| Y4K | 
 enlarge | Artist: Dj Icey
Label: Y4k / Distinctive
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 180225
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 881824088524
EAN: 0881824088524
ASIN: B000DZ7YFG
Release Date: March 14, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Merka ? I?ll Be Here | | • | Ils ? Loving You (Atomic Hooligan Remix) | | • | Vlad ? Plodout | | • | Drumattic Twins ? Feelin? Kinda Strange (Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer Remix) | | • | AB/DC ? This Feelin? (Boy 8-bits Grindhouse Mix) (DJ Icey Re-edit) | | • | Artcrime ? Like This (Main Mix) | | • | General Midi ? Never Gonna Stop The Show | | • | DJ Icey ? Closer | | • | Move Ya! & Steve Lavers ? The Ride | | • | Transformer Man ? Everybody Get Up (Circuit Breaker Remix) | | • | DJ Icey ? San Pedro | | • | Deekline & Wizard ? All Your Love (D&W Club Mix) | | • | Smithmonger & Kobe ? Grizzle (Vlad & Ardisson Remix) | | • | DJ Icey ? Nikita |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
An American pioneer of the Breakbeat dance scene, Icey's has had a decade plus of DJing, producing, remixing and championing of breaks, the musically vast, ever-evolving genre he's played a major role in defining. Icey is a touring maniac, taking to the road with the vigor of a Presidential candidate, criss-crossing North America and points beyond, and racking up over 100 DJ dates a year, yet still finds time to run his indie label Zone Records. 2006 sees influential UK breaks label Distinctive tap Icey to record an installment of their highly popular Y4K mix CD series. The set contains exclusive remixes and tracks from Icey, Ils, Transformer Man, General MIDI, Atomic Hooligan, Drumattic Twins, Deekline and Wizard. Icey's Y4K mix album is funky and tough, otherworldly and sublime, grand and proudly underground.
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| Customer Reviews:
Icey + Y4K = good August 18, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think this is one of Icey's better releases. I find him to be hit or miss, but this one is spot on. He's got a good cut selection, and everything is solidly mixed with a good blend of barn burners and floor velcro.
The stand out cuts for me are:
Feelin' Kinda Strange (Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer Remix)- This one is infectious. It has one of the better build sections I've heard in a while.
Like This (Main Mix)- I can't remember how this one goes, but I remember thinking "This is sick!" and looking to see what was playing and it was this.
Closer - This is a nice break from full on action and features hot chick samples.
Everybody Get Up (Circuit Breaker Remix)- This is a full on barn burner and my favorite cut on this CD. Very electro, great bass.
Like I said, I think this is one of Icey's better mix compilations. Definitely worth a look.
 trippy trek into goovy breaks April 19, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My reviewere Kris had this to say about this CD for Raves.com/DJfix.com: Icey is kinda spacey. This, of course, with me, helps his appeal. The promise of a trippy trek into the world of electronica is always a positive thing, provided it's done right. Icey is also, befittingly, chilled and cool (but hot with ability, right?). His groovy breaks apply a certain textured minimalism to create infectious hookyness that use subtlety to sink its claws in. It doesn't take much for Icey's work here to get you into the flow and enjoying the pulse. Adding to the layers of Icey's textures are vocal samplings from time to time, trance-ish pulsation and a hint of glitchyness to help ferment some pleasant acid bite. The music is a bit on the understated side at times but I think that's also what helps the hook. And this doesn't interfere with the energy and even sultry qualities awaiting your enjoyment herein. Take a dark, evocative trip to innerspace with Merka's "I'll Be Here." The Drummatic Twins' "Feelin' Kinda Strange" is an acidy discoteque clubhouse track for a psychedelic future, catchy as hell with high energy vox. DJ Icey's own "Come Closer" boasts thick beats and dense acid power in an offbeat house experiment. And for some true oddity, check out "Grizzle," a charged up electroshocked, hooky piece of gritty dance. And there's more where that came from.
DJ Icey zags and zigs through a phenomenal mix of breaks. March 30, 2006
This is a very diverse and explosive breakbeat mix. From soulful and reggae sounds, to rap, to disco, and even to a vocal track sounding very reminiscent of freestyle. Icey covers it all in an exciting and very energetic mix. Tracks 7 through 11 really heat up, with General Midi's breakbeat rap, and then onto Dj Icey's own new sexy track, Come Closer, complete with breathy female vocals. Even past track 11, right to the end of the mix, it's high energy, pounding beats. I can't recommend this one enough. It's a winner from top to bottom, without a dull track in sight. Also check out the Drumattic Twins new breaks mix CD, Finger Lickin Export 01.
I expected More March 29, 2006
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been an icey fan since about 96 and i've been spinning since 97. I was looking forward to this cd, especially since it's on DISTINCTIVE which is my favorite label. I expected more from this cd, and a couple of these tracks are too old to be putting on a y4k release. overall, i'd give it a 3.5 out of 5. but, if you're a true icey fan, you should probably check it out. if you're looking for a good breaks cd, check out breakspoll present volume 1 mixed by the breakfastaz.
Icey does it again!!! March 27, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
i've been an icey fan since around '97 and i can say that this is truely one of his best works yet.. his mixing style on this is amazing..
a truely solid break mix from the drop of the first beat till the end!!
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