Carl Cox - F.A.C.T. Compilation Part 2

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1997

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Moonshine Music

Reviewed by
Mike Ramirez

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21 January, 1998

Carl Cox

F.A.C.T. COMPILATION
PART 2

Track Listing

Disc 1:
1. The Mod Wheel - Spirit Catcher
2. Rob Tissera - Kick Up the Volume
(Latin Love Machine Mix)
3. Josh Wink - Are You There
4. Electroliners - Loose Caboose
(Carl Cox Mix)
5. Fat Boy Slim - Everyone Needs a 303
6. Cajmere - Only For You
(Green Velvet Mix)
7. Purveyors of Fine Funk - Hot
8. Primordial Soup - Computer Talk
9. Freaky Chakra vs. Single Cell Orchestra -
I Want to Fall
10. Carl Cox - Tribal Jedi
(Slam Back Drum Mix)
11. Envoy - Dark Manoeuvres
12. Green Velvet - The Stalker
(Laidback Luke Mix)
13. DJ HML - LSD
14. Continuous Cool - Manual
15. Cosmic Messenger - Flash

Disc 2:
1. Death In Vegas - Rocco
(Dave Clarke Remix)
2. DJ Skull - Acid Wiss (L)
3. Yves Deruyter - Calling Earth
4. Adam Beyer - Pump 2
5. Manual - Beef Situation
6. Sarcoblast - Sonar
7. Rejuvination - Phaze
8. Underworld - Born Slippy
(Darren Price Mix)
9. Lux Trax Vol. 1 - Lummox
10. Lap Project - Closer to France
11. Sound Enforcer - Impact
12. Carl Cox - Siberian Snowstorm
(Dave Angel Mix)
13. Vernon's Wonderland - The Wanderer
(Carl Cox Worldwide Ultimatum Mix)
14. Denki Groove - Niji
(Miji Van Dijk for Girls Mix)
15. Danki Groove - Niji
(Mijk Van Dikj for Boys Mix)
16. Outa The Blue - Immerse
17. The Man - Musiek
18. Acorn Arts - Global Grooves
19. Stef, Pako & Frederick - Magic Shop
20. Fly By Wire - Schars World

          This is the brand new release of one of the so-called greatest DJ's in the world. As a sequal to F.A.C.T 1, this double disc set offers 35 techno/dance/house tracks. Such popular artists as Underworld and Josh Wink are featured on the compilation with their ever-so-popular tracks that are now in dance clubs all throughout the world. At 35 tracks, one would have to say that the disc must be excellent to fill up that much space, but don't be too excited.
          Disc One has some very good and very awful tracks on it. Artists like Fatboy Slim and Chakra Vs. Orchestra (which were great live) offer some melodic upbeat dance sounds. Even Carl Cox, who mixes all the music together, offered one of his highlighting tracks along with some remixes. But some acts (The Mod Wheel, Green Velvet) sounded very boring and could easily fall into the category for stereotypical generic techno.
          Disc Two, however, sort of picks up where the first disc fell off of track. With 20 songs on this disc, Cox does an excellent job of keeping the music continuous throughout the whole disc. Both Carl Cox and Underworld have a track on this disc, along with another Cox remix. But all in all, the sound from the first disc follows the same with the second one.

Moonshine Music is one of the biggest and nicest techno labels in America today. Usually, a Moonshine comp. will make my day, but not this day. Altogether, this is not a bad disc, but not a great one either. Carl Cox will be touring the U.S. in May in support of this release and he will release a full-length album later on in the year.

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