01. Don't You Cry - 5:37 (3)
02. Dream To Me - 3:08
03. Eastern Promise - 4:54
04. Say What's On Your Mind - 3:22 (4)
05. Flying (Part I) - 4:33
06. Destination Calling - 4:38 (1)
07. Déjà Vu - 7:07
08. Never Too Late - 3:28 (5)
09. One More Day - 4:52 (6)
10. Strobe - 5:40 (2)

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01. Habibi Halua - 1:08
02. Posse (I Need You On The Floor) - 3:50
03. Acid Bomb - 5:32 (1)
04. We Bring The Noise - 3:44 (2)
05. R U Happy? - 5:19 (3)
06. So What'cha Want - 4:06
07. Burn The House - 4:34
08. Chinese Whispers - 6:23 (4)
09. I Shot The DJ - 3:39 (5)
10. Transcendental - 06:01 (6)
11. Remedy - 6:01
12. Devil Drums - 5:24

( ) - number in parenthesis indicates the order in sound sampler from this album

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Oh my! I am really shifting gears. From PROGRESSIVE sound to more "cheezy" EURO/POP sound from Denmark. Several days ago I reviewed a debut album by another Danish project FEM@LE. Now it is time for SMILE. Album "Feature Girls" by SMILE is not really an ambitious one, but it delivers happy sound. The tunes are rather naive music-wise, the lyrics are simple, but that doesn't mean that album is bad. As a matter of fact it is very nice release following DANISH dance-scene trends. This duo of two grown-up girls: MALIN and VERONICA deliver catchy tunes you would like to listen to or dance to at your will. This second group's album starts with the title song "Future Girls". This is probably one of the best tunes in this offering. It get's close to blasting EURODANCE, so all of you who likes this style, will like this fare as well. Sparkling production, with good synths work, and fine blue-eyed female. "Doo-Be-Di-Boy" doing great in Japanese market. Done in scoring EUROBEAT style, this one is an another example of extremely happy tune! You should also fall in love with "Hollywood". This one fall into POP/DISCO category. Very catchy and delightful! Well... girls also do some slower tunes, if you would like to catch a little break. "Counting On You" is one example. This is rather slower POP serving as a chiller, yet the sound is very smooth and pleasurable to listen to. Not to worry, right after this comes "Dancing All Alone" with energy and rhythm to make you leave your chair and start jumping! Other tunes like "Heal My Broken Heart" or "Kissy Kissy" are another examples of funny and happy tunes! Taken together, if you would like to have an easy going dance album, you will plant your money well. In sound sampler I featured 6 tunes taken from this album. Support this project and get the album! Enjoy!

For more info about the group, visit their page at
www.smiledk.fanglobe.com

01. Future Girls (1)
02. Doo-Be-Di-Boy (2)
03. Hollywood
04. Counting On You
05. Dancin All Alone (3)
06. Together
07. Heal My Broken Heart
08. Kissy Kissy (4)
09. Love & Devotion (5)
10. Don't Let Go (6)
11. Dragonfly
12. Do You?

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I have recently reviewed in SINGLES REVIEWED in 2001 Section FANCY's recent single "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". I then was disspointed with the RAP strings he used and being successful in hiding his wonderful voice. You shouldn't blame me that I was curious to learn what FANCY has in his current music portfolio to show in his "brand new" album. Well, here I was again for dissapointment. I am not sure what FANCY is trying to do, but I am not happy. First of all, FANCY followed approach from 1991 album: "Deep In My Heart", the 6th in his music career. He employed then mediocre RAPPER that supposedly should give FANCY a "facelift". Secondly, "Fancy For Fans" actually contains some "remakes?" of the titles featured in that dreadful album like "Slice Me Nice/S.L.I.C.E", "Fools Cry/Whenever Fools Cry" for instance. All of them were "HIP-HOP" type remakes of original DISCO tunes. I also never liked what was done to my favorite FANCY's tune "Flames Of Love" in the 6th album and now I hear this selfinflicted harakiri again in this new album. I might be a little harsh, but you cannot blame me that I heard before the beauty of the original sound and the unforgettable FANCY's voice. Now, I am being exposed to combination of female choirette in the background, RAPPER that is trying to make a HIP HOP out of DISCO, a totally horrid experience. I am just curious, why FANCY didn't try more EURO-TRANCE oriented approach, if he really wanted to sport something new. As a matter of fact such sound was tried in one of his previous album: "D.I.S.C.O." Well, he then was supported by the BROS team and it is too bad, he didn't turn for assistance to them again! If you never heard FANCY before, this album will not give the justice to his musical talent and vocal capabalities. If you ever try to jugde FANCY based on this release. please do not! Check previous releases they do better justice than this release. As a bonus, you will find a MEGA Mix MAXI featuring 9 tunes. I used it for the sound sampler. Should you consider the purchase? It's up to you. Being myself a die hard fan of FANCY's talent, I will buy anything that bears his name on it. It's part of DISCO style cult! Listen to sound sampler and make up your own mind. You might actually used to it after listening the album several times. Actually the megamix does not reflect very well the climate of the album, since the megamix is actually likeable!

