** Swedish Egil

GROOVE RADIO INTERNATIONAL

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One of several new CDs featuring the remixes of DJ Swedish Egil, Groove Radio International is 73:52 of what purports to be dance music. And so it is, if by dance music one means a continuous mix format. But even though the CD opens with the Sneaker Pimps' sleazy "6 Underground," features the Chemical Brothers' "Block Rockin' Beats," and roars through Fatboy Slim's "Everybody Needs a 303," club-dance divas will search Egil's trip-hops and drums-and-beats style in vain for the deep delicious sugar and the soft jazzy vocals that epitomize the club dazzle sound. Eventually he does elevate this set to a sweet high level, via Libra Presents Taylor's beautifully flighty "Anomaly" and Usura's even dreamier Eurohit "Open Your Mind." For a taste of treats like these, it's almost -- but not quite -- worth waiting out raspy, metaloid raves like Crystal Method's "Busy Child," the trip-hop of 2 Fat Buddas vs. Fathead's "Cut the Music," and the Freestylers' painfully noisy "Check the Skillz."

-- Michael Freedberg