16B – How To Live 100 Years

Excellent sophomore effort from Omid Nourizadeh and one of my favorite house releases. While Sounds From Another Room is considered the favorite by most fans, I strongly prefer this release, because there are so many more mix-worthy tracks and the production is noticeably improved. Keep On Changing Shape and De-Org Song are fantastic examples of deep house and a great one-two punch when listening to the album start to finish. The entire album has a great vibe throughout and culminates in Colours Reprise, a lush and dare I say emotional ending to the ride. I wish someone was still producing music like this but until I find that person, this album will continue to stay in heavy rotation.

This is a solid album from a producer who has seemed to excel mainly with remixes such as JSJ's Deep Love 9.
I have found that the test of a producer is an album. Many producers who have released excellent singles often run a bit short on an album, be it a lack of ideas or rushed production.
This album works well, with a progression running through the tracks from begin to end.
There are some duds here though. Colours is driven by a female vocal that feels far too mid-nineties chillout compilation for liking. And the major departure from the mood of the album, The Room, is a piece of minimal tech that simply does not do enough, or have a strong enough hook, to warrant its play length.
But on the whole this is a solid album and at its best reminds me of Leftism.

16B first caught my attention with his remix of "Believe", by GusGus, on Sasha and Digweed's Northern Exposure 2. Ever since I have collected whatever I could find from him. On this release, we're blessed with several top grade breaks tracks, as well as some excellent House/Progressive ones. To me the stand outs are "the room" and "Virus"; both offer excellent evidence of the production prowess of this seasoned dancefloor veteran. Although it is out of print now, it can still be found if you know where to look :).