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Timo Maas | Connected - Max Graham, Transport 4

CD, Kinetic/BMG

Tekst: Omar Muñoz-Cremers

Publicatiedatum: 25 juli 2001

Timo Maas doesn't need an introduction after his genre-busting remix of Doom's nightâ ruled the dancefloors for the past two years. After a compilation of his own work Maas now tries his hand at a mix-CD, or as is fast becoming the norm since Deep Dish's Yoshiesque: a double mix-CD. One would expect a DJ to stretch out a bit with more than 2 hours to work on, so in this case 10 tracks per CD is a bit suspect. Tracks on Connected are almost played from beginning to end and cleanly mixed in the studio without any mistakes, interesting manoeuvres or tricks. So the merits of Connected are to be found in its selection of tracks rather than as a pure mix-CD.
CD1 starts out rather anonymously with some basic tracks somewhere in between tech-house and trance. A definite highlight is the electro-like Underwater by Grayson Shipley that segues nicely into Satoshi Tomiie's Love in Traffic which sports a phat bass alongside some grainy sound waves. CD2 immediately gets into gear with his own ace remix of Fatboy Slim's Star 69, then plods on for awhile to reach it's lamest moment with his useless celebrity/cash-in remix of Placebo's Special K (nobody on the dancefloor wants to be bothered with that gnome whining about a drug he probably never even tried). After that low-point Maas starts on the best sequence of the collection featuring Calling The Freak (Rhythm Your Life), Dave Clarke's excellent remix of Coatnoise by Midfield General and the Millsian techno of Circulation's Purple. Max Graham's double mix-CD Transport 4 is released on the same label as Connected. But according to the sleeve notes Graham actually used vinyl to mix this collection at Montreal's SONA club. Geared towards the dance floor this a pleasurable, sparser affair although nothing really stands out in this mixed bag of progressive house, tech-house and trance. Timo Maas makes an appearance with No Trance; a passable floor filler with features another interpretation of his rotating bass-sound. Extra points are awarded for the inclusion of Underworld's storming Kittens' track. In the end two interchangeable collections which don't produce wild metaphors, theories or mythologies. Just good music to play in your car on a long journey.

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