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V.a. - ibiza - the sound of renaissance vol. 3 (renaissance recordings)

CD1
01.	4 Hero - Conception
02.	Afterlife - Half Time
03.	Granddad Bob - Hide Me (remix by Deadly Avenger)
04.	Rae & Christian feat. Veba - Spellbound
05.	Shirley Bassey & Groove Armada - Never, Never, Never (remix by Groove Armada)
06.	Buddha Nature - Easy
07.	Funky Lowlifes - Float Through Stars (remix by Boozoo Bajou)
08.	Blaze feat. Amira - I Think Of You (Restless Soul Information Remix)
09.	Gillespie - Oblique
10.	Coldcut feat. John Matthias - Man In A Garage (remix by Nick Franglen)
11.	Front Line Assembly - Nature
12.	Orbital - Belfast
13.	No Logo - Is Anybody Out There?
14.	David Gray - Sail Away (remix by Rae & Christian)
CD2
01.	Skye - What's Wrong With Me (remix by Phonique)
02.	Claude Von Stroke - Who's Afraid Of Detroit?
03.	Inland Knights - Foot & Mouth
04.	Juan Mejia - Lil' Black Coochie
05.	Tiefschwarz - Damage feat. Tracey Thorn (remix by Buick Project)
06.	Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm (remix by Martijn ten Velden)
07.	Chris Lake - Release (remix by Luke Dzierzek)
08.	Cult 45 - True 2 Life
09.	James Zabiela - Weird Science
10.	Montero - Hairy Hits (House Mix)
11.	Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (remix by Chris Lake)
12.	Sarah McCleod - He Doesn't Love You (Hook n Sling Dub & Vocal)
13.	Dino Lenny & The Housemartins - Change The World (West London Deep Remix)

Review

The quality UK label Renaissance has had some great releases these last few months. To enhance your summer-feel this “Sound of Renaissance – Ibiza” is a very welcome addition.

This doubler tries to translate the Ibiza-summer feel straight to the comfort your home with one “Beach” and one “Club” mix. The first one holds some beautiful tracks which you bound to have heard at any given beach shack world wide. From the wonderful sounds of Rae & Christian’s “Spellbound” (damn that sticks in your head!), to Shirley Bassey & Groove Armada’s “Never, Never, Never” (fabulous – love the break!). Gillespie’s kick-ass bass line, Coldcut & John Matthias’ epic emo-sound or Frontera’s summery disco style, it’s all good!
Besides that, if you put Orbital’s “Belfast” on a compilation you can’t do anything wrong in my book!

CD2 is dedicated to the club site of Ibiza. It starts out nicely with Phonique’s interpretation of Skye’s “What’s Wrong With Me?” and upcoming producer Claude Von Stroke with “Who’s Afraid of Detroit?”. Inland Knight’s “Foot & Mouth” African-chants should break some cheers at Bora Bora for sure. I think I’ve never really heard a “bad” track from the Tiefschwarz brothers and this “Damage” featuring Tracey Thorn is no exception - imagine the sun going down over the sea and this track playing, ah yeah!
With Cult 45’s “True 2 Life” kicking in things are really heating up, and by the time Montero’s “Hairy Hits” kicks in things are on fire!

Surprisingly (I’m quite tired of all those Ibiza-compilations) this album really stands out; quality track selection, well arranged and carefully chosen. After listening to it over and over it’s not getting boring and it really adds something to those sunny days – both the laidback ones and the dance-your-ass-off ones.

Best track:
- CD1: Orbital – Belfast
- CD2: Montero – Hairy Hits (house mix)

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