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nóri - radio kaos (the break mix) *****
tilos, november 2003

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Long live this little girl! How could be a set so emotionfull, so hard, so girly? I'm just amazed by these beats and the songs like the Timo Maas version of Don't make me come to Vegas by Tori Amos, Born Slippy vs Bumper and all the other tracks. The only thing I want is an all-night girl-power breakbeat session made by Ludmilla, Miss Bliss and Nóri, my new fave female dj.

saint etienne - finisterre ****
Beggars Banquet , september 2002

1. Action
2. Amateur
3. Language Lab
4. Soft Like Me
5. Summerisle
6. Stop And Think It Over
7. Shower Scene
8. The Way We Live Now
9. New Thing
10. B92
11. The More You Know
12. Finisterre

...and this one for dj meno, aka e cos he likes bran van 3000, abraham and ladytron. this record includes all of them and the sweet white female voice, he'd be crazy for, i know. nice chilled songs, sometimes a hard housy one, really coherent, with many funny interludes, interrupted by a narrator - good joke. a lovable record.

jazz moods - cha cha party ****
concord jazz, august 2001

1. Bodacious Q - Poncho Sanchez
2. Day Tripper - Mongo Santamaria
3. Oye Como Va - Tito Puente Latin Ensemble
4. Jamboree - Caribbean Jazz Project
5. Killer Joe - Ray Barretto
6. Watermelon Man - Poncho Sanchez
7. Guachi Guaro (Soul Sauce) - Cal Tjader
8. Boperation - Ray Vega
9. Rum and Coke (Cuba Libre) - Ed Calle
10. Ah Bailar Cha Cha Cha - Pete Escovedo
11. Bésame Mama - The Latin Jazz All Stars Big Band

one for mr nzanga sese kulu, an hour full of cha cha cha rhythms. here's the grammy winner poncho sanches, playing watermelon man, tito puente and the oye como va, and all that well-known latin songs, he you and i like. a really foot-tapping jazzy compilation.

michael jackson - one more chance *
sony, november 2003

1. One More Chance
2. One More Chance (Paul Oakenfold Mix)
3. One More Chance (METRO Remix)
4. One More Chance (Ron G Club Remix

where's my fave mj who sung the way you make me feel and wanna be startin something? i never knew a bigger shit like this. i only checked the main radio version, but after a minute i wasn't able to listen to the remixes. they can't help this song. here you see the rise and fall of a pop-icon.

jazzman records - what is wrong with groovin' *****
jazzman records, 2002

1- Kathleen Emery - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
2- Los Brasilios - Brasilian Beat
3 - Fred Johnson - A Child Runs Free
4 - Lorez Alexandria - Send in the Clowns
5 - Dee Felice Trio - Nightingale
6 - Freddie Cole - Brother Where Are You
7 - Keith Mansfield - Ophis le Serpentaire
8 - Vincent Geminiani - Ophis le Serpentaire
9 - Unknown
10 - Frank Motley - Ya Ya
11 - Letta Mbulu - What's Wrong with Groovin'
12 - Bruno Spoerri - Les Electroniciens

oh my god, it's the cure. full of rare latin jazz funk soul rhythm and blues and the whole lot of other stuff i like in the 60's music. i can't explain, i wouln't like to explain and i do not have to explain why this record's so good, if you're listening to it. one of the must haves. so i think nzanga sese kulu and spityu zu're going to get this too. there's nothing wrong with this kind of groovin.

destiny's child - survivor *
sony, may 2001

1. Independent Women Part I
2. Survivor
3. Bootylicious
4. Nasty Girl
5. Fancy
6. Apple Pie A La Mode
7. Sexy Daddy
8. Independent Women Part II
9. Happy Face
10. Emotion
11. Dangerously In Love
12. Brown Eyes
13. The Story Of Beauty
14. Gospel Medley  
15. Outro (DC-3) Thank You

i was hoping that i'm in the mood to listen some beyonce rumpshaking stuff. but i weren't. this is just a crap. (but beyonce still rules)

röyksopp - eple (the remixes) ****
wall of sound, march 2003

shakedown remix
fat boy slim remix
boris and michs
black strobe remix

thats what i need :) a weel-known melody and funny remixes at the end of the day.

hip hop and you don't stop

de la soul - live @ dmc
budapest, 22-nov-2003

dmc, the hungarian hip hop event, just constrained - what else could i say. small guys in hip-hop uniform behaving as seen on mtv, dj research jumping near by us.. no silly dance, no feeling, just crying, cos de la soul asked us. no choice: you have to cry your soul out otherwise they gonna start the song over again. i really would have like what they made except this tiny little thing: the absence of the humble of a performer. yepp. you are paid, so do the show, please. and do not start the song over again.

black eyed peas - elephunk ***
a&m, june 2003

1. Hands Up
2. Labor Day (It's A Holiday)
3. Let's Get Retarded
4. Hey Mama
5. Shut Up Listen
6. Smells Like Funk
7. Latin Girls
8. Sexy
9. Fly Away
10. The Boogie That Be
11. The Apl Song
12. Anxiety
13. Where Is The Love

that's happen if you're at a big label. you have to do commercial songs, for everybody without quality cos the boss asked you. this lp could have been a huge one. but the producer asked some popular ones. i really feel sorry. you should have do it on your on way without compromise like tracks as where is the love and the other single. these are terrible

nelly - Country Grammar **
universal, june 2000

1. Intro
2. St. Louie
3. Greed, Hate, Envy
4. Country Grammar (Hot S+++)
5. Steal The Show
6. Interlude
7. Ride Wit Me
8. E.I.
9. Thicky Thick Girl
10. For My
11. Utha Side
12. Tho Dem Wrappas
13. Wrap Sumden
14. Batter Up
15. Never Let 'Em C U Sweat
16. Luven Me
17. Outro

I'm a bit disappointed. My sister asked me to buy this CD for her, and I've been so happy to buy some music for her, to listen something that she likes, and remember that funny evening we've been spending in Amsterdam to Nelly's Hot in here... The whole time i've been waiting that track, that fast one, with that strained beat, but nope. that's the other one.