If you're a deep house aficionado, you're sure to love this generous continuous mix from Brooklyn-born DJ Spinna, who has raided the Guidance records catalog to bring you an hour and a quarter of trance-inducing, dubbed-up club grooves for your hand-waving, hip-shaking, glow-sticking pleasure. The disc starts off with jazzy, faintly Latin grooves courtesy of Brace, Butti49, and Chuck Perkins, but then quickly sinks into four-on-the-floor house beats and stays there for most of the 21 tracks that remain. There are occasional detours, such as Paul Hunter's jazz-flavored "Reflection" and the explicitly reggae-inflected "Righteous Dub" by Uptight Productions (and don't miss the Mutabaruka cameo). But otherwise, this is a long exercise in trancey club grooves, and as such it's mostly attractive in a purely functional way. Highlights include the cool Jazzanova remix of Ursula Rucker's "Circe" and a very pretty number called "Baghdad Cafe" by A:Xus (featuring vocals from Naomi Nsombi). Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
A:xus (Producer), Blue Boy (Performer), Keith Henderson (Guitar), Ursula Rucker (Performer), Dubtribe Sound System (Performer), Robert E. Miller (Saxophone), Kevin Yost (Performer), Mutabaruka (Performer), Taylor Deupree (Photography), Edvard Brygfjeld (Flute), Boyd Jarvis (Mixing), Edvard Brygfjeld (Beats), DJ Spinna (Compilation), King Britt (Producer), Boyd Jarvis (Producer), Jazzanova (Interpretation), Joe Claussell (Producer), Projekt: PM (Performer), King Britt (?), Joe Claussell (Percussion), Brother of Soul (Performer), Daniel Moreno (Percussion), DJ Spinna (Mixing), Uptight Productions (Performer), Boyd Jarvis (Keyboards), DJ Deep (Performer), Alton Miller (Performer), Ludovic Navarre (Executive Producer), Joe Claussell (Mixing), Deep Sensation (Performer), Edvard Brygfjeld (Programming), Angelia Wylie (Vocals), Edvard Brygfjeld (Engineer), Jazzanova (Remixing), Per Zanussi (Bass)
