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Surprisingly good sound track album

Douglas A. Greenberg | Berkeley, CA USA | 07/02/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have not seen the Greg Harrison film, "Groove," but partly because of the impressive quality of this soundtrack album, I now intend to do so. The producers could easily have put together a mishmash of pedestrian dance music for a film about raving, but instead it's apparent that a great degree of care was used in the selection of these tracks, which have been mixed nonstop to good effect by WISHFM. The cd starts out with a boilerplate (but pleasant) "uplifting" vocal garage record, and then swings into a housey groove for several tracks. Most noteworthy here is the inclusion of "20 Minutes of Disco Glory," a fine track by Garth, one of San Francisco's best house dj's.For longtime fans of dance music, the track list will clearly include some familiar and well-worn tunes, appearing here in edited versions: Orbital's classic "Halcyon + On + On," Libra Presents Taylor's infectious "Calling Your Name," and perhaps the most widely played trance anthem of the first part of the year 2000, "Heaven Scent" by John Digweed and Nick Muir (aka Bedrock). Hybrid's jazzy/breakbeat "Beachcomba" is another welcome addition, followed by a tweaky acid-breakbeat track by Symbiosis called "Protocol." The mix cools down a bit as it concludes, winding up with a long and ethereally hypnotic Scott Hardkiss mix of Alter)ring's "Infinitely Gentle Blows."The only real shortcoming of the disc is that for a full-length mix cd, it's a bit on the short side (59 minutes). As it stands, it's certainly well worth the attention of both longtime dance music/rave fans and also moviegoers previously unfamiliar with today's wonderful electronic dance music who might have found the film's soundtrack suffiently appealing to inspire another good listen."

Coming Down

Brent Ritchey | Chicago, IL USA | 06/22/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"A disappointing soundtrack when compared to the film. The movie was seething with industrial, trance, progressive, and ambient tracks that got inside you, worked their beats against your temples, and thrust you into the center of the dance floor. We're lucky enough here to have surround sound and a DVD player, and the tracks in the movie surrounded my living room with color and body. An amazing soundtrack for a powerful film.Then the album came out. What a misrepresentation of the spirit of the movie. All traces of the industrial beats are gone, and many quality tracks are forgotten. I think the mixing is mediocre in comparison to the film, certainly not a Digweed production, and the layout of the album is lacking as well. However, for a green dance fan coming away from the movie looking for a little bit of everything, you can find it here.(I think a girl named Asher was asking about the track right before Bedrock's "Heaven Scent." It's a progressive number called "Blue Bottle" by POB and features DJ Patrick Reid. Check it out, it's a sick track.)"

Groove (2000 Film) Soundtrack

Matt | San Antonio, TX | 08/04/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"OK Happy Campers, first off i'd like to say the movie was fantastic and the day after i saw the movie i bought this soundtrack...to be honest i was a little disappointed. The movie featured many awesome songs....including one DJ Pollywog produced herself...but the soundtrack didn't reflect any of the movie music with a few exceptions. First the opening quote from the movie is great and a nice lead into track #2. But i hit the first pitfall in the middle of the album with Orbital's Halcyon On + On. Don't get me wrong it is an awesome track (which i have personally loved since the Original Hacker's Soundtrack) but this song has no bearing in this album. Although WISHFM is a great DJ and Producer, he still couldn't mix in Halcyon without making me cringe.....so now eerytime i listen to the soundtrack i skip the last part of Track #7 and #8 al together. With that said WISHFM brings back the orginal flavor of the record with Track #9 and then probably the best track on the record: Bedrock's Heaven Scent. It was featured in the movie as Digweed'd final track so i was disappointed that it wasn't the final track on this album....although WISHFM chose a great track to end up this fairly good album. I just hope that on feature albums they feature the music more from the movie.....esp. Pollywog's Track"