Juggling the sophisticated with the surprising, Bargrooves: Frosted has tasteful grooves and some surprisingly fresh sounds. Much of the collection sticks with a Naked Music-type aesthetic -- which makes for fine, pleasant deepness -- but there are some welcome risk-takers here too. Greens Keepers ignore deep house's rather conservative rule book and add some spacy beeps and bloops to "Mesopotamian" while Sharon Phillips thumps like house rarely thumps on "Touch Me." Alan Barratt's excellent "King of Rock" is a wonderful exercise in stop/start tension, and everything else ranges from pleasant to delicious. Ben Sowton gets disc one for his traditional mix while DJ Gregory uses disc two for his more tech vision of deep house. Smooth mixing, deep moods, and extra flair; hard to go wrong with that combination.
Bargrooves: Frosted
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Bargrooves: Frosted Review
by David Jeffries
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Ben Sowton feat: Zorg | 06:42 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | Ben Sowton feat: Greenskeepers | 05:40 | Amazon | ||||
| 3 | Ben Sowton feat: Halo | 07:29 | Amazon | ||||
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Ben Sowton feat: Tiza B / Bradd & Parker | 05:41 | Amazon | |||
| 5 | Ben Sowton feat: Miriam Grey / Identity | 05:41 | Amazon | ||||
| 6 | Ben Sowton feat: Richard Earnshaw | 06:58 | Amazon | ||||
| 7 | Ben Sowton feat: Indeya / Groove Junkie / Groove Junkies | 06:12 | Amazon | ||||
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Ben Sowton feat: Mister O | 04:33 | Amazon | |||
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Ben Sowton feat: Soul Providers / Robin Rush | 06:41 | Amazon | |||
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Ben Sowton feat: Groove Junkies | 06:14 | Amazon | |||
| 11 | Ben Sowton feat: Alan Barratt | 08:05 | Amazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Ben Sowton feat: DJ Gregory | 05:25 | Amazon | ||||
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Ben Sowton feat: Jamboree Kids | 05:27 | Amazon | |||
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Ben Sowton feat: Vincent Kwok & D'Layna / Vincent Kwok | 06:34 | Amazon | |||
| 4 | Ben Sowton feat: Joey Negro / Doug Williams | 05:48 | Amazon | ||||
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Ben Sowton feat: Nathan G & Rudy Mello / Tuff & Mello | 06:41 | Amazon | |||
| 6 | Ben Sowton feat: Full Intention | 08:04 | Amazon | ||||
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Ben Sowton feat: Easydelics | 06:15 | Amazon | |||
| 8 | Ben Sowton feat: Rey De Copas | 05:26 | Amazon | ||||
| 9 | Ben Sowton feat: Jimmy Somerville | 05:36 | Amazon | ||||
| 10 | Ben Sowton feat: Tony Lindsay | 05:48 | Amazon | ||||
| 11 | Ben Sowton feat: Sharon Phillips | 05:33 | Amazon | ||||
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Ben Sowton feat: DJ MFR & Layna / DJ MFR | 04:24 | Amazon |
