Northern Exposure 2 (CD2)

Sasha & John Digweed · 1997

The West Coast half of Northern Exposure 2 pushes the 1997 sound further, from Cygnus X, Speedy J and Humate to an early Armin van Buuren record to close, with the progressive and trance crossover now fully in the room. By the West Coast disc the boundary between progressive house and trance has become much harder to draw. Cygnus X, Humate and the early Armin van Buuren connection sit alongside the more experimental selections. It's a useful record to place next to the 1994 Renaissance collection: three years doesn't sound long, but the DJs' palette had changed dramatically.