Two Tribes / Future Music Festival
Double CD Mixed By Mark James Out Now
Two Tribes & Future Music festival double CD mixed by Future's own Mark James featuring tracks and remixes from Dj's playing the festivals including Dylan Rhymes, Tocadiso, Coburn, Steve Angello and other massive tunes from Tiga, Pryda, Cirez D, Soullwax and more . In all good music stores.

REVIEWS.

TWO TRIBES / FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL DOUBLE CD
Various
Shock
7/10
3D magazine review :
It’s a rare occasion when all of the 3D World team agree on a CD - many life-or-death allegiances are held to specific genres within this office. Fortunately for us, this double-slice of electro-tech seemed to appease everyone when slotted into the 3D CD player. Serving as a teaser to the most anticipated festival of this year, this compilation takes in tracks from all the white-hot acts that are lined up to appear at the festival. This includes the pant-wettingly- good prospect of (amongst others) Erick Morillo, David Guetta, Blackstrobe, Tocadisco and Coburn. That’s more DJs than you could shake a (glow) stick at. Anyway, back to the CD. The tracks to shake- your-hips to are from The Egg with a Tocadisco mix of Walking Away and Husky Rescue’s crunchy electro melancholia that is City Lights (remix by Product.01). As an interesting interjection – watch out for two very mainstream DJs masquerading as wolf in credible sheep’s clothing. Cirez D is actually Eric “Call On Me” Prydz and Dave McCullen, (who just wants to call you his Bitch) is Ian Van “Castles In The Sky” Dahl! Well, who would have guessed…! Anyway. It’s a bloody great album. And if this is just the foreplay… just imagine the multiple aural orgasmia that the Future Music Festival is promised to deliver.

IN THE MIX REVIEW.

This mix, assembled by Mark James, is the first in the Two Tribes series to feature split branding with the newly created Future Music Festival. His track selection sits comfortably in the land of all things electro-prefixed, with the occasional foray further afield. It could be said that tracks like No More Conversations might be nearing the end of their shelf-life as far as compilation releases are
concerned, but there is a strong feeling that the more familiar tracks are here because they work in the mix. And there are more than enough surprises and oddball inclusions to even out a few radio hits.

Digitalism’s luscious Zdarlight and Dylan Rhymes’ sassy Fashion Kills steps things up a notch, and sets the tone for the remainer of the disc. German lads Digitalism appear to be on the verge of very big
things, so this tune is bound to be around for a while yet. As for Rhymes, I have nothing to say except welcome to the future of dance music. I was a fan before I saw him play at Future, now im a full blown groupie.

Tocadisco’s rework of Walking Away by The Egg is quite marvellous (and he knows it – he opened his Future set with it). I suppose if I produced remixes that good I’d me a tad happy with myself too. And
while we are on Tocadisco (and dodgy segues), I should mention You’re No Good For Me, which for those who have been under that proverbial rock is a monstrous electro house beast built on the Kelly Charles vocal hook famously sampled in the Prodigy classic No Good. It takes balls to re-use a sample like that without sounding like a lame also ran, so much respect to Tocadisco for pulling it off.

The highlights of the second disc, strangely enough, are all tracks that have been around the traps and should really be sounding a bit tired, but surprisingly are not. The first being of course The Drill, an inexplicably wonderful piece of electro-tinged trance that brings out the inner raver in all of us. Released at around the same time, Dave McCullen’s Bitch was a defining moment in the new electro craze,
and two years down the track it still sounds as sleazy, nasty and wonderful as ever. And all from the same guy who brought us “Castles In The Sky” – now that’s versatility. Throw in Pryda’s dazzlingly
camp Aftermath, and you have yourself a tidy little selection. All said this is a top release, which in retrospect perfectly sums up the musical formula that made the inaugural Future Music Festival a success.