Like that cover artwork. Alte modernismus FTW.

I seriously can't wait for this, there are so many unreleased tracks on it, it looks fantastic! Even better than last years Bedrock10 - Past, Present, Future

can't wait

nice tracklist!

SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!! Cannot wait for this :-):-):-)

I was wondering what happened to the MAN this year! Looks sweet.

Pretty stoked about this - Diggers is the king. The bulk of the Bedrock catalogue is well worth owning.

Looking forward to the next time I can dance in a club while he mans the booth! This will do nicely in the meantime though

Catch the 11th Birthday party @ matter on Sat 17th October...

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Catch Digweed perform at Bedrock's 11th Birthday @ matter on Sat 17th Oct...!

Event listing: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?111863

Can I just say that the remix of Moonface - Futurized Fears is... unbelievable brilliant!

That is a hideous review. The writer's choices were the dry tribal tracks?. Not that they're bad AT ALL, but yeah maybe he should consider not going to so many gay circuit parties anymore.
Reading this after seeing the equally horrendous DJMag's top 100 depresses me greatly.
Kudos to Mr Diggers, the Bedrock crew and most of the artists on the compilation though, their work is, on the contrary, inspiring.

can you elaborate on what a 'gay circuit' party is?As for the DJMag top 100, if you actually pay attention to that list it's hardly surprising you find it 'hideous.' 3 is a fair score imo....

pretty fair review for me. these albums have their moments. Expiritualized / Binary Star System / Babylon in particular and a couple of others are fantastic but there are some fillers there.

and totally agree on my black dog. awful.

Glad this has been reviewed now. However, i have to disagree on some of the statements in the review, especially that CD1 is 'the more dance floor-orientated of the two'. Personally i think that CD2 is much better, and much more full on peak time stuff. 'The Little Rascal' is one of the best techno tunes of the year for me.

Saying that however, i think that Binary Star System/ Persuader/ Lamur (Henry Saiz Unreleased Remix) are fantastic on CD1. While i like all tracks on CD2 other than Not Assigned/My Black Dog which i didn't enjoy.

I Think I would of given it 4/5 overall myself, but i suppose 3/5 is fair.

@FLYNN-DOG perhaps you should go / DJ in one to find out The DJ Mag list: first top 10. No need to go on.
@robbiey I agree in part, 'some fillers' is not the same as 'at least half of the tracks', as the reviewer mentions.

1,5/5

Looks wicked!!

predictable

Sorry mates,but Bedrock's production is not very good,not the first time listening to this series and every time nothing original.

haven't got around to hearing this, but not expecting much out of it.

Bedrock has potential to do good things. They just can't be repeating old stuff like Bedrock's Heaven Scent or Saint & Sinners Pushin Too Hard. What John needs to do is use new material that's been done since has Transitions releases and not go with old crap like what is used on Bedrock Eleven.

I'm not saying this release is terrible, I'm sure there is some good on it to at least leave it where it is at (3.7-5.0). There is some new stuff like the James Zabiela. However, what about putting on a remix of Henry Saizi's Empty Spaces for example. John just has to be careful about too much old school as it leads to wear and tear (leading to being boring). Bedrock 11 however might be okay to equal a Platipus records compilation.

Bedrock 11 will be okay and have some exciting moments. In the future, John should do more stuff with Transitions or put in new material.

it is simple: if you like progressive, this is for you. if you don't like progressive, you will dislike this cd.
the review focused entirely too much on the fact that the genre had fallen out of style. there is plenty of excellent production on this cd, it just doesn't fit into what is largely popular right now.
i do agree that simply reissuing remixes is getting boring.

This is a Digweed MIX compilation, why does this review ONLY discuss the TRACKS.. what about the mixing? What about the transitions that Digweed has become famous for? How can you review a Digweed 2xCD and not even discuss one compelling transition, or at least comment if the mixes weren't on par, etc.

Sure we want to know about the tracks too but if I could count how many times you said the word TRACK or TRACKS in this review, I would become dizzy. fuck the tracks, how was the mixing?

'Let's face it; John Digweed is not a DJ renowned for building massive sets. ' - are you KIDDING? Seriously? really? Wow. What rock have you been living under? Oh wait, you live under whatever rock looks cool to the people at Berghain. LAUGHABLE!

Kev, with Traktor etc. is that really relevant anymore? I commented on the structure of the cd's.....which, Dj wise is surely what's more important. People only notice mixing when it's shit anyway....

I don't agree with this statement whatsoever. Just because you have traktor and it can match a beat for you, it doesnt make you a good DJ. and people do notice mixing, especially in this day and age where everyone has access to so much music, the bar is raised that much higher and creative mixing becomes all-the-more relevant. To say people only notice mixing when it's bad.. that is pure hogwash.

Digweed is not only KNOWN for creating massive sets, he practically invented the art of technical mixing, digging the crates not just to find great tracks, but tracks that cohesively work together to tell a story. anyone who has been to a club where Digweed gets to play for 3 hours can see that he controls the dancefloor like no one else in the business. I feel you have discredited the man here.

Saying people only notice mixing when it's bad is like saying people only notice a song when it's bad. You can't be serious?!

