Ben Watt, Jay Hannan - Lazy Dog, Volume 2
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Artist: Ben Watt, Jay HannanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-03-05
Music Label: Astralwerks
Soundtracks:
- It's Yours - Jon Cutler feat. E-Man
- The Guitar - E-Smoove
- By Your Side - Sade
- Destiny - 7th District Inc. feat Beverley T
- Without You - Lucy Pearl
- No Win Situation - Peal Orchestra
- Heard It All Before - Sunshine Anderson
- Dreamoz - Lith De Lanka
- In The Music - Deep Swing
- My Love For You - Patrick Green feat. Nicole Henry
- I Can't Wait - Andy Caldwell
- RocSette's Groove - Unsolicited Dubz
- Been So Long - Kim English
- All That I Give - DJ Sonic
- Sereia - Mundo Azul
- In Your Arms (We Gonna Make It) - Benjamin Diamond
- I Know You, I Live You - Yolanda Wyns
- Supernova - Nova Fronteria
- Tha Music - Phunkie Souls
- Summer - Bibi
Free Music Notes for Lazy Dog, Volume 2
Free Music Review: LD2... sick
Hit: 5 Stars
i originally wrote a review for LD2 when it first came out, saying that it was pretty good but not to be compared with LD1, an absolute rare gem of a masterpiece in the realm of house music today. now, about a year after i wrote my original review of LD2, i wholeheartedly take that statement back. after exploring the album a little bit more deeply in recent weeks, i have decided, at least imho, that LD2 is every bit as smoking as LD1; gem masterpiece status achieved with flying colors. like LD1, LD2 contains all of the four types of grooves that made LD1 so hot:1) latin-flavored grooves (LD1: 'Cada Vez', LD2: 'Sereia')
2) retro-sounding grooves (LD1: 'Love Don't Live', LD2: 'No Win Situation')
3) funky grooves (LD1: 'Mighty Power of Love', LD2: 'I Know You, I Live You')
4) just plain hot grooves (LD1: 'That Day', LD2: 'Been So Long')
also, like LD1, the killer-to-filler ratio on LD2 is so high that my mind keeps changing about which cut is my favorite. LD albums are the rare exceptions in house music compilations for which it is easier to count the number of songs you DON'T like than the number of ones that you do. (if you like the LD's, check out some Naked Music albums mixed by Miguel Migs; they are similar to the LD stuff and there is no mistaking that the quality is tight like it is on the LD's). right now, as i write this review, i am listening to my current favorite on LD2: 'My Love For You.' it is not impressive technically like some other LD cuts, mostly on their first effort, like 'Mighty Power of Love', 'Ain't No Running Away', etc., but it has that 'hot' quality that i just totally dig. i could go on for hours discussing every nuance of every LD cut whether you want to talk technical, musical or emotional, but i'll save myself the effort of writing it and you the effort of reading it right here: this album is sick, you need to get it, like now. take this from a somewhat accomplished jazz/electro-funk musician/composer who has been collecting quality house music for the past ten years. i have over 100 cd's (and quite a few GB's on my PC) of just house and my four LD cd's are some of the best stuff i own, right up there with my Naked Music albums and the pride of my collection, the entire 'Sessions' series from MOS which is mostly out of print now.
Lazy Dog, Volume 2 Poster
Ben Watt (EBTG) and Jay Hannan have finished mixing the follow-up to last year's Lazy Dog double mix compilation CD. Twenty tracks feature on the new album, ten mixed by Ben, ten by Jay. Highlights include Ben's remix of Sade's 'By Your Side' and the JayEverything But the Girl's Ben Watt and DJ partner Jay Hannan return with more of the deep house they mixed to dazzling effect on the first Lazy Dog disc. Modeled after the program from their weekly residence at London's Lazy Dog social club, the double-disc Lazy Dog 2 finds the duo energized and dripping with deep house attitude. The duo's interpretations, which are more svelte, elegant, and modern than classic house, include ubiquitous handclaps and cymbal splashes met with salsa keyboard riffs, squawking saxophones, steaming organs, and sped-up vocals (on Peal Orchestra's "No Win Situation" the singer sounds like a prepubescent Michael Jackson). Both DJs confirm their tastes here; Watt indulges in lustrous mixes of vocal stars like Lucy Pearl, Sade, and Sunshine Anderson, while Hannan gives props to movers like Benjamin Diamond, Andy Caldwell (the man behind Sounds of Om, Vol. 2), and DJ Sonic (though he also sneaks in '80s pop star Kim English). The tracks pile-drive along in party mode, never skipping a beat but offering plenty of variation in style, making for a worthy addition to the Lazy Dog canon. --Ken Micallef
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