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Sasha Invol2ver
Sasha's essentially a prophet in the world of dance music.
The man is so celebrated in his vision of sound that there
are artists who write and produce music specifically for him
and him alone to spin. Unlike a lot of producers out there
who have surrendered to a feeling of immediacy—music
that says "you are a regular person inside a club listening
to this"—Sasha has held to that classic clubber's ideology
of "experiencing an altered state through music," and creates
compositions that truly lift out of this reality and leave
you feeling as though you've seen something, experienced
something, and are changed for it. Invol2ver is the second
chapter following the initial 2004 Involver, and is a continuous
mix of Sasha artist tracks and Sasha remixes of others'
material.
The Favorites: Arcadia, Destroy Everything You Touch,
Burma, You Are The Worst Thing In The World
OceanLab Sirens Of The Sea
This is after-the-party music. Not really a hook-up soundtrack,
though some songs have a certain sensuality. More
so, this is the perfect backdrop to dark skies creeping
toward the blue of dawn and coming down in someone's
living room. Uplifting, beautifully vocalized, gentle, at times
driven, and deeply intimate. OceanLab is the alternate
moniker for the Above & Beyond production team paired
exclusively with singer/songwriter Justine Suissa. Fans have
been aggressively waiting for this one since the release
of the group’s first single "Clear Blue Water" in 2002. The
group has been trickling releases throughout the years, but
only two of those singles appear on the Sirens album—10 of
the album's 13 tracks are fresh, original pieces that represent
a new musical brand: album-oriented pop trance. Lacking
the huge arpeggio crescendos of big room anthem-trance,
or the disposable cheese of trance-NRG, the music and lyrics
of Sirens have the same timeless quality as Sarah McLachlan,
but use the hallmarks and ambience of trance to further the
subject matter and create a watery sound that lets the listener
melt away into its aquatic texture.
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