Unlike his many mixes for Global Underground, Nick Warren's time up at the Back to Mine bat was spent with a soft stash of bass-heavy, clanked-up late-night gems. No time for the aseptic stirrings of progressive trance -- Warren focused instead on his downtempo tastes, which were surprisingly strong, and he consistently made it feel like winding through drowsy acid house, Latin techno, and British breakbeats was a perfectly sensible idea. Sequential's "The Mission," John Beltran's "Gutaris Breeze," Glide's "Space Van," and ...
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Unlike his many mixes for Global Underground, Nick Warren's time up at the Back to Mine bat was spent with a soft stash of bass-heavy, clanked-up late-night gems. No time for the aseptic stirrings of progressive trance -- Warren focused instead on his downtempo tastes, which were surprisingly strong, and he consistently made it feel like winding through drowsy acid house, Latin techno, and British breakbeats was a perfectly sensible idea. Sequential's "The Mission," John Beltran's "Gutaris Breeze," Glide's "Space Van," and Craig Armstrong's "This Love," featuring a welcome appearance by Elizabeth Fraser, made for a dark and chilled experience but free of distracted lounge kitsch. Like late-era Massive Attack, Warren's Back to Mine cared only about the appeal of a slow, hard beat, offering a smart and non-confrontational mix safe from predawn noise complaints. ~ Dean Carlson, Rovi
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