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 "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"

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.