Jimmy van M mixes it up on Balance 10

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  • Balance turns ten with a three-disc comp from Jimmy Van M. But don't expect three hours of prog. 'Balance 10' includes cuts by Bill Laswell, Speedy J, Hug and Ellen Allien & Apparat.
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  • Balance celebrates its tenth release with a three-disc comp from Jimmy Van M. But don't expect three hours of prog. 'Balance 10' includes cuts by Bill Laswell, Speedy J, I:Cube, Hug and Ellen Allien & Apparat. Jimmy Van M is the business mastermind, DJ and occasional producer who first brought progressive house and many of dance music's biggest names across the Atlantic via the booking agency Balance Promote Group (now called TCA) which he co-founded in the mid nineties. In progressive's hey day, Van M was often the support DJ for many of the first names he toured including Sasha and John Digweed who regularly touted him as the best warm-up DJ in the biz. His compilation on Bedrock in 2001 is regarded by many prog fans as one of the labels and the genre's finest releases. After disappearing from the international DJ circuit for a few years, in the last twelve months Van M has returned to DJ booths and seems to be on the comeback trail. So what does JVM sound like in 2006? For its tenth release, EQ/Stomp has expanded the Balance series to a three-disc compilation including downtempo, midtempo and uptempo mixes. Van M's downtempo disc taps more ambient and experimental electronica from Bill Laswell, Boards of Canada, Coldcut and Autechre while his midtempo offering ups the oomph slightly thanks to i:Cube, Speedy J, Aphex Twin and Saint Etienne. On the clubbiest mix of the three Van M steers clear of the housier prog heard on Balance's last two comps by Desyn Masiello and Paolo Mojo. Instead he mines some of the big releases in the last six months from producers such as Ellen Allien & Apparat, DJ T & Booka Shade, Hug aka John Dahlback and Gui Boratto. 'Balance 10' mixed by Jimmy Van M Tracklist Disc 1: Downtempo Mix 1. Bill Laswell - 'Ethiopia' 2. Bill Laswell - 'Babylon Ghost' 3. Future Sound of London - 'Study of Six Guitars' 4. Laika - 'Coming Down Glass' 5. Coldcut - 'Autumn Leaves' 6. Union Jack – 'Water Drums' 7. Casino vs. Japan – 'Slo Bid Bellwave' 8. Nathan Fake – 'Falmer' 9. Boards of Canada – 'Dayvan Cowboy' 10. Anoushka Shankar – 'Beloved (Thievery Corporation remix)' 11. Wax Poetic feat. Norah Jones – 'Angels (Thievery Corporation remix)' 12. Autechre – 'Nine' 13. Boards of Canada – 'Everything You is a Balloon' 14. Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm – 'Rising Dust' 15. Depeche Mode – 'Halo (Goldfrapp remix)' 16. The Egg – 'Walking Away' 17. Bonobo – 'Everything You Do' Disc 2: Midtempo Mix 1. Miles Tilmann – 'Floating Windows' 2. Miles Tilmann – 'Minutes' 3. Steve T – 'How Are You?' 4. Cocteau Twins – 'Blue Bell Knoll' 5. Speedy J – 'Oil Zone' 6. Adam Johnson – 'Kriegspiel' 7. Adam Johnson – 'Version 2' 8. Ellen Allien & Apparat – 'Bubbles' 9. Boards of Canada – 'Skyliner' 10. Peter Benisch – 'The Desert White (Joel Mull mix)' 11. Babel – 'X-Equals' 12. Aphex Twin – 'Delphium' 13. Brandi Ifgray – 'Mono' 14. I:Cube – 'Cash Conv.' 15. LCD Soundsystem – 'Too Much Love (Rub-n-Tug mix)' 16. Saint Etienne – 'Cool Kids of Death (Underworld remix)' Disc 3: Uptempo Mix 1. Djuma Soundsystem – 'Les Djinns (Trentemøller remix)' 2. Djuma Soundsystem – 'Les Djinns (Def Jaguar remix)' 3. Solieb – 'Integrale' 4. Ellen Allien & Apparat- 'Jet' 5. San Lebowski – 'The Reducer 2' 6. Jordano – 'No Gravity' 7. Tom Pooks – 'Docker' 8. Acid Test – 'Test One' 9. 16 Bit Lolitas feat. Jennifer Horne – 'Ask Why (JVM Gold mix)' 10. DJ T & Booka Shade – 'Played Runner' 11. Hug – 'The Chopper' 12. Loafer – 'Dirt Bike (16 Bit Lolitas mix)' 13. Gui Boratto – 'Like You (Supermayer mix)' 'Balance 10' mixed by Jimmy Van M is released on EQ/Stomp on October 9 in Australia/Asia, October 30 in the UK and US and on November 27 in Europe/Rest of World. In October Jimmy Van M kicks off the 'Balance 10' tour in Australia. Jimmy Van M Tour Dates Sep 15 Spray, Kosovo Sept 22 - Perpetum, Brno Sept 23 - Fabrik, Ostrava Sep 30 The Cross, London Oct 6 Kristal, Bucharest Oct 7 Club Corona, Kecel Oct 13 Logic, Brisbane Oct 14 Famous, Melbourne Oct 20 Havana Club, Sydney Oct 21 Sugar, Adelaide Oct 27 Metrocity, Perth Oct 28 TBA, Australia Nov 3 TBA, Asia Nov 4 Ministry of Sound, Singapore TBC Nov 10 TBA, China Nov 11 TBA, China
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