This is a two disc mix album by the now world famous DJ team Sasha and John Digweed. This record sold really well in England and has done pretty well in the States, and for good reason. The two discs, North and South, capture the flavor of a Sasha and Digweed live set really well, with their long builds into trippy, organic trance.
These two also know how to use a mixer. Included with the set lists are diagrams showing when which tracks are playing, and in some parts they have three records playing at once. North has some unfortunate selections on it -- Morgan King's "I'm Free," Young American Primitive's "These Waves" -- although it does feature the beautiful Keiichi Suzuki track "Satellite Serenade." But the set is worth buying just for South, which is really great. I've gone through several iterations of favorites from this disc -- currently, X Tracks' "Plan 9 (The Voyage)" is in the lead, recently having overtaken Castle Trancelot's "The Gloom." The mixing at the end is phenomenal, especially the transitions from Banco De Gaia's "Heliopolis" into Humate/Rabbit in the Moon's "East" into Underworld's "Dark and Long." I used to walk to school with this disc in my headphones, and sometimes I could have sworn that I started floating.
If you like Sasha and Digweed, check out:
Sasha and John Digweed Northern Exposure II (East and West Coast Editions)
John Digweed Global Underground
Paul Oakenfold Tranceport
Underworld Second Toughest in the Infants
Dave Ralph Tranceport II
Hardkiss Delusions of Grandeur
