Stunning. Simply Stunning.

After hearing only one collection by Dave Seaman, he is already vying for a spot on my "top 5 favorite DJs" list. And yes, I really do have a list.

Global Underground: Buenos Aires with Dave Seaman is double-CD mixed compilation, and it is quite honestly breath-taking. For fans of progressive house, my favorite genre, it just doesn't get any better than this. My only regret is it took me this long to discover him.

Global Underground has produced some monster releases: "Hong Kong" with John Digweed, "Ibiza" with Sasha, "London" with Danny Tenaglia and "Amsterdam" with Nick Warren, to name a few, but "Buenos Aires" with Dave Seaman is the probably the best I've heard yet (from Global Underground) and is my current favorite CD. It literally hasn't left my side in over a week….

Both CDs in this collection have basically the same feel - dark, rhythmic, German-born trance, going at a medium tempo (around the pace of the dancer's heartbeat - 120 beats per minute or so, that's why folks can "move" so well to this stuff). Disc 1 had a "groovier", almost trancier feel to it than Disc 2 - but the two blend very well together and definitely sound good in tandem. My very first impression was that I was back at one of my favorite clubs in London (I lived there for two years, that's where my passion for house music began). I simply don't hear really good progressive house in my part of the country much, and this really took me back.

The first CD has 11 tracks, starting off with Jumbo by the Underworld (one of my favorite bands); of course, I was immediately pulled in. This song actually sounds like two distinct tunes, the first half much more trance-induced than the second, and spans ten minutes (in very typical Underworld-fashion). I wasn't even sure when this song was over, as Seaman seamlessly mixes Timo Maas/Ian Wilkie's Twin Town next - then the trip begins.

There are simply too many excellent tracks on CD 1 to mention them all, but notable stops on this sonic-pleasuring journey are Dutch Liquid's Rush (track three, the track I played over and over and over and…well, you get the point), Deep Cover's Breakthrough, Feel by Expansion and the enchanting So Damn Beautiful (you won't believe the female vocals in this song) by Polaroid. I felt pain when this CD was over…I just didn't want it to end… Each track mixed superbly with the next, and all in the classic progressive-house style.

I was almost hesitant to play CD 2. I'm often let-down in double-disc compilations, and more times than not, I end up playing one CD much much more than the other. That just isn't the case with this collection.

Disc 2 features ten songs, beginning with the oddly addicting One of the People by Adamski. When I initially heard this song, it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. It features male vocals that at first, grated my nerves (he seems almost…off-key). But it grew on me, and was actually my husband's immediate favorite tune (thus, he wanted me to play it over and over again). Again, just too many quality tunes here to go through every song one by one, but standouts include: Life In Minds by Life On Mars, Planisphere's Deep Blue Dream, Feeling by Polarity and my personal favorite on CD 2, Nipple Fish by Coffee Boys. As I said, disc 2 has a "bigger" feel to it, still trance in feel, but perhaps a bit more dance-oriented.

I must admit, on almost every mixed DJ CD I own, I end up skipping a song here and there. Obviously, there are some stronger moments included on these 2 discs, but I was amazed after listening to them both that I don't skip any songs. I have a five-disc changer in the house…these two discs are back to back, and I just play disc 1, play disc 2, rinse & repeat.

I will end this review by saying Dave Seaman really blew me away. His song selection is impeccable, his transitions clean & almost transparent and he truly spreads the gospel that is progressive house. If you enjoy trance or house music, with DJs like Digweed, Sasha or Paul Oakenfold, I think you'll really dig Dave Seaman. I've already ordered two more Seaman CDs…and I'm confident I'll like them just as much as this one.