Beach Angel 2006

Fab collection again by Mr Doyle, I have yet to pick up Tokyo Disco but on it's way..was really disappointed by Fierce Disco ( fans of twisted disco may like it more ), although digital Angel is ace...This is more my scene as I loved Beach Kandi and Disco Kandi..out of the three discs I have to say disc 3 is my fave, even though old tunes but the order and the mixes chosen just flow beautifully from the beginning to end, you don't even have to close your eyes to be transported to the White Isle or sunny climes..Ever After by Bonnie Bailey for me is the stand out track.. why Ms Bailey hasn't had some major chart recognition is beyond me ..maybe she doesn't want to sell out...disc 1 for the beach, I agree is the weaker of the set, although not bad at all..disc 2 more upbeat, disc 3 starts the wind down, with some shake your booty tracks still present..fine work

Great to work out to, quite a soulful journey type of music, fun upbeat songs, my favourite CD to run too

Great summer balearic tunes, melodic triple CD, I rarely write reviews, but this was worthy of the effort, I highly recommend.

Well Mark Doyle's new Fierce angels brings us their second release "Beach house" er ..oops "Beach Angel" as you all know this is really beach house just its not on hed kandi anymore..i havent heard kandis equivilant yet but i will. This is definately an improvement on the average Tokyo Disco compo which was below par for a mark doyle compo..this is actually one of the better beach releases over the last couple of years. ist 2 cd's are the new tracks and the 3rd old beach tracks mostly taken from previous hed kandi releases. Glad to see your back on track mark..keep em comin!

This compilation was compiled by Mark Doyle, who is not only the founder of the label Fierce Angel, but also the creator of HedKandi. He invented HedKandi’s classic theme Beach House, which is basically house music that creates a feeling of summer and beach. Doyle left HedKandi in 2005 and created his very own label Fierce Angel in 2006. Fierce Angel does have various themes too and some of them are parallels to the original themes of HedKandi. Beach Angel is basically the same concept as Beach House.CD 1 (full recline) features vocal house (and a little bit of disco house too) which is rather “cool and reclined”. The tracks on this CD are new (they haven’t been featured on any previous compilations by Mark Doyle) and presented in full length. Some of the tracks are featured in their original or extended mixes and some were remixed by Eric Kupper, which makes some of the remixes here rather exclusive (in my opinion he is very good at making interesting remixes). At some points this CD is a bit weak, but none of the tracks is completely disappointing. This CD works well as background music in summer or at the beach.CD 2 (upright) is stylistically similar to the first CD, but a bit more uptempo and with a little bit less beach factor. Aya’s “Sean” already got featured on four previous compilations by Mark Doyle, but all the other tracks on that CD are new. Despite being more uptempo, this CD is also suitable for relaxing at the beach.CD 3 (back to the beach) is a sort of special or bonus-CD which truly takes you back to the beach. All the tracks of this CD already got featured on the beach house compilations of 2000-2004, so this is a sort of best-of collection.1. Music & Wine: taken from  Beach House 2. Summer Love: taken from  Beach House 3. Lovely: taken from  Beach House 2 4. Surrender: taken from  Beach House 5. It’s You It’s Me: taken from  Beach House 04.02 6. Never (Past Tense): taken from  Beach House 04.03 7. Ever After: taken from  Beach House 04.04 8. Love Forgotten: taken from  Beach House 04.04 9. Flower Power: taken from  Beach House 04.04 10. Back Together: taken from  Beach House 04.03 11. Central Reservation: taken from  Beach House 04.02 I have all those Beach House compilations and I can tell you that these tracks are some of the best. They are altogether suitable for relaxing rather than dancing as the concept of Beach House includes rather chilled house tracks.All three CDs are unmixed and depending on your taste you will prefer one CD to the other two. None of the tracks is poor, though some are better than others. The tracks do convey a feeling of beach and summer. Loyal fans of Doyle’s work may be disappointed to find only recycled material on the third CD, but considering that it is a bonus-CD, it isn’t that bad. I think that there are summer/beach themed compilations by MK which are slightly better, but the overall lovely design of the digipack made me give five stars instead of just four.Definitely recommendable to anyone who has missed to buy the legendary Beach House compilations of 2000-2004 (which are sold out and which are still the best of this series).

Well what can I say..except buy this..!! This has definately hit the mark ( no pun intended ) this time, Fierce Disco ( received as a pressie ) was, for me lacking in direction and content. It too had oldies but didn't work due to the aforementioned..I agree with Mr Barden's synopsis/review totally, however I am not going to mark it down due to the high content of old songs as the re-mixes and flow of the Cd's totally work..CD1 is more laid back and the stand out tracks are 2,3,4, and 10, CD2 and is very reminiscent of Disco Kandi of past..it starts slowly and within a couple of tracks you are up on the dancefloor..CD3 as Mark says Latin House Anthems he doesn't lie and the track listings are there for everyone to see, so why berate the man when he was open and honest??;- and what a CD..!! Shake your booty from beginning to end..! I agree the feel of the collection , especially CD 2 is moving away from the Balearic, Latin smooth feel of previous Beach House with a slightly more Central/Western European edge, but what a soundtrack to the summer or your Saturday night..! this CD def more uptempo than Beach 2006, which doesn't actually get off the ground on Cd2 when you think it might climax with a stormer track, and for me this just edges it, but don't get me wrong Beach 2006 still bloody good..! For those that were having a moan re the cost/inclusion of re-worked classics ratio - 1 Did you not read the track listing before purchase..? and 2 - Use your noggin- source it at a decent price from the market place,( or elsewhere )..Well done Mark back on track..! But as a foot note , I know you are working hard to establish this little nugget of genius but could you source some good new tunes if poss, I know they might not be out there or meanie label execs being nasty with licences, but please try before even your most ardent fans jump ship back to ..sshh .....!!