Customer Reviews:
 Thumping progressive drum n bass October 24, 2008
Wadster (Weston Turville, Aylesbury)
I have all the Nightlife series and no.4 doesn't fail to deliver the goods. I pump this up on my MP3 player for a gym workout. Believe me if this doesn't get your energy levels up nothing will! Loads of recent tracks for the most up-to-date top mix by Mr C. Sorted again!!!!
mixed with distinction May 17, 2008
Mr. D. R. Wall (Tokyo)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The DJ's dilemma goes like this: how do you make a seamless mix on the one hand, but at the same time give the listener a distinctive selection, making every tune count? Nightlife 1 was one of the rare cases that somebody hit it on the nail, and installments 2 and 3 were flawed by comparison. I groan inwardly at the discordand clash of When the Sun Goes Down/ Now's the Time on N2, and skip over derivative stuff like Princess Warrior and Babylon Rising on N3. I'm also not a huge fan of the 'max-out the bassline, throw in a vocal' school e.g. Concorde Dawn. I admit the likes of 'Fly Away' destroy the dancefloor, but mix CDs are more about the little bits and pieces lovingly put together like grown-up lego.
So, how does Nightlife 4 shape up? Apart from two 'max-out the bassline, throw in a talky bit' efforts from the formulaic and over-rated DJ Hazard, it's a blinder. I bought it on download and (annoyingly) had to split the tracks up manually using Mixmeister, but it made me appreciate just how smoothly they flow together as I couldn't find dividing points straight away. Top marks for tunes go to the versatile duo Chase and Status with the supersoulful 'Streetlife' and 'Take me Away'. it's stuff like the gradual pitch shift on 'Judgement's intro bongos that makes this CD worth repeated listening. Relative newcomers Culture Shock and L Plus have got the treble-ended gated synth sound just right, and there's a slew of perfectly crafted remixes like Neo, Plague and Screamer for those who were raving every week in the early noughties.
Nicely done Andy, not least for getting 33 tracks on there, and rounding off with Sub Focus's Bodyrock-style 'Timewarp' which is his best since Frozen Solid, and needs to be listened to in its entirety. Can't wait for his album to drop later this year, but til then N4 is gonna stay on the stereo.
the way forward,next generation d n b !!!! May 15, 2008
B. King (earth)
best nightlife to date in my opinion,its been said in previous reviews that andy has picked these tracks because they are all fresh and the newest releases and not for their musical content,well i strongly disagree with this !!as im im sure these people do not know the amount of white labels,dubs etc.. andy is given !! its certianly not any where near 33 so what we have is the best of the crop from some prolific producers all put together with killa prosision from the executioner over 77 minutes,shows the genre is taking a slight tilt towards the dark techy side .
top notch track selection & mixing as usual
this will win compilation of the year without a doubt ,check knowledge mag in jan
one of the best d n b compilations to date across the whole scene!!!!!
 Andy C: Nightlife 4 - More of the same May 12, 2008
Jordan Holt (UK)
If you've heard the first three installments of the Nightlife series, you'll love this.
Packed with some great tunes that have been around the clubs over the past couple of months, plus a few new ones, this album has a more dark, teckie feel to it as opposed to the other albums, although this does represent what the majority of the big sharks in the DnB scene have been producing.
Although the first few tracks take a while to get into (apart from the 1st track, Neo remix, i loved the original, the last 1/2 - 1/3 of the album is blinding.
Needless to say the mixing on this album is seemless and track selection is great, as you'd expect from Andy C.
A bit too heavy for houseparties, great purchase as far as im concerned.
Part man, part machine. All drum & bass May 6, 2008
D. Sandhu (UK)
The next installment of the 'Nightlife' series is here and it is another quality mix from the most famous dnb dj in the world 'ANDY C'!
There are over 32 tunes in the mix which is an indicator that it is fast and furious in the mix. Andy covers the entire scene with jump up, darkcore and just fast rolling beats and bass in one continous mix that is just faultless.
I really enjoyed the last nightlife cd but it got boring quite quickly and whilst this is a good cd i can't see it being played till the end of the year. Some tunes just sound lame and most of the time you only get to hear a decent tune for less than a minute before the next one blends in. This is the only fault in my opionion.
You get plenty of new bits from the Ram records stable which is Sub focus, Culture shock and some stunning new bits from Chase & status.
A very good cd worth picking up.
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