Renaissance, Vol. 1: The Mix Collection [Box set] [Import] [Limited Edition]

Renaissance, Vol. 1: The Mix Collection [Box set] [Import] [Limited Edition]

Track Listings

1. Song For Life (Lemon Interupt Mix)

2. Song For Life (Dub For Life Mix)

3. Son For Life (Steppin Razor Mix)

4. For Waht You Dream (Full On Renaissance Mix)

5. Chronoclasm

6. De Niro (Spaceflight Remix)

7. State Of Mind (Quite Mix)

8. V.O.A.T. (Original Mix)

9. Perfect Motion (Boys Own Mix)

10. Love & Happiness (Junior Boys Own Super Dub)

11. Keep On Pressin' On (Didn't I Show You Luv Mix)

12. Bladerunner 'Til We Meet Again (Brother In Rhythm Perkappella)

13. House Stompin' (Big Bump Mix)

14. Child Bride (Feedback Max Mix)

15. Liberate

16. Slide (Pdf Mix)

17. Let's Get This Party Started (Party Mix)

18. Slide (Scat & Frenzy)

19. Trust (Pink Mix)

20. Trance 1 (Oriental Psyco Estmix)

See all 44 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Leftfield Song For Life (Lemon Interupt Mix)
Leftfield Song For Life (Dub For Life Mix)
Leftfield Song For Life (Steppin Razor Mix)
Bedrock Feat. KYO For What You Dream Of
Rhythm Invention Chronoclasm
The Disco Evangelists De Niro
Memphisto State of Mind
Moonchild V.O.A.T. (Original Version)
Sunscreen Perfect Motion
River Ocean Love et Happiness
That Kid Chris Keep on Pressin On
Remake/Inner City Bladerunner
Bump House Stompin
F Machine Childbride
M-People - Renaissance (John Digweeds Full On Mix)

Tracks:

Fluke Slid (PDF Mix)
Funk Machine Lets Get this party Started
Fluke Slid (Scat and Sax Frenzy Mix)
Corrado Trust (Pink Mix)
DJ MBG Trance Wave One
Hysterix Talk To Me
Anna Din Angel
Virtualmismo Mismoplastico (Dirtysyncomix)
Virtualmismo Mismoplastico (Original Mix)
Fishbone Beat Always
Grace Not Over Yet
Secret Life She Holds The Key
Funtopia Do You Wanna Know
VFR Tranceillusion
Kym Mazelle Was That All It Was

Tracks:

M-People - How Can I Love You More
Moby Go
Jaco Show Some Love
Spooky Little Bullet
Havana Sublime
Shawn Christopher Another Sleepless Night
Unity 3 Age of Love
EMF Theyre Here
Solar - Plexus
Havana Ethnic Prayer (Euro Mix)
2 Bad Mice Bombscare
Age of Love Age of Love (Watch Out for Stella Mix)
My Friend Sam feat. Viola Wills Its My Pleasure
Lemon Interrupt Dirty

Product Description

CD 1:
1. Song For Life (Lemon Interupt Mix) - Leftfield
2. Song For Life (Dub For Life Mix) - Leftfield
3. Song For Life (Steppin Razor Mix) - Leftfield
4. For What You Dream Of - Bedrock (Feat. KYO)
5. Chronoclasm - Rhythm Invention
6. De Niro - The Disco Evangelists
7. State Of Mind - Memphisto
8. V.O.A.T. (Original Version) - Moonchild
9. Perfect Motion - Sunscreen
10. Love et Happiness - River Ocean
11. Keep on Presssin' On - That Kid Chris
12. Bladerunner - Remake/Inner City
13. House Stompin' - Bump
14. Childbride - F Machine
15. Renaissance (John Digweeds Full On Mix) - M-People

