If you find this review and haven't heard this CD, well its a must buy. This is the one that made both of them, it is one of the greatest and it still rocks all these years on.

Check out Liquid Cool and Sound System as my highlights of both disks but really the whole thing is amazing.

Play CD1 to those that aren't dance converts and CD2 to those that are, and play both to yourself anytime you want to realise how good DJs can be. It is no wonder that the vinyl and CDs for this are at astronomical prices.

Whatever form you can get this, just do it. This is the one that we talk about for a reason, Northern Exposure is the bomb!

The best mix ever. I'm glad I only found the Northern Exposure vol. 1 with only cd 1, because that's the only one I need. The two first songs, #1 and #2, are as we all know two of the best ambient-songs ever done, so beautiful I could cry.
Then we come to #6, "I'm free (Playdo's minimalist mix/The full length la serrena mix), which also is one of those so-beautiful-it-makes-me-wanna-cry-songs. Pure happiness.
After that it gets deeper and deeper, but still this very surrealistic, magic style. And what song could ever finish a mix like this better than "last train to lhasa"? such a magical tune.

I hope you all know that this is THE essential Sasha-cd. None of his later, more famous cd's, can compare to this one! Lovely...

Classic disc by Sasha (Disc 2 was Digweed's disc).

I rate the mix between Raincry and OBE as one of the best mixes between two tracks I've ever heard, it's utterly spine-chilling.

I really like the beginning of this disc through the breaks portion in the middle, but once I get to Kites and I'm free, I have to start skipping tracks - those vocals just didn't age very well for me. The comp picks back up at the end with the remix of Water on a Vine Leaf and the Banco de Gaia remix. Hence the 4 out of 5.

The "transamazonian highway" samples are actually part of the TransAsian Express remix of Sattelite Serenade, the first track on the album, which I believe the orb did. That is why there was no separate mention of it on the sleevenotes, since they did not add the sample in themselves, it was part of the first track (I know because I have the original Satellite Serenade on vinyl).

If you were wondering who would be hatstand enough to put in the David Attenborough sample on Track 1.01, you probably won't be surprised to hear that it is actually the "Transasianexpress Mix" by non other than Dr Alex Paterson and Kris Weston of The Orb, which was not credited at all on the sleeve notes of Northern Exposure...

Ah yes! "Don't Leave Earth Without One"

This is a very intense and deeply emotional set. The whole album is a mind trip from start to finish. This CD was basically the soundtrack to my life for a year or so. I have only heard the two disc set once, but I managed to find this disc about 3 or 4 years ago. It is one of the most influential trance CDs in existence. Don't miss it.

I agree with the previous reviewer. These two discs are both excellent, in different ways.

Disc 1 is a more diverse, lighter sounding mix which at times does seem 'chilled'. It progresses from the cool ambient sounding Satellite Serenade to the house-y beats of William Orbit's "Water From A Vine Leaf".

Disc 2 is a darker, harder trance mix. I dare say it is what progressive trance is all about. The 'vibe' of the cd doesn't change as much as that of Disc 1 and the high point (IMO) is Banco De Gaia "Heliopolis" (very good trance).

The second disc is much harder to find than the first disc, because the 2 disc edition (the one I am reviewing) went out of print, to be replaced by the 1 disc version (which contains only disc 1).

I am not sure why they stopped making the 2 disc version, because the second disc (while not being quite as good as the first disc) is very good indeed.

This is the 1 disc version of Northern Exposure Volume 1. Norther Exposure was originally released with 2 CD's (0 degrees north and 0 degrees south).

This 1 disc version contains only 0 degrees North (disc 1) but that is far from being a bad thing. This cd starts out nice and ambient/dreamy and progresses through a variety of genres while never losing it's way.

The second disc (missing from this release) is not as good, it has a darker, harder sound to it and I prefer disc 1.

I think this cd is getting hard to find now too, so if you can get your hands on a copy, please do. One of the most important dance cd's ever released IMO.

A note for collectors of Northern Exposure tracks: this release does not match the 2xCD set exactly. "Kites" and "Raincry" appear here in different mixes than the ones featured on the 2xCD. In addition, the tracks "I'm Free" and "The Gloom" have only one mix featured here, but on the 2xCD, two different mixes of these tracks are used back-to-back. Nonetheless, this is a wicked fun package.