10 Years in the Life
CDN$ 24.86
- Moment Of Truth, The - (original radio version)
- Relativity (Transeau s Excursion)
- Embracing The Future - (Embracing The Sunshine mix)
- Loving You More - (with Vincent Covello, 7 edit)
- Blue Skies - (with Tori Amos, radio edit)
- Flaming June - (BT & PVD edit)
- Love, Peace And Grease - (BT s Puma Fila 7 mix)
- Remember - (Single mix)
- Road To Lotswithiel, The
- Lullaby For Gala
- Believer
- Dreaming - (Libra mix, with Kristy Hawkshaw)
- Giving Up The Ghost
- Never Gonna Come Back Down - (with M Doughty, single edit)
- The Revolution
Yick! - I m sorry but after having heard so much about him, I had a go and checked this CD out. Terrible. The songs are lame, and there is nothing here that jumps out and grabs me. I was expecting a lot more. He must have friends in high places because talent alone didn t get him where he is today.
BT at his BEST - This 2 disc set is a must have for any BT fan! From club house to trance beats, this set covers it all! Madonna Drowned World/Substitute for Love remix is the best!
Very good, though dated at some points - As opposed to the case with most greatest hits compilations, this one sadly shows how the early sound of the electronica/dance genre (which was influenced heavily by BT s contributions) sounds dated when we are about to enter 2004. On the flip side, much in the same way as those of us born in the seventies now look back at the eighties with a sense of ",that was the music we went through High School with", I can see a lot of younger people enjoying this music in 10-15 years time, as a retrospective into their middle school years.This album presents a compilation of hits spanning from 1993 until 2002 (when it was issued) of Brian Transeau (a.k.a. BT), one of the masterminds behind the electronica/dance movement of the past decade, considered by many to be ",bigger", than the very own Paul Oakenfold (I subscribe to that view, by the way...) 10 Years in the Life gives a clear idea of how the sound of BT evolved through time, with a more techno/dance type of sound in the first half of the first disc (and in general in the first five years covered by the compilation), morphing into a more ambient/trancey sound toward the end of it (which closely match the most recent five years), when he takes a plunge into some originals and some remixes extracted from the great ESCM album. As the first disc closes, we get a feel for BT s scoring abilities, with ",Believer", (from the movie ",Go",) and ",The Revolution", (from ",Tomb Raider", part I).Disc 2, for a change, presents a continuous mix bundled with remixes that BT did of other artists work (and a couple of his own crop) between 1995 and 1999, with Madonna s ",Drowned World/Substitute For Love", and an almost unrecognizable (though very powerful) remix of Crystal Method s ",Keep Hope Alive", as the high points. In general, I prefer the first disc by far, since it sounds less dated and sticks more with the more trancey music/remixes by BT that I learned to love.As for me, though I didn t grow up to this music (not in the sense of going to school listening to it), I found more than one spot in the compilation that made me feel more alive than ever, as if being reborn. Hope it gives you the same feeling when you spin it... keep a young spirit!
Pretention At Its Best... - I bought this cd because I had to refund something at the store for the same price. This quite possibly may be the worst musical selection I have bought. I don t care if this was a greatest hits collection from BT, many songs that should ve been on here were not. No versions of Mercury and Solace were on this cd, no remixes of Godspeed, Namistai was nowhere to be found, Sunblind isn t here, and I could go on and on. Somewhere in the process of making this compilation, someone had the great idea to put a picture of BT on every other page, followed by an analysis to each song. Fame must have gone to his head to actually go into depth about everything, topping it all off with a picture of him in his limosuine with a terrier. However, I also have problems with the song selection, giving me the impression that the producers thought it more important to put the name of a famous person BT worked with as opposed to quality. Such artists include Tori Amos, Richard Butler, and Madonna, and not surprisingly, most of them are overplayed and the epitome of pop culture.Overall, cd one is ok, except the first 4 songs suck, Blue Skies got old after hearing it too much in 6th grade, Flaming June is edited too much, and Remember can just be found off ESCM or the Hackers soundtrack and you won t have to spend 26 bucks on this whole cd. Dreaming and Giving Up The Ghost are the only songs that really stick out on both cds. However, these tunes can be found on the double disc version of Movement in Still Life, which consists of incredible tracks. As for Revolution, this song is a complete copy of Gil Scott Heron s song. I can t listen to it, because the original was by far better and this version plain sucks.As for cd 2, I was ashamed I owned this cd. Calling Your Name is the only good song, and it is cut short from the original thanks to time constraints. All in all, don t buy this collection if you don t have to. If you are a die-hard fan of BT (not me), then buy this album for the rare songs, or so they are called, otherwise stick with ESCM, Movement in Still Life, and Rare and Remixed. At least those cds are grand and don t have pictures of Brian on every sleeve.
Give me a 10! - This has to be a very exclusive release to the US since it was released by Rhino Records and not BT s parent records in the US, Nettwerk. You won t even find this listed on BT s official website discography.Nontheless, you ll find the various songs from Bt s 10-year career in a 2-CD set. CD1 featues his own compositions and CD2 are the remixes he was commissioned to do for other great artists. I first got myself aquainted to his music on the deliciously penned Tori Amos collaboration Blue Skies. Tori s cold haunting voice matched Bt s self-styled techo-electronic sounds almost perfectly. You ll find it here on CD1, no doubt, for it represents one of BT s best triumphs. You also find such gems like his earliest works Moment of Truth and Relativity. You would realize how progressive BT has gotten on his later albums especially when he tried experimenting with electronic fusion with hip-hop/rap on Movement in Still Life. Dreaming, Giving Up The Ghost and Never Gonna Come Back Down truly represents this great leap forward. What s best, you ll get all the radio edits and remix single that were otherwise only available on vinyls or promo CDs.On CD2, BT showcases his skills as a remixer which, by far, is his most accomplished work done. Remixing for The Crystal Method to Billy Ray Martin and Madonna, the remix of Drowned World for the latter is one of his best remixes for the 90 s. It simply added a multi-dimension to a song that was dark and brooding. A great ommission here would have to be his splendid remix of Sarah McLachlan s I Love You which literally transformed the broadway style ballad to a stomping dancefloor cut.If you just got on BT, this is is the best $20 to spend on without getting his whole collection. I recommend his new CD Emotional Technology too.