Mushroom Jazz, Vol. 3 | 
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| Artist: Mark Farina
Label: Om Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 22006
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 30165
UPC: 600353016521
EAN: 0600353016521
ASIN: B00005A0JR
Release Date: March 20, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | California Suite - Mark Farina, Tate, Charlie | | • | De la Bass - Mark Farina, Mousse T | | • | Vibrate - Mark Farina, Williams, V. | | • | De la Bass - Mark Farina, Mousse T | | • | Relax Your Mind - Mark Farina, | | • | Taste of Funk - Mark Farina, Mateo, John "Roc" | | • | Dedicated - Mark Farina, Allen, B. | | • | Do It - Mark Farina, Marrigan, James | | • | Flirtation - Mark Farina, Alpert, Herb | | • | Collage - Mark Farina, Farina, Mark | | • | Jazz Cop - Mark Farina, Newby, G. | | • | Schooled in the Trade - Mark Farina, Thes One | | • | Seven Steps Behind - Mark Farina, Williams, V. | | • | Trackrunners - Mark Farina, Asheru | | • | Dig It - Mark Farina, Jung, S. | | • | Rock Box - Mark Farina, Que D. | | • | Sneakin' - Mark Farina, Kakon, David | | • | Streamline - Mark Farina, A., Aiko | | • | Philadelphia - Mark Farina, Reed, A. |
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Amazon.com
Continuing the highly popular Mushroom Jazz series, Mark Farina goes for late-night purple velvet and downtempo 2 a.m. atmospheres on this third installment, resulting in an electronic release for lounge lizards the world over. A basic hip-hop loop is the canvas throughout this 19-track mix, and on it Farina paints a series of smooth, sometimes shady but always sassy portraits that result in a thoroughly credible, electronically glazed slow-jam record. Opening with the wholly seductive cruise control of "California Sauce" by King Kooba, Farina goes on to introduce the silky-smooth, French lounge of Raw Instinct's "De la Bass," the late-night Manhattan flavors of Herb Alpert's "Flirtation," and the warm Philadelphia evening breeze of Slide Five's "Streamline." In deftly fusing jazz and hip-hop with downtempo beats, Farina has produced a mix that works for thoughtful driving, romantic evenings, and hip soirees. --Steffan Chirazi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Elevator Music, Stinky Salon Backround Sound July 29, 2008
FYI (Truth or Consequences, New Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I heard Farina's stuff while driving through a hot, dusty Southwestern city. Then, it sounded cool. Must need blasting heat, honking traffic, exhaust, and dirt to sound good. Buyer Beware: this is just pretentious neo-elevator music. The only cool thing about this CD is the title, so beware all of Farina's self conscious, vacuous, whitebread Starbucks fake jazz narrative; like hey man, I'm headed to yoga class. There's even French foofoo hip-hop on track four. I can't believe all the deceptive reviews here. It's like everyone is trying to prove their street-cred by praising this boring stuff, which is like laxative for the brain: "Clear yourself of all mental efforts, relax, let go," states the first track. Sure. As if this high-pitched, boring, repetitious "music" is going to send me into another dimension. I don't think so.
 Not the best, not the worst! July 1, 2007
M. Timmerman (France)
Yeah! Mushroom Jazz 3 is very good, but not as good as MJ2 and 4 which are real masterpieces.
In contrary to volume 5, the soul of Mushroom Jazz is there, with this particular "classy urban ambiance". Excellent track selection as always, but there's a track which does not flow with others in my opinion : Herb Alpert - Flirtation. It's raw jazz, it's not "filtered" and "minimalist" like the other jazzy tracks used in Mushroom Jazz (just remember Pepe Bradock - Un Pepe Dans La Dentelle, in Mushroom Jazz 2, or Fat Jon - No, in Mushroom Jazz 4)
The flow of the album is not perfect but it goes in a right and coherent direction (again, not like MJ 5...really disappointed with this one).
And of course, the excellent voice collage through the mix makes it marvellous and unique...
Favourite tracks : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12 (but difficult to tell you really because the mixing is so good that this mix is like one big track of 72 minutes)
Buy it people, you won't be disappointed! Mushroom Jazz 3 is a perfect interlude between the two masterpieces MJ2 and MJ4...
 Great Mix of Cuts! November 5, 2005
bordersj2 (Boston)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I may have been a bit late when I fell for Om Records artists and releases. I started out listening to some of their Om Lounge cd's in 2000 and instantly fell for the style and sound. After hearing vol 3 of that series I instantly wanted to check out some of their other artists and was pulled into the realm of King Kooba and several others, noticing remixes and just some fresh and unique takes and sounds. Mark Farina is a DJ/Producer on the label that I also got into late. The Mushroom Jazz series now spans 5 volumes, with each volume having it's own unique identity.
I honestly love the tunes on this - what a sensational selection! It's got an urban feel through and through with loads of beauty in the songs. Starting out with King Kooba's "California Sweet", and diving straight into the classy "De La Bass" instrumental by Raw Instinct, you know you're on a journey. Great guitar and flow. After the vocal to Raw Instinct's second edit, you're guided into an instrumental and beats bliss with DJ Presto and Mateo & Matos. This is just the beginning! When you get up to Gripper's "Jazz Cop", the beat kicks and drops, and you're pulled into People Under the Stair's "Schooled in the Trade". I dig that track... and morever I like The Unspoken Heard's "Trackrunners" and definitely enjoyed the instrumental vibe on Que D's "Rock Box"... which is honestly FAR better than the vocal. ALl of this intertwined to the Billie Holiday inspired Jaffa vocal edit of "Sneakin'".
I have to recommend this. It's a mixed cd and is loaded with soul, urban essences and broken beats. To be honest, I prefer the vinyl set just because the tracks aren't mixed but you do miss a few songs with the vinyl package. It wasn't totally flawless, however - on occasion, I think that Jaffa's track was slid in way too much with the other tracks and when other cuts are sampled too much, to me sometimes it takes away from the music. But it's hardly enough to deter anyone from this - check it out and the rest of the series! If you dig this, you'll probably also like DJ Cam's "Mad Blunted Jazz" & hi DJ Kicks, Dr. Bob Jones "Trust the DJ" & maybe Mr. Scruff's "Solid Steel".
Smooth December 21, 2004
Ulf Axel Johansson (Denmark)
One of my absolute favourites right now!
Stay away from the first in this series of four. The rest are superb...
The best of the MJ collection November 10, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This one says it best - a triptifying blend of jazz, soul, and R&B elements. I am amazed this is being mixed - it sounds studio-edited - but it really doesn't matter either way. Stick in the player and chill, man.
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