Hernán Cattáneo
Renaissance: The Master Series, Vol. 2
Release Date: 2005 02 08
Label: Renaissance

The first disc in Hernán Cattáneo's two-CD Renaissance: The Master Series, Vol. 2 starts so slowly it's bound to have the clubbiest of kids saying "boring." Their loss, because the DJ is spinning some of the most soothing and rich-tasting progressive house available. Cattáneo loves subdued tracks and he's an ace at finding them. Delays' "Lost in a Melody" could make the paint melt off the wall, while Pole Folder's "Salvation on Slavery Sins" is rich with atmosphere. Come Patrick Turner and Chris J's "Machine Life," things pick up and threaten to become a party, but Cattáneo's such a smooth mixer you'll have to backtrack to figure out when the transition from mellow to up-tempo happened. Disc two gets going much faster, but smooth and spacy is still the rule, with most tracks falling under the heading of "nocturnal." Micah's "Come From" is a dreamy treat that works in a bit of nu-breaks, a style Cattáneo is becoming quite the fan of, judging from all the whip-crack beats on the second half of disc two. It would have been nice if he would have taken out at least one of the dramatic bridges of the songs on disc two, since all this theatrical stopping and starting gets to be tedious outside of a club. Course it's hard to go wrong ending with Hybrid and Underworld, and the way Cattáneo mixes the two is a master's thesis in tension building. The moody disc one is the reason to check the set and far and away the "active listening" portion, but disc two has enough of that magic Cattáneo blending to say this is an overall success. David Jeffries, All Music Guide

Tracks:
Title   Composer   Time
1   Salvation on Slavery Sins   Pole Folder   5:09
2   Colours [Hernán Cattáneo Edit of Mike Brin Mix]   Nourizadeh   3:32
3   Lost in a Melody [Tom Middleton Cosmos Dub]   Gilbert, Gilbert   7:06
4   Horn   Shelepanov   8:19
5   Grand Theft Vinyl [JV Mix]   Dwavehead, Spettro   5:08
6   Pure [Martzz & DJ Tocca Mix]   Lega   5:02
7   Machine Life   Turner, J   6:17
8   Affrodizziac [Asad Risvi Mix]   Peat   5:49
9   If You Love Me [Dean Coleman Dub]   Morel   6:14
10   Sidewinder [Mike Hiratzka Mix]   Prosnick, Timothy   6:06
11   Drifting Mindz   Sims, Charles   3:45
12   Love Sequence   Shafti, Ilsoe   5:00
13   Code 0320   Nakamura, Tanzawa   6:48
14   Part Three [Pole Folder Main Mix]   Graham   9:46
15   Funky Summa [Andy Page Remix]   Graham, Blades   4:44
16   Strange Items [Hernán Cattáneo & John Tonks Mix]   Bennett   6:44
17   Fields [Blue Haze Vocal Mix]   Hedrick   5:30
18   Estrange   Ntouskos   6:59
19   Come From [Nick & John Dalagelis Unreleased Vocal Mix]   Lukasewich, Veda   6:15
20   Warsaw [Renaissance Edit]   Cattaneo, Tonks   6:53
21   Savin' You   Muir   7:11
22   Happy to Be Sad   Howell   7:56
23   Higher Than a Skyscraper [Satoshi Tomiie Mix]   Turman, Healings, Skeet   8:07
24   Mo Move [Hernán Cattáneo Edit][Mix]   Hyde, Smith   7:37

Releases:
Year   Type   Label
2005   CD   Renaissance
2005   CD   Thrive