Balance 014 Mixed by Joris Voorn - Tracklist

[Dhar_2]

Re: Balance 014 Mixed by Joris Voorn - Tracklist

finally got this!

on first listen its an interesting journey of sounds.

i quite like it and find cd2 very atmospheric.

gonna put it in the car so i can give it a proper listen

[Chatterbot]

Re: Balance 014 Mixed by Joris Voorn - Tracklist

Cd2 certainly sounded more "driving/banging" but we'll see after a proper listen.

Do you think you´ve heard the same Disk as we did?

It felt like it made more sense to start off with CD 2 and then continued with CD 1 even.

Thought exactly the same. I wish the second CD would be more driving. He could have mindfucked us all
But this leaves Space for a Balance 014.1, seems to be a common thing now (assuming Chris Fortier is doing his Balance 07.1)

Nevertheless this album is exceptional. It´s brilliant. A mixture of Lee Burridge and Jimmy van M.


Cheers,
G.

[unrecogniseduser]

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top top stuff, midway through part 2 now

[Dhar_2]

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A mixture of Lee Burridge and Jimmy van M.

dont make me beat u!

dont take their names in vain!!!

[Zen Master]

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I wish the second CD would be more driving. He could have mindfucked us all

Look I completely understand your way of thinking, but ask yourself for just a second why ??!
Practically everyone else make his own compilation with this warm up cd1 then driving mindfucked cd2 method, and IMHO that's a little bit boring and predictable. Joris Voorn go further and make a pure masterpiece built-up from 102 tracks in two separate sound painting, and each mix tells his own beautiful story...
This Isn't just an ordinary GU099 Timbuktu or GU101 North Pole compilation... Balance 014 is something different, it's a piece of art

[Homegrove]

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This mix is a masterpiece.

I had shivers going up and down my spine several times listening to this.

[Chatterbot]

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This Isn't just an ordinary GU099 Timbuktu or GU101 North Pole compilation... Balance 014 is something different, it's a piece of art

Dude, I´ve already mentioned

It´s brilliant

But playing this kind of music on CD1 and make one begging for more and end up with this CD2 ist like, umm.... showing a dog a bone and then take it away

Anyway,
enjoy the album

G.

[clintlove]

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Got to throw this out there. Hope everyone who has a "promo" copy of this mix, and likes it and will give it repeated listens, will BUY the album.

[jeffrey collins]

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i saw the way the cd's were designed and must say that the full graphics package for this release is my favorite.

[Chatterbot]

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Got to throw this out there. Hope everyone who has a "promo" copy of this mix, and likes it and will give it repeated listens, will BUY the album.

I only heard from one guy with a promo copy in this thread. The others (me included) ordered directly from Australia...

G.

[simonr]

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Will defo buy the CD when it becomes available - amazon is giving a March release date ... so wasn't going to wait, this has been in constant rotation since I got an advance copy.

[Adzey]

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yep this is one i will be purchasing too

[clintlove]

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I only heard from one guy with a promo copy in this thread. The others (me included) ordered directly from Australia...

G.

I know bro. I didn't mean that to be a rude statement either. I would just hate to see dim sales like Bedrock 10 on such a good album.

[Zen Master]

Re: Balance 014 Mixed by Joris Voorn - Tracklist

Got to throw this out there. Hope everyone who has a "promo" copy of this mix, and likes it and will give it repeated listens, will BUY the album.

Of course mate i want to listen this sweety with proper sound quality ( apple lossless ) on my iPod !

But playing this kind of music on CD1 and make one begging for more and end up with this CD2 ist like, umm.... showing a dog a bone and then take it away

Hmmmm, I don't know.. He gave me my bone with cd2 and even more than I expected

[Zen Master]

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EVERY few years a dance music CD comes along that stands head and shoulders above the rest.

This year, it is Balance 014 by Dutch deep techno DJ and producer Joris Voorn.

Not content to simply blend a dozen intros over outros, Voorn has woven bits and pieces of 102 songs into a two disc set.

Some are full songs.

Others are just a couple of bars or a snippet of a breakdown.

That he avoids it sounding disjointed and that it is so damn smooth, is a credit to his talent.

Voorn has taken conventional DJ mix techniques and thrown them overboard, much like Richie Hawtin did four years ago with DE:9 Transitions.

In a digital age where music technology is more accessible than ever, it is a surprise that this sort of undertaking does not happen more often.

The first disc is for Voorn’s techno fans.

It is the up-tempo sister, stark and relentless until a surprise shift from building intensity to ambient tunes, in the back end.

It is an after-dark CD, gritty and pounding.

Disc two lets it all hang out.

This is where Voorn gets loose and weird.

The pace is slower but the music is 100 times more melodic and just a dash crazy.

A soundtrack to the sun coming up after a night on the dance floor.

5 Stars

( review from www.themercury.com.au )