The reasons Carter has been unable to recreate a comparable perfect house cd journey in years since stem mostly from the fact that although it is entirely mixed in Carters unparalleled style 'The Many Shades' tracks were selected and ordered by himself and Cajmere. In a classic studio sense I would view Carter as the artist and Cajmere as the producer, the artist submitting somewhat to direction from the latter. The whole project was a labour of love and mutual respect between a virtuoso DJ and an enigmatic producer who had taken a whole new generation of Chicago house warriors under his wing. Their complementary nature is most easily observed in 1993's 'Dreamstates'(included for obvious reasons) where Carter scats soulfully over a true African root Cajmere bassline. This potent combination would certainly account for what I consider undoubtedly the greatest house album of all time (circa 2007).