Music, sweet sweet music: Joris Voorn Balance 14
I can’t remember the last time I was quite as excited waiting for a compliation/mix to come out as I have been for Joris Voorn – Balance. As soon as I spotted the tracklist that consisted of 103 tracks in the space of a 2cd mix – it sort of shouted that it was either going to be quite excellent, or go along the lines of being a chin stroking affair.
Happy to say that I’m only half way through listening to the first CD and this is excellent. In the space of the first 43 minutes I have already had a number of *moments* while sitting at my desk at work.
Will write up a proper review once I’ve given it a full run though – but this is making me feel rather “special” so needed to share it on here.
Music…….sweet sweet music. How it can move you.
I really like Joris’ description of the project as well:
As you can see there’s lots of tracks on here, and it’s pretty entertaining to see what comments people have been writing about that on some forums. My intention while working on the mixes however, has not been ‘more is more’. Some of the tracks listed here have been reduced to a 2 bar loop, with some I only used the break or the intro.
The process of making this mix has been more like painting with sound rather than mixing the end of one track with the beginning of another. Working this way has been very interesting for me and made the project into something very different than a conventional dj mix cd.
I’m sure I won’t be pleasing everyone with these mixes, some listeners will be happily or uneasily surprised, but at least it’s pushing my own boundries in a technical, but even more so, in a musical and artistic way.
TRACKLIST
CD1: MIZUIRO MIX
TRACK 1
Tadeo – Circunbalation I (Alex Under View) – Cyclical Tracks
Mikael Stavöstrand – Stol – Defrag
Minilogue – In A Distance – Cocoon
Minilogue – Loud – Cocoon
Minilogue – We All – Cocoon
Forss – Journeyman (Tricksi Remix) – Sonar Kollektiv
TRACK 2:
Yagya – Snowflake 2 – Force Inc. Music Works
Basic Channel – Remake (Basic Reshape) – Basic Channel
Basic Channel – Q 1.2 – Basic Channel
Gel Abril – Your Face Is A Mess (Itamar Sagi Remix) – Be As One Imprint
Ici.eme Gran-Dii-Ree – Pertin_nce
Matthias Tanzmann – Rugby – Moon Harbour Recordings
Minilogue – Ghost – Mule Electronic
Heiko Laux – Waves Ahead – Kanzleramt
TRACK 3:
Robert Babicz – Enjoy – Defrag
Prompt – Ambee – 7noise
Matthias Tanzmann – Keep On (Boris Werner Keep On Truckin’ Mix) – Moon Harbour
Vitalis Popoff – Lethe 1 – Rivers Of Recording
TRACK 4:
Westley Matsell – Diffusion 27 – Border Community
Model 500 – Starlight (Echospace Dub) – Echospace
Prompt feat. Onuba – Zora – 7noise
TRACK 5:
Dub Kult – Crypt District One Remix – Curle Recordings
Kenneth Graham – Fire, Water, Machine – Immigrant
William Kouam Djoko – Hard Lovin’ (Acapella) – Thirtyonetwenty
Johhny D – Deja Vu – 8Bit
Je Dávu – I Zebra – Platzhirsch Schallplatten
TRACK 6:
Julius Papp – Bole Beats – Large Music
Johhny D – Deja Vu – 8Bit
Dosem – Beach Kisses Joris Voorn Edit – Green
TRACK 7:
Linus Quick – CopyPasteCut (District One Remix) – Incase
Cobblestone Jazz W Cocoon
Tigerskin Peter’s Secret Weapon Dirt Crew
TRACK 8:
Black Rose – Solomon (Tricksi Remix) – Sonar Kollektiv
H.O.S.H. & Stimming – Radar – Diynamic
John Thomas, Barbara Goes – Mother’s Dance #2 – Ethique
TRACK 9:
System 7 – Altitude Mayday Mix – A-Wave
The Martian – Star Dancer – Red Planet
Ambivalent – R U OK (Acapella) – M_nus
Polder – Topdrop – 100% Pure
TRACK 10:
Emmanuel Top – Stress – Attack
Silicon Soul – 3am (Balance Beatless Version) – Soma Quality Recordings
Dubfire – Ribcage – Desolat
Jerome Sydenham, Tiger Stripes Elevation (Radio Slave One More Kiss Remix) Ibadan
Elon Snorting Pinky (Justin Maxwell Remix B) Auralism
TRACK 11:
Sascha Funke – Mango Berlin Edit – Bpitch Control
Paul Kalkbrenner – Moob – Bpitch Control
Sacha Funke – The Fortune cookie Symphony Acapella – Bpitch Control
Goldie – Timeless – Warner / FFRR
TRACK 12:
Joakim – Peter Pan Over The Bronx – Versatile
Secede – Born In A Tropical Swamp – Sending Orbs
Quiet Village – Gold Rush – Studio K7!
