leisure: Dj Micro Tech-Mix-Live@ Avaland Boston
Most live albums I can take or leave. There are a few however, that have great sound and production and those are the ones to keep your ears open for. And, since this is a Dj mix, you figure how difficult can it be to get a great sound right? After all, they are just spinning other people's music. Well, Dj Micro had only one shot at getting this 12 song CD perfect. This was a live club setting, and he was on the proverbial spot so to speak. He had to have the mix dead on, and boy does he ever. Again, many live albums are slightly on the weak side when it comes to sound, but not here. The production is top notch, even though it was all vinyl and some dub plates.      Dj Micro takes a crowd of nearly two thousand people (with you included) on a powerhouse trance trip, full of great beats, and absolutely infectious dance floor grooves. His arsenal of artists included, Tenth Planet, Thrillseekers w/Sheryl Deane, Marc Aurel, Barthezz and my favorite trance artist of all time Paul Van Dyk. Also, he really brought the house down when he ended his set with a track of his own music entitled "Fall Into Me." The screams of the enraptured crowd can be heard intermitingly throughout the CD, but never do they drown out any of the music.       Being a huge fan of trance, I really loved this album. The fact that this is a live CD really captures what trance is all about. The energy of this CD was such that I could almost visualize bodies packed tightly, sweating, moving, all caught up in the momemtum of the music. Believe me, it's the next best thing to being there.                                                                                 -Craig Harvey