ELECTRONIC LUV 3 - TOKYO SESSIONS

Hatiras
Electronic Luv 3 is the latest in Hatiras’ popular mix series which fuses his own productions and remixes with many of his favourite tracks of the moment. This particular edition features slammin’ music by some of the hottest names in house music including Hatiras, Macca, Da Skunk, DJ Dan, DJ Rooster, Dave Armstrong, Eric Prydz, Bryan Cox, DJ DLG, Kid Massive and more. Electronic Luv 3 is dedicated to the clubbers of Tokyo and features music that closely reflects Hatiras’ performances to over 20,000 people in Tokyo through 2005 (this included a performance to 15,000 at the massive 2005 Wire Festival in Yokohama and 5,000 at the infamous Club Ageha in Tokyo). The compilation further solidifies Hatiras’ reputation for quality, energetic music that rocks dance-floors across the planet! Definitely uplifting and dirty beats for the heads out there…

Why 2 covers?

Electronic Luv 3 was actually pre-released in a simple, minimal white cover and sold in Tokyo as promo/test copies. A total of 2000 of this version was manufactured and each copy was personally signed and numbered by Hatiras. Although, the music is identical to the final version, the pre-release artwork is in high demand for the die-hard collectors. We are selling limited copies at the Blow Media shop along with the final cover (but are running out of these very fast).

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Details: One of Canada’s premier musical exports, Hatiras – best known for his chart topping global smash ‘Spaced Invader’ and his ‘Arrival’ album, is back on the scene with another sublime collection of phat dancefloor beats for his forthcoming album, ‘Tokyo Sessions - Electronic Luv 3’. Released through his own Blow Media record label, the album is inspired from Hatiras’ tour of Tokyo, as the name suggests. It was there that he played at the infamous Ageha club and although this album isn’t a live recording of the night, ‘Electronic Luv 3’ might as well be, as it reflects the energy and tune selection of the set he played which blew the roof off the club!! The album features 16 tracks from various Blow Media artists, including Macca, Hatjak, and Da Skunk, as well as exclusive cuts from some of the world’s leading dance luminaries - Eric Prydz, Sebastian Ingrosso, John Dahlback, Dave Armstrong, DJ DLG, Red Roche and DJ Rooster. As you would expect with an album of this quality, this mix is laced with uplifting, dirty, feet stomping beats, with stand out tracks including ‘Love For The Weekend’ (the first collaboration between Hatiras and DJ Dan), Sebastian Ingrosso & John Dahlback ‘Lick My Deck’ and Kid Massive ‘Bring It On’.

Rating: 9 / 10

Gold Award Review written by: Oli Pavitt www.UK-CL.co.uk

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Hailing from Toronto, Canada, you may recall Hatiras’s name from his spaced out house track Spaced Invader, which made it into the ARIA Club Top 20 back in 2001. Moving on a few more years, Hatiras’s latest release is the third in his Electronic Luv series, entitled Tokyo Session. The predominantly house album was inspired by Hatiras’s recent tour of Tokyo, and while the album isn’t a live recording, Hatiras captures the energy of a live set. A producer and record label owner (of Blow Media) as well as a DJ, the album includes, somewhat predictably, many of his own and his label’s tracks. Many of these releases only made their debut performance on the Toyko tour. The album begins with the answering machine introduction of Baked From Scratch. Although this device is getting somewhat tired, the track it develops into is a lively techhouse number. The first of two tracks by Hatiras and DJ Dan, the album also features their first collaboration, Love For The Weekend, a bouncy, vocal house track featuring Mandy J’s diva-esque vocals. Hatiras joins up with vocalist Shanchoy for the upbeat Mannequins (Macca Remix), an energetic, somewhat mashed up piece of dirty house. The energy levels remain up for Hey Frankie, which sees Hatiras collaborate with Macca and Alex Peace. On Hatiras VS Da Skunk’s Money Shot VS Cuban Cigar the solid beats are accompanied by a fuzzy melody, the vibe is druggy. In contrast, Hatira’s final contribution on the mix, Do You Believe In Love, which is a release from his Hatjak project with singer and bassist Jaxon, delves onto the trance side of house. Record label signee Macca also appears solo on Electronic Luv 3. His track Ride Me Baby features some more of those infectious beats, the melodies rather mashed up. A pair of Kid Massive’s tracks appears. The first is the upbeat vocal house of Bring It On, while its flipside, 7th Day (Acappella), is a gospel-esque vocal. Some of the vocals on tracks are an important element of the album’s live feeling. Mannequins urges you to “three, two, one, shake that arse,” and the theme is continued on the next track, DJ Rooster’s Dance, with its refrain of “dance, dance, get up and move your feet to the beat.” Bryan Cox’s excellent techy track Freaks On The Floor urges for “all the freaks…get on the dance floor” and “put your hands in the air”. As Lick My Deck (from Sebastian Ingrosso and John Dahlback) declares, “you’re loving the way this groove fills your soul, and you don’t want to let go.” Meanwhile, Electronic Luv 3 keeps on building up through out the mix to a final climax, just like a peak time set. Following on from the trancey Do You Believe In Love are Dave Armstrong & Redroche’s Love Has Gone and Eric Prydz featuring Adeva’s In & Out. Both tracks strongly feature female vocals, and just keep on increasing the energy levels until they peak and you sadly have to let go.