Sven Väth - In The Mix - The Sound Of The Seventh Season

Besides the Fact that this 7th Season collects the best Trax of 2006 (just like the 3 before), i must praise Sven for his mixing. This is a Novum ! Everyone loves Sven for the energy and joy his sets usually evoke, but i never heard someone saying that Sven is more than average as a DeeJay. On the contrary. Mostly the young and upcoming Bedroom DeeJays complain on the Web about his "sloppy" 'don't give a fuck' attitude towards his mixing skills.
But listening to the Craziness CD for about the tenth time on my iTunes app, i took the opportunity to watch when the transitions come and i am astonished: The Time Codes given on the CD don't resemble the actual turnovers. There is usually already 45 seconds of mixing going on before the new Track starts officially. The best i can say about the mixing is, that you do not notice these if you don't search for them. The Mixing for this DoCD was done on the DJ Set-UP in the empty Cocoon Club. So no trickery and fooling around with Computer Software is involved - at least during the mix. There must been some additional mastering for the CD of course.
The tracks are all beyond doubt strong and each with a special twist, when Sven selects them. The Mix works well as a whole, but there are so many great Tunes, that deserves mentioning. Raudive's "Here" is astonishing. Planet Jazz - Monster is a Killer in Robert Babicz Rave Remix. Agoria with 'Code 1026', Audion's 'Mouth To Mouth' with it's French Kiss groove, Trentemøller's smash hit 'Nam Nam' are the type of anthems Sven is known for playing out. 100% RAVE - EXCESS with Satisfaction guaranteed. This 7th Season DoCD works in many ways. You can use it a) as a Compilation of 23 of 2006 strongest Trax - Each song gets played out nearly completely. it is varied enough b) as listening stuff and if you dig deep enough and play the many Rave Parts out loud you finally get c) another fantastic Party Mix.
So hats off to Sven and let's hope for many more Seasons with such excellent material as we find here. While i write this as a type of good bye attention grabber i hear one of Cocoon's own releases, that is typical for the 2006 sound of the label. A very melodic tune with a nice atmosphere and this Rave Piano Sounds, that sound a lot like the GOA Party anthems or that early Harthouse Rave material. it is HUMMEL by Adam (Kroll) Proll. Great stuff.. switching into the ecstatic + fast 'Pablo Assan's' by that french talent Tom Pooks, Dominik Eulberg's (another Coccon 12") Bionik cools down the mood and tempo for a moment before creating another climax during the process before Joris Voorn finally ends the CONTINUES Craziness second side (2nd Didc) of this DoCD with the dubby and floating 'Many Reasons'. A good and fitting motto for this MIX !