CD 2:
1. Slid (PDF Mix) - Fluke
2. Lets Get This Party Started - Funk Machine
3. Slid (Scat and Sax Frenzy Mix) - Fluke
4. Trust (Pink Mix) - Corrado
5. Trance Wave One - DJ MBG
6. Talk To Me - Hysterix
7. Angel - Anna Din
8. Mismoplastico (Dirtysyncomix) - Virtualmismo
9. Mismoplastico (Original Mix) - Virtualmismo
10. Always - Fishbone Beat
11. Not Over Yet - Grace
12. She Holds The Key - Secret Life
13. Do You Wanna Know - Funtopia
14. Tranceillusion - VFR
15. Was That All It Was - Kym Mazelle

CD 3:
1. How Can I Love You More - M-People
2. Go - Moby
3. Show Some Love - Jaco
4. Little Bullet - Spooky
5. Sublime - Havana
6. Another Sleepless Night - Shawn Christopher
7. Age Of Love - Unity 3
8. They're Here - EMF
9. Plexus - Solar
10. Ethnic Prayer (Euro Mix) - Havana
11. Bombscare - 2 Bad Mice
12. Age Of Love (Watch Out for Stella Mix) - Age Of Love
13. It's My Pleasure - My Friend Sam (Feat. Viola Wills)
14. Dirty - Lemon Interrupt

Format: DVD

Amazon.com

Reissuing old dance records can be dicey, because so many of them don't age well. There are exceptions, of course, like this digitally spiffed up and beautifully packaged, 3-disc Renaissance collection from Sasha and John Digweed. Released originally in 1994, it's become a milestone representing not only the celebrated duo's first recorded mix but also a snapshot of British dance at its raving, glorious peak. Disc 1 opens with a triplet of Leftfield's "Song for Life" and moves through still-potent tracks from Disco Evangelists ("De Niro") and F. Machine ("Child Bride"). The run continues on discs 2 and 3, as it lightly glides through Fluke's "Slide" and EMF's "They're Here." And what would a trip down amnesia lane be without a stop at Moby's "Go"? Nostalgia only goes so far, and some songs that sounded great at the time are a little soft now (see "Not Over Yet"). But that innocence gets at the heart of the collection's appeal, reminding us of when dance music seemed primed to take over the planet. -Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Yikes...Cheers to Electronica's Evolution.......2007-06-05

If you recognize the tracks by name and have a strong sense of nostalgia or you are a newcomer and are curious about what electronica sounded like in the early 90's then it may be worth your greenbacks. Otherwise save your pennies on this Renaissance novelty.

Three discs featuring very poorly aged tracks encompassing various genres during their early (but continual) evolution.

I try to stay clear of accusing DJ's (that I also consider artists) of in your face commercialism, but this compilation has me changing my tune slightly. Re-releasing a compilation from 1994 in 2005 seems like an easy way to sucker a few people into buying an old collection of severely outdated tracks. Apparently the market was there as the original release was selling for up to $400 as a collector's item.

If you are curious about the history of electronica, and more specificly, Sasha and Digweed's early (possible their first) commercial release then you may be satified with this three disc set. Otherwise there are much better "Mix Collections" out there that document electronica's evolution.

Disc 1 and 2 get 2/5 stars while disc 3 gets 3/5 stars (just for the fact that it doesn't have multiple re-mixes of the same track on it like discs 1 and 2 do).

The Renaissance Men.......2007-01-13

Celebratory and expansive, house music (especially during its infancy) was never meant to be taken too seriously. It was (and still is) the musical embodiment of a very specific mood. It is fueled by adrenaline and charged by neural sparks of creativity that can be both feral and robotic. Like all mediums, its growing pains were sometimes evidenced by awkward (and incredibly embarassing) moments (see The Best of House series for a few good examples of these), but there were also shining moments of brilliance, like this three-disc set.

I disagree that this mix should be highly rated if for no other reason than because of its place in house history (unlike cars or stamps, the value of music rarely increases along with its age). However, I will say that many of these twelve-year-old cuts aren't just a testament to the leaps and bounds that house music made during its genesis (thanks in no small part to Sasha & Digweed), but some of them are still very relevant as markers of fine craftsmanship, especially in a genre that is threatened every year with death by dull monotony. This album -- one of the first of its kind to go gold, and single-handedly ensuring the fame of Sasha and Digweed as house music's most trusted ambassadors -- is everything that good club music still wants to be.

