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IN THE MIX 2004
(Clubstar)
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Soulful, lush, funky, and dreamy, vocal and orchestrated, as tribal as they want to be on this two-CD set — here are two guys who for many years now have (along with trance master Alex Gold) dominated the club scene on the Balearic isle of Ibiza, one of the world’s most favored dance-music destinations, delivering two of the most uncompromising disco sessions you’ll ever hear. Pippi’s song selection — anthemic and gospel-tinged — often recalls the "old school" house music of Little Louie Vega. Jamie Lewis, meanwhile, goes back to the satin sexiness of classic disco; his set begins with "Hooked on You," a duet between Cerrone’s music and Jocelyn Brown’s singing. Neither DJ breaks the music with fancy remixes or breathtaking overlays. Instead, it flows smoothly, shifting tone gradually. (Not always, however, as witness the leap of faith in Lewis’s set from the suavity of "Join Me" to the diva scream of "Take Me to the Disco.") There are more leaps and swoops in Lewis’s body-and-soulful fusion-jazz set than in Pippi’s, which begins in a "come together, all people" vein with Rulers of the Deep’s "Lyrics of Consciousness" and maintains its wishful, even otherworldly air. Still, Lewis too has his dreamy moments, as on Duron Tarik & Intense’s "I Am," and Pippi’s set delves into fusion jazz with Francisco Farfa’s "Universal Love." Lewis’s set spotlights the self whereas Pippi brings all selves together — and with timely purpose. As Rulers of the Deep put it in "Lyrics of Consciousness," "We’re all one blood/There is no Arabs, no Jews, no Christians, no militants/There is no terrorists . . . we’re one blood." Easy to say on Ibiza, in whose vast discos all kinds of people actually do come together.
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