Vol. 3- Mushroom Jazz: Mark Farina: Amazon.ca: Music

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3. Vibrate - The Basement Khemist

4. De La Bass (Mousse T. Def Mix) (Vocal) - Raw Instinct

5. Relax Your Mind - DJ Presto

6. Taste Of Funk - Mateo And Matos

7. Dedicated - Dynamic Syncopation

8. Do It - Daddy's Favorite

9. Flirtation - Herb Alpert

10. Collage - Urban Backcountry

11. Jazz Cop (Mix: LP Version) - Gripper

12. Schooled In The Trade - People Under The Stairs

13. Seven Steps Behind - Polyrhythm-Addicts

14. Trackrunners - The Unspoken Heard

15. Do It - Mountain Brothers

16. Rock Box (Instrumental) - Que D.

17. Sneakin' - Jaffa

18. Streamline - Slide 5

19. Philadelphia - Bahamadia

Product Description

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Continuing the highly popular Mushroom Jazz series, Mark Farina goes for late-night purple velvet and down-tempo 2 am atmospheres on this third instalment, resulting in an electronic release for lounge lizards the world over. A basic hip-hop loop is the canvas throughout this 19-track mix, and on it Farina paints a series of smooth, sometimes shady but always sassy portraits, resulting in a thoroughly credible electronically-glazed slow-jam record. Opening with the wholly seductive cruise control of "California Sauce" by King Kooba, Farina goes on to introduce some silky-smooth, French lounge by Raw Instinct with "de La Bass", the late-night Manhattan flavours of Herb Alpert's "Flirtation" and the warm Philadelphian evening breeze of Slide Five's "Streamline". In deftly fusing jazz and hip-hop with down-tempo beats, Farina has produced a mix which works for thoughtful driving, romantic evenings or hip soirees. --Steffan Chirazi

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the MJ collection, Nov 10 2003

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This review is from: Vol. 3- Mushroom Jazz (Audio CD)

This one says it best - a triptifying blend of jazz, soul, and R&B elements. I am amazed this is being mixed - it sounds studio-edited - but it really doesn't matter either way. Stick in the player and chill, man.

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5.0 out of 5 stars So Lovely., April 24 2003

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"rellyrell" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vol. 3- Mushroom Jazz (Audio CD)

DJ Mark Farina did a wonderful job with this third compilation of jazzy hip-hop tracks. It's such a delight to listen to and it easily floats from one song to the next, and all the tracks are good. I find myself playing it over and over, it's impossible for me to get tired of this album. It offers a wide variety of tempos but it's mainly an album one would play for any type of activity, such as: Cruising in your car at night, cleaning the kitchen, just kicking back in your recliner chair and meditating, or simply providing chilled out background music for a party. You can't go wrong with buying this volume, there is something for everybody on this, trust me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with variety and groovy to no end, Dec 26 2002

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Keeper010101 (Savannah, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vol. 3- Mushroom Jazz (Audio CD)

This is one to get your foot tapping, your head nodding, and your body moving. Right off the bat, Mark Farina dips into jazzy house of his particular flavor. I have never really been much for house music, but this album really does it for me. The groove is in full swing, and the funky beats are jazzed up the gills. Prehaps something that belongs at a lively jazz restraunt, this album keys you into downtempo groove and keeps you there throughout the compilation.

Vocal samples from a recurring track are sprinkled throughout the mix. You dont catch it at first, but when youre halfway through the disc and it hits you again you can only do a double take at how much it does to pull the album into a unified work.

To say the track selection is varried is not enough. This mix pulls a huge number of songs together, and to have it still do justice to the individual track while adding to the full album is a feat in an of itself. When you have finished listening, you have the feeling of having completed a two disc set, and yet Mark gets it into one jamming CD. From housey groove beats to jazzed up downtempo funk to hip-hop MCing, this disc brings house together in a very unique way.

This is a staple album in that it might grab someone who is not into the genre and pull them in headfirst. It sure did for me. House wasnt ever my first choice, but this album had me doing double takes at just how well it can be executed. It sets the mood down superbly and guides you through Mark's world of jazzed house. If you are looking for a quality sample of house music's best, or if you are a house junky looking for a fix, Mark Farina has you hooked up. A very solid four, if not reaching five for some. It works for me in every sense, therefore getting a five.

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5.0 out of 5 stars oh my god!!!
best in the series yet, if you've heard the others. this mix just goes to show that mark will never fail to make [heineys] shake no matter what his bpm counter reads. Read more

Published on Sep 24 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars Snooze Time. Music for hip dinner parties.
Not completely awful. Actually it's worth a listen if only for the fact that it mantains a level of dull mediocracy for a full sixty minutes. Read more

Published on Aug 16 2002 by Big Tim