Sensorama – Aspirin (Global Communication Remix) – Ladomat2000
CD2: MIDORI MIX
TRACK 1:
Imps – Bubble And Squeek – Mule Electronic
Âme – Doldrums – Innervisions
Nick Solé – Children – Mojuba
Les Chocolats – Ride The Beat – Minimalizm
TRACK 2:
Kaoru Inoue – The Secret Field (Todd Terje Remix) – Mule Musiq
Nova Nova – Prayer – F Communications
Elitechnique – Electric Evening – Clone
TRACK 3:
Elitechnique – Spectral Escape – NEWS / Radius Records
Len Faki – My Blackapella – Figure
Len Faki – My Synthapella – Figure
TRACK 4:
Paul Nazca – Flash – Boxer Recordings
Mood II Swing – Move Me – Earth, Moon & Sun
Prawler – Phat Laces (Harada Remix) – Audio Therapy
Henrik Schwarz – Leave My Head Alone Brain (Acapella) – Sunday Music
Minilogue – Ghost (Dub) – Mule Electronic
Sean Deason – Psykofuk – Matrix Records
TRACK 5:
Ricardo Villalobos – Easy Lee (Smith n Hack Remix) – Playhouse
Minilogue – Ghost (Dub) – Mule Electronic
Agnes – Daaahhhh – Minibar
Agnes – Treat Me Bad – Minibar
Radio Slave – Tantakan – Rekids
TRACK 6:
Blamstraim – A Song For Jonas – Sending Orbs
The Aloof – Going Home – Warner / EastWest
Christian Smith & John Selway – Illusion (Version) – CSM
Yagya – Change – Sending Orbs
TRACK 7:
Feline 9 – Heavy – Drenched Recordings
Gegenheimer – Spiritual Love (Acoustic Raw Demo Version) – Unreleased
Kettel – Coddle – Clone
Carl Craig – Attitude – Planet E
TRACK 8:
Flying Lotus – Brainfeeder – Warp
Raz Ohara – Hymn (Hardman Mix) – Kitty-Cuts
TRACK 9:
Poni Hoax – Faces In The Water – Tigersushi
Joris Voorn – Additional Strings – Unreleased
Robert Babicz – Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Remix) – Audiomatique
TRACK 10:
Joakim – Are You A Vegetarian? – Versatile
Tantra – A Place Called Tarot (Idjut Boys Re-Edit) – Tirk
Joakim – Peter Pan Over The Bronx – Versatile Records / K!7
Leftfield – Rhino’s Prayer – Sony / Hard Hands
TRACK 11:
Rhythm & Sound – King In My Empire – Rhythm & Sound
Marc Romboy – Elif – Systematic
Minilogue – Old Water – Cocoon
Markus – Dolic Blood Blood – Lo-Fi Stereo
Martin Landsky – FM Safari (Patrick Chardronet’s Silent Snake Remix) – Poker Flat Recordings
TRACK 12:
Jimpster – The Last Tape – Hydrogen Dukebox
Marcello Giordani – Respect Yourself – Mule Musiq
TRACK 13:
Carl Craig – At Les – Planet E
Innerzone Orchestra – At Les – Planet E
TRACK 14:
Radiohead – Nude (Ripperton $9 Mix) – XL Recordings
TRACK 15:
Aphex Twin – Heliosphan – R&S Records
F.U.S.E. – Into The Space – Plus 8
TRACK 16:
Spinvis – Mare Frigoris – Excelsior Recordings
Tags: balance, joris voorn, reviews, techno
In an interview by Laptoprockers, Joris finally commented on the hype himself!
“It’s crazy how it could become such a hype even before anybody heard the mixes yet!”
Not so sure on the ‘midori’ mix – it kinda comes and goes a bit. First one is nice though.
Oughta hold me till Omar S’s fabric anyhow.
Yeah its all about the first CD for me