(Central Station/MRA)

With Yoshi’s half of this double CD starting off with “Lola’s Theme” and Eric Pryz’s “Call on Me” (my most hated track of 2004!), you’d be forgiven for thinking Yoshi’s given up on hard dance and gone all commercial, like.
 
Apparently, this is a calculated move on his behalf – agreeing to incorporate these most main-stream tracks into his set in exchange for his own series of future CDs releases with Central Station. About half-way through the CD (surprise, surprise!) we start to see where Yoshi’s track selection comes into play, with a focus on the harder style we’re used to hearing from him.

Finishing up with “Journey Into Sound” one of his own creations, at least he’s managed to get his compositions out to an audience that might not normally hear it. Full credit to him for managing to take us on a rather unexpected journey, starting with house at 130bpm, finishing up with some fairly banging stuff at 150bpm.

The Brooklyn Bounce CD is as expected – bouncy, cheesy Euro-style stuff with the occasional Chipmonk voiceover. Not bad fodder for a bit of fun I guess and does feature some fairly credible hard dance names, such as Scot Project, to serve some beef up with your cheese.

Probably not a CD to add to your collection if you’re a true hard dance fan, as you’d find much of this double CD pretty annoying. One to buy for your little brother or sister so you can blame ownership of the CD on them – and sneak in a listen when your Scooter CD goes missing.