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Live & Remastered

Live & Remastered
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Box set / live album by Larry Levan, David Morales, Todd Terry, Kenny Carpenter and Justin Berkmann
Released 19 September 2011
Recorded 1991–1994
Venue Ministry of Sound, London
Genre
Length 347:18
Label Ministry of Sound
Producer
Ministry of Sound anniversary compilations chronology
XX: Twenty Years
(2011)
Live & Remastered
(2011)
XX: Volume 2
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
DMC World 5/5 stars
The Gap 3.5/5 stars
Laptop Rockers (7/10) (Larry Levan mix)
(8/10) (David Morales mix)
Plain and Simple (favourable)
Planet Notion (favourable)
Time Out New York 4/5 stars

Live & Remastered (subtitled 20th Anniversary Box Set) is a box set released by the record label of British nightclub Ministry of Sound in September 2011. It was released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Ministry of Sound, as part of their 20:20 Project campaign, following the Ministry of Sound's foundation in 1991. Focusing on the early years of the club, the box set contains five discs, each an iconic DJ set performed live at the Ministry of Sound from 1991 to 1994. The DJ sets are mixed by New York DJ veterans Larry Levan, David Morales, Todd Terry, Kenny Carpenter and the club's British co-founder Justin Berkmann, each delivering their own house style. Between them, genres explored include deep house and garage house. The packaging for the set resembles a "flightcase" box, with all the CDs themselves in "record sleeves", whilst the discs themselves are made to look like actual vinyl LPs.

In promotion of the album, a "megamix" of songs from the album was uploaded onto by YouTube by Ministry of Sound, whilst Factmag ran a competition in which free copies were given away. The album was critically well received, who applauded the album's coverage of both the club's early years and the work of the DJs themselves. Time Out New York said the music was "great, both as time capsules and as collections of beautiful dance music." The album peaked at number 50 on the UK Compilation Chart.

London superclub Ministry of Sound celebrated its 20th anniversary in September 2011. In celebration, the club announced the 20:20 Project, which started in March with a multi-media exhibition about the nightclub. Further events include a three-day party in September, an international tour and the release of several commemorative DJ mix compilation albums aimed at different parts of the club's audience. They would release XX: Twenty Years, a four CD compilation of digitally mixed material, each disc covering at a different club night or compilation strand from the club's history, in November 2011, before a sequel album, XX Volume Two, was released in 2012.


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