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| Balance 010 | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 168878
Category: Music
Artist: Jimmy Van M
Publisher: E.Q.
Studio: E.Q.
Manufacturer: E.Q.
Label: E.Q.
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.7 x 0.5
MPN: 15
UPC: 823867000347
EAN: 0823867000347
ASIN: B000IFSGDK
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Ethiopia - Bill Laswell, , Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw | | • | Babylon Ghost - Bill Laswell | | • | Study of Six Guitars - The Future Sound of London | | • | Coming Down Glass - Laika | | • | Autumn Leaves - Coldcut | | • | Water Drums - Union Jack | | • | Slo Bid Bellwave - Casino, Japan | | • | Falmer - Nathan Fake | | • | Dayvan Cowboy - Boards of Canada | | • | Beloved [Thievery Corporation Remix] - Anoushka Shankar | | • | Angels [Thievery Corporation Remix] - Norah Jones, Wax Poetic | | • | Nine - Autechre | | • | Everything You Do Is a Balloon - Boards of Canada | | • | Rising Dust - Brian Eno, , Jan Peter Schwalm | | • | Halo [Goldrapp Mix] - Depeche Mode | | • | Walking Away [Album Version] - The Egg | | • | Everything You Do - Bonobo |
Disc 2
| • | Floating Windows - Miles Tilmann | | • | Minutes - Miles Tilmann | | • | How Are You - Steve T. | | • | Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins | | • | Oil Zone - Speedy J | | • | Kriegspeil - Adam Johnson | | • | Version 2 - Adam Johnson | | • | Bubbles - Ellen Allien, Aparato Raro | | • | Skyliner - Boards of Canada | | • | Desert White [Joel Mull Mix] - Peter Benisch | | • | X-Equals - Babel | | • | Delphium - Aphex Twin | | • | Mono - Brandi Ifgray | | • | Cash Conv. - I:Cube, | | • | Too Much Love [Run-n-tug Mix] - LCD Soundsystem | | • | Cool Kids of Death [Underworld Remix] - Saint Etienne |
Disc 3
| • | Djinns [Trentm?ller Remix] - Djuma Soundsystem | | • | Djinns [Def Jaguar Remix] - Djuma Soundsystem | | • | Interfrale - Solieb | | • | Jet - Ellen Allien, Aparato Raro | | • | Reducer - Stanley Lebowsky | | • | No Gravity - Victoria Jordanova | | • | Docker - Tom Pooks | | • | Test One - Acid Test | | • | Ask Why [JVM Gold Mix] - Jennifer Horne, 16 Bit Lolitas | | • | Played Runner - Booka Shade, DJ T., | | • | Chopper - Hug | | • | Dirt Bike [16 Bit Lolitas Mix] - Loafer | | • | Like You [Supermover Mix] - Gui Boratto |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Wow Jimmy just wow ... December 10, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am gonna make this review short & sweet I cant believe what jimmy tried to
pull over on us here I can maybe understand one downtempo disc but two & a half ??? That is just down right wrong !!! Now I just picked up his newer version 10.1 and that one disc completely blew this 3 disc set away with out
a doubt I have been a fan of Jimmy's for a very long time since the 90's & even the free mixes he was putting out as a hype tool for this album killed it I saw him with Sasha at Space in Miami for this tour & He was great so I
just don't understand what happened ... And I have loved almost every balance that has dropped but this one just hurt especially the time I put into finding this album ... Tisk tisk tisk
 Understanding the Balance December 9, 2007
This is Balance 010 and EQ is on the milestone with Jimmy Van M. This is the perfect 3CD set for those who enjoy breakbeats and letting go of things to relax. This is also a disc for you balance fans.
The breakdown of 3CD's is from chillout to progresive house beat. The first disc is basically chillout music. Jimmy compiles a couple of tracks that were used on Nick Warren's Back to Mine CD, like Coldcut's Autumn. The first CD even reminds me of that album! The second disc starts off slow and builds up toward the end. You here Cocteau Twins just about a 3rd of the way through the CD, then the relexation starts to build with more of a beat. There is a lot going on in the 2nd disc with the passive progressiveness. The disc end with the classic Underworld Full mix of Kool Kids of Death.
The 3rd and final disc does not play around. You have a lot of electronic trance mixed with progressive house with a more serious beat. Jimmy Van M has taken it up a notch. I do not remember the tracks on here, but there are a couple I heard on other compilations as well.
Jimmy Van M has balanced the series and this certainly must be a purchase. 3CD's is a lot to digest, but worth the time. Jimmy has put a lot of effort into this. The end result is having rave reviews.
Jimmy understands the balance!!!
