Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 10
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Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 10 is the tenth installment from the Masters Series from Renaissance Recordings
mixed by Dave Seaman
. The release is supported by an extensive touring schedule, to create awareness of the product in all the major territories, the tour is consistent with the artwork from the album to create an authentic Renaissance feel in the clubs. The Masters Series is one of the most famous compilation series in the dance music industry like Global Underground
, with Seaman's contributions to series they have collectively sold over 130,000 copies globally.
, with smooth transitions and deep bass
from artists like Fairmont
, Gui Boratto, Wally Lopez, Samim, Sasha
, MOS and Underworld
, which show his growing electronic
style since his "Therapy Sessions". The album begins with the bass monster of Apparat
's - "Not A Number", with the keyboards tones like those from The Doors
that blend in with the atmosphere of the keyboard synth from Fairmont & Dusty Kid's "Cowboys". Later Wally Lopez's is included with Patric La Funk’s remix which standsout with hazy tech edges with a solid beat. Seaman changes his style into more tech, with the likes of Gui Boratto, Stel and Christian Fischer making the sound more minimal house. Skylark’s track "Elevator" combines progressive house with disco
, tech house
and tribal.
The entrance of disc two with Johannes Heil's "The Coming" is a piece including tribal drumbeats compounding slowly, followed by synth-and-bass lines of Tim Deluxe's "You Got Tha Touch (Martin Buttrich Vox Mix)" with smooth beats interlaced and funked-up vocals which rise to high pitch sounds increasing and later fading melodically. Later he mixes Mugwump with "Memory Lane Refund (Acid Retraxion Mix)" with tech
funk
and later ranging to sounds from Solumun's moody song "Deadman", Sol & Grimm's "Exuma" and Josh Gabriel
's recent track "Azora" which will be featured in his first solo album since the separation of Gabriel & Dresden
in 2008. Seaman also includes three works from Popof, his collaboration with Nina on "Blablabla", his track "Brain On The Side" and a remix of Solaris Heights' "No Trace".
Seaman's mash-up of Oliver Huntemann's "Bakery" with Meat Katie & D. Rameriz's "Stop The Revolution (Dubfire
Mix)" changed the style of the compilation into more epic
sci-fi deep leading progressive sounds similar to those from Nubreed 001
.
The compilation finishes with Umek
's "Faithfull Nights" track which sounds like techno
-trance
from the late 90s.
Renaissance Recordings
Renaissance Recordings was a British record label, founded by the club Renaissance in 1994. In went into administration in 2008 and the back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd.-Series:Current*3D*Digital*Masters Series...
mixed by Dave Seaman
Dave Seaman
Dave Seaman is a British dance music DJ and record producer. He was formerly a member of the DMC Publishing, and editor of music magazine Mixmag. He formed one half of Brothers In Rhythm with Steve Anderson, doing production work for Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue. He has since founded Audio...
. The release is supported by an extensive touring schedule, to create awareness of the product in all the major territories, the tour is consistent with the artwork from the album to create an authentic Renaissance feel in the clubs. The Masters Series is one of the most famous compilation series in the dance music industry like Global Underground
Global Underground
Global Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolizes the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, Darren...
, with Seaman's contributions to series they have collectively sold over 130,000 copies globally.
Track listing
Reviews
The album features a two disc electro house style by Dave SeamanDave Seaman
Dave Seaman is a British dance music DJ and record producer. He was formerly a member of the DMC Publishing, and editor of music magazine Mixmag. He formed one half of Brothers In Rhythm with Steve Anderson, doing production work for Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue. He has since founded Audio...
, with smooth transitions and deep bass
Bass note
In music theory, the bass note of a chord or sonority is the lowest note played or notated. If there are multiple voices it is the note played or notated in the lowest voice. While the bass note is often the root or fundamental of the chord, it does not have to be, and sometimes one of the other...
from artists like Fairmont
Fairmont
-Places:Canada* Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, a resort townUnited States*Fairmont, Illinois*Fairmont, Minnesota*Fairmont, Nebraska**Fairmont Army Airfield, Fairmont, Nebraska, listed on the NRHP in Nebraska*Fairmont, North Carolina...
