noizemagazine - Index

noizemagazine - Spring 2008 Issue # 55 - Index

STAY UP Paul Oakenfold Greatest Hits & Remixes
Oakie’s career has included underground raves, hyper-publicized
stadium massives, ultra-trendy urban hotspots and sold-out nightclub
world tours. His body of work, both as an artist and a producer,
has spanned nearly as many years as his name has syllables, and
earned him the Guinness World Record title of “Most Successful
DJ in the World.” This compilation attempts to frame that body of
achievement. That intention may seem impossible to accomplish
with shiny plastic and binary code, but the enormous diversity of
the tracks included serves to outline his vast musical ingenuity. That
in mind, it should come as no surprise that the album is available in
one-, two- and three- disc versions, all of which contain multiple new
2008 Oakenfold mixes of selected favorites.
LEGS UP
Tiesto In Search Of Sunrise 6
Few series have ever made it to a sixth volume with the same eager
anticipation and continuous critical acclaim like Tiesto’s In Search
Of Sunrise. With every release, Tiesto carefully cross-sections the
ever-morphing genres of trance and progressive house. The worldclass
DJ calls attention to the newest roster of artists and producers
that are defining and challenging the hallmarks and standards of
ambient dance music. Here the flying Dutchman presents cultural
shifts like the blend of electro and trance, and African tribal percussion
atop rounded beats. He also underlines vocalists like Jes, Julia
Thompson, Anita Kelsey and Jennifer Rene. And this is the only
place you’re gonna find Tiesto’s own ISOS remix of the indie hit
“Hide & Seek” by Imogen Heap.
Sia Some People Have Real Problems
Sia is a vocalist and songwriter of inimitable integrity and individuality.
She is also one of the few people in the world who immediately
renders me a girl of thirteen face-to-face with her ultimate idol—I
ran into her at a tanning salon in LA and acted like a teeny-bopper
backstage at a Justin Timberlake concert. Until recently, Sia was
the voice of Zero 7’s biggest singles. Then overnight she achieved
her American breakthrough as the artist responsible for the musical
capstone of the Six Feet Under series when her song “Breathe Me”
closed out the finale. On her third solo album, Sia combines the jarring
lyrical intimacy of her debut Healing Is Difficult with the whispersoft
instrumentation of her second album, “Colour The Small One”,
and creates pop-friendly chill-out with her brazen voice and a lush,
layered acoustic sound.
Summer of Space Summer of Space
Haley Gibby, the voice of Summer of Space, seems to be an artist
with a true intention and an indomitable will. When she was recognized
by Warner Bros. and offered a contract, she declined, deciding
instead to continue pursuing her musicality without Big Brother
steering the wheel. In 2001, she met producer Finn Bjarnson and
explored the musical course she chose instead of commercial success.
Later, along with Ryan Raddon (Kaskade), a group was formed,
and following the success of their initial single an album was completed
and the result is nothing short of aural bliss. Haley’s vaporous
voice atop emotion-sodden instrumentation plays like a gorgeous
footnote to life–quiet, saturated commentaries floating like fog over
hills, commanding your attention in the most delicate way possible.
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