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noizemagazine - noiZe Magazine Issue 60 May 2009 - Index

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Armin van Buuren Imagine: The Remixes
Armin’s moved up the status ladder with a ridiculous speed.
We toted the original album last summer as some of the
best trance to come along in a while, and apparently every
other producer on earth thought the same. When Armin
approached the various producers to remix his material,
what he got back was such an enthusiasm for the task,
and consequently so much quality material, that what was
originally slated as a single disc release became a double
to compensate. Those familiar with the original album
know that there were a solid eight vocal tracks that were on
hands and knees begging to be remixed, and this album
makes good on that plea with some incredible results.
Remixing credits include most of trance’s parliament: Martin
Roth, First State, Shane 54, Sied Van Riel, Ohmna, John
O’Callaghan, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Cosmic Gate, Stoneface &
Terminal, and Richard Durand.
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Misery loves company, so if you’re looking for a companion
to hardship (money, love, money, sex, money, employment,
maybe money), then look no further than DM’s newest
installment, Sounds of the Universe. Nearly thirty years
after the seminal alt-rock band began, Dave Gahan could
sing Vengaboys karaoke and still make you want to open an
artery while fumbling for a bottle of pills. Nor would his fans
have it any other way. The band’s hallmarks remain—lust,
spirituality, romantic yearning, sinful temptation and sadomasochism—and
run through the album’s thirteen tracks like
dirty motor oil in pavement cracks. The first single, “Wrong,”
a classic on first listen, is already in circulation and has been
serviced as a full remix package, including A-List treatments
by Thin White Duke (Jacques Lu Cont), Frankie Knuckles,
Trentemoeller and a promo-only rub by Peter Rauhofer.
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