James Holden - Balance 005

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BALANCE 005 - mixed and compiled by James Holden...

CD1

The MFA - The Difference It Makes [Original mix]
Meta.83 - Metalgroove ep: Antrieb
Jake Fairley - Oshawa
Zeta Reticula - Tool 1
Petter - All Together
Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective - Bad Friday
Zeta Reticula - Tool 3
Avus - Real
DJ ESP - No Future EP: No Future [Soundburnt Mix]
Jase From Outta Space feat. Claire - Do What You Want [Infusion's Sky mix]
Nathan Fake - Outhouse [Fluffy mix]
Nathan Fake - Outhouse [Original mix]
FortDax - Fortune Telling Fish, Curled To Suggest `Home'
PQM - You Are Sleeping [PQM meets Luke Chable Vocal Pass]
Petter - These Days [Instrumental] **
Herrmann & Kleine - Leaving You Behind (Without Knowing Where To Go)

**Includes Beats of Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective - Bad Friday

CD2

Meek - Happy [Original Mix]
Meerkat - Colours [JH Re-edit]
Avus - Your Body [Original mix]
Scape One - PFX Tokyo
FC Kahuna - Hayling [Kosmas Epsilon Mix]
Holden - The Wheel [Pass 1]
Kotai + Mo - Black Acid [Part 1]
Epsilon 9 - Lifeformation [Infirnal Machine Mix]
Carl A. Finlow - Ghetto Server
Gill Norris - Forme
Ficta - Eli
Petter - Tonediary
Form & Function - Wonderland [Original Mix]
Meta.83 - Metalgroove EP: End Titles

Review...

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James Holden is a name that has stood out in the progressive community for many years. His timeless productions and remixes have been widely accepted and pushed by the heavyweights to the listeners alike. He has created his own sound of melodic and driving beats, dubbed sounds and hypnotic grooves. His DJ sets range from the heaviest techno to the deepest trance, to the mellowest atmospheres of watery ambience. James Holden is an individual leading a new generation of sound. Balance 05 presented by EQ, and mixed and compiled by James Holden is a step in a new direction and a new sound.


The MFA opens the journey with `The Difference It Makes'. Backward sounds and a nice groove move in time to the chirping flutter of cut up twisted vocals. A funky bassline kicks into Metas 83's, `Metalgroove'. Watery effects, and bouncy sounds fall into a beautiful synth by Jake Fairy. `Oshawa' slowly breathes while filters warp the sound into a thick thumping. Electro hits and elastic clips of Zeta Reticula's `Tool 1' placed perfectly to break it down, and fall into the kick of Petter. `All Together' is a mesmerizing orchestral fury of sound. A computer voice rhymes in, as the swirling symphony slows down. Dirty acid funk falls victim to layers of a reverbed bed of Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective. `Bad Friday' is a short dark bubbly dream that creeps up on `Tool 3' by Zeta Reticula; another short clip of quirky sounds that float straight into the low electro house of Avus. `Real' is a deep tune. Synths rise in, and techno drums take us through a glimpse of DJ ESP. `No Future'is a gritty piece, but after a while the sweet snips of a woman's voice makes it's way in. Claire's fierce but lovely sound, mixed with Jase From Outer Space's twisted progressive funk, lightens the mood and soothes the edges. Infusion's remix takes this into the sky and drops us into newcomer Nathan Fake. Nathan's dreamy but dreary harmonies slow down into the mellow `Fluffy" mix of `Outhouse'.


A rumbling kick from the `Original' punches in. A bassline so heavy it's meant to tear clubs up. Strings loom in, and change ever so slightly tickling and teasing the beats. A slow drop off into `Fortune Telling Fish', an ambient escape of delayed vocals, and flickering sounds by Fort Dax. `You Are Sleeping' by PQM kicks in with a loud roar, and bursts through `Luke Chables Vocal Pass'. Samples and effects, liquid bass, and trippy melodies rip into the broken synths of Petter once again. A song with experimental imagery and warm beauty, `These Days' floats on top of Baby Ford's beats. Hermann & Kleine's scratchy break beats and carnival sounds wind down, as `Leaving You Behind' leads to the delicate, but dramatic ending of the first disc.


A sinister electro bassline rips into disc two. Meek starts us out with a new spin on an older techno sound. A woman's seductive vocal moves though `Happy'. Rippling drops of `Colours', by Meerkat collapse from the beats, and fade away into Avus. A latin spiced funky dip called, `Your Body'. Scape One's, `PFX Tokyo' covers the song, and floats straight into a driving remix of FC Kahuna's, `Hayling'. Kosmas Epsilon's mix has a distinct build up, with delays, effects and sweeping guitar licks. Lowering into another acid fury, techno bleeps, and crazed drums wind us into `The Wheel'. Holden creates a new sound, layered with Kotai & Mo's lush pad washes. `Black Acid' is fused with `Liformation' by Epsilon 9 and takes off into a spiraling trancy synth line. The bass consumes music, and takes us deep into the bleepy computer sounds of Carl A. Finlow. `Ghetto Server' is a nasty slice of electro.


Sharp synths, and tight dark stabs delve deep down, are fall into the cloudy snyths of Gill Norris. `Forme' has a plucked raindrop sound, with peaceful tones, and lucid effects. An imaginary place that leads into a darker, more techno influenced place. Ficta's `Eli' is a remarkable gem. A huge rush of rich bass, a lush sweeping pad and sprinkled noise, topples over house beats. A guitar sound starts to fall in, as `Tone Diary', by Petter breaks in. Form & Function's blissful techno moves us toward the end. `Wonderland' is an uplifting slice of sound, with it's many key changes, and colorful transitions. Meta.83's `Metalgroove ep:End Titles'melts into the mix. A dreamy backdrop to a starlit sky, and the fading tones of disc two.


James Holden is a new kind of musician. He's a DJ, a producer, a composer and a listener. This brilliant cd is a step in a new direction; an eclectic mix of different sounds, different genre's and new talent. A blend of house and techno, electro and ambience, all wrapped up together in a melting pot of fresh sounds. This is a stunning mix made for a progressive mind and a progressive listener.


Artist:James Holden
Title:Balance 005
Label:EQ [Grey]
Reviewer: Chloe Harris
Verdict: 9/10
Reviewed On: Monday, September 29, 2003

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