 Less is more May 19, 2007
Disc#1 is ok if you in to relaxing, very down tempo music. Disc#2 had some promising artists and contains some good tracks. Both 2 stars.
Disc#3 is in my opinion a compilation that truly belongs in the Balance Series. It reminded me somewhat of Balance 5 (in my opinion the best progressive album ever). Very smoothly mixed and great tracks! 5 stars.
So less is more, I think 3 CD's is just to much. And after listening the #3 I do not think I will soon be listening to the other two again.
But for Disc#3 this is definitely worthwhile buying.
Hippie Lullabies January 27, 2007
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
My DJ side:
I actually had to stop the music, open the tray on the CD player then check whether I had the right CD1 down-tempo in, or some other CD that my wife played before as the music was so not what I was expecting, sounding more like Deep Forest than JVM. To my surprise, it was Jimmy's Balance 10. I decided to Keep an open mind and listen to it anyway. I went to sleep after the 4th track. The next day I decided to listen to the second CD (mid tempo). Again I stopped the music, opened the tray on the CD player then checked whether I had the (mid tempo CD) in instead of the down-tempo I was playing the night before. Sure enough, the (mid tempo) was what I had in the player, but did not sound much different than the lullabies I was listening to on CD1. When the mid-tempo was over, I thought to myself "well, this would be very nice for an upcoming relaxing dinner with friends". The next day I had high hopes for the up tempo CD, cause well, as the name implies, it should be where the beats and treats are. But No. Not really.
The only reason I didn't freak out from listening to the 1st and 2nd CD of Jimmy Van M's Balance release is because for three days I kept telling myself that there is an up tempo CD. I didn't mind CD1&2 out of place pop tracks, I didn't mind the different types of music being played in sequence, or rather, out of sequence. I didn't mind hotel lobby music that reminded me of a hotel I stayed in two years ago in Vienna. All this will be forgivable when I hear the up-tempo, because I was so sure it's going to be awesome. Unfortunately, I was not quite right about my assumptions. Things did not start happening until track 5 (The Reducer 2), I don't really need some 4 tracks on the third CD to get me warmed up. Jimmy warmed me up for 37 tracks before that, in his down + mid-tempo crap. For the most part, this production of the Balance series - especially the first 41 tracks in sequence - churned out some of the most lethargic, way too slow and boring music that could be described, at best, as lullabies for grown ups. As for the last 9 tracks of the up-tempo, it is actually - dare I say - decent enough, but way too late, and even worse, ended prematurely. It should have been re-arranged with tracks in reverse order on every CD to be as follows: (CD3) up-tempo should have been (CD1) renamed (in the car from club to home), (CD2) mid-tempo should have been renamed (at home in the living room) and finally (CD1) down-tempo should have been (CD3) renamed (in your bedroom). This just makes more sense. The reason I say this is due to the disproportionate figures of dance tracks given to us (9) to the rest of the sleepy, mellow ones (41). For example, chill out house almost always start with a faster track or two then goes on to be slower gradually. I have never come across a chill CD that opened with 10 fast tracks and ended with 03 slow ones, that's not chill. JVM Balance did exactly that; took forever to ascend to a certain point, then crashed almost immediately. What gives?
Half star for CD1
Half star for CD2
3 stars for CD3
My human side:
Dance music is not the only type of beautiful music out there, Duh!
Jimmy made that very clear in this release. If you want to listen to a wide range of (not bad!) music, then Balance 10 is for you. Dive in JVM selection of what he thinks makes us human; expressions of the soul that goes beyond our daily necessities to survive. As a matter of fact, we don't even need music (or any type of arts for that matter) to survive at all. Still we listen to it, we crave it and for many people their livelihood depends on it. Music can represent our feelings, desires and wishes, and with JVM Deep Forest like music here (as I mentioned before) I can't help but wonder if he is going through a certain period in his life where spirituality and oneness with the world is a priority. I think it shows.
 Runs the gamut... December 15, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
from good to awesome! I get the feeling that this is an incredibly personal mix, because it encompasses so many different records, emotions, and feels. That said, the pacing and mixing shows that this mix is composed by a master-class DJ. This mix is a real journey, as cliche as that term may sound. Just take a look at the track list, and you'll see the depth of music that is informing Jimmy Van M. When you can match Brian Eno to Depeche Mode, and Cocteau Twins to Speedy J, you've got something special. The only complaint I have is that the mix is so personal that certain tracks just don't ring right for me because of differing tastes. Though for me, this only happens at the end of the Disc 2 in a giant 3 disc set! So, if you're reading this, I encourage you just to go ahead and buy it.
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