Customer Reviews
Si2wheels - By: Si2wheels, 06 Mar 2008 
As with all who have felt compelled to add their thoughts on this amazing double CD, I too find it timeless & one of those rare collections you will never get tired of.
We often drive upto Wales (usually leave around 8pm & get to mid Ceredigian around midnight) & this collection, specially Part 1, is reserved for the last hour or so....nothing like rolling through the night to this sound :)
Hope everyone gets to experience these sounds....thanks to the Bear for recommending it :)
It's the greatest mix album ever, okay? - By: Curmudgeon, 24 Sep 2007 Just take a look at the other reviews - nearly 10 years on & people are still raving about this mix. K&D created something alchemically magical with this album: it is smooth, seamless, yet never boring, & flows with a real sense of progression. And now it's ridiculously inexpensive you'd be crazy not to buy!
Pure Brilliance. - By: The Dude, 18 Jun 2007 Although I usually steer well clear of compilations this is probably my most listened to CD. It doesn't really count as a compilation because the songs are all reshaped & mixed together flawlessly. Both discs are great but I find myself listening to Disc 2 at least daily. The fact that other reviewers have said they prefer Disc 1 shows how consistently great it is. It really is too good for words, you can only listen from start to finish without skipping to hear for yourself. At night there is nothing that comes close to this CD. Disc 1 kicks things offin a relaxing way before Disc 2 cools things down with each track seemlessly transitioning into the next. After years & years of listening its still as good as ever. I found some tracks such as 'Gone' by David Holmes are obviously amazing the first time but others like 'Million Town' by Strange Cargo sound better & better every time, even when overlooked at first.
I would also recommend the earlier K&D DJ Kicks CD that is very similar to this. If you're into any sort of chillout music you can be sure this is worth buying. On its first listen it will be good but after many plays you'll find yourself loving it more & more. When you'rein the mood for chillout this never fails. If you've bothered to read this far then you should definitely buy this.
Amazing - By: Donaldo, 15 Jun 2007 K&D are best known for making smooth, funky, dubbed, smoked-out club mixes. Their published work is rare, & as with this album, completely seminal. These guys are the absolute masters, & their musical instincts are second to none. When I mean instincts, I mean not only knowing which tunes to pick & what order to put them in, but also how to re-engineer each tune so it flows smoothly into the next re-engineered tune. It's hard to describe this album as a `mix'in the conventional sense. Most mix albums take good tunes & put themin a particular order. K& D assimilate them. Some tunes on this album are changed almost beyond recognition, some are just tinkered with. Some tunes I really didn't like are re-engineered into something beautiful. For example - I've never been the biggest fan of Lamb, but K&D's remix of Trans fatty Acid is a moment of real beauty.
What you end up with is an astonishing & painstakingly crafted mix. There are hardly any other artists I can think of who have come up with something this good. Thievery Corporation did a good DJ Kicks mix, but I haven't liked much else of their other stuff. Possibly the only other electronic artist I can think of with better musical instincts is Four Tet.
Buy this for anyone, I promise you they will love it.
A desert island disk for sure! - By: Jamie, 20 Apr 2007 So much is right about this CD its untrue! There are upbeat songs, ones that you can chill out to & the mix hits the mark perfectly. I have a lot of good memories & associations with this CD, & it is the type of album that forces its way into your memories & experiences. Groovey. But you must listen to this CD!!
