From listening to all three of the previous Nightlife releases over and over, I was expecting alot for the next iteration in the series.

My expectations were not entirely fulfilled, however. Not to say that this mix is bad - it's certainly not, I just felt it was quite boring with only a few standout tracks. Whereas with Nightlife 1, 2 and 3 I love and never really get bored of, this got pretty tedious on first listen. It's difficult to explain, but it's lacking that 'Nightlife' feel. There's just something missing, my first guess would simply be lack of variation. The tracks are all brand spanking new (most are unreleased), which is fine.. but all the tracks seemed to be chosen just
_because_ they're the freshest tracks, not because of their musical quality or content. Saying that, there are several great new tunes on this mix in between the filler.

On a plus note, the mixing by Andy C, as always, is immaculate. It flows perfectly.

A far better recent release… more »

From listening to all three of the previous Nightlife releases over and over, I was expecting alot for the next iteration in the series.

My expectations were not entirely fulfilled, however. Not to say that this mix is bad - it's certainly not, I just felt it was quite boring with only a few standout tracks. Whereas with Nightlife 1, 2 and 3 I love and never really get bored of, this got pretty tedious on first listen. It's difficult to explain, but it's lacking that 'Nightlife' feel. There's just something missing, my first guess would simply be lack of variation. The tracks are all brand spanking new (most are unreleased), which is fine.. but all the tracks seemed to be chosen just
_because_ they're the freshest tracks, not because of their musical quality or content. Saying that, there are several great new tunes on this mix in between the filler.

On a plus note, the mixing by Andy C, as always, is immaculate. It flows perfectly.

A far better recent release I feel is 'Watch The Ride' by High Contrast.