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The Very Best CD Of All Times. Folks... it doesn't get any better than this...

http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Expo...d/dp/B000003SFN

Great CD, which is probably why this is the five hundredth thread made about it.

I don't even think it's the best Northern Exposure.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I don't even think it's the best Northern Exposure.

Woot???

This cd is pure perfection. It doesn't get any better than this.
Just curious... since I have been visiting your website to kill time at 3 in the morning how could you guys run a electronic music review website that is called ''trancecritic'' and not have reviewed one of the best and most influential mix cds of all times?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I don't even think it's the best Northern Exposure.

Yeah, I'd actually rate it the third best disc.

The Rolls Royce of trance-house mixes, and every bit as cool as the polar bear on the sleeve, this first edition of Sasha and John Digweed's Northern Exposure sets is the tightest and most effortless of the series. With 11 superbly arranged cuts from the likes of William Orbit, Rabbit in the Moon, and the Future Sound of London, not one moment is wasted. The disc's flavor is decidedly organic and wholly evocative of all-night mountain raves or desert parties. Starting with the early-morning stretch of Keiichi Suzuki's delightfully sunny "Satellite Serenade," the duo swiftly build the tempo up to the breezy ambient plateau of Morgan King's "Free" before heading into harder house territories. The metronomic pulse and atmospheric chanteuse vocals of Fuzzy Logic's "Obsession" form an incremental crescendo with Orbit's "Water from a Vine Leaf." Being a condensed version of the European release, the closing salvo from Banco de Gaia's "Last Train to Lhasa" confirms the since-validated fact that these Exposure journeys have infinite potential; Sasha and Digweed are among the first DJs to create mix sets that tap into earthy, human emotions. It is precisely this unique flavor that will make you yearn for a dance floor, beach, or campsite, packed with deliriously dancing bodies. Yes, really.

yo op, just an fyi: there is nothing interesting or unique about posting threads in which you claim that something is "the best ever" and then toss out ad hominems against people whose opinion differs from your own

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Originally posted by Existo22 Woot??? This cd is pure perfection. It doesn't get any better than this. Just curious... since I have been visiting your website to kill time at 3 in the morning how could you guys run a electronic music review website that is called ''trancecritic'' and not have reviewed one of the best and most influential mix cds of all times?

Here's an incomplete list of other classic mix CDs we haven't covered:

70 Minutes Of Madness
On The Floor at the Boutique
Logical Progression
Decks, EFX and 909
As Heard On Radio Soulwax

But you won't give a shit about them, because your tastes are incredibly narrow.

Given we've covered lots of Sasha and lots of Digweed, reviewing a 13 year old compilation that isn't in print any more is lower on our list of priorities than covering new music, and artists we haven't already had a considerable say on. I could spend all week reviewing Sasha and Digweed classics, and it's not like people don't ask.

EDIT: There's also an incredible amount of stupidity in those Amazon customer reviews.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J But you won't give a shit about them, because your tastes are incredibly narrow.

How you figure?

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Originally posted by supersaw abuse yo op, just an fyi: there is nothing interesting or unique about posting threads in which you claim that something is "the best ever" and then toss out ad hominems against people whose opinion differs from your own

Where is the ad-hominem attack I tossed out?

People love to toss around ''important sounding words'' without knowing what they actually mean...

Without consulting Google, do you know who mixed any of those compilations? What styles of music they involve? Are you interested in any of those things?

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Originally posted by Existo22 Where is the ad-hominem attack I tossed out? People love to toss around ''important sounding words'' without knowing what they actually mean...

none so far in this particular thread, but in the other ones your responses follow a predictable trend of "well you might not like it, but that's because you have shitty taste in music. mine, on the other hand, is superb"

and fuck off about thinking i don't know what words mean, you impotent child

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Without consulting Google, do you know who mixed any of those compilations? What styles of music they involve? Are you interested in any of those things?

Hawtin mixed the 909 compilation I got it here on my shelf this has some real techno music.
Bukem mixed the first logical progression that has the oldschool classic ''music''
On The Floor at the Boutique is by Fatboy slim.
I own all three of these cds.

The other two I don't know.

Comparing any of these to 3 to Northern exposure would be like comparing apples to oranges... I am not sure why you even bring them up..

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Originally posted by Existo22 Comparing any of these to 3 to Northern exposure would be like comparing apples to oranges... I am not sure why you even bring them up..

Because all five of them are just as classic and influential as Northern Exposure. The point was that there are a great many classic and influential releases we haven't covered. Why would we have covered NE over any of the others?

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Originally posted by supersaw abuse none so far in this particular thread, but in the other ones your responses follow a predictable trend of "well you might not like it, but that's because you have shitty taste in music. mine, on the other hand, is superb" and fuck off about thinking i don't know what words mean, you impotent child

So tell me since you know what words mean If I called you a dick-head would that be an ''ad-hominem attack?'' It would wouldn't it?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Because all five of them are just as classic and influential as Northern Exposure. The point was that there are a great many classic and influential releases we haven't covered. Why would we have covered NE over any of the others?

Because overall it is the best cd of all times. Comparing anything else to this cd would not be fair.

Great but a bit overrated imo, and for the love of god stop making threads about it.

Do you have the double disc version?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Do you have the double disc version?

Nope
That was only released for the European market.
I have the one cd US edition and this cd... is gods gift to electronic music...

The second disc is better than the first.

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Originally posted by Existo22 So tell me since you know what words mean If I called you a dick-head would that be an ''ad-hominem attack?'' It would wouldn't it?

yes, and calling you an impotent child is also an ad-hominem. but you deserve it because, as previously mentioned, you are a dumb fuck who cannot stop making terrible threads

Actually, it's a common misconception that insults are ad hominem. Ad hominem is a fallacy where the person is discredited rather than their argument. You can insult someone and still address their argument, and you can discredit someone without insulting them.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Actually, it's a common misconception that insults are ad hominem. Ad hominem is a fallacy where the person is discredited rather than their argument. You can insult someone and still address their argument, and you can discredit someone without insulting them.

right, but i'm totally taking him on ad-hominem style. not once in this thread have i actually addressed the question of how good (or poor) northern exposure vol. 1 is

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Originally posted by supersaw abuse right, but i'm totally taking him on ad-hominem style.

Re: Re: The Very Best CD Of All Times. Folks... it doesn't get any better than this..

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Originally posted by osterzone Never heard this, but after listening to all the previews, only tracks 1 and 4 sound good. The rest are a bit dull and the last one sounds like shit. Best album of all time? Lolz

This cd builds slow.
It is more than a collection of catchy tracks one after the other hot mix style. It is a musical statement where the whole is a lot greater than the sum of its parts.
You have to play it from beginning to end and you will know what I am talking about.

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