He just WON'T go away will he? The Balance series seems to bring out the best - this is going to be a KILLER!

I'm not inspired by this,

A missed opportunity here, I feel.

I love Nick Warren's music and DJ sets.

Given his amazing taste in downtempo and ambient as shown by GU024 Disc 1, various ambient promo mixes, and the fantastic isolatedmix, I was hoping for something more akin to Jimmy Van M's Balance mix with a wider range of genres and tempos.

Just reading the track list here, it seems like a fairly 'basic' dancefloor-oriented mix.

I'm willing to be surprised though, and I'll certainly be buying.

I haven't heard of one of these producers. not sure whether this is a good or a bad thing?

I've heard it's absolutely dreadful

I'm looking forward to hearing the mixes... Nick has always delivered a nice blend on his compilations.. I'm honored to be included in the mix

yeh im hoping this will be half decent. wasnt impressed by timo's effort! IMO warren has always been quite consistant and is generally pretty good at what he does.

i'll be willing to give it a try for sure.

Fair play to Warren, he's a true professional - always stuck to the music he believes in and never jumped on a bandwagon, or tried to hard to be 'in the limelight'.

Always like seeing a new album or release from a guy like this. It personally keeps me inspired.

looking forward to this one.

What is a mix cd?

i like nick man, i looking foward for tihis mix compilation

Now THAT'S an endorsement - "Firestone" is anthemic Mr. Libby.

Good point. I think Nick's 'Back To Mine' is still an ambient classic, and JVM's Balance mix was epic, but every Balance edition has a style of it's own - I'm sure this will continue that trend.

Agreed. I still love the ambient / downtempo mixes he did for GU (Disc 1 of Paris and Reykjavik), but the dance floor mixes on those same albums are mediocre. Hopefully since Balance seems to result in inspired mixes, this release will be worth a listen.

Don't forget both mixes in the Lima comp was sensational dance floor shite. he just has been in the hall of fame of progressive since god knows when

Hmm, we'll have to wait and see...looks like just another Nick Warren mix.

I really want it to be good cause he's such a lovely fello!

Loved GU30! GU35 was a bit disappointing. I'm curious what he's gonna deliver for the Balance series.

I don't know if my tastes had changed too much by its release, but Lima didn't do it for me. I still love Shanghai, though.

Same here. I love 28, liked 30 (the first CD more than the second), and just couldn't get into 35. It's only really Nick's more recent promo mixes that have kept me as a big fan. That's not to say I've only enjoyed his downtempo/ambient stuff: his Christmas Mix 2009 is on regular rotation here too.

He should have stopped after GU24

I thought they were pushing the boundries of credibility with Timo Mass, now Nick Warren? Bye bye Balance.

Bye bye balance? No way, I just want to listen to good music and this will be epic! Can't wait for this!

Warren weaves with his music.

Agree with sammcbean. Balance was originally for the prog DJs that weren't big enough for a GU mix.
And it wasn't even just Timo; Joris Voorn, Will Saul and Agoria all created really innovative mixes.

This is a real disappointment.

Must say I too was a little surprised with Nick Warren doing the next Balance. Can't wait to hear it though, I like a lot of his mixes. 1st CD on the Paris GU is incredible (but I don't like the 2nd one either).

Very excited about this. I love Nicks taste in music, his GU mixes have always stayed on my playlist. I'm sure this is going to be very good as he has definately been playing some deeper tunes as of late. His recent podcast on Hybridized even had some Exit & Nonplus Autonomic style stuff. Stunning.

This is Definatly Quality!

Nice - the comp looks great!

Hip,hip hurray!

Excited to be on it and looking forward to hearing the mix.

This'll be off the hook!!!!!
Balance comps and Nick Warren joining force - BOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAH

so looking forward to this one. with timo's and now this one seems like the balance serise is getting back on track after the 2 disapppointing mixes of will an agoria, imo anyways, though i did like will's second disc.

@jmeyer11 nothing wrong with Will Saul's mix. CD2 is great

Best quote from interview "I feel it’s my job to promote these young guys". Thanks Nick for keeping the scene fresh.

People still make and listen to bog standard prog fodder?

150 minutes = 22 Tracks. It's sooo boring and sounds quite bad, the mixed parts are saturated. Can't believe you bring this 3/5

Joris Voorn and Will Saul were the latest great works on Balance, this must be the worst from the series. Better wait for Henry Saiz.

"Dancefloor-focussed release unloved at RA, nobody suprised"

sometimes I wonder if any of you (or the RA staff) ever actually go out and, if you do, whether you stand against the bar stroking your chin

FFS

I don't proclaim to know what good music is and what not, but I really don't understand RA's rating system... This compilation is one of the best of this year so far for me!
Love it

Really enjoying CD 2 of this mix, marvellous!

Such a top notch mix CD. Underated by RA! Easily one of the best of the year. A fine return to form for the series.

Just 1/5 for me and now the label is Balance Music not EQ Recs.

I guess RA's ratings are low for 'been there, done that' music... like music that doesn't push the boundaries.

3/5 is decent, just in the middle, 4 is good and 5 is great, innovative future sound.

Anyway, it would be interesting to have official RA feedback or explanation.

I Love Nick and what he stands for and not stands for! Congrats on a Stellar comp Nick if you are actually reading this review! Cheers

what's not to understand about the rating? get over it, they aren't going to rate something high just because you like it. i've never even heard of the producers in the tracklist

He's stoking a furnace of trance!!

Holden still and always will rule this series.

lol @ all the haters who consider it "uncool" to listen to progressive house in 2011.

what´s wrong with the progressive heaters?
i´m pretty sure, in less than 5 years is going to be the flavour of the month (as had happened whith electro, minimal, and now deep house) and they gonna be so cool listening to that.

can´t you just simple love music?