PRESS & RELEASE CONTEXT
Charts & reception
Justin Scott Dixon / Voyager
Compilation appearances and contemporary press.
- Period
- 1999–2002
- Contribution
- Artist
HISTORY & CONTEXT
Pure and Northern Exposure
Compilation placement
Pure (Friction’s Groove) appears on disc two, track five of Northern Exposure: Expeditions, between Polarstern and Gamelan.
Artist recollection
I handed Sasha a Pure test pressing at Firestone. He played it; it was later selected for the compilation.
HISTORY & CONTEXT
Press context
AllMusic
John Bush names Voyager among the compilation’s less-obvious selections. The review concerns the compilation rather than a standalone Pure release.
Contemporary coverage
The Mix rated Expeditions 7/10 in May 1999. Hi-Fi World covered it in April 1999; Orlando Weekly’s May review was critical overall.
HISTORY & CONTEXT
Contemporary magazine sources
Mezo — Superconscious
November 2002 · Muzik, page 80
Pezz gave Mezo’s Superconscious four stars in Muzik’s Progressive column, naming Justin Scott Dixon (Voyager) and Chris Hand.
Read more ↗Pure — Quad advertisement
January 2002 · Muzik, scan leaf 73
A Quad advertisement promoted Pure as QC30, pairing the original 1998 mix with Voyager’s Six Speaker Remix and referring to Northern Exposure: Expeditions.
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