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01. Slice Me Nice / S.L.I.C.E. - 4:03
02. Fools Cry / Whenever Fools Cry - 3:38
03. When Guardian Angels ... Rap - 5:30
04. Flames Of Love / Love Flames - 3:58
05. Deep In My Heart / In My Heart - 3:08
06. Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - 3:06
07. Running Man / The Man - 3:43
08. I'm Free /Freedom - 4:15
09. Deep In My Heart / No More Sin / Love In Japan (Medley) - 3:10
10. Love In Japan - 3:32
11. Push And Shove Of Love - 4:03
12. Soul For Sale - 4:06
13. It's The Same Old Song - 3:20
14 Mega Mix Maxi Version [Medley] - 8:40 (1)
Slice Me Nice - Running Man - Fools Cry - I'm Free - It's The Same Old Song - Love In Japan - Flames Of Love - Soul For Sale - Push And Shove Of Love

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The presented CAATER album was released in Finnland back in April and now also in Denmark. This project originally comes from small Baltic country: ESTONIA. It started about 4 years ago when two producers and one of the best deejays in Estonia: KALLE KUKK (27) and MARKKU TIIDUMAA (24) both born in Tallinn, got together and established a group called CAATER. The name of the project in Estonian language stands for a "speedboat". CAATER themselves describe their music as mix of TRANCE and EURODISCO with ingredients of HOUSE and TECHNO. Group released already several albums and singles not only in Estonia but also in other coutries like Denmark or Finnland, to mention the few. "King Size" album features 12 tracks and among of them are titles previously released as singles: "Free My Body" (2001), "Dance With You" (2000) - this one was their truly international success with title released in Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Italy, Norway and Sweden, "Phantom" (2000) and "Hold That Sucker Down" (2000). You might remember this title since it was a club hit originally done by OT QUARTET back in 1994. Of course there are more tunes in this album and most of them are done in TRANCE and TECHNO style. The music is mesmerizing epics with amazing breaks, loops, intense synthesizers and great production. Very good album and I am happy that I was able to "discover" this group and present their music to you. Album also contains a bonus: VIDEO clip to their hit "Dance With You". I recommend this album for fans of quality TRANCE & TECHNO sound. This album is anything but short of this music. You will enjoy it immenesely! In sound sampler I featured 6 tunes from this album! Enjoy!

for more information about CAATER, please visit their official website at
www.caater.com

01. Free My Body - 3:56
02. Hold That Sucker Down - 3:52
03. Dance With You - 3:44 (2)
04. Seven - 5:08 (3)
05. Phantom - 3:27
06. King Size - 6:26
07. Big In Taiwan - 3:47 (4)
08. Control - 6:29 (5)
09. Time - 3:35
10. Reality - 5:46
11. Energy - 6:09 (6)
12. Beat Unlimited - 4:22
13. Free My Body (K-System Remix) - 4:22 (1)
14. VIDEO: Dance With You

