Search - J Majik :: Mixer Presents: J Majik

Almost good, but not quite

Scott Woods | Columbus, Ohio United States | 11/17/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I wanted to love this CD because Majik has traditionally given the compilations he's been on some of their best tracks (particularly the otherwise uneven "MetalHeadz II" comp). This disc, while fine for a running party mix, isn't the thought-through smashing of ideas and tones that I hear in his own work. It's got some decent tracks on it (most notably #2, #3 and #9), but overall the disc seems a bit wanting. It's noisy, but where's the soul? Where's the mix in tone and speed? It's unrelentlessly thick on power, but thin on individuality. Would have liked a better mix of stuff that didn't seem to pull from the same soundscape pool."