I think it's fair to point out here that only 6 out of 135 mixes in the fabric / FABRICLIVE series have consisted solely of the artists' material, the other 129 being more traditional DJ mixes.

nice...

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No disrespect intended, but this reads more like a PR release than a review. It's describing the album, but there's not really any comment on whether the writer enjoyed it or not.

thanks bro

I'm really curious what kind of sound system you guys listen on. We all know Villalobos has serious audiophile tendencies with super high end horn speakers and analogue gear, tube amps etc. The Romanians seem quite influenced in their production and approach to music by this school.

So what do you listen on? Do you need high end gear to get out of this the subtle detail and spacial information the producers put in here? I feel like some people maybe find it boring due to missing out the full frequency listening experience in an acoustically appropriate listening space. Or maybe it really is just aimless and boring in parts! Let me know your thoughts,

Much

Yes... Minimal sounds like garbage on anything except good equipment

i think this question deserves its own topic in tech section...

i suppose many of 30+ years old RAs have more audiophile equipment
than a standard dj set up

I couldn't disagree more. The first 13 volumes (up through Mayer's) in the series are the best. The series took a bit of a dip from there....with a low point reached with Digweed's volume.

I'd give the top spot to the first volume by Richards....Francis', Doc Martin's and H Foundations' are high up there too.

And, yes, folks, I know the internet is full of DJ mixes. *rolls eyes*

The magic is gone, is it not?

Problem with artist DJ "mixes" is you can't actually appreciate the skill of the DJ in question. First of all, it's all done on a computer with automatic beat synching...second of all, all the tracks are by the same dude...so where is the actual skill? And how can an outside listener judge it? At least with different artist tracks it takes some sort of vision to match it up, but when they're all your tracks of course it will flow well or you're really incompetent....the only artist album that actually felt mixed was the Omar S one, and that almost made sense because he typically plays a lot of his own stuff anyway when playing the live. I don't really get how you can judge anything about this other than the productions themselves, which are mostly boring? Why bother calling it a mix?

Its a fucking album, idiot. You judge the production quality of the tracks

Could be a fair comment, to tell the truth.

I'm 37 yrs old and haven't been clubbing for some time now. When you're older than college age in the USA, you come off as a creep or a NARC if you show up at a club (and you're not DJing or working for the club) to dance or socialize.

My apex was reached - I think - around the turn of the century....when Scandanavian house (the Turbo mixes of Jesper Dahlback, Jori Hulkkonen, etc.) and the Wiggle sound of Terry Francis, Evil Eddie Richards, Nathan Coles, Gideon Jackson, Asad Rizvi, et al were ruling the airwaves. Really funky Chi-house - another favorite genre - was riding high during this period as well.....and I was literally buying so much music I could barely keep up with it all.

Really miss those days...and the sounds that defined them.

this topic sums up perfectly that most dance music fans don't understand the concept of an album.

It's true, and this is such a sad state of things.

But why would you put out an "album" on the most notable running DJ mix CD series? Are you telling me they really had this album inside them called "Fabric 6342? You sound like the idiot.

I liked it personally, it's exactly what I expected from Petre and I'm satisfied. Sure it's sparse and it's repetitive but I like getting lost in those hypnotic grooves. If anything I think these 'album' formats are a welcome respite from the standard DJ mix formula, providing you have the right artist. I think it sits well amongst the Villalobos, Omar S and Shackleton efforts (not personally a fan of the Guy Gerber one).

And to pick up on Charolastra's point, yes of course it helps having a half decent soundsystem, that applies to all music imo.

Geezus....Judgy McJudgerson.

You don't think a work like this takes skill, vision or sequencing knowledge ?? ? Oh, because it's so easy to whip together an hour + of original music and make it work, especially in a refined and intelligent style like this ?? ?

"repetitive", as far as i'm concerned, is more suitable to describe what many deep house labels do these days, not petre's sound: churning out the same sound over and over...

to the people who criticised it i'll just say: give it the time it deserves, don't just scroll through it like a normal podcast/mix.

Didn't think much of this to be honest, it came across as dance music from the more pretentious end of the spectrum

Beautiful!

This is an amazing piece of work. Love it.

Better than Villalobos's mix as far as I am concerned

This one and the other 67 in the series...

i finally found and listened petre`s fabric.
He has done amazing work!

big

mine came yesterday. I will listen with a fair and unbiased mind as I always do.

Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Really excited for the upcoming volumes by Sandwell District, Calibre and Apollonia.

The Fake Blood one though....efffft! Wish I could turn my sub off for that month so I could save the $$$$

Absolutely love this album, perfect deep minimal techno. I like the deep background sounds as they just float around in my head but there's also some nice subtle melodies as well, just a fantastic comp/artist album.

Hearing it half way through and I have say that it is nothing short of quality crafted music. Great work again Fabric and Petre of course ;-)

A really nice mix, very easy to listen to, but slightly bland at times. Expected a little more magic.

Read my full review if you can:

http://at2c.co.uk/Album-Review-Petre-Inspirescu-fabric-68-1

Much Much better than Zip's mix, just look at Anima track it comes from someone who know the "music philosophy". IT IS a decent work cause I myself can feel it's uniqueness.

It sounds best when you imagine it being played at Fabric

Superb addition to the Fabric series. The mix is crafted perfectly from beginning to end. I was so looking forward to this release and it exceeded all expectations. 'Anima' is choice. Fabric have been on a bit of a roll lately with this, Ben UFO, Daniel Avery, Ben Klock.

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Since when basic fading between tracks is a Mix ?! I like Inspirescu's music but Fabric series are supposed to be something definitely different than this kind of "sound set-up". Like for the music, dislike for the...mix (?).

@Stitch: I can tell you didn't give the mix a good listen, because this mix isn't mixed in a studio application but mixed with DJ gear (either turntables or CD tabletops etc.). You can tell by a few transitions where you can hear beatmatching corrections.

The mixing is actually very good for me, very subtle.