Renaissance: The Masters Series - Part II

Dance music is changing [!] An intoxicating brew has been shaping thanks in part to a wider awakening of a new generation, creating scenes akin to the former halcyon days of UK clubbing in the early '90s. One such area leading the way now is South America, Argentina in particular and to be precise, their very own superstar DJ, Hernan Cattaneo.

The past 12 months as seen Hernan release the first volume of his Renaissance Masters Series [prequel to this release], undertake a mammoth promotional world tour, continue his weekly Buenos Aires radio show, complete various remixes, productions and his own re-edits and land at #6 in DJ Mag's prestigious Top 100 DJ Poll. Busy boy indeed.

Underlying all this is his continued devotion to the music and impeccable DJ skills: this man is as comfortable playing a South American festival to 50,000 people as 1000 people at The Cross in London. This compilation shows exactly why...

Building on the firm foundations of the first installment, Hernan's latest mix is a seamless expedition into an emotive landscape, a bumper car ride of surprising twists and turns, sourcing some of the brightest luminaries in the production world, with disc one including Polefolder, Tom Middleton, Harry Peat, Morel, Innerstate and Bionic Rockers.

Disc two swiftly blurs the lines between four-to-the-floor and breaks with the likes of Space Manoeuvres, Jeff Bennett, Nick Muir, Hybrid and Underworld, including tasty remixes from Satoshi Tommiie, Andy Page and Hernan himself.

'Renaissance: The Masters Series' - Hernan Cattaneo Part Two', a double disc set in a typically sexy slipcase with beautiful 8-page digipak, illustrates perfectly the juggernaut that is Hernan Cattaneo shows no sign of slowing down...