Satisfy Mix - Nero (Listen on Soundcloud here)
In under 58 minutes the Nero trio, showcase just why they are one of the best crowd pleasing musical acts of all time. The Satisfy mix is a couple of years old but it’s also one of their best. Easing its way in with a sampler from cult film ‘Strange Days’ (aficionados will remember the reference to Lenny Nero’s memories on disc). Here find a rich tapestry of classic and newer tracks weaved in such a way that will have you desperate to jump up and dance. We love how Vangelis’s Blade Runner main title was dovetailed in such a way that it didn’t become overly cocky – how some DJ’s have got it so wrong by adding this track then finding that it becomes the ADHD child with all other tracks having a tough act to follow. If you don’t manage to listen to all of this mix, there are two parts to really listen out for:
36 minutes in: A Number of Names’ ‘Shari Vari’ and the transition to Leftfield’s Phat planet. You just don’t even realise that *THAT* drum pattern is already there in the background luring you in, then pow!
44 minutes in: As if LFO’s ‘Freak’, didn’t blow your mind (and body) enough with the tune that we have all freaked out to, listen to the mastery of that cowbell clinking in the background – recognise that? Enter Nero’s very own remix of Depeche Mode’s ‘Behind The Wheel’– if this doesn’t have you dancing your socks off we don’t know what will.
Just as you thirst for more, Jon Hopkin’s ‘Collider’ finalises beautifully into an astral soundscape with Nero’s very own ethereal ‘Satisfy’.
Did you like this review? Want to hear more? Tell us which mix is your favourite and why and we will take a listen, anatomically spread it wide on the slab and give you our thoughts here at Minotaur Central. The beast aims to please.
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Tracklist:
Alva Noto - Haliod Xerrox Copy 1 / Strange Days
Djedjotronic - Abyssal Zone / Model 500 - Future
Nero - Won't You Be There (Nero 128 Remix) VS Bart B More - Napoleon
Cirez D - On Off / Moby - Go (Trentemøller remix) / Kavinsky - Wayfarer
The M Machine - Moon Song (Edit) / Vangelis - Blade Runner Main Title theme
Daft Punk - Alive
Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (Edit)
Gesaffelstein - Selected Faces
Nero - Satisfy
Balthazar & JackRock vs Hakan Ludvigson - Meinungen Mussen Frei Sein (Angy Kore Remix)
Nero - Touch You
Psychemagik - Black Noir Schwarz
Cybotron - Clear
A Number Of Names – Shari Vari (Nero Bootleg Mix)
Leftfield - Phat Planet
LFO - Freak
Beaumanoir - Insulinia
Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel (Nero Refix)
3Teeth - Zeit
Jon Hopkins - Collider / Nero - Satisfy
