DJ Dan: In Stereo [Audio CD] DJ Dan

Yes, it funks, and sure, it's progressive and trancy in places, but make no mistake about DJ Dan's intentions on his delicious record In Stereo. This is pure, unadulterated, shake-yer-ass house. The BPM (in this case, "big party music") never drop below that of a marathon runner's pulse. The Latin-house funk of Eric Davenport and Smitty's "Shake It Up (Original Mix)," the relentless bottom-end house punch of JB3's "Push"; the sleazy, grinding crotch funk of Scanty's "Get Next to the Opposite Sex"; and Dan's own irrepressibly funky breakout, "Get Up" are among the 18 tracks not for the sedentary, serious, or slow. Indeed, it's impossible to hear In Stereo and not think of all the naughty stuff often associated with the dance music scene: free love, expanded mental capacities, days stretching into weeks, tight clothes, bare chests, fun, a head devoid of stress and filled with nothing but a deep-down and dirty-good time. The only problem is the record ends too soon, as the jewel case fails to provide a second disc no matter how hard one shakes it. Still, In Stereo is better than eating a whole chocolate fudge cake, and maybe as indulgent. --Steffan Chirazi