Lee Burridge - Balance 12 (Trendy Techno ahoy)

Lee Burridge - Balance 12 (Trendy Techno ahoy)

Latest volume in the Balance series is a triple-disc mix from Lee Burridge. 'Balance 012' arrives in September.

The mix is Burridge's first solo compilation since 2003's '24:7', and across three discs presents a tidy snapshot of the current state of house and techno, ranging from deep house du jour (Efdemin, Ferrer & Sydenham, Marcus Worgull), to intricate minimal (Pheek, Onur Ozer) to more pumping techno (Alexi Delano & Xpansul, Paul Ritch, Par Grindvik).

Tracklist

CD1

1. Ripperton - 10A
2. Efdemin - Bergwein
3. Lazy Fat People - Club Silencio
4. Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Tristesse
5. Dettman & Klock - Dawning
6. Jacek Sienkiewicz - Good Luck
7. Ferrer & Sydenham - The Back Door
8. Hug - The Angry Ghost
9. H.O.S.H. - Steppenwolf
10. The Viewers - Blank Images
11. Marcus Worgull - Dragon Loop
12. Jose Padilla - Adios Ayer (Paul Daley Mix)

CD2

1. Onur Ozer - Orion
2. Henry & Denis - Catabolism (Efdemin Mix)
3. Pheek - Magda Had a Little Troll (Gurtz Mix)
4. Phage & Daniel Dreier - Elevator
5. Reynold - Bumper
6. Davide Squillace and Alfa Romero - We Scick
7. Super Flu - Lady in Pink
8. Baby Ford and Mark Broom - Bubblebath
9. Broke - Over That
10. Tigerskin - Plagiat
11. Onur Ozer - Red Cabaret (Overture)
12. Spider & Bird - Paris
13. Jorge Savoretti - Claridad *
14. Martin Buttrich - Programmer

*Includes an intro edit of Marc Houle - Bay of Figs

CD3

1. Tomas Andersson - Dubbel Problematik
2. H-Man - 51 Poland Street (Extrawelt Tool)
3. Luca Bacchetti - Rolling Brooklyn
4. Gabriel Ananda - Trommelstunde
5. Alexi Delano & Xpansul - Antioxidation
6. Rejected - Cliche
7. Autotune - Dirty (Woody Mix)
8. Paul Ritch - Samba
9. Alexi Delano & Xpansul - Vegetotherapy
10. Allan Banford - White Geishas
11. Par Grindvik - Do us Apart
12. Bukkadoor & Fishbeck - Polterabend
13. Patrice Baumel - Just Electricity

'Balance 012' mixed by Lee Burridge is released on EQ/Stomp in September 2007.

He was shit hot @ Made in Italy year before last.

Why does he change his style all the time? Either way the tracklist looks class.

Him and Richards pretty much introduced that sound to the UK

And a round of applause for you yet again.

CD1 of that looks absolutely class

Its does indeed!

Im not familiar with the tracks on the 2nd cd but if there as good as the ones on 1&3 itll be another cd in my collection!

Re: Lee Burridge - Balance 12 (Trendy Techno ahoy)

This track is absolutely mental. Cant stop playing it!

Just seen on his myspace page that hes playing there the night before i get to ibiza. Gutted!

I remember him warming up for Sasha at Cream 99 Fucking amazing. Slightly diff these days then. Holden's Balance CD soooo good!

That looks class,some mint tracks on all 3 cd's.

I can't wait to see him at Glade this weekend.

He was unreal at Habit. id never heard him before and didnt know what to expect. Definately in my personal top 3 Habit nights. Definately be purchasing this

I don't get this new techno stuff, it's either very slow and melodic which is ok for listening to in the house but a sleep fest for a club, or just a bunch of random noises with most of it sounding shitly produced having cack sounding kick drums etc.
I suppose it's all to their own but half the productions sound like we're going back in time rather that forward.

Yeah your totally right. But some of it sounds very upfront, well produced and you can hear a lot of originality in it. A lot of dance music sounds like a monkey had programmed the synths whereas a lot of this stuff your talking about you can tell the producers know how to use their stuff.

Maybe it's just that i still prefer the rolling percussion, but i don't think i could even dance to half the stuff around at the minute, everything from techno, house and prog is sounding more and more the same imo, with glitchy percussion and very stop starty, it was the same when electro first burst onto the scene everyone from techno to house producers just jumped onto the bandwagon.
I just think it's a shame that the gap between genres is becoming less and less, because if you don't like the latest fad your pretty much stuck for stuff to buy.

Re: Lee Burridge - Balance 12 (Trendy Techno ahoy)

Absolutely love this track! Trance in its finest form imo, the way it kicks in after the break is totally unexpected!

The b-side to this is equally as good too.

I get the impression your hardlys out nowadays though. Theres so much new exciting stuff about nowadays, i havent been excited this much about dance music for a good 3 years! I just think you need to ditch this emo stuff and get amongst it a bit more!

lol yeah i don't get out much but still keep up with the music and dj's i like, i just can't get excited about this insert random burp sound music, i remember the days when people actually went clubbing to dance lol

Theres not much difference between alot of 'minimal thats maximal' and prog