Vol. 2: Guidance

Track Listings

1. He Leadeth Me

2. Be Thou My Vision

3. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

4. This Is My Father's World

5. It Is Well With My Soul

6. We Gather Together

7. Jesus Is Calling

8. I Love to Tell the Story

9. Rock of Ages

10. God Gave Us Christian Homes

Tracks:

You, My Baby & I - Alex Gopher
Incident At Gate 7 - Thievery Corporation
Funky For You - Deadbeats
Adore - I:Cube
El Capitalismo Foraneo - Gotan Project
Too Old To Die - Troublemakers
Roll Call - Pablo
Brasilikum - Butti49
Remember Me - Elak
Destinations - Schmoov
Planetary Deadlock - Beanfield
Cool (Barbare) - Samia Farah

Customer Reviews:

Best one in the Hi Fidelity Lounge series!.......2005-04-27

The Vol 2 CD represents the very best of this series - I own and listen to all four of these, and recommend that you get them all. But this one has the most diversity and soul of the group. I use these albums like a 'wish list' of awesome music. Guidant also produces some great artists that aren't listed in these albums. See also 'Caia'.

but Vol. 1 it's better.......2003-06-16

I was looking to number 2 after that Vol. 1 was one of my favorits. Probably i pretend to much but the Vol. 2 it's for sure one star less. Infact i feel that this CD it's not a surprise and more standard (probably too much thinked). Anyway the general sound it's ok and you can find funk-jazz-ambient music of high class. One pearl over all it's the last track : COOL (BARBARE) a reggae-lounge smart and sweet song, very impressive also I:Cube (Adore) and the song of The Troublemakers. Finally i am happy of this CD, but i was looking for another five stars like the Vol.1 that i suggest.

This CD is very "Funky For You"........2003-03-02

This CD, for lack of a better word, is "THE BOMB"!
Every song on here is awesome but my favorite songs are:
"You, My Baby, and I", "Incident at Gate 7", "Funky For You", "Adore", "Remember Me", and "Cool (Barbare)".

"You, My Baby, and I" seems abrasive at first but it quickly turns into wonderful lounge. The music is very ambient and it hugs your brain. The vocals on this song are beautiful.

"Incident at Gate 7" is one of my favorite Theivery Corporation songs. This song sounds like you're lying on a tropical island, just bronzing in the sunlight and drinking your Martini.

If "Funky For You" doesn't make you want to dance, it will make you want to relax and take a load off. Sit in a comfortable chair or lay in bed and just let the day slide off of you. Great vocals. Very urban but also very ambient and awesome.

"Adore" has to be one of the brightest gems on this CD. This song is just gorgeous. This song kisses your brain. Listen to this song. I don't even have to explain more because I know you'll love it.

"Remember Me" is a beautiful song. The vocals are so beautiful. You will end up playing this song on a loop for days.

and lastly, "Cool (Barbare)" is very Reggae and very gorgeous too. This song will make you dance and wish you knew French. You will definitely love this song. Its very fun and loungey.

I bought this CD and was very happy with it. I didn't know who anyone was except Theivery Corporation, so I was kind of scared this CD was going to be [bad]. I don't regret buying this CD at all.

If you buy this CD, you will not be disappointed.

Forbidden Paradise.......2003-01-22

I'm a smooth jazz listener and player, so when it came to venturing outside of my turf, I took a chance with this side of the music spectrum. After one play, with my electric bass in hand, I was intoxicated to the ambience of this recording. You will be whisk away to a place of forbidden pleasures, because you have been hypnotized into thinking that your hipper than you are. Start with the first track "You, My Baby & I", and you will find yourself wanting more and more of her voice in this sultry sexual threesome. (I don't know how to spell mauna shwa twah) The secound cut reminds me of Diana Ross being stopped in an airport for drug smuggling and just as high on them. "Funky for You" is so urbannnnn and has on line that says - "see the little people with nothing left, and nothing to wear, but making it through, I'm funky for you". The song moves from the key of E to the key of C with a very soulfull bass-line. If your from the any large city, and have any heart left, this one will move you. Planetary deadlock shows me a very high conscience and really is a beautiful way of expressing our futile existence on the earth. Even if your a strict jazz or rock connoisseur, let this recording grow on you, and you will be all the worldlier for it.

Nice and classic.......2002-11-26

The current market for modern house, dub, downtempo, slash whatever music can be frightening for those people just getting into the field. People hear the music in clubs and like it. But when they go to buy, it's a different story. So many labels, producers, compliations are out there along with a good amount of genuine [stuff]. No wonder that this broad genre of music is still facing a challenge in catching on in the states.

Labels like Chicago's Guidance (along with New York's Naked, HedKandi from the UK, and Compost from Germany) cut through all of that and give casual buyers quality tracks, nothing less. Out of the three versions of Hi Fidelity Lounge, I find volume 2 the strongest by far - not at all boring if you listen for the subtleties in production and composition across artists. The iCube track, "Adore," is masterful and practically worth the price of admission alone, and there's not a single track that I wouldn't mind grooving out to in the club (or the bedroom, or the kitchen). The label has done a good job of putting them together in an order that "feels" like a well-selected set.