Okay, well, not everything. Even the Almighty S & D aren't immune to a little dating. Each of the three discs has patchy moments where the music misfires ("Tranceillusion"), skids on atonal redundancy ("House Stompin'"), or is just plain annoying ("Bombscare"). And for listeners familiar with S & D's latest oeuvre, some of the tunes will definitely sound a mite-bit backward. This is to be expected when you're listening to house music that's over a decade old.

But what's a pleasant surprise are the caramel-smooth progressions and transitions (the "Song For Life" trilogy), the skittery electro-tangles ("Slid"), and the ecstatic, round-house power hits ("Sublime"). Although the discs contain their fair share of crumbling, poorly-aged retro-rhythms, these weak spots are obscured by the lush vibrancy of the rest of the albums.

Sasha and Digweed may have come a long way since 1994, but that doesn't mean their starting point was necessarily a bad place. It had its flaws, its cracks and gaudy mouldings, but -- as this set proves -- their point of origin wasn't something embarrasing which they have since left behind. It was a solid bedrock, a great wide launching pad, that they continue to reinvent in newer and better ways. Fans of the genre and of the artists should buy this album to rediscover the classics that goaded the music into loftier realms; newcomers should buy this album to learn just how timeless even this most modern of musics can still be.

Essential..........2006-10-21

Techno and the whole electronica scene has certainly splintered from its early days with genre after genre and label after label being attached to its many forms and sounds. But it all starts here, really. It was this mix, this year, this scene that blazed the trail for the rise of techno as, dare I say it, popular. Oh, sure, there was techno prior to this but not in a format for mass consumption. It was mostly an "insider" thing with a few hints in the marketplace that it was coming as all scenes do when they hit critical mass.

I was a latecomer to the whole thing having dabbled in some Eon in the early 90s and beginning listening to Moby sometime circa 1994, about the same time as this was released. I first heard John Digweed when I stumbled across his Global Underground Los Angeles mix in 1999. Consuming everything GU I would eventually stumble across this, purchasing a copy from the UK for a pretty penny.

This mix captures a snapshot in time. The opening three tracks with the various remixes of Leftfield instantly set the tone that something special is happening. With singing divas, remixes of artists who are now fairly well known, Moby being one of them, these mixes capture a moment in time, an era, the re-emergence of dance music.

From time to time I will pull this out to listen to it, hoping it doesn't sound cheesy, dated and ridiculous. It never really does. At worst it is sentimental. Though it does show its age (especially some of the diva tunes, an obligatory insert in all mixes of this period, overplayed to the point of parody), this is not in the negative. It still sounds sweet and is a gentle reminder that for as much as techno has "sold out" today (television theme songs, movie soundtracks and commercials) that it still sounds remarkably fresh.

As every classic rocker needs some of the essentials of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd with newer staples such as Metallica, Nirvana and Guns 'n' Roses, anyone who likes techno or DJ mixes needs to get a copy and develop deep roots.

Practically the worst Sasha & Digweed mix ever.......2006-03-07

I've been listening to Sasha and Digweed for a very very long time, and I wanted this Renaissance mix collection after going to the nightclub in the U.K. because of the amazing experiences there. However, I was disturbed when I listened to this 3cd set. Infact it doesn't reflect on anything Sasha has done even before these mixes. I would never have bought this item had I known how horrible it is. While the mixing is good, the track selection is not what I expected, I learned my lesson...

Essential CD for sasha fans.......2006-01-07

If you don't like Sasha and are just getting into him I suggest you try something a bit more current. This CD has been recently remastered and the mixing, production level, and track selection is truly historical but this CD is for people that like Sasha and want to own his classic sets hence the term collectros edition used on the casing. If you are new to Sasha or the genre get involver and then Ibiza and then Paul Oakenfold's tranceport for his take on the Gus Gus track purple which is considered by most people to be one of the most awe-inspiring remixes of all time.

Bottom line: U want it? go for it its pretty impressive from start to finish, featuring the likes of Leftfield, Sasha himself, moby and a tremendous host of others.