Anjunadeep 11 (Feb 7th, 2020)

[solar]

Info

It's coming!

CD1:

1. Hosini & Jones Meadow - 8 Hours, Still No Rain
2. CRi - Never Really Get There (feat. Jesse Mac Cormack)
3. HVMP - Flora
4. Jerro - Tunnel Vision (feat. Kauf)
5. miru - Radiance
6. Leaving Laurel - Through and Through
7. Marsh - Human
8. Nox Vahn & Marsh - Come Together
9. Cubicolor - Points Beyond
10. Ben Böhmer - Hunting (feat. Jonah)
11. Lane 8 - Keep On
12. Kasper Koman - The Blind Navigator
13. Braxton - Chiaroscuro
14. Luigi Sambuy - Paper
15. Qrion - Mars
16. Jody Wisternoff & James Grant - Nightwhisper
17. Greenville Massive - Morse
18. Luttrell - Find Me
19. Nox Vahn - Dream of Love (feat. Mimi Page)

CD2:

1. Matthew Dekay - The Four Agreements (Martin Roth Beats Edit)
2. Ole Biege - The Glow
3. Jody Wisternoff & James Grant - Blue Space (feat. Jinadu)
4. Qess - Firethorn
5. Simon Doty - This Time (feat. Forrest)
6. Esteble & Lazarusman - Mind Heart Self
7. Alex Metric & Amtrac - Upswing
8. Frost - Overtones
9. Durante & HANA - Days Pass
10. Dosem - Extraction
11. Nordfold & Budakid - Venus
12. Yotto - Daydreaming
13. Above & Beyond - Surrender (Tinlicker & James Grant Edit)
14. Grazze & Davide Randazzo - Blessivini
15. The Dualz - Inside Me
16. Zoo Brazil - Dance with Me
17. Luttrell - My Friend the Sun
18. James Zabiela - The Healing (Tinlicker Edit)
19. Jon Gurd - Together

[solar]

First thoughts: Many new names, which is great!
Feels like the first CD will be more ambient one.
Zoo Brazil on Anjunadeep? Wow

[marcuszeke]

I haven't been excited for a Deep album in YEARS. 2019 has been a great year for this so I'm hyped this time around.

[theboz]

Even though I really liked this year for Deep, I didn’t think 10 was amazing. Mildly excited for this one, though I’ll still preorder it as always.

[binka]

HOLY BUTT!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Absolutely love the fact that they release these in February in the darkest deepest period of Winter.  

[mickyb]

Wow this looks fantastic! So many new names to the label and excited to have some big appearances with Durante, Zoo Brazil, Amtrac, Braxton the list goes on. Also glad to get new Qrion with "Mars" and interested to see who Leaving Laurel is. I'm pretty sure their track was played by Penelope and Donnelly at the 350 after party (2nd last track) and sounded fantastic.
Oh, and not to mention the return of Yotto, Estelle, Luttrell, Marsh and CRi. Super pumped for this one!

[marcuszeke]

Cool, that's my birthday.

[NoTime]

Hype! So many new faces, thats super exciting. I need to relisten to vol 10 a couple of times

[Bradz]

Well well well!!! What lovely track list.

I am very happy to see Budakid, he is one of the best performing artists of this year for me and he is very suitable for Anjunadeep, also Jon Gurd who also has made one of my favourite tracks this year so glad to see them both!

Very big surprised to see Amtrac and Zoo Brazil and also not 1 but 2 Wisternoff & Grant tracks!!

Also sssooo glad to see new Dosem, Marsh, Nox Vahn, GRAZZE, Qrion & Frost as well as regulars Lane 8, Yotto, Cubicolor, Ben Bohmer, Lutrell and Martin roth!!!

Very excited to hear the new stuff like Anjunadeep 10 there was not a lot of people I heard before but was one of my favourite comps from the series so looking forward to the new acts!

[svenmo]

HAvent likes any Deep comps in a while, but this lineup looks interesting and the label has impressed me lately. Hoping this is my favorite volume in a while.

[marcuszeke]

omg 2 Tinlicker tracks. This has some great potential and I really hope it delivers.

