No progressive sounds to be heard here so if that is what your looking for in Transitions volume 3, I'd advise you to save your money.
During my first listen of this album, I quickly forgot about my love for epic sets and lengthy tracks as Digweed chooses complementing tracks that "transition" so nicely into each other that it is hard to dicern when a new track has actually begun. His mixing and editing is excellent throughout. No big surprise there.
The first 11 tracks are incredible, but I don't like where the set takes us after these amazing initial 40 minutes. In my opinion, a run of very unenjoyable tracks that take away from the set's power overall. Dark and deep works well in most other genres of electronica, but it doesn't bode well for minimal techno. There is just not enough depth in these tracks to make it work. Anyhow, the set recovers after this trek to the dark side with a couple of good closing tracks at the end.
Overall a good mix, but it could have been paramount if Digweed could have resisted the dark side.
3.5/5 stars.
More godlike trance meets house April 27, 2008
OverTheMoon (overthemoonreview@hotmail.com)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
John Digweed's transitions series may be one of the best dance series of all time. Labelled as house it is still some of the best trance out there. Second up, this is a way yonder cosmically sized better than Transitions Vol. 2, and that's a hard act to beat. This is one of the best progressive house albums of all time. Digweed has found a niche in his talents and is expanding it beyond all expectations.
After Fabric 20, Digweed went into experimental phase with Vol 1, discovered something good, delivered on the epic Vol. 2 before breaking barriers with Vol. 3. Transitions Vol. 3 isn't just a great CD follow-up to Vol. 2, he has reinvented a whole new sound for house music and may be Digweed's best album to date if not one of the best house hybrid albums you could own. This album is yet another work of art and demands the attention of every dance lover.
And for those who don't like House... well Digweed has gone and made you like it. Get this album now.
Back in the abyss - Excellent! March 23, 2008
K. Shin
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Whether you consider this release minimal or the darker side of progressive house, it sure reminds me of circa 2001 Digweed when he was pumping out massive dark tunes (i.e., his short-lived "Black" sublabel under Bedrock). If you're a long-time Digweed fan and have been to his shows, just think back to the time you were sitting in a dark corner somewhere, near the loudspeakers, had your eyes closed, looking down, bobbing your head, and just soaking in all the abyssimal tunes with all your body (and no, you did not have to be high!). Give this album an honest listen and you'll be in a similar place. If you prefer the energy of a liveset, well, you can go download his livesets or you can get a plug-in to popular players like Winamp to increase the tempo. Just like how Digweed edits the tracks, as a listener, you have the freedom to listen to it any way you please. If you're just getting into EDM, then you can't go wrong with GU013 Ibiza - Sasha and GU019 LA - John Digweed.
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