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• Artist: Various Artists
• Album: Six Degrees 100
• Label: Six Degrees
• Year of Release: 2004
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2004-08-25

Six Degrees is a label that holds a place in my heart. Back when I first started MusicEmissions.com (over 5 years ago) Six Degrees was one of the first labels to start sending me review material. So over the course of 5-6 years the label has clocked 100 releases and to celebrate their success they are releasing Six Degrees 100, a compilation of some of their finest moments. I'm sure this wasn't an easy task to pick out a mere 14 tracks out of 99 albums but the folks at the label know what they are doing. Out of the 14 we get tracks from the prominent artists on the label. Six Degrees had fairly big success with Bebel Gilberto ("So Nice") and with Michael Franti & Spearhead ("Stay Human"). Some other underground successes include Suba, dj Cheb i Sabbah, dZihan and Kamien. When you throw all of these diverse acts onto one mix, you risk having a convoluted compilation but with the Six Degrees acts they surprisingly meld well together. It's the electronica pieces that most of their artists meld into their sound that sets this label apart. There are exceptions though and a lot of the more successful acts are a little more organic. If you have never heard any of their music, pick up this compilation or the Traveller series that they have done.

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