Carl Cox - F.A.C.T.

This cassette mix is much better than the cd version.

Possibly the greatest mix CD set of the mid-to-late nineties, if not of all time. At a time when this form of techno/trance was taking off, Carl managed to find a set of tunes which,while all being particularly unique, sum up the genres. The track selection is perfect, the mixing faultless, the journey well laid out.

Standouts for me must be the best 4/4 mix of all time; CD2 'The Orange Theme' into 'Amphetamine'. Not to mention the perfect pitch altering on 'Drum' and 'Like That!'.

Decent mix CDs come and go, but FACT will live forever.

12 years after release, this mix still never fails to impress. The masterstroke of playing from all genres adds to the quality and love put into the mixing itself by Carl Cox. I have bought this album 3 times now, one was played to death and one was permanently borrowed by a mate.

If you can listen to the whole 2 disc mix and say you don't rate it, you will never get dance music and mixing.

I only have the second disc of this set, but I have to say that it is absolutely sublime. First of all, this is no pro-tools folly-- this sounds exactly like it was mixed how it should be, live on Technics 1200s. And is it mixed! A definite highlight is where Cox mixes DJ Hell's "Like This" intermittently throughout 4 seperate tracks... The entire disc flows incredibly, and will drive your mind wild with the variance of styles, ebbing from techno, into trance, and back at ya with a few acid breaks. Carl Cox, we salute you!

OK, I'll hold my hands up, I am biased when it comes to this era of house music. It was an age when comps were released with some thought rather than the way the market is swamped today.

Cracking Techno and trance from Cox, so good it actually sold bundles and probably pushed Techno into a more mainstream market.

Loved it then......and still love it today!

Some of the mixing is less than perfect, but fans of Coxy will know that this isn't what he's about - the first CD in particular is brilliantly constructed. From the way Jeff Mills "Late Night" gently fades into "Meet My Modem" to Stone Circle "Deep in You" giving way for the thumping and squelching of Thomas Heckmanns "Phosphene". CD 2 is a more trancey affair, showcasing some of the finest Euro trance/ techno labels, including Eye Q, R&S, Trope, Suck Me Plasma and F-Communications.

A classic mix and a true snapshot of what Cox was playing at the time.

File under 'must have'.

Carl has released a lot of cd's over the past decade, but nothing can compare to this blinder. As a result, I've never been able to buy any of his other cd's because it all falls by the wayside when I hold it up to the standard that was set with F.A.C.T Vol.1. A great collection of trance, hard as nails techno and some real dancefloor destroyers that has the knack of taking your ears someplace special.
If you've only recently been introduced to the mixing/music of Carl Cox, do yourself a favour and seek this one out. If the mixing doesn't impress you, than sure as hell the tracklisting will.

The F.A.C.T. 3x12" vinyl is your chance to enjoy (unmixed) some of the most glorious pieces of electronic music.
Do not underestimate what FACT meant in 1995 - by putting his name and image to this collection Coxy was sticking his (large) neck out to show that hard dance music can also be intelligent and inspiring, thus deflating the last post-rave bouncy castle stereotypes and raising the bar to all DJ's and musicians.

This mix features techno anthems. The sound is a bit acid, a bit trancy and a bit hard, all very well dosed.

It is the proof of his mixing and programming skills. Beatmatching is absolutely perfect and the transitions are absolutely undetectable. Tracks fit so well together that the mix is just one stream.

Really, if there is a mix you should hear, it's this one.