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It has been a while since I did another peek in my cd collection. Yes still using those since we are still waiting for a Belgium iTunes Music Store. Apple says October will bring another launch of new Music stores so let’s keep our fingers crossed that Belgium is on the list.

A bunch of cd’s has been added to the collection and the first one I want to talk about is from my New York friend Roger Sanchez. All closing parties on Ibiza are a thing of the past and another successful year of Release Yourself at party flavor at Pacha.

Roger is back with a third installment in the ‘Release Yourself’ series which is guaranteed listening pleasure. This album sums up the top tracks of his label Stealth Recordings and are mixed by the man who’s made a big mark on the house music scene.

As always the first cd contains pre-party music and lets you slide in some serious day dreaming of past memories of a summer that has past too quickly. My personal favorites on the first cd are Sueno Soul - Tempo Da Solo, Nars feat. Emma - I wanna Know, Amma - Heartbeat (Kaskasde Mix), Ben Watt feat. Sananda Maiterya - A stronger man a track that was performed which I am pretty sure is Terence Trend Darby but under a new name. My hunch seems to be right since I found Sananda Maiterya’s website. Selecting those personal favorites was hard because the man has an ear for those mellow good feel vibes.

With cd 2 we’re back at Pacha as it is Roger in his natural habitat. One thing that I noticed is that most of the tracks contains vocals, a trend that seems to be going on right now. A few of my favorites on cd 2 are Mencha feat. Sumo - Play Me With Your Sound, Stephan Pompanac feat. Cl�mentine - Morenita (Sanz & Charles Schillings Remix) and Angel Moraes - You Should Have Said (I Love You). It’s one of those cd’s that proves that house music is not necessary boring or monotone sounding.

Listen to a compilation that I created of some of the tracks. (MP3 - 2MB)