Nice, but not essential
cosmokane31 | San Francisco, CA United States | 10/04/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Satoshi Tomiie is known for his impeccably produced progressive house, but here he presents a DJ mix of deeper, more relaxed house ("ES" stands for "Electronic Soul"). The first 22 minutes are three tracks of excruciatingly funkless deep house, the kind of elevator music you might hear on the Weather Channel. Things pick up considerably afterwards, as the mix goes funky, then deep, then quirky, then funky again. The mixing is strictly track-to-track, as is typical with CD compilations that are designed to showcase songs. However, more blending would have been nice, as tracks sometimes get drawn-out and repetitious. This is not an essential mix, but it has some nice moments on it."
Its amazing how an Asian guy can be so funky!!
Anonymous | Plantation, FL | 11/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I dont mean to insult anybody, cause im obviously joking, but Satoshi Tomiie has cooked up a nice funky dish. Satoshi caught my attention with NuBreed 6, with a completely different sound that at the time seemed like it was coming from outer space (specially cd 2), but after Integration and ES I was completely let down. Well, this cd, although nothing like NuBreed, has made me interested in him once again. The music in this cd is also very different to what we have been hearing lately from the top DJ's, so I guess thats why I really like it. Its new, fresh, and funky!"