Various Artists - Dancing In The Spirit (LARCD-001)
Wiseblood | Wax | 22. November 2000
After 8 years as the trailblazer for deep house worldwide, Large
finally hit us off with a compilation showing just why this Chicago
label attracts such reverence. Sensitively mixed by producer and
DJ Jask, this is the shit! So deep, so soulful and so moving, while
still keeping the groove and the funk locked down, this release
shows just why deep house demands such love from its devotees. Kerri
Chandler, Mateo & Matos, Rasoul, Miguel Migs, 95 North, Jask himself,
Roy Davis Jnr and the UK's very own Calum Walker in his Solar House
guise provide the gems that helped make Large a force to be reckoned
with. It's hard to pinpoint certain tracks when all shine so, but
Kerri Chandler's 'I Know', Solar House's 'Got 2 B U', Mateo & Matos
'Celebrate Life', Rasoul and Migs 'Dreamin' and Roy Davis Jr's UK
chart smash 'Gabriel' should be enough to make you run salivating
to the record shop. Sheer heaven. 10/10
Luke Howard | Blues & Soul | Issue 830
Chicago's Large Music is one of the most directional and inspiring
house labels in the US and this selection of some of Large's finer
moments has been lovingly mixed with love by DJ and producer Jask.
What makes this album and the Large sound interesting is the seemingly
paradoxical combination of subtlety and complexity that is at play
on most of the tracks here. Deep house it may be, but noodley it
isn't. In fact whilst I was listening to this compilation my overwhelming
desire was not to chill out in a horizontal position, but to get
up and dance. The mix is such that it cleverly adds energy to each
of the tracks on offer. Everything that you'd expect is here: Kerri
Chandler, Miguel Migs, 95 North, Mateo & Matos, Solar House and
Roy Davis Junior's perfect piece of house music "Gabriel". If you'e
looking for a deep house compilation with substance, that doesn't
lose itself in precious pretensions, then this is the one to go
for.
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