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YUCK

D. Jaquez | San Francisco, CA United States | 09/15/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I love the Bargrooves collections, I own everyone, and I have never been so disappointed as I was when I first listened to The Spring Collection. I'm from San Francisco, been here nearly 20 years, and it saddens me that a fellow San Franciscan could screw up so badly what has been a pretty consistent collection of superb house music.I Failed to find the smooth beat that was described on the cd insert. I'm sorry Andy, you're my man, but you screwed this one up bad! Disc one is just a casio keyboard 1980's trendy madness. I could not ever finish the whole thing, disc two makes up for it a bit, but still over all I sold this CD the second day of having it. If you like the old style of Bargrooves, then the spring collection is not for you. Bargrooves is not the same without Ben Sowton, thank god after "popular demand" as he puts it he will be back on the next installment. Save your money and wait for the Fall 07 release."

Bargrooves moving to techier house

Mixu | Helsinki, Finland | 06/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a positive surprise to see Bargrooves and Ben Sowton moving to this direction. I love the whole serie with nice packages and a good content with soulful house, but many of them (like Influences by Jay Hannan)are a little bit too slow to get me uplifted feeling. Of course there are Bargrooves Black with more deeper sound of house. However, Bargrooves Spring Collection are a move to totally new direction.



I actually have searched for a good tech house collection for a while and now I got it from Seamless Records. I was also surprised that this is mixed by Andy Caldwell. After purchasing his newest effort, Universal Truth, which sure are good album but have nothing to do with house, I was sure he had moved to another direction in his career. But here he are with maybe his tightest mix ever.



There are no need to skip any tracks on this mix. CD 1 are probably a bit techier. In my opinion it's highlight is The Timewriters Reachin' Out(Dave Spoon Mix). CD 2 starts with superb Sun Goes Down from Sven Van Hees and moves from James Flavours Ride to sweet-sounding Turning by Cloud. I also liked a lot of a bit spooky-sounding Campfire Stories by Johan Ilves.



If you are after chilling (like Hed Kandi's Beach House), danceable (like Disco Kandi) or a more traditional Bargrooves-sound with softer house mixes this is not for you. But if you like techier and more serious house, this is worth to check!"

Why the change in Style????

Michel A. Tardy | New York, NY | 07/07/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I like so much most of the other titles of the collection, more soulful huse and stuff, but this one is one of the worse compliation i ever bought. It has nothing to compare with the others, so make sure you check the titles and don't trust bargrooves for always being what you think it is."