Renaissance Ibiza

• Artist: Deep Dish
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• Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Type: Mix-album, Contains explicit content
• Genre: Electronica

Review

A feeling of suspense lingers throughout Deep Dish's DJ-mixing, as one never truly knows which direction the Maryland duo will take their set with the successive track. The movements from house to trance to Underworld and even to the infamous Culture Club remix on Deep Dish's excellent Yoshiesque album are a perfect example of these sweeping shifts in not only sound, but more importantly, mood. Particularly at a point in time -- late 2000 -- when a plethora of Gatecrasher, Ministry of Sound, and Tranceport-style mix CDs assaulted listeners with a barrage of hands-in-the-air anthems in their attempt to give the consumer bang for their buck, albums such as Deep Dish's Renaissance Ibiza are refreshing and welcome. On this particular mix album, Deep Dish flirts with the uplifting synths of trance, but thankfully remains grounded, for the most part sticking with killer rhythms rather than sublime melodies, until the concluding moment of tranquil bliss when they drop BT's "Dreaming (Evolution Mix)" and MRE's "The Deep Edge." They begin the album with some mid-tempo deep house tracks and eventually move into the pumping progressive house, characterized by pounding bass beats and driving rhythms. Of course, there are tracks such as their own remix of Sven Vath's "Barbarella" and the sensual synth washes of "The Flying Song (Markus Schulz Vocal Mix" when the music drifts into unclassifiable territory -- these moments are simply too ethereal for house, yet too secular for trance -- it's a fine line they balance better than most anyone. So while their first disc flirts with intensity, instead delivering an ever-fluctuating state of mood, their second set begins with a bang (three of the first four are Timo Maas productions), never letting up its tempo as they navigate through some questionable territory -- Moby's "Porcelain (Futureshock Mix)" and Green Velvet's "Flash (Danny Tenaglia's Nitrous Oxide Mix)," two arguably played out yet undeniably great songs -- before their glossy trance finale. Along the way, there are many twists and turns as the duo continually change direction and style, yet this is exactly why they are so appealing: few DJs -- with the exception of Danny Tenaglia and a few others -- are this willing to take risks on different styles of music and the handful of familiar tracks that always find their way into Deep Dish's sets. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Pink Cigarettes [Atjazz Mix]	Andrew Brooks	Brooks	(6:23)
Hope [Tonuri's Commercial Edit]			(6:04)
Overflow [Paul Brtschitsch Remix]			(6:11)
Temperamental [Hex Hector/Mac Quale Reverse Drum Dub/Club Mix]	Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(4:43)
Loch Dub, Pt. 2			(3:53)
Kinetic [Commie's Remix]	Mike Hazell	Golden Girls	(6:34)
Barbarella [Deep Dish Armageddon Breakdown Mix]	Ralf Hildenbeutel	Sven Väth	(10:00)
The Flying Song [Markus Schulz Vocal Mix]		PQM	(7:20)
Moondiver	Austin Leeds	Austin Leeds	(2:52)
Sexual [Deep Dish Cheez Whiz Dub]	Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg	Amber	(7:40)
True (The Faggot Is You) [16B Remix]	Richard Morel	Morel	(4:11)
I Know You Like It [Raw Fuzz Mix]	Paul Pringle	Pascal Vegas	(5:19)
Rise [Deep Dish Hi-Rise Dub/Remix]	Bob Dylan, Olli Dagois	Gabrielle	(5:25)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Ubik [Original Mix]	Timo Maas, Martin Buttrich, Andy Bolleshon	Timo Maas	(7:20)
Flim Flam [Smith & Selway Remix]	Diesel	Yellow Sox	(4:53)
Push That Thing [Timo Massa Phat Out of Hell Mix]	Dave Audé	Dave Audé	(5:08)
Everytime [Timo Maas Dub/Vocal Remix]	Stephen Jones, Rick Simmonds	Lustral	(7:07)
Red Horizon	Kevin Griffiths, Pablo Gargano		(5:44)
Porcelain [Futureshock Remix]	Moby	Moby	(5:53)
Sunburn [Timo Maas Sunstroke Remix]	Matthew Bellamy	Muse	(5:08)
Shape Shifting Sky Beats		Stanny Franssen	(4:10)
Flash [Danny Tenaglia's Nitrous Oxide Mix]	Green Velvet	Green Velvet	(8:03)
Feet	Jamez	Loophole	(4:09)
Circuit Breaker	Barry Jamieson, Jon Sutton		(5:44)
Dreaming [Evolution Mix]	Paul Muggleton, Mike Paxman, Brian Transeau, Judie Tzuke	BT	(7:36)
The Deep Edge	Jamez	MRE	(5:53)
I Am the Vibe [*]		Junior O
Darkness [*]
She Says Hey [*]