Tracks:

Dubolition - Kieser Velten
Babylon Insight - Dubaphonic
Righteous Dub - Uptight Sound System
Liberation Dub - GCORP Meets Bobby Blue
Herbsman Anthem - Jah Warrior
66 Meters (Lower The Tone Edit) - Indian Ropeman
Ay Ay Ay - DZihan & Kamien
Chocolate Elvis - Tosca
Horny Dub - Rootical Sound
Strykly Turn Table Eyzd, Umm - DJ Spooky The Subliminal Kid
Jungle Feva (Metics Vocal Mix) - Hughie Izachaar
Le Dub - I:Cube

Customer Reviews:

Solid offering of dub for the masses.......2002-03-02

This isn't a hardcore old-school set of dub, but it's a great place to start. Tracks put together by some heavy electronic music cats with dub-mindedness, there's more than enough good stuff on here worth your dollar. Some of it isn't as mindful of tradition as I'd have liked, but the takes are fresh, and entertaining all around. A great CD for mood, venues and just hanging out.

Another Amazing title by Guidance Recordings.......2002-01-15

Wow, this one is even better than the 1st! Parts of it distinctly sound like Tosca's Opera, while other parts are more reminiscent of K & D. Overall a very smooth and chillin sound, that definetely keeps me coming back. Great atmospheric music, and good pumped up, too.

High Fidelity indeed..........2002-01-13

Speaking of the genre, this one really hits the spot.
Keeping up the reputation of its predecessor, this CD puts you somewhere on the Caribbean Islands and leaves you to chill out. Being almost impossible to be otherwise when you have Richard Dorfmeister for one of the supervisors of the compilation, this CD basically features only great tracks.
If you like anything from Kruder + Dorfmeister, Tosca, Thievery Corporation, Beanfield, Uptight Sound System or Dual Tone (Paul Hunter), you're bound to like this one to. I personally like the first track best because the ocean, sand, setting sun, seabreeze, seagulls, fresh grilled fish and some good wine afterwards with a decent smoke just pour out of it.
It just gets you in a good mood, that's it!

Caribbean in binary!!!

This is it ! Brainsmashing Future-Primitive Roots.......2001-08-02

I've looked long and hard to find a solid modern dub album or compilation....most are weak or miss the point by being too modern. This album hits the bullseye. Solid heavy mix, lots of brainsmashing echo, enough modern effects to keep it fresh, and solidly connected to the roots ya love....Tubby, Scratch, LKJ, Rockers.

Some stuff is totally connected to the bass, drums, horns old school Rasta roots...a few of the cuts are excellent modern Tosca-stylee.

The new school finally "gets" it...and at least its available through more than just total underground or local channels.

Hit the bid. Raspect. One love.

top notch!.......2001-06-22

this is the most consistent and outstanding modern dub compilation i have ever heard, and i have a pile of them! 10 out of 12 cuts are stand-outs in my opinion. hi-fidelity dub sessions lives up to its name, with excellent sound quality as well as music. i cannot praise this disc too highly. if you own only 3 dub discs, make sure this is one of them! these artists are contemporary, not old jamaicans. don't let that stop you from buying this excellent disc.

Average customer rating:

dull house music
Hi-Fidelty be cookin' now!
Scrumptious

Hi-Fidelity House Imprint, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Guidance Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

Obligato - Dj D
We Cookin Now - Abacus
Spirit Of The Black Ghost - Mark Grant
Progressions - Alton Miller
2 Wrongs Making It Right - Kevin Yost
G&S Motion - Glenn Underground
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Customer Reviews:

dull house music.......2002-02-27

This is where house music gets its reputation as boring and repetitive. The tracks all follow the same format - continuous four on the floor beats with few changes in energy level or presentation. House music needs to be more dynamic to keep my attention. Add some more percussion and the jazzy rhythms would come to life. Unless you're a DJ and you plan to mix this CD, don't bother.

Hi-Fidelty be cookin' now!.......2001-10-11

From Mark Grant to the jazzy, funky FIRE that is Kaevin Yost. This CD be Cookin' with cornbread and grits!

Scrumptious.......1999-08-07

I just want to bedeck the page with the stars. Listen to the samples (although my fav track, Glenn Underground, #6, doesn't have a sample).

Average customer rating:

Vol. 2: Guidance
Hymnscapes
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

He Leadeth Me
Be Thou My Vision
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
This Is My Father's World
It Is Well With My Soul
We Gather Together
Jesus Is Calling
I Love To Tell The Story
Rock Of Ages
God Gave Us Christian Homes

Music Review:

Music Review

Music Review

1. He Leadeth Me
2. Be Thou My Vision
3. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
4. This Is My Father's World
5. It Is Well With My Soul
6. We Gather Together
7. Jesus Is Calling
8. I Love to Tell the Story
9. Rock of Ages
10. God Gave Us Christian Homes