, Gui Boratto, Wally Lopez, Samim, Sasha
Sasha (DJ)
Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
, MOS and Underworld
Underworld (band)
Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980.- Early years: 1979–1986 :...
, which show his growing electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
style since his "Therapy Sessions". The album begins with the bass monster of Apparat
Apparat
Apparat can mean:* Apparatchik, a functionary in the Soviet Union* Apparat , Sascha Ring, a German electronic musician* Apparat Organ Quartet, an Icelandic band* Apparat Singles Group, a fictional comic book publisher...
's - "Not A Number", with the keyboards tones like those from The Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
that blend in with the atmosphere of the keyboard synth from Fairmont & Dusty Kid's "Cowboys". Later Wally Lopez's is included with Patric La Funk’s remix which standsout with hazy tech edges with a solid beat. Seaman changes his style into more tech, with the likes of Gui Boratto, Stel and Christian Fischer making the sound more minimal house. Skylark’s track "Elevator" combines progressive house with disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
, tech house
Tech house
Tech house is a subgenre of house music that mixes elements of minimal techno into simple, 4-to-4 beats found in soulful deep house. The genre came to prominence in the late-1990s atmosphere of American clubs as soul influenced Detroit-style techno that also borrowed elements from house before...
and tribal.
The entrance of disc two with Johannes Heil's "The Coming" is a piece including tribal drumbeats compounding slowly, followed by synth-and-bass lines of Tim Deluxe's "You Got Tha Touch (Martin Buttrich Vox Mix)" with smooth beats interlaced and funked-up vocals which rise to high pitch sounds increasing and later fading melodically. Later he mixes Mugwump with "Memory Lane Refund (Acid Retraxion Mix)" with tech
Tech
Tech may refer to:*an abbreviation for technology, and terms that are derived from it**technical support, services providing assistance with technology products**techno, a form of electronic dance music...
funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and later ranging to sounds from Solumun's moody song "Deadman", Sol & Grimm's "Exuma" and Josh Gabriel
Josh Gabriel
Josh Gabriel is an electronic dance music DJ and producer, formerly of Gabriel & Dresden with Dave Dresden.-Early Years :In 1988-89, a 20 year old exchange student from California Institute of the Arts, was living in The Hague in The Netherlands and studying at the Institute of Sonology...
's recent track "Azora" which will be featured in his first solo album since the separation of Gabriel & Dresden
Gabriel & Dresden
Gabriel & Dresden is the project name of the DJs and producers Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden from San Francisco. Their popularity and activities were centered in the United States. They won the WMC award as Best American DJ twice in 2007 and 2008, the same day the group split-up...
in 2008. Seaman also includes three works from Popof, his collaboration with Nina on "Blablabla", his track "Brain On The Side" and a remix of Solaris Heights' "No Trace".
Seaman's mash-up of Oliver Huntemann's "Bakery" with Meat Katie & D. Rameriz's "Stop The Revolution (Dubfire
Dubfire
Ali Shirazinia, commonly known by his stage name Dubfire, is an Iranian American house and techno DJ and producer. Prior to his solo career, Dubfire was one-half of the four-time nominated and Grammy Award-winning duo Deep Dish...
Mix)" changed the style of the compilation into more epic
Epic poetry
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
sci-fi deep leading progressive sounds similar to those from Nubreed 001
Nubreed 001
Nubreed 001 is a DJ mix album released by Boxed as part of their Nubreed series on Global Underground. It is mixed by Anthony Pappa.-Disc One:#Narcotik - Conditions – 8:57#Moonface - Synchronised Knowledge – 5:31...
.
The compilation finishes with Umek
DJ Umek
Uroš Umek is an internationally acclaimed DJ and music producer from Slovenia, author of more than 500 releases for world renown record labels such as Renaissance, Armada, Cocoon Records, Audiomatique, Hell Yeah, Tronic, Datapunk amidst many others...
's "Faithfull Nights" track which sounds like techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
-trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
from the late 90s.