Credits

Bob Dylan (Loop), Everything But the Girl (Performer), Moby (Vocals), Moby (Producer), Moby (Engineer), Moby (Mixing), Morgan (Performer), Tracie Ackerman (Vocals), Sven Väth (Producer), Derrick Cross (Vocals (Background)), Kevin Griffiths (Producer), Paul Hartnoll (Producer), Phil Hartnoll (Producer), Ralf Hildenbeutel (Producer), The London Session Orchestra (Strings), The London Session Orchestra (Orchestra), Sharon Scott (Vocals (Background)), Craig Silvey (Mixing), Danny Tenaglia (Producer), Danny Tenaglia (Editing), Danny Tenaglia (Remixing), Ben Watt (Producer), Muse (Performer), Kirsty Hawkshaw (Vocals), Simon Richmond (Producer), Jan Johnston (Vocals (Background)), Deep Dish (?), Deep Dish (Compilation), Deep Dish (Editing), Deep Dish (Mixing), Deep Dish (Re-Editing), Deep Dish (Delay), Gabrielle (Performer), BT (Arranger), BT (Producer), Will Malone (String Arrangements), Green Velvet (Producer), Markus Schulz (Producer), Markus Schulz (Remixing), Amber (Performer), The Berman Brothers (Producer), Hex Hector (Producer), Hex Hector (Engineer), Hex Hector (Remixing), Dave Audé (Producer), Dubfire (Producer), Dubfire (Remixing), Rob Rives (Remixing), Toyin Adekale (Vocals (Background)), Pascal F.E.O.S. (Producer), Omid Nourizadeh (Producer), Omid Nourizadeh (Engineer), Omid Nourizadeh (Remixing), John Selway (Producer), John Selway (Engineer), John Selway (Remixing), Timo Maas (Producer), Timo Maas (Engineer), Timo Maas (Remixing), Prince Quick Mix (Producer), Sharam (Producer), Sharam (Remixing), Victor Lee (Executive Producer), Pablo Gargano (Producer), Pablo Gargano (Remixing), Lustral (Performer), Loophole (Performer), Future Shock (Producer), Future Shock (Remixing), Paul Brtschitsch (Producer), Paul Brtschitsch (Engineer), Paul Brtschitsch (Remixing), Paul Brtschitsch (Mixing), Paul Brtschitsch (Remix Assistant), Jamez (Producer), Golden Girls (Performer), Konrad Carelli (Editing), Markus Shultz (Engineer), Markus Shultz (Remixing), Martin Buttrich (Producer), Martin Buttrich (Engineer), Martin Buttrich (Remixing), Richard Morel (Producer), Richard Morel (Mixing), Richard Morel (Mixing Engineer), MRE (Performer), Stanny Franssen (Producer), Stanny Franssen (Performer), Commie (Producer), Commie (Remixing), Diesel (Arranger), Diesel (Producer), Yellow Sox (Performer), Junior O (Arranger), Austin Leedz (Performer), Andy Bolleshon (Producer), Brooks (Performer), S.T. Jones (Producer), Pilar Basso (Vocals), Stephen Cusick (Producer), Martin Iverson (Producer), J. McMullen (Producer), J. McMullen (Engineer), J. McMullen (Remixing), Christian Flebbs (String Arrangements), Barry Jamieson (Producer), Barry Jamieson (Remixing), Jon Sutton (Producer), Jon Sutton (Remixing), PQM (Performer), Morel (Performer), Pascal Vegas (Performer), Darren Middleton (Producer), Mike Hazell (Producer), Johnny Dollar (Producer), Andrew Brooks (Producer)