From David Hodgson Sent Wed, Mar 24th 1999, 07:06
From David Hodgson Sent Wed, Mar 24th 1999, 07:06
Another producer who knows a thing about mood manipulation is highly respected Global Communication and Jedi Knight man TOM MIDDLETON, who shows his all encompassing mastery of electronic music with an enticing first mix CD that takes in house, jazz, ambient, funk and soul, in the process rendering the tawdry practice of separation by genre almost meaningless. A Jedi's Night Out (Mixmag Live)***** is a heady cocktail of influences, reflecting Tom's own classical training and musical pluralism, and his belief that the listener should experience variety via a mixture of emotions, not just pure adrenalin, and through it, he proves here that he's one of the world's most underrated DJs. Technically, Tom has clearly paid maximum attention to key mixing - the ultimate DJ's jigsaw puzzle, with filters, sampling, effects and live re-mixing very much adding to Tom's audio armoury, as the mix effortlessly glides through his own Universal Language unreleased output with LA Synthesis, Sunsurreal, Max 404 and his own new Amba project, alongside Shur-I-Ken, Stereo People, Tom's own Modwheel remix of Espiritu's 'Man Don't Cry', Ashley Beedle's awesome take on D.Note's 'Garden Of Earthly Delights', Jazzanova re-reading of Ian Pooley's 'What's Your Number' and a blissfully chilled finale with A Man Called Adam's 'Stay With Me'. The vinyl version is unmixed with new exclusives from Jedi Knights, Jimpster and Ian O'Brien as added bonuses. Inspirational sensory therapy through music is what Tom Middleton deals in. Share it and cherish the diversity of life on one CD