"he practically invented the art of technical mixing"....no he didn't. I'm far from discrediting Digweed mate......and most people here agree with the review. What Dixon did for his recent mix CD is what technicality is all about......have u listened to this? What is 'technical' about it? What is more important - the tracks or the mixing? Come on now.....

You just proved my point exactly. Digweed isn't 'cool' like Dixon, in the eyes of the trendy RA crowd.

Mixing and track selection are of equal importance, period.

As a DJ, the job is not just to play good tracks, its to weave those tracks together to tell a story, and to find tracks that work together, musically. A good DJ is an artist, and the tracks they work with are the paint. the dancefloor is the canvas.

Otherwise you may as well just be a jukebox. Anyone can play tracks. Anyone.

'Technical mixing' is the art of finding tracks that compliment eachother musically. Tracks that have a similar feeling, but add a new dynamic to the next track, calling and reacting to each other to completely envelope and consume the listener and take them on a personal journey through sound.

A monkey can put together a tracklist with 20 quality tracks, so to even say that track selection is all that matters... is a total rookie state of mind.

eh....I'm sorry but track selection is far more important than mixing.....does mixing make people dance? No. Do you remember a great mix the night after a gig? No. Do you hum 'technical mixing' for days? No. And it's not a case of a dj being a jukebox either......the best dj's spend hours and hours ploughing through tunes. Your argument is frankly ridiculous.

trendy has nothing to do with it kev. Dixon's tastes appear far different from Digweed's. I'll let you gear heads continue w/ the finer points of mixing, but 100% agreed w/ track selection having higher importance.

Yes, I do remember great mixes. In fact I pay more attention to whats between the tracks, because when the DJ is mixing, he is telling me his story. I love hearing two or three tracks intermingle, and I love the sound of two kicks pounding on top of eachother as well... but hey, that just makes me RIDICULOUS, I suppose.

You're missing the point. Not once did I say that mixing is MORE IMPORTANT than track selection ... I said that mixing is just as important. Obviously without the music, there would be notihng, so obviously in the grander scheme of things the music is most important - but when it comes to a DJ set, if that DJ cant mix, then I feel like I am being cheated.

in the age where everyone can get traktor, mixed in key and go to the beatport or WPP top selling charts.. anyone can instantly become a cookie cutter DJ who plays tracks that make people dance. Is that all you want? I would think an educated listener who knows so much that he reviews on a popular website would demand more from his DJs.

So for you to sit there and say that my argument is 'ridiculous' just because I think it is important for a DJ to actually pay attention to the flow of his set and to be creative and play tracks that belong with eachother... that is what's ridiculous!

wow..

'eh....I'm sorry but track selection is far more important than mixing.....does mixing make people dance? No.'

layering sounds upon one another to create complex rhythms is the process the producer goes through to make the original record, with the goal of making people dance. good mixing is a continuation of that process so I think it can definitely contribute to whether or not people want to dance.

certainly, when you look at it the other way around, a bad mix is definitely capable of emptying a dancefloor. why would that be? even if you forget beatmatching, poor matching of key and rhythm will spoil, rather than enhance the original tracks.

since the digital revolution the number of tracks in a typical dj mix has increased somewhat. without using the time once spent beatmatching, the dj is free to layer the tracks further than before with the result being that the mixing process is more important now than it's ever been.

Thank you, Jason! now wait for them to come back and call you 'ridiculous' for thinking mixing is important.

As if a DJs skill has NO importance whatsoever... these guys talk as if someone could just burn a CD with the top 20 tracks of the moment and play them without mixing them and have a great party. Nope. sorry, doesnt work that way... I dont know where these guys come from, but I get the feeling they spend more time at home listening to single EPs than they do actually going to a club and being in public.

I like your take mate, for a while I thought I was alone in thinking this is way too overrated. Diggers could have easily picked the best of the 3 CDs and mixed em into one uber awesome CD, but who knows maybe the label is suffering financially like many other labels out there and he needs some cash flow!?

whether or not you like mixing is completely your own preference. some people can appreciate it, some people can't.

some people enjoy a mix if the song selection is impeccable. some people couldn't care less if the song is a banger, but if the mix is superb, the song becomes that much better.

I personally happen to favor a well mixed track, even if it isn't the best track. I know people will agree and disagree with that belief, but seriously, who cares?

sorry i'm going to have to agree with kev here. for me mixing is vitally as important as track selection. they are both vital. in fact some of the finest moments in past compilations, whether it be digweed or anyone else, has often come during a transition of two productions.

the mixing is what makes mix compilations stand out, and for me that is why digweed has made some fantastic compilations in the past. but in terms of this release, the fact that he is restricted to just tunes on his label is one reason why I don't get too excited about the bedrock label releases.

good to know that I am not the only one around here who feels that mixing is important.

and yes, a CD like this definitely restricts diggers from being as creative as he would like to be as far as mixing goes.. his Transitions compilations are pure genius. Listen to them, he mixes thru 80% of the CD and has altered the songs so much that he lists them together on the tracklist as one track. That is innovation, and MASSIVE SETS are PRECISELY what John Digweed is known for.. not sure if this reviewer has possibly only witnessed John play festival events, or what? that is when Djs are restricted to playing peak time tracks, when they only have 45 mins or an hour up there on the stage, there is no other choice.

Udder drivel.......... Just can't warm to this stuff anymore.