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A furious, epic mix that churns through 4 different styles a

Doctor Trance | MA, United States | 07/07/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Veteran DJ/Producer Francois K releases an epic 2 disc set that mixes tech house, techno, and a little minimal and deep house. The 17 track first disc is mostly all tech house, with a few minmal tracks, and is loaded with solid tracks from the most popular artists in tech right now: Trentemøller, Ame, Alex Under, Nathan Fake.



What is incredible to me about disc 1 is his ability to fit 17 tracks onto one disc, and yet none of them feel short of feel like they've been trimmed to only 3-4 minutes. He occasionally lets a track play for over 6 minutes, but on the shorter ones, he always seems to use the meaty mid section of most tracks, eliminating the first and last minute or two, to only bring on the heavy, melody laden centers. What we are left with is tracks that seemingly sound longer than they are, as the main beats and melody loop for what seems like a full 5-6 minute track. In fact, I got to track 9 in the mix and couldn't believe that I was only a little more than halfway through, as it seems like the disc had been playing for well over an hour. This skill at using the juicy part of each track translates into this sounding like one epic journey!



FK slips in a storming techno track of his own to close the disc, and gives you a preview of what's to come on Disc 2. The first 3 tracks of disc 2 are some thundering techno, and we slow down to some slighly less energetic, but no less stunning techno for tracks 4-7. Keen ears will recall the spacey sounds of track 4, Sleeparchive's Elephant Island, appearing as elements in Richie Hawtin's DE9:Transitions mix. Track 8 starts off what I feel is the only weak portion of this 2 disc mix, and that's where FK delivers some standard, deep house tracks, which I don't feel work very well in this mix. They sound ok, but I would have preferred the sounds to remain at a techno/tech house level and not get too housey. The piano laden melody of Angello and Ingrosso 's 82-83 definitely sounds out of place. After that, things quickly get more techy and we close this disc with a little of everything: techno, minimal, and tech house. The always reliable Gabriel Ananda, and Dave Ellesmere's Isolated Blue Cube are definitely favorites of mine off this disc.



Even with the somewhat out of place house portion of the middle of disc 2, this mix has too many scorching elements to give it any less than 5 stars. It's one of the most exciting tech mixes of the year."

Superb mixing !!!!

B. GILLING | GERMANY | 11/02/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Inspired by his touring of clubs worlwide, François K has mixed up a deep techy double CD that features tracks by Joris Voorn, Mathew Jonson, Trentemoeller, Angello & Ingrosso, Oliver Ho, Paul Woolford, Henrik Schwarz, Aril Brikha, Carl Craig...Only Frankie Knuckles can lay claim to straddling a longer span of time in the thick of dance music than François Kevorkian.

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Classic in electronic music!

P. Michenka | Calgary,Canada | 11/21/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you love trance or any electronic mucic , get this cd.

I bought this cd on recommendation of the first rewiever who sounds like he knows what he's talking about. I am simply trying to put together a library of good music of all genres of music, from jazz,classical rock to electronic. Yes I have the Sashas and Digweeds and Warrens and I love them all but Frequencies holds a very special place in my cd library right next to Kind of Blue , The Dark Side of The Moon and Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

I have a great respect for Mr.Fracois K. and the music that he creates. This review is the very least I can do to repay him."