Longtime music connoisseurs and taste-makers Everything but the Girl (aka Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn) were naturals to take over the stereo for a volume in the chillout mix series Back to Mine and, as could be expected, the mix is tasteful, wide-ranging, and above all, astonishingly well-paced. Beginning with a down-tempo hip-hop cut by French DJ Cam and moving into Slick Rick's excellent message track "All Alone (No One to Be With)," Back to Mine moves from jazzy rap and trip-hop into moody techno and deep house, with vocal tracks -- everyone from Beth Orton to Mary Margaret O'Hara to Donny Hathaway -- mixing very well with the instrumentals. Also appearing are two tracks by Detroit techno legends: a mix of "The Flow" by Juan Atkins' Model 500 and "A Wonderful Life" from Carl Craig's Landcruising LP of 1995. Back to Mine is an excellent addition to the scads of mix albums on the shelves, as conscious of perfect transitions and solid mixing as any out there.
Back to Mine
Everything But the Girl
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Back to Mine Review
by John Bush
Track Listing
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything But the Girl feat: DJ Cam | 05:37 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 2 | Everything But the Girl feat: Slick Rick | 03:52 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Everything But the Girl feat: Deadly Avenger | 03:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 4 | Everything But the Girl feat: Beth Orton | 05:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 5 | Everything But the Girl feat: Model 500 | 04:08 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 6 | Everything But the Girl feat: The Ananda Project | 06:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 7 | Everything But the Girl feat: Dubtribe Sound System | 11:32 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Everything But the Girl feat: Carl Craig | 06:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 9 | Everything But the Girl feat: Mary Margaret O'Hara | 03:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 10 | Everything But the Girl feat: The Roots | 06:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 11 | Everything But the Girl feat: Deadbeats | 06:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 12 | Everything But the Girl feat: Donny Hathaway | 04:15 | SpotifyAmazon |
