Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Humanity [Ashley Beedle Love and Compassion Remix] - A Guy Called Gerald
2. Struggle for Pleasure [Filterhead Remix] - Minimalistix
3. Spiritualized /Praying [Acappella][Mix] - The Path,
4. Drums 4 Better Daze [Excession Mix] - Lovesky
5. Southside [Peter Heller Mix] - Moby
6. Janeiro - Solid Sessions
7. Breathe [Danny Howells' Drifting Dub] - Erire, Science Dept.
8. Void - Pappa & Gilbey
9. Deliver Me [X-Press 2 Main Mix] - John Martyn, Sister Bliss
10. Stylus Trouble
11. Ruhe [Tom Middleton Mix] - Schiller

Disc 2:

1. Travelogue - Loafers
2. Part One
3. Waiting [the Black Ice Mix] - Nat Monday
4. Inner Laugh [James Holden Mix] - Roland Klinkenberg
5. Foreshadow - Blackwatch
6. Musifon/So Strong - Adele Holness, Ben Shaw, Slacker
7. Oracle/Passive Aggressive [Brothers in Rhythm Acappella] - Placebo
8. Love Like Sleep - Terra Deva,
9. B Y Whop Too Be Y - Junkie XL
10. Pachinko
11. Mindcircus - Way Out West

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #129391 in Music
• Released on: 2006-02-06
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Dave Seaman's Desire mix showcases his adventurous ears and bursting crates. He's known for keeping his sets constantly fresh and the quality consistently high, and this double CD shouldn't disappoint his fans. He endearingly refuses to bow down to the whims of the latest club craze, fusing known and unknown cuts, fierce a capellas and dreamy anthems with equal audacity. While these discs may only approximate the flavour you'd get from hearing Seaman in the flesh, give your volume knob a good hard twist and you'll soon hear the funk.

For instance, disc one plunges right in with Ashley Beadle's funked-up mix of A Guy Called Gerald's mesmerising "Humanity" then mashes up a rapid-fire selection of 10 other tracks that would work any progressive house/trance dance floor with the minimum of effort. These include Francois K's sun-kissed twist on Finley Quaye's "Spiritualised", Solid Sessions' "Janiero" and Tom Middleton's experimental disco treatment of Schiller's "Ruhe". All lend light and shade to his anything-goes progressive blueprint. Much to his credit, Seaman avoids the predictable clichés of build-up and release, relying instead on a fluid, evolving sound. Disc Two offers a somewhat "lost in music" cast, with bass-laden synth tones propelling several of the tracks forward. Elisium (Sasha & Quivver)'s hypnotic "Part One" sparkles beside Blackwatch's excellent "Foreshadow", and Seaman's love for melodic, ethereal tunes is epitomised by the likes of Jimmy Van M's hands-in-the-air cut, "Love Like Sleep". Blended together by a consummate professional, Desire is far beyond the reach of watered-down clones. --Reuben Dessay

Customer Reviews

The only way you can appreciate it? Don't compare it
Their seems to be a distinct correlation between people giving this album negative thoughts, and then comparing it to previous albums. The problem is, this shouldn't be compared, for it is not like any of the previous albums in many ways. Its not bouncy like The Mix Collection 1, or euphoria like Collection 2, it is meant to tap into your emotions.. hence 'Desire'.
The album art reflects what the music is all about. Deep, beautiful, and seamlessly mixed rhythms that make a perfect partner to a night in with a loved one. Seaman has mixed this not to make you get up and dance wildly, but to let the music put you in a blissful mood.
Songs like 'Drums 4 better daze' create a romantic atmosphere with its beautiful piano rhythm, not to mention the final track, Mindcircus, which wraps up the album perfectly with gorgeous vocals and piano melodies.
Their are many, many songs which make this a perfect album for a night in. The ideal 'dream like' situation would be in a posh hotel room! But, it's just important to remember before buying this, that it is not mixed to be a powerful dance session, but a melodic journey. Some like this style, some don't, but you'll never know till your try. Either way, Renaissance lives up to its name once again.. a time of change.

What can I say, I just didn't like it
You will like this album if u like really deep beats, which are quite repetitive - and if u dont like much melody

The BPM is around the same the whole time, and it drags on a little bit. But tracks 3 to 7 on disc1 are great. But they are the only ones it seems with some sort of melody. And the first track on disc 2. Mindcircus is an awesome track but if u have way out west it is exactly the same mix. That was again something that brought me down. I guess i was just expecting much more!

Especially after hearing Renaissance Revelation - Danny Howells and Nick Warren.

That is one of my favourites. Other gems are Nick Warren albums, Danny Howells - global undergound nubreed disc2, old Paul Van Dyke stuff, paul oakenfold. I heard sasha and digweed - northern exposure vol 1 is the best too.

Dave Seaman's best yet?
Now, I've listened to a lot of house music in the previous years, and once in a while I find one that stands out from the crowd. After a while, you dodge the random compilations like crazy and stick with the good names. Like Oakenfold, Maas, Digweed, Deep Dish, Marcus James, and of course Seaman.

This album sounded a bit run of the mill at first, but after several serious listening sessions, it has really grown on me. A normal rotm album just gets boring, but this one reveals more and more details on each listening session. I haven't tried listening to it with headsets yet, but that's probably a good idea.

Seaman seems to really have made an excellent combination of the normal housey female voice tracks and the stuff that's a bit more electronic. The voices are not overwhelming, as they tend to be on some of Oakenfold's albums, but really nicely spread out. Like "Breathe". And, including speedy classics like "Travelogue - Loafer" that was also on Maas' "Connected" makes it a very varied compilation.

All beat mixes seem to be pretty well put together and not just the normal party 10 sec overlaps. He seems to have planned everything ahead, and so I assume that this is a studio recording. That's not a negative point, though. He seems to do this pretty nicely on his other albums too.

I keep this album on repeat in my car just for good sake and happy driving. In my opinion, this is the best Seaman album yet. It has made me pull out all the good, old Seaman Global Underground albums from the drawer, just to see check up if they were just as good. Keep it up, Dave! :-)