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BLANK & JONES are back with full lenght album "Nighclubbing". You have been introduced to this album with recently released singles such as "Beyond Time" or "Djs, Fans & Freaks". Let me tell you, both were only appetizers and you just gotta try the main course!!! Album features twelve tunes (two of them are mentioned above titles) and they are ... HOT! Both DJs decided to make this album more in TRANCE style than anything else. They are not just TRANCE tunes, they are materpieces of this genre! Right from "Invocatio" that is a dark prelude, you are being prepared to what you will soon be encountering ans unforgettable treat! The title track "Nightclubbing" starts as uptempto electronic marvel. It builds into a full room TRANCE monster! It has something from "The Nightfly" (probably the female vocal). Gorgeous tune. Well... nothing short from gorgeous in this album. For instance "Le Grand Bleu" gets a percolating treatment with slammin' synthesizers that surely can cause pandemonium in the dance floor. You will love build-ups and some DREAMy midsection! For some of you who prefer more HARD TECHNO oriented sound group gave "Tribal Attack". I was just stunned by the quality of music put into one small CD. Another tracks like "Darkness" gave me an mind-stimulating trip to fantasy. This one is not only beatifully crafted TRANCE tune but also infectious chart-charging synth beauty! If you are lucky enough to get LIMITED DOUBLE CD edition you will be rewarded with second CD featuring AMBIENT remixes of three tunes from this album. I have to congratulate BLANK & JONES for such an inspiring and well balanced album. Truly an oustanding release in electronic world of dance. In sound sampler I featured 6 tunes from this album representing mainly TRANCE style, but trust me there is more! This one you gotta have it, no matter what! For now enjoy the sound that will stay with you for a while! This album is now part of my 6 CD changer in my car and will stay there for a while! Guaranteed!

for more information about BLANK & JONES, please visit their official website at www.blankandjones.de

CD 02 - The Ambient Collection

01. Beyond Time (Ambinet Mix) - 7:40
02. Heaven (Can Wait) (Ambient Mix) - 10:07
03. Le Grand Bleu (Ambient Mix) - 4:54

BROOKLYN BOUNCE has recently released several singles and all of them with great success. "Born To Bounce" or "Bass, Beats & Melody" climbed into high position not only on German charts but also in other European countries. Both singles are featured in this album among other 17 tunes. Be prepared for hard charged PROGRESSIVE HOUSE journey throughout. This is not release for introvertic characters, but rather for those who are into aggressive sound and hard beat! Plenty of them in here! You will be transported to the world od heavy drums, beats and bass! Geez! it sometimes even have a METAL ROCK feel in it like in "Are You Ready For The Bazz?" If you are ready for psychedelic trip, take your seat and make sure you that your safety belts are locked, the drive is bumpy! Among some interesting interpretations is U 96's "Club Bizzare" done in PROGRESSIVE style with tantalizing female vocals and DIABLO's male vocal hooks. Plenty of DRUM'N'BASS in this album. One of the examples of this style is presented in "Sample Slayer" where this style co-exists with hard charged TECHNO-HOUSE. Another TECHNO-HOUSE stamper is "No Compromise" with exquisite bass, low-flying synths and hitting the roof electronics. This one is MASSIVE! For some BREAK BEATS style visit "French Bounce". If you didn't have enough of HARD TECHNO, "The Dawn" is just around the corner. Another example where group utilized a combination of female and male vocals with massive and intoxitating beats. If you want to hear how the RAP works with HEAVY METAL and TECHNO in one, you can. Just check "If You Wanna Ride (Honey, Honey, Honey)". Taken together, the album is something else. You really need to have steel personality not to get involved with it! The rhythm is so powerful, you will not resist it. No wonder, after all it is BROOKLYN BOUNCE and in quite new "image". In sound sampler I featured 6 tunes from this album! Enjoy!

for more information about BROOKLYN BOUNCE, please visit their official website at
www.brooklynbounce.com

01. Song Title: Intro - 0:41
02. Born To Bounce (Music Is My Destiny) (Video Edit) - 3:40
03. Are You Ready For The Bazz? - 4:26
04. Club Bizzare - 6:49 (1)
05. Sample Slayer - 5:03 (2)
06. We Are Electric - 3:44
07. No Compromise (Just Music) - 6:40 (3)
08. Take Me There - 6:50 (4)
09. Bass, Beats & Melody (Video Edit) - 3:40
10. French Bounce - 5:55 11. The Dawn - 5:41
12. If You Wanna Ride (Honey, Honey, Honey) - 2:54
13. Superassbassmother - 6:32 (5)
14. My Roots - 3:24
15. Essential Vibes - 4:50
16. Hell Is A Dancefloor - 4:20 (6)
17. Born To Bounce (Music Is My Destiny) (An Acoustic Reprise) - 2:30

