Trance Nation - Ministry Of Sound

As soon as the trance scene in the UK kicked off in a big way at the start of 1999 it was inevitable that the Ministry would capitalise on this fact and put together a compilation of the tunes that would make somebody's summer complete. Whereas their Ibiza compilations are a mix of house, trance, garage and whatever else they can fit in - generally bad cd's, this one was new and different. MoS's two first trance-devoted albums, this, and "the clubber's guide to..trance" both fitted the bill perfectly. Neither were too commercial but yet included what was really the sound of the clubs. Trance Nation 1 is the only TN I would advise ...

This is the first in the Trance Nation series from the Ministry of Sound, and is mixed by Ferry Corsten (part of System F who did the excellent Out Of The Blue). The songs mixed here are absolute anthems, and great mixes of those at times as well. It has a great sound and you will love it all the way through. From the start with Robert Miles Children, on into Underworlds Dark & Long which is fantastic. From there he takes you on a journey through Slacker, and Tilt tracks, finishing at last with the brilliant Lost Witness's Happiness Happening (Lange Mix). CD2 features another myriad of superb tracks including Chicane, Oakenfolds excellent mix of Wide ...

Trance Nation is by no means a bad compilation, its just it isnt the greatest either. I get the impression not alot of thought has gone into the tracklisting, just a few guys in an office have said 'stick down 40 of the best selling trance tunes ever'. So the CD is fine if thats all your looking for, the mixing by Ferry Corsten (aka System F, Moonman, Albion, Verecocha, Gouriella....the list of puesediums is endless) is efficient but again, lacks thought and inovation. If you want a more intelligent collections of 'choons' I would recomend somthing like the 'Gobal Underground' series of CDs, if however your just looking for some Trance Anthems to ...