If you've got a four-hour drive down the Pacific Coast Highway ahead of you, and you're running low on appropriate tunes, then the Om label has come to your rescue with this well-packed, budget-priced, three-disc set of sunny, summertime club grooves. Each disc is a continuous DJ mix featuring the talents of one of three mixologists: Groove Junkies on disc one, Chuck Love on disc two, and DJ Fluid on disc three. Although the house-heavy tracks do tend to run together a bit about halfway through the program, none of them is less than pleasant, and a few jump out at you with particular force. Among the latter are a powerful gospel number titled "He Is" by a group with the rather strange name Copyright, Micky More's "Victory Dance" (which features some very jazzy flute playing and some wonderfully wanky wah-wah guitar), Iz & Diz's saucy "Magnificent," and Samantha James '80s-flavored and swooningly hooky "Rise." As she does on every compilation on which she appears, Colette steals the show with her rendition of "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" (presented here in a new mix by Chuck Love). If you're not going to be driving down the PCH anytime soon, then you can put any one of these discs on repeat and close your eyes and pretend. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
Frankie Knuckles (Producer), Peggi Blu (Vocals (Background)), Katisse Buckingham (Saxophone), Gary Hudgins (Producer), Roman Johnson (Organ), Roman Johnson (Soloist), Bryan Jones (Producer), Eric Kupper (Producer), Eric Kupper (Remixing), Sandro Gibellini (Guitar), Scott Petersen (Producer), Scott Petersen (Engineer), Scott Petersen (Mixing), Todd Edwards (Producer), Jerome Sydenham (Producer), Michael McGregor (Keyboards), Lisa Shaw (Vocals), JT Donaldson (Producer), JT Donaldson (Remixing), Evan Landes (Producer), Dimitri (Producer), Dimitri (Remixing), Dennis Ferrer (Producer), Sebastian Arocha Morton (Keyboards), Sebastian Arocha Morton (Engineer), Frederick Blais (Producer), Frederick Blais (Remixing), Christopher Smith (Art Direction), Carlos Araiza (Guitar), Carlos Araiza (Shaker), Atnarko Bear (Remixing), Cico Cicognaqni (Guitar), Les King (Bass), Andrew Carney (Trumpet), Damon Trueitt (Vocals), Andy Caldwell (Producer), Jason Henrichs (Arranger), Jason Henrichs (Producer), Jason Henrichs (Engineer), Jason Henrichs (Mixing), Jason Henrichs (Tracking), Gabriel Rene (Producer), Finn Bjarson (Arranger), Finn Bjarson (Producer), Sean Dimitrie (Producer), Ryan Raddon (Arranger), Ryan Raddon (Producer), Uriah Duffy (Bass), Christian Dwiggins (Mastering), Adam Unsworth (Arranger), Adam Unsworth (Producer), Alexander East (Producer), Sam Holt (Producer), Samantha James (Performer), Colette Marino (Arranger), Colette Marino (Producer), Chuck Love (Trumpet), Chuck Love (Arranger), Chuck Love (Keyboards), Chuck Love (Programming), Chuck Love (Producer), Chuck Love (Remixing), Chuck Love (Guitar (Nylon String)), Sarah Armwood (Arranger), Sarah Armwood (Producer), Graham Lord (Arranger), Graham Lord (Keyboards), Graham Lord (Producer), Graham Lord (Mastering), Graham Lord (Mixing), Calum Walker (Arranger), Calum Walker (Producer), Philippo Franchini (Guitar), Dallas Johnson (Vocals), Soularis (Mastering), Soularis (Mixing), Audiowhores (Performer), Groove Junkies (Producer), Groove Junkies (Remixing), Black Shampu (Performer), Leigh Darlow (Bass Engineer), Gary Deane Ahrens (Producer), Charles Erickson (Producer), FBS (Performer), Fourfeet (Vocals), Copyright (Performer), Phil Green and His Basin Street Band (Producer), Phil Green and His Basin Street Band (Engineer), Phil Green and His Basin Street Band (Mixing), Alvarez M., Alejandro (Producer), Alvarez M., Alejandro (Mixing), Thommy Davis (Arranger), Thommy Davis (Producer), Thommy Davis (Mixing), Lee Mortimer (Producer), Diane Carter (Vocals), Diane Carter (Vocals (Background)), Ron Hall and the Muthafunkas (Performer), Lady Sarah (Performer), Marko Militano (Performer), Micky More (Performer), TC Moses (Performer), Stereo Daze (Performer), Troydon (Performer), Damon Trueeitt (Performer), White Collar Criminals (Performer), Alesandro C. (Producer), Alesandro C. (Re-Editing), Tom Cotne (Mastering), DJ Ivan N. (Producer), DJ Ivan N. (Re-Editing), Fabrice Favre (Guitar), Frequent Fliers (Producer), Frequent Fliers (Remixing), James Gardner (Guitar), Rob Grega (Assistant), Iz (Producer)