[marcuszeke]

Seems like a large chunk of the comp got released early on Spotify.

How odd.

Edit: its just Disc 1

[solar]

Weird decision IMO

[allywheels]

Feb 4, 2020 13:11:49 GMT solar said:

Weird decision IMO

I think it’s a great idea, not been done before as far as I know?

[marcuszeke]

2nd half of Disc 1 is way more upbeat then previous comps. Very pleased with the direction of it so far.

Chiaroscuro is amazing

[NoTime]

Feb 4, 2020 13:04:17 GMT marcuszeke said:

Seems like a large chunk of the comp got released early on Spotify.

How odd.

Edit: its just Disc 1

Same on google music

Waiting for the full release

[dspencer124]

Loving disc 1 - just a shame they released half a compilation, as i really want to listen to the other half now...

[theboz]

CD2 is absolute choon city. This has to be the danciest Deep disc in years! Dosem - Extraction absolutely rocked my socks at the Weekender last summer and I've been dying for it ever since.

Not to mention how sublime that James Grant & Tinlicker Edit of Surrender is.

[marcuszeke]

Def surprised to hear how upbeat the comp is. Also absolutely loving Extraction by Dosem.

[tiesto87]

Simon Doty is a huge standout for me as well as Zoo Brazil

Marsh can do absolutely no wrong on anjunadeep too

CD 1 is better overall than prior years and less anjunasleep
CD 2 is absolutely sublime

[svenmo]

This is my favorite volume in a loooong time. Disc 2 is the best second disc since Jaytech was mixing these. They finally mastered combining ambient, Deep and progressive on the comps.

[NoTime]

My only gripe after listening for a couple of times is that the mix builds up to the middle part of the 2nd disk Dosem/Yotto part and loses some energy afterward. I would've personally rearranged 2nd disk a little bit.

[theboz]

Feb 10, 2020 23:23:42 GMT NoTime said:

My only gripe after listening for a couple of times is that the mix builds up to the middle part of the 2nd disk Dosem/Yotto part and loses some energy afterward. I would've personally rearranged 2nd disk a little bit.

I thought the same, and it’s a pretty common complaint I have for all Deep comps that James & Jody mix. They just love to throw in a lower energy song after picking up the pace, then go right back to the higher energy stuff. It’s too jarring

[tiesto87]

Feb 10, 2020 23:23:42 GMT NoTime said:

My only gripe after listening for a couple of times is that the mix builds up to the middle part of the 2nd disk Dosem/Yotto part and loses some energy afterward. I would've personally rearranged 2nd disk a little bit.

100% same boat some of the transitions especially on cd 2  a lot went from energetic to anjunasleep

This time simon doty into mind hear self is one example.  Makes no sense energy wise

[svenmo]

This mix keeps getting better and better every time I listen to it. That Alex Metric and Amtrak collab reminds me a lot of “Battery Life” which is one of my all time favorites.

[dspencer124]

Disc 1 is fantastic, Disc 2 has some great tunes but does suffer, as others have noted, from some questionable mixing selections

[theboz]

Human is so utterly beautiful. Cannot get enough of this one. Easily Marsh’s best solo tune so far

[Bradz]

Feb 12, 2020 22:24:41 GMT tiesto87 said:

Feb 10, 2020 23:23:42 GMT NoTime said:

My only gripe after listening for a couple of times is that the mix builds up to the middle part of the 2nd disk Dosem/Yotto part and loses some energy afterward. I would've personally rearranged 2nd disk a little bit.

100% same boat some of the transitions especially on cd 2  a lot went from energetic to anjunasleep

This time simon doty into mind hear self is one example.  Makes no sense energy wise

I feel like maybe the reason they do this might be because James & Jody might be trying to tell more of a story with their mixes on these compilations to have more mixed emotions and feelings of energy rather then the constant flow of energy in the mix as Anjunadeep is not a fully energetic label.

I don't know I'm also a little drunk but, the more I think about it the more it makes sense to me, as Jody & James defiantly run things much differently then A&B despite the label sharing the same name.