Product Description

Hed Kandi: The Mix: Winter 2004 is 3 CDs, each with its own Kandi theme. CD1 "Winter Beach", CD2 "Disco Heaven", CD3 "Twisted Disco". They’re all mixed to recreate the dynamism of the live Kandi experience and contain all the best moments from Kandi’s dancefloor from artists including Mylo, Mutiny, David Morales, Soul Central and DJ Gregory.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Bonnie Bailey -
2. Lisa Shaw -
3. Aya -
4. Fac 15 Featuring Cathi Ogden -
5. Late Night Alumni
6. Dr. Kucho! -
7. Salif Keita Vs Martin Solveig -
8. Moonlight Vs Azoto -
9. Danny Marquez & Ferry B -
10. Salome De Bahia -
11. Eric Kupper Presents Organika -
12. Ferrer & Sydenham -
13. Richard F Ft. Samantha Stock -

Disc 2:

1. Andy Caldwell & Jay-J -
2. Who Da Funk -
3. Mirabeau -
4. Peyton -
5. David Morales with Lea-Lorién -
6. Steve Anders vs. Andrea T. Mendoza -
7. Anthony Acid feat. Ruby -
8. DJ Rhythm presents Soul Theory -
9. Scent -
10. Stonebridge feat. Therese -
11. LnM Projekt feat. Bonnie Bailey -
12. Mutiny feat. Lorraine Cato -
13. Shawn Christopher -

Disc 3:

1. Dirty Vegas -
2. Mousse T feat. Emma Lanford -
3. Monroe -
4. ATFC -
5. Armand Van Helden -
6. Mylo -
7. Eric Kupper presents The Barrow Gang feat. Bonnie Bailey -
8. Brad Carter -
9. Moguai -
10. Antoine Clamaran feat. Lulu Hughes -
11. Open Air -
12. Soul Central -
13. Breaker J -

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21419 in Music
• Released on: 2004-11-22
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

The usual class offering from Hed Kandi
Consistently the best dance compilations in the UK, Hed Kandi serve up another triple-CD kandifest. It's a smorgasbord of all that Hed Kandi stand for - quality, style and utter, utter cool.

Each CD boasts a different syle of music. CD1 is the beach house collection ("beachy!"), languid, laid back percussive grooves, reminiscent of 6pm on a Saturday afternoon at your favourite beach bar. Highlight of this CD is undoubtedly the Martin Solveig mix of Salif Keita's 'Madan', all Afro vocals and cool guitars.

CD2 ups the pace just a little with its collection of glitterball classics ("heavenly!"). This is the Disco Heaven CD, and it's full of bona fide hands-in-the-air moments for angel-winged podium dollies. You will not listen to this without a smile on you face. "How would you feel?" by the god-like David Morales is a high, plus this CD boasts probably the best track on the collection with the suprememly funky 'Can't Fake It'.

CD3, usually my personal favourite, gets all "twisty!" on us, for this is the Twisted Disco collection, for those clubbers who refuse to go home at 3am, so the sleeve notes tell us. Always dark, dubby and dirty, CD3 serves up further gems in the form of Mylo's 'Drop The Pressure' and Brad Carter's 'Morning always comes too soon'.

So, I hear you ask, or you would do if you could get a word in edgeways, which you can't so I'll ask it for you, why only four stars? Well, two reasons. One, although this is not your usual compilation where you own 30 of the 32 tracks on offer already, there are a couple of tracks that stick out like a sore thumb. 'My My My' by Armand van Helden is one. Yes, it is a great track, but hold on, wasn't it on the last Hed Kandi album I forked out fifteen quid for just a couple of months ago? As was the closing track on CD1, 'Let the sunshine through'. Oh well, they're great tracks, plus you get tons you definitely won't have, and the ones you've just bought for the second time are now in a continuous mix.

And therein lies the real reason for being deducted a star. The mixing shows little thought or imagination. The track selection and programming is fine, don't get me wrong. But anyone with a copy of Traktor DJ Studio and an afternoon off work could have produced a mix with equal skill. Compare this to the recently released 10th Anniversary edition of the first Renaissance collection by Sasha and Jon Digweed, and you'll see that the Hed Kandi offering falls way short in terms of imagination. Still, this complaint of mine won't occur to 90% of people that buy it, and I guess it might just be sour grapes on my part (as a professional DJ who's been in the business for 15 years, I'm using four decks, the aforementioned Traktor and Ableton Live 4 to try and keep some freshness in my sets).

Still well worth the money at any rate and whatever my selfish technical gripes, Hed Kandi - The Winter Mix comes highly recommended.

The Sound of Winter!
After listening to Hed Kandi on Jazz FM for the last year, i decided to purchase the newly released winter mix album. I soon discovered that the CD was well worth the expenditure and is a must for all Hed Kandi and dance music fans alike.

The Simple 3CD format provides music to suit all types of choice and mood. CD1, The winter beach mix provides listeners with the feeling of warmth and sunshine despite being stuck in the thick of winter at home. My Hot pick of CD1 is Track 13, "Let the sunshine thru" - despite being on the Summer Mix it still does not age. CD2, The disco heaven mix, is in my view the best of the three. There are 13 tracks of glittering dancefloor moments with several good tracks including Track 6 "Can't fake it". Undoubtedly the best track is LnM Projekts cover of Fleetwood Mac's Everywhere. With Vocals from the ever present Bonnie Bailey this track is simply a joy to listen to - you wont be able to listen to it without a smile on your face I assure you! CD3, The twisted disco mix, goes to 3am on the dancefloor, showing the darker side of Hed Kandi. Mylo's fabulous Drop the Pressure and Mymymy from Armand van Helden are just 2 to mention. My personal fave is Soul Central's re-vamp of Rhythm is Rhythm's string's of life. This track simply tore up the dancefloor's in 2004 and continues to delight.

All in all, a really good album that can suit everyone. My only moan, and it is very small is that some of the songs were also on the Summer Mix, but who cares what I think! Any decent person or Hed Kandi should certainly consider in investing in this mix album, adding themselves to the growing list of Hed Kandi fans!

hed kandi! It gets you in the mood for dancing!
As a Hed Kandi fan, I think this compilation rocks.
Most of the tracks are excellent, and when comparing this to the World Series U.K Mix 1 compilation it is as varied and stylish as ever. I'm sure it will appeal to various music lovers.

If you have not heard of Hed Kandi before now is the time to crank it up and see for yourself! it really gets you moving, and put a smile on you too! If you really wish your day to be as bright and cheerful as the music here put it on in the morning, and no doubt you'd have a fantastic day all throughout. It is infectious, mood enhancer ;-)
one word of warning, you can't stop moving, and want to dance, but good for keeping fit though. Brilliant!