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Three cute blond girls from Danmark are behind FEM@LE project. They are: TANYA THORUP, STINE KRONBORG MIKKELSEN and DITTE WAGNER. What they do like to do is to take a classic DANCE/POP tune and transform it to a modern TRANCY sound tune. That is what they have done with such tunes as "Lambada" originally by KAOMA so popular several years ago, "Leaving A Jetplane" from JOHN DENVER's vault, "Centerfold" from the reportoire of THE J. GEILS BAND (1981) or "Lollipop" originally released in 1958 and performed by THE CHORDETTES. All these titles were released as singles by the girls and are included in this debut album. On the top of it, group added several other classics, like my all-time-favorite SABRINA's track "Boys" and their versions of such tunes as "Spin Me Around", "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" or "Covergirls". This is very cute album. Full of energy, power, smile and happiness. Truly a pleasure to listen to. These "updated remixes" are really good and fun to listen to. As a matter of fact friend of mine dropped by when I was making the sound sampler and he immediately got addicted to it. Girls did all the tracks in combination of EURODANCE and TRANCE with some POP elements retained here and there. Their vocal talent is also well shown. Taken together this buy, if you will decide to purchase the album, will be a good move. I guarantee that party lovers will be stunned and will be asking for more! In sound sampler I featured 6 tunes taken from this album. Support this cute girls and their effort! Enjoy!

for more information about FEM@LE please visit their official website at
www.female-fan.com

01. Female Intro - 0:51
02. Lollipop - 3:30
03. Leaving On A Jetplane - 3:26 (1)
04. Interlude 1 - 0:14
05. Lambada - 3:51 (2)
06. Spin Me Around - 3:35 (3)
07. Interlude 2 - 0:23
08. Boys (Summertime Love) - 3:30 (4)
09. Centerfold - 3:16
10. Interlude 3 - 0:11
11. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - 3:46
12. Covergirls - 4:04
13. Interlude 4 - 0:11
14. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - 3:29 (5)
15. Good Vibes - 3:45
16. Sunshine (Summertime) - 3:59
17. Interlude 5 - 0:17
18. Lambada (Mike Tee Remix) - 5:40
19. Lollipop (Kaydee Radio Mix) - 3:33 (6)

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This album was released in ... September 2000. Well... I was trying to find it, but probably was not looking good enough, since it is available from AMAZON.COM or CDNOW. If some of you already heard it, please disregard it, but if you didn't, you should! I was following YAHEL with is recent releases and I am now very happy that this album is finally in my hand. YAHEL SHERMAN comes from ISRAEL. Until now we were not really that well exposed to the Isrealian dance scene, and it is shame. There are many projects out of that country that produces amazing TRANCE/TECHNO sound. YAHEL is one of talented people from ISRAEL that make the music you want to experience endlessly. The album "Waves Of Sound" is exactly it. The music is timeless, uplifting, chilling, emotionally charged. This is the journey for all of you who love TRANCE to death! YAHEL gave in this album rich compositions that you cannot afford to miss. Soaring melody, gorgeous keyboard, heavenly dazzling synth lines are explosive and mind-stimulating. The music flawlessly changes from one track to another. All 10 featured tracks take about 80 minutes to play, so we are talking extended listening experience. Something you can only appreciate when playing it loud in the club or headphones. Since you still can buy this album, you really should, if you already have it, cherish it! In sound sampler I gave you a mix with 6 tunes from this extraordinary offering. The only knowledge you can gain from it, is the style of the music, however you need to hear the entire album, to encounter the load of feelings this album is full of.

01. Going Up (Trance Mix) (1)
02. Waves Of Sound (2)
03. The Only Way (3)
04. Sun Screams
05. Deep Feelings (4)
06. D.N.A.
07. Strange Emotions (5)
08. Last Man In The Universe (6)
09. Intelligent Life
10. For The People (Radio Edit)

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D-DEVILS is a Belgian project of PIETER-JAN VERACHTERT (Peejay) (born in 1981) and SAM HAUGLUSTAINEL. Both guys started their professional relationship back in 1998 when they released first single "Odin's Odyssey" followed by "Love Her At The Meat Parade" in 1999. Both singles were fairly successful. Real success came in 2000 with the release of the third single "The 6th Gate" reaching GOLD RECORD status and high rankings in various European charts. The newest single "Judgment Day" along with all previous released titles are included in the project's debut album "Dance With The Devil". The LIVE act of D-DEVILS includes PEEJAY, MARCO (he gives the deep, dark trembling vocal to all the tunes) and MAUDE. The album is recorded in DARK TECHNO/PROGRESSIVE style. If one would like to make a comparison with some current projects, D-DEVIL's music will be something between 666, DAS SAINT, HYPETRAXX and BROOKLYN BOUNCE. The project is young and so the music. The project definately has potential, but they still have to mature. Sound is interesting but not innovative. However, seems that they know what kind of music to play. Male vocal by MARCO is not necessary the scarest thing I heard, yet it has a dark tone and interesting sound. Taken together, the album is appealing and entertaining. In sound sampler I featured 8 tunes from this album for your enjoyment! I will be closely following this group in the future.

