M.A.N.D.Y. join the elite roster of Mix Collection artists as they make their Renaissance debut…
Whether it’s DJing, heading-up the respected Get Physical label, producing or compiling mix albums, there’s no doubt Patrick and Philipp – aka M.A.N.D.Y. –
are amongst the most exciting pioneers of electronic music on the planet. Their releases and club appearances are met with eager anticipation, founded on a reputation for delivering quality, eclecticism and the damn right weird and wonderful! Now, as the pair join forces with Renaissance for the first time, that trend is set to continue and ascend…
M.A.N.D.Y.’s eagerly anticipated ‘Mix Collection’ does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a beautiful hybrid that flawlessly blends and balances tempos, genres, moods and emotion. A feat that’s made all the more remarkable when you consider Patrick and Phillip have managed to include a whopping 44 tracks, which they further elaborate on, "Eclecticism has always been the key to our approach in selecting tracks for our compilations and the broad brief of 'The Mix Collection' enabled us to carry on this way. It's never an easy process and, as with all our mix comps, this was chosen, edited and produced with blood, sweat, tears as well as a lot of fun and love!"
‘Upside Down’ (Disc One) kicks things off and, although it may be the more relaxed mix of the pair, remains true to its audio rollercoaster promise. Be it the ambient intro of Shed and dOP; their own ‘Full Off…’ (a production recorded exclusively for the comp’); the impeccably sequenced mid-section that fuses Lopazz, Sebastien Tellier and Bronnt Industries, or the finale of Schneider TM & Kpt-michi-gan’s Smiths cover – ‘The Light 3000’, this is a body of music that delivers throughout its 70 minutes.
Not to be outdone, ‘Downside Up’ (Disc 2) puts on its dancing shoes, snatches the baton and picks-up the pace, transporting the listener further into M.A.N.D.Y.’s unique musical world. It’s a constantly shifting, yet perfectly poised landscape crafted out of the 27 records that comprise the disc. Key names such as Peter Kruder, Chromeo, DJ Koze, Martin Buttrich, Felix Da Housecat and Ben Watt rub shoulders before giving way to the inspired inclusion of seminal Miami Bass classic, the aptly titled ‘Bass Generator’. Keen to underline the entire album’s cohesive diversity, things come to fitting close with The Black Dog giving way to the cheeky use of the piano riff from Radio Slave’s take on Hell and P Diddy’s ‘The DJ’ and bonus track ‘What It’s For’ by friends and Get Physical regulars, The Junior Boys.
Utter brilliance.
Renaissance: The Mix Collection – M.A.N.D.Y. – is out 26th October 2009
Disc One – Upside Down
1) Shed – Waved Mind
2) dOP – Nature Boy
3) Toby Deschamps – Sit Down Relax
4) Ryan Crosson – Under The Willow
5) M.A.N.D.Y. – Full Off…
6) Wareika – Ascending Descending
7) Crowdpleaser & Ly Sander – Walking Home
8 ) Bodycode – Immune
9) Chica And The Folder – Perfect Day [Sometimes] (Pikaya Mix)
10) Lopazz – Perfume Lab
11) Sebastien Tellier – La Ballade Du Georges
12) Holger Zilske – To Them To Me
13) Bronnt Industries Kapital – Threnody For The Victims Of Lucio Fulci
14) Bomb The Bass Feat. Mark Langan – Black River (Gui Boratto Remix)
15) Claude Vonstroke & Christian Martin – Groundhog Day
16) 51 Days – Paper Moon
17) Schneider TM & Kpt-michi-gan – The Light 3000
Disc Two – Downside Up
1) Kenny Larkin – Gimme
2) Glimpse & Alex Jones - Cambria
3) Isolée – October
4) Induceve – Time To Begin (Ragapella)
5) Peter Kruder – After The Dawn
6) Tedd Patterson – Shattered (Beat Pharmacy Dub)
7) Blagger – Strange Behaviour (DJ Koze AKA Swahimi Remix)
8 ) Kuniyuki Takahashi – Dear African Sky
9) Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin’ (Jori Hulkkonnen Remix)
10) Kenny Leaven – Odyssey (dOP Remix)
11) Microworld – This Is My Friend (Disco Version)
12) Ellen Allien – Lover
13) Martin Buttrich – Stoned Autopilot (C2 Version)
14) Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen (Shower Scene)
15) Dapayk Solo – Geheimtipp 01-B
16) Ben Watt – Guinea Pig (M.A.N.D.Y. & Smallboy Musical Variation)
17) Gang Gang Dance – Bebey
18) Zombie Disco Squad – The Cursed
19) Terry Toner – Eat The Positive
20) Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda – Eucalypse Now!
21) Robag Wruhme – Fufo2
22) Dynamix II – Bass Generator
23) Lopazz – Parua Api
24) DJ Koze – Mrs. Bojangels
25) The Black Dog – Virtual
26) DJ Hell – The DJ Feat. P Diddy (Radio Slave Remix)
Bonus Track:
Junior Boys – What It’s For
will get this one then