Potentially one of the greatest EDM compilations ever?

This has aged tremendously IMO. I remember at the time it wasn't that praised but this is a grower for sure. So many tunes and great basslines in here.

And what the hell happened to Steve Porter? He was untouchable during this period. You never hear of him now?

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Bedrock 3 is probably one of my all time favourite comp. The tunes and mixes are unreal, timeless.

Porter is playing tonight at Coachella, I haven´t heard any set from him for a while, dunno whats playing at the time.

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i listened to this the other day. it's pretty good, but it seems every song on disc 2 has a 2.30min breakdown -- i always hated that about some prog djs...

steve porter is remixing scrubs now or something :lol:

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[video=youtube;7l-5Tz4si-Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l-5Tz4si-Q[/video]

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I pounded this cd when it came out, listened to both discs the other day and it's still a great comp.

I certainly wish Steve Porter still made tracks like Nordica, what a great tune!

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^ Nordica was ace. Still is. The b-side on that record is also money from what I recall. (I need to get me a Fade Records shirt soon). Same goes for "Losing Wait", arguably the best track on that comp. That aside, I personally couldn't get into this compilation, and for that matter, really am confused as to the methodology Chris uses for track selection. Sometimes it's stellar, most other times it's boring bog-standard plodding beats. Perhaps I'm judging too harshly on this....and perhaps it's unfair that i'm grading it against Bedrock 1 w/ digweed and Bedrock 2 with JVM (both of which are timeless imo).

He and Pappa have really been disappointing over the last few years. (sorry to rain on the parade, i just had to say my peace on the subject).

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I dug it for the most part - the Marscarter track is aces. But I save my best EDM comp vote for the Danny Howells GU.

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[QUOTE=GregWhelan;853703]

And what the hell happened to Steve Porter? He was untouchable during this period. You never hear of him now?[/QUOTE]

[video=youtube;RM3TuCHOlsk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM3TuCHOlsk[/video]

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^ The best track on the mix by far

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Nah, that's Nordica.

Amazing mix, makes me wish I smoked dope. Took me fucking ages to get if I remember correctly, was expecting something along his Transitions 2 hour-mix he did that year which is something completely different and still my favorite guest mix ever.

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^ Spooky - Belong ftw. And when "Free" dropped in....goosebumps.

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Who was it here who knew Chris personally? Needs to ask him for a master for that mix.

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Defo a classic .. as is Jimmy Van M's

DJ Sawa's Bedrock release (via Pioneer Japan) is also outstanding.

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Must dust that little fella down....

Indeed, a classic ;)

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Funny, I just finished listening to it, was bored, came here and saw the thread. This Comp is LUSH!!!!!!

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Surely you don't just come here because you're bored Hypo ;)

Sounds like post-Miami post-Avalon blues to me ... are you making ibiza ?

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[QUOTE=simonr;854087]Surely you don't just come here because you're bored Hypo ;)

Sounds like post-Miami post-Avalon blues to me ... are you making ibiza ?[/QUOTE]

Hiya Si,

Not blues mate, was really sick when I got back, had to go to the doctor & take antibiotics and such. Finally feeling somewhat normal now. I'll defo do it again next year. Ibiza..... right now it's up in the air, BUT if I start having to work crazy hours again; it's on.

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Sorry to hear about your bout of sickness Al, hope all is good now.

Looks like I'm hitting ibiza, the Playa, Talamanca and Space in mid-July ;)

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great comp - fave tracks... Dan Morris & Shylock - Gasp........Hamel, Swain & Snell - Future (Mix One)

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I will have to dig this out again and give it a listen. When this first came out I used to listen to this and Jimmy's bedrock comps all the time.

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Fortier Bedrock 3 is still one of my faves to this day. Sounds as fresh now as it did 8 years ago. This CD is the only reason why I still get excited to hear new stuff from Fortier. Sadly though nothing comes close :(

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His studio album was pretty cool.

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i think bedrock 3 is really boring...never really got that mix :S jimmy's mixes were stellar tho :O

funky dredd? does know fortier, or am i wrong?

btw i found this some weeks ago - dunno if i am allowed to post

[B]Chris_Fortier_-_Bedrock_3_Unreleased_Directors_Cut-SBD-2010-TALiON_INT [/B] [url]http://uploaded.to/file/demfm9/[/url]

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I've always thought that had Bedrock gotten better distribution, that CD along with JVM's would have gotten them far more known. Fortier has NEVER played Columbus Ohio, and everytime JVM plays here almost no one shows up. It really grinds on me as I feel they deserve to have the same kinds of shows in Columbus as they do at their best shows. Just whistling into the wind i guess. ;-)