for more information about D-DEVILS, please visit their official website at
www.d-devils.com

01. Dance With The Devils (Intro)
02. The 6th Gate (Radio Mix) (1)
03. Sex & Drugs & House (Stage Edit) (2)
04. Judgement Day (Radio Mix) (3)
05. The Devil Is A DJ (Extended Power Mix) (4)
06. Love Her At The Meat Parade (Radio Version) (5)
07. Goodnight Johnny (Peejay's Album Mix) (6)
08. Paranoid In Hell (Stage Edit)
09. Odin's Odyssey (Original Retro Mix)
10. Final Countdown (Album Mix) (7)
11. Black Magic (Don't Stop Mix) (8)
12. The 6th Gate (Miss Distess X Remix)
13. Mailbox (Outro)

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This is very unusual album in a sense. I am unfamiliar with this project, I only know that this album was released in Denmark. INFËRNAL presents an excellent album with many lavish TECHNO/TRANCE oriented tunes with a powerful female vocals dominating throughout! As a matter of fact group uses also richly drums so characterstics for SAFRI DUO, the group that truly started storming all possible dance charts. Don't get mislead though, album is very original itself. You probably will not understand the language, but the music is universal. The entire album is done as one long lasting mix, sort of story teller, the way the first album by ENIGMA was done. "Intro" is a very slow PROLOG. Sentimental and emotional to touch your mind and stimulate your imagination. It transforms than in "Serengeti" to a dramatic, full house electronic beauty where you start hearing drums. They will stay through the whole story. "Sunrise" is almost classic EURODANCE but heavily enriched by electronic sound. The female vocal is just plain KILLER! Truly amazing tune to satisfy anyone who are into quality DANCE. "Turkish Bazaar" is heavily loaded with drums, yet you have heavy influence of exotic EASTERN sound. Very interesting combination of more traditional ARABIC sound with forefront TECHNO rhythm. On the slower side is "Humbled By Nature" followed by EURO-TRANCE marvel "Living Under Water". There are other tunes that should take your heart as well. This album as I said is a bit different to what you usually hear. The fascinating thing about it is that you have a very rare opportunity to be exposed to such combination of ORIENTAL sound fused with modern and dramatic TECHNO sound. Not everybody will be thrilled, even if they should. Listen to the sound sampler and you probably understand what I mean. I do recommend this album to anyone who has taste in the current dance music. You will be rewarded! The sound sampler features 6 tracks taken from this album. Enjoy!

for more information about INFËRNAL, please visit their official website at
www.infernal.dk

01. Intro - 4:17
02. Serengeti - 3:05 (1)
03. Sunrise - 3:47 (2)
04. Turkish Bizzare - 4:46 (3)
05. Humbled By Nature - 3:37
06. Living Under Water - 3:36 (4)
07. Muzaik - 7:05 (5)
08. Adeel - 3:47
09. Electric Midnight - 6:06
10. Desert Poem - 5:17 (6)
11. Mizkett - 7:31

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Fans of quality PROGRESSIVE/TRANCE sound should be familiar with ARMIN VAN BUUREN. Along with DJ TIËSTO, FERRY CORSTEN and others he is now one of the most prominent DJs in Dutch scene. Being only 25 years old he acomplished a lot. He released his first vinyl "Push" back in 1995, however 1999 was the year that turn his carrer path. He released many his own tracks like "Touch Me" (under the name RISING STAR), "The Sound Of Goodbye" and several others on various labels including his own: ARMIND. What made him also very famous were remixes he done and still making. He also joined forces with DJ TIËSTO in producing "Wonder Where Are You?" by MAJOR LEAQUE or "Exhale" with FERRY's CORSTEN project: SYSTEM F. He released several compilations. Among them was "Armin Van Buuren 001- A State Of Trance" where he presented his TRANCE side. Today I present you: "Armin Van Buuren 002- Basic Instinct" that is far more eclectic than the previous release. As a matter of fact this album containing 27 tracks is profoundly diversified in sound. You have PROGRESSIVE, TECHNO and TRANCE sound perfectly balanced showing you many faces of Armin. What Armin did was that he compiled what he calls the most memorable moments of his recent sets and there were many of them, since he was busy in places like Ibiza, Tokyo, Hague, Maastricht, Crete, Scotland and many, many more. To get an idea what's you might be facing, you should listen to a sound sampler in which I mixed 8 tracks from both CDs. Once again, let me remind you that you will encounter several electronic styles in this album, not just TRANCE as you might recall when you listened his previous releases. This is a good album and well mixed from vinyls, so some scratches are here and there. That makes this offering even more interesting, especially from DJs point of view. For now enjoy the sound from this very talented DJ.

