Yoshitoshi - In House We Trust 2: Mixed By Behrouz & Mv

Behrouz (CD 1) starts very "loungy" and then...very craftily...very subtly...without you're realizing it you are pulled off the edge of the bar onto the dancefloor into a very chunky bopping mini-set of sure to be classics !! My super-fav on the disc is "I Want You" which has a really neat power chord that sneaks up and grabs you....it gets stuck in your head and you just want to keep hitting "repeat" to hear it !! There are some news spins on at least two "old" favorites (and isn't it funny how House tunes become "old" just because we hear them played at more than one club over the course of a month or two) but you definitely won't mind because the presentation makes them all shiny and new !! "Azab", "Kinkyfunk", "Manilla Sunrise" and others all kick it up one more notch and before you know it you are at the borders of hard house and tribal....a really cool journey in sound. You have to give this guy credit for showcasing his range.....and let's face it....the limitations of a cd prevent you from getting the full experience of a 4 hour set....but this is a nice travel size packet of the best in house today !!

Envy (CD 2) - This one is good but doesn't get to the summit the way Behrouz does. It lacks the stand out tunes that you look forward to in a good house set...AND until song # 7, you'd swear the dj was asleep at the switch !! But then the tunes get bangin and a whole lot more danceable...the energy shifts gears and the listener is rewarded with 6-7 songs in a row that make amends for the first (song 12 is a little on the slow side...but its one of those "feel your heartbeat...cooldown and rest for a second tunes").

All in all I give this one 4 1/2 lollies.....if your cd player holds more than one cd at a time....I guarantee you'll want to find room for at least CD 1 Behrouz....it is definitely a house music masterpiece...great for driving on sunny days, kicking it at the beach and pumping you up for a great night on the town !! Deductions have to be made for CD2 because it lacks intensity and Yoshitoshi has better tunes to select from than the first 6 songs that they gave poor Envy to play ! Regardless, In House We Trust 2 is the cd I'm most recommending to all my friends here in Miami....for a commercial mix (meaning not purchased directly from the DJ)....its quite good!!!


Do Trust In This House   January 31, 2003
LOZDON (UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Both discs are really well programmed and mixed. Behrouz's disc is a little more funky and soulful, lovely intro with the mysterious people acapella, the mix between marscarter and I want you for myself is awesome, nice and soulful yet giving way to a techier edge. Safe from harm remix, well - uplifting, driving just beautiful, think palm trees, beautiful beeches, beautiful women you get the drift. Just as things couldn't get any better Haunting me very subtely drops in - a solid vocal with a chunky, housey groove. I don't know if it's the best section of a mix CD ever but it's programmed and mixed flawlessly, done with real style and aplomb. Drooping into the gak track changes the direction into dirty, dubby, gritty, basic tribal shennangins closest to the 'deep dish' sound. Hearing Westworld again should put a smile on your face. The melody of kinky funk kicks and BANG rocking again, ending on Choose Life exceptional way to end a mix CD. I'd say this disc is the classier one, more varied, it's had a good all caning.
Disc 2 is a different affair, dirty more contempory tribally techy opening, I'm not mad keen on the Hydrogen rockers mix of funny car, very drawn out, Under the water though BIG deep dish sound. Following on it goes all twisted and driving tribal progressive, where Behrouz sometimes lacks a little oomph MV makes up for. Giv me luv is still a joy.

I rate this compilation extremely highly, maybe the best of last year, it's had repeated plays and still sounds magic, spine chilling in places, uplifting, euphoric wicked house music.

Overall disc 1 edges it over disc 2.

Buy it, listen to it, won't regret it.


House Music!   January 18, 2003
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I love this comp. Great combination of classic and new tracks. It's amazing that one label has so many great tunes, and this is just scratching the surface.

I reccomend this to both the headz and people just getting into house/dance music.


Round up of Deep Dish label house music   December 19, 2002
Richard Diaz (Centerville, OH United States)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful

The problem with heading a successful label is, inevitably, DJs nab all your top tunes and spin them through countless speakers before best of comps like In House We Trust 2 hit the market. So here we have Behrouz and MV digging through 100 or so Yoshtoshi/Shinichi records, all in the darker groovier vein of Deep Dish (for it is there label) and surfacing with two discs of material.

Behrouz front-loads all his big tunes, the firing glitter-rush of Air Gap "Resolve" setting the brisk pace for now classic "Marscarter" to follow, which nearly every progressive DJ has placed in mixes this year, and Kings of Tomorrow's "I Want You" done up by Luke Fair; think massive 2001 topper "Finally" with a seriously funky bassline and you're about there, for it's the business. Unfortunately, an ill-advised switch to plodding drum tracks, needing-dub-S.O.S. "Haunting Me" and whining "Azab," slaps a wet blanket on the fun.

MV's more subdued, dishing up (har) Brother Brown's proggy anguish "Under the Water," and Morel's quite wonderful "Funny Car," queasy bass and smooth vocals put to a punchier beat. Envy's remix on Delilah "Be Strong 4 Me," serves as a highlight, alongside 1995 peppy/poppy pick "Give Me Luv."

Disc 1: 3 stars Disc 2: 4 stars
If you like this, try: Deep Dish "Yoshiesque 2," Satoshi Tomiie "Nu Breed"