- Two Tribes has been one of Australia’s biggest festivals over the years, and with the event closely arriving to all major cities in Australia, now more then ever is the right time to unleash the official Two Tribes 2005 compilation. It’s quite a tough task to try and fit so many different style onto one mix album and make it work, but this is what Mark James has attempted to do with this album, and it certainly is filled with a variety of big tracks that will most likely feature at the event.
The first cd starts off with some real solid vocal house from the likes of Saturated Soul and Pete Heller’s solid remix of Faithless’ ‘Miss U Less, See U More’. Highlights are pretty hard to come by early on despite the best efforts of Wally Lopez with his nice remix of ‘Why’ by Shiny Grey. Eric Prydz does his uplifting house thing with his remix of Mutiny and ‘Holding On’, while the big anthems continue with the JJ Club Mix of ‘Put Em High’ by Stonebridge. The mix concludes quite nicely with the Skylark mix of Shout’ by Tears for Fears the noticeable highlight. If you like it a little more housey and full of vocals then cd1 was definitely the mix for you.
The mix though does get a little more chunky and driving in the 2nd disc. Force Mass Motion’s mix of Digital Fox certainly proves this point early on as does the storming electro remix of David Guetta’s ‘Stay’ by Kiko, Guetta and Garraud. Tiefschwarz’s massive Vocal remix of Spectrum gets a good run early, closely followed by the gritty Tiga remix of Soulwax and ‘E Talking’. Man of the moment, Steve Angello delivers yet again with his deliciously funky remix of ‘Can’t Get Enough’ by Disco Construction, taking the mix to a pretty peak time state. Fortier’s mix of ‘Yaaah!’ by D-Shake should definitely get things moving as should the gritty synths of ‘Good Grief’ by Yer Man. A bit of tough breaks are thrown in for good measure, nicely supplied by Rennie Pilgrem and the Freestylers and the mix concludes with a Sgt Slick remix of Mark James himself.
Two Tribes will no doubt be a pretty big seller in Australia, and for pretty good reason commercially as it offers a variety of styles in a double mix album. Unfortunately, for those looking for something with a bit of depth and replay value, then I’m not sure this may be the go. It is quite interesting though, with some very big anthems thrown in with some obscure cuts, it is a bit of a true taste of what the festival is all about.