for more information about ARMIN VAN BUUREN, please visit his official website at www.arminvanbuuren.com

CD 002
01. YAHEL - Sugar 1
02. PERPETOUS DREAMER - The Sound Of Goodbye (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
03. RIVA - Stringer
04. PINK BOMB - Indica (Scuff Mix)
05. TENTH PLANET - Ghosts
06. SPX - Straight To The Point (5)
07. RISING STAR - Touch Me (Armin Van Buuren Remix) (6)
08. TRAVELLER - Bright Sign (Trance Mix)
09. SIGNUM - Solar Level
10. SYSTEM F. feat. ARMIN VAN BUUREN - Exhale (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
11. NATIOUS - Amber (Oliver Lieb Remix) (7)
12. VINCENT DE MOOR - Green Heaven (8)
13. PULSER - Cloudwalking (Original Mix)

I am finally able to review the debut album by Belgian project of SYLVER. It was actually released several weeks month in Belgium and it was available only locally. However due to the enormous success of their single "Turn The Tide" , album was recently released in Germany. So what I am presenting is a German release. Few word about this Belgian project. It consists of SILVY DE BIE (born in 1981) and matermind producers: WOUT VAN DESSEL (born in 1974) and REGI PENXTEN (born in 1976). Both Silvy and Wout met for the first time in Illusion, the club where Wout is resident DJ and where Silvy was often going. At that time Wout had started producing "Turn The Tide". He was looking for female vocalist and ask Silve to give it a try. The result was very good, so that how Silvy became a voice behind the project's first single back in 2000 released in Belgium under LIQUID feat. SILVY. The project recently changed it's name to simply: SYLVER to avoid legal litigation from an Irish band LIQUID that claimed the name first. After the first single came "Skin" in January 2001 and recently (on April 09, 2001) the third single: "Forever In Love". All three titles are featured in this album. Stylewise it is TRANCE album with EURO ingredients. Not exactly the same style as RIMINI PROJECT reviewed couple of days ago. The tracks are powerful and beatifully produced and arranged but compared with RIMINI PROJECT fall more into TRANCE and TECHNO than EURO. Most of the tracks represents this style and remind a bit what LOVE INC. did in their recently released album. One would appreciate very imaginative synth lines and Silvy's vocal abilities that make these tunes sound incredibly. Some fares are done a little bit differently. For instance "In Your Eyes" falls more into slow POP, "Mystery Of Tomorrow" has a lot of NRG built in, "The Edge Of Life" incorporated BREAK BEAT. Album features also cleverly "hidden" tracks. While the last tune has play time of 4:24 minutes in fact it is almost 24 minutes long. Basically, after the last tune "Secrets" is finished there is almost 2 minutes period of silence, so if you remove the CD from CD player you will miss it. Insted, just wait until 2 minutes passed and you will be delighted to listen to "extended" and beatifully crafted "Turn The Tide" and "Skin". Album contains also multimedia part: two video clips in AVI format of "Turn The Tide" and "Forever In Love". Taken together, it is a solid album from the project that is now getting recognition Europe-wise and spreading. Sound sampler contains 6 tunes from this album!

for more information about SYLVER, please visit their official website at www.sylversite.com

01. Turn The Tide - 4:04
02. Skin - 4:05 (3)
03. Forgiven - 4:21 (4)
04. Forever In Love - 3:25 (5)
05. In Your Eyes - 3:34
06. Mystery Of Tomorrow - 4:46
07. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes - 4:10 (6)
08. The Edge Of Life - 3:27
09. Angel On My Shoulder - 4:03 (2)
10. Secrets - 4:24

HIDDEN TRACKS
01. Turn The Tide (Remix) - 7:30 (1)
02. Skin (Remix) - 8:20

MULTIMEDIA VIDEOS
01. Turn The Tide
02. Forever In Love

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Now, another debut album. This time from Danish project JOHN THE WHISTLER released in ... Asia. My understanding is that there is European release but I