Third edition in the bargrooves Taste & Tastemakers series. Bargrooves impresario and A&R buff Ben Sowton proves how well-tuned his ears are for cherry-picking all that is golden in deep jazzy dance music. His mix on CD1 traverses a grand canyon of cosmic sounds and crisp beats, going from the depths of Mettle Music a to the uplifting positivity of Candy Apple's 'Under Your Spell' in one assured flow. It's a pleasure to hear Seamless Recordings' fint singles included too. Alex Dean's Soul doubt sound is a lesson in house music composition whilst Ross Couch's 'In Love' creeps up on the listener. Ultra. 2005.
1) El Mar (House Dub) - Mettle Music
2) Joy (Original Mix) - Ad Finem
3) Why Must You - Souldoubt
4) Next to Me - Roy Davis JR
5) Feels So Right (Dub Mix) - Shik Stylko and Virginia
6) Nothing Like Jazz (Andy Holder's Rhythmic Soul Mix) - Andy Holder
7) Dangerous Frequencies (MN2S Full Phat Dub) - the Coffee Kids
8) Under Your Spell - Joy Malcolm
9) This Time (Playa Vista Dub) - Latrice Barnett
10) Saxed Up (DJ Spen and the Muthafunkaz Dub) - Knights of the Round Tables
11) In Love (Main Vocal Mix) - Ross Couch
12) The Journey - Rollercone
13) Running in the Streets (Charles Webster Mix 1) - Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
14) Look (Franck Roger Remix) - Verna Francis
15) Journey's Prelude (Nulife Remix) - Ursula Rucker
16) Space Is the Place - Ron Trent
17) Illusion (Rollercone Main Mix) - Limbo Experience
18) Santiago Boys (Main Bounce) - Sumo
19) Basement Funk - Playin' 4 the City
20) Parfum Chic (Matthias Matty Heilbronn's II Deep Dub) - Hanna Hais
21) Can't Stop (Kenny Dope Remix) - Angela Johnson
22) Ain't Nothing Like a Party House - Patchworks
23) Steppin' - Orestt Partridge
24) The List - Absolut Rollercone