Can't wait for this one... I can't get enough prog. I assume this is gonna be the new Jay Lumen mix of Surface that's been going around lately?
Posted by Progsounds on Aug-26-2008 15:12:
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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch
Can't wait for this one... I can't get enough prog. I assume this is gonna be the new Jay Lumen mix of Surface that's been going around lately?
No, Warren has been playing out the original Mick Burns version of the track for quite some time, long before Jay Lumen ruined it.
Posted by Porky on Aug-27-2008 06:05:
reyjvik, shanghai and paris are all on my rotation on my ipod
looking forward to lima.... !
Posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs on Aug-27-2008 22:08:
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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch
Can't wait for this one... I can't get enough prog. I assume this is gonna be the new Jay Lumen mix of Surface that's been going around lately?
What the fuck?
WHY TOUCH THAT TRACK?
Posted by djhaziel on Sep-27-2008 21:44:
GU Video
Posted by TranceArmstrong on Sep-27-2008 23:05:
i am exited
Posted by Kris G on Sep-27-2008 23:35:
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Originally posted by TranceArmstrong
i am exited
Quoted for funny spelling error Posted by NoisyNeil on Sep-28-2008 09:16:
ormatie - twisted turns is cool, i want this!
richard gale - moloko plus, hahah i wonder which movie he got his inspiration from
Posted by TranceArmstrong on Sep-28-2008 17:48:
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Originally posted by Kris G
Quoted for funny spelling error
shit I thought I edited that lol
Posted by blackinmind on Sep-28-2008 18:33:
Are those songs in that video are in the cd? And where can I preview the cd, guys?
Posted by Oldman1313 on Sep-29-2008 03:02:
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Originally posted by blackinmind
Are those songs in that video are in the cd?
yes, the samples sound quite nice eh?!
Posted by woscar on Oct-16-2008 04:49:
Heard both discs today. Nothing to write home about but still very decent, no tracks stood up upon first listen which is rare for me on a Nick Warren comp.
I thought the second disc was better than the first one.
I guess Nick was right when he said he was going to stop @ 24 because he had nothing more to contribute to the GU series.
Posted by Paradox Lost on Oct-16-2008 10:32:
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Originally posted by woscar99
Heard both discs today. Nothing to write home about but still very decent, no tracks stood up upon first listen which is rare for me on a Nick Warren comp.
I thought the second disc was better than the first one.
I guess Nick was right when he said he was going to stop @ 24 because he had nothing more to contribute to the GU series.
Can't say I agree with that one.
I consider Shanghai to be my favorite overall Warren installment, as it was some really solid uptempo material at a time when Prog. House was really beginning to churn out some quality content.
The first disc of Paris also ranks up there as an intricate downtempo mix on par with the first disc of Reykjavik (Clovis: Have you checked it out yet), that also felt a bit more complex in its composition.
That said, Lima was a surprisingly underwhelming release.
I might edit this in order provide some more detailed notes later, but the first disc got off to an outstanding, atmospheric start that had all that promising anticipation of his better GU installments. However, halfway through, it just meanders into some pretty dull territory, chugs along, and more or less uneventfully fizzles out before it wraps up on a decent closer.
The second disc didn't feel like it bore any connectedness to the first (which isn't at all a problem), but got out of the gates at a brisk pace and just remained ho-hum until the closing stretch of the disc, with Bosworth feeling like a really unsatisfying, abrupt closer. I spent most of my listening time just waiting for the mix to really kick in, and when it finally did, it felt more like a spirited nudge than anything else.
...and an unsatisfying GU: Lima it was, for me. Compared to everything from Reykjavik onwards, Lima felt like the least inspired, least gratifying mix, and sounded like it could pass for any one of his Hybridized sets.
Those special Warren moments that you find in his mix comps, although present here, felt few and far between, and Lima ultimately ranks as one of those mix comps I'll go back to hear specific tracks or a narrow sequence of tracks, but not likely to listen to the mix in its entirety:
A solid 3 out of 5, or 'meh.'
As for Warren supposedly stating that Reykjavik was to be his last GU: Edition, he somewhat clarifies it in an interview he did with Progressive Sounds a couple of months ago:
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Nick Warren: This is quite funny, because the way it really went was that I was interviewed the day after finishing the Reykjavik album, and the interviewer asked when the next one would come out, so i said that at the moment I cant imagine doing another one. That then evolved into me supposedly saying it was my last. Bloody journalists, haha. I need to feel I have something new to offer before I can sign a record deal though, so you never know what will happen in the future.
Posted by Bouma-Bros on Oct-16-2008 14:44:
Quite dissapointed by this release. Altough I didn't expect too much of it.
Maybe it's not the kind of Prog I dig, it just didn't grab me at all....
Score: 2/5
Posted by woscar on Oct-17-2008 04:18:
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Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Can't say I agree with that one.
I consider Shanghai to be my favorite overall Warren installment, as it was some really solid uptempo material at a time when Prog. House was really beginning to churn out some quality content.
The first disc of Paris also ranks up there as an intricate downtempo mix on par with the first disc of Reykjavik (Clovis: Have you checked it out yet), that also felt a bit more complex in its composition.
That said, Lima was a surprisingly underwhelming release.
I guess I did a terrible job putting my thoughts into words
What I mean is that I'm actually starting to believe that Nick Warren really doesn't have anything more to offer to the series, after listening to Lima. It's not bad, but it's not as legendary as his previous efforts. I fucking LOVE the first disc of Shanghai, and I feel that the second disc of Paris was one of the best prog mixes of 2007.
Posted by Adam420 on Oct-17-2008 18:41:
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Originally posted by woscar99
I guess I did a terrible job putting my thoughts into words
What I mean is that I'm actually starting to believe that Nick Warren really doesn't have anything more to offer to the series, after listening to Lima. It's not bad, but it's not as legendary as his previous efforts. I fucking LOVE the first disc of Shanghai, and I feel that the second disc of Paris was one of the best prog mixes of 2007.
That's kind of confusing to me personally. I mean you say he has nothing more to offer, but it's not as if it's his own music we're listening to on these CD's. The music is always going to be new, therefore with every introduction to a new GU CD we're going to be exposed to something new. If you mean to say that his general style has been exhausted over the years, then you really are saying that the GU series needs to take a new direction. Now with the recent attempts by Freeland, Layo & Bushwacka and Felix da Houseshit, I'm not so sure the GU series should take a different direction.
So it's really hard to understand how exactly Warren has nothing left to contribute to the series. I think the latest release is quite good. Sure, it doesn't have as many standout tracks as previous releases, but it also may be too early to say that. I'd give it a good 4 or 5 listens before coming to that conclusion, as you should remember that with the exception of Spaceman (and maybe a few others), these are previously unreleased tracks.
So in all this new effort may be more of the same, I agree, but at the same time, I am trying to see how somebody else could offer something new to the series while not taking it in a completely different direction.
Posted by Jasperovitsj on Oct-18-2008 18:10:
Disc 1 is a bit dull indeed. It seems to take off a bit at about 25 minutes, but then it drops back and never really rises again. A few good tracks, granted, but nothing really outstanding in the way that it immediately grasped my attention at first listen. Disc 2, however, I thought was quite strong. Good pace, high energy with the right amount of melody at the right times. And, in opposition to disc 1, a few tracks that made me look up from the book I was concentratedly reading, thinking "Hey, this track sounds really good". So all in all a decent effort by Warren, but - so far - not quite unique or legendary sounding like for instance his Reykjavik mix. I can't say I'm really disappointed, but I can't say I'm really impressed either.
Posted by ponsshin on Oct-20-2008 23:12:
Is it just me or 'Surface' is a fucking amazing track?
Posted by Prototrance on Oct-21-2008 22:03:
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Originally posted by keithos27
firsties on "omg not another nick warren gu release"! j/k
Yep. I was still shocked by paris, and shanghai. Especially since reykjavic was meant to be the last. Even though Nick Warren GU's after reykjavic have been good, part of me wanted him to have it as his last as it was so good.
The biggest worry is GU - seems to have run out of DJ's.
I'd like to see a max graham GU or a full fat GU from Anthony pappa to follow up his awesome NuBreed
Posted by Chevz55 on Oct-22-2008 07:05:
4 out of 5 for me
Posted by Acton on Oct-22-2008 12:56:
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Originally posted by ponsshin
Is it just me or 'Surface' is a fucking amazing track?
You should check out the Quivver mix Posted by SPANIARD on Oct-29-2008 18:27:
Disc 2 is def recommended.
Posted by Ted Promo on Oct-29-2008 18:37:
Couldn't get past the first ten minutes of disc one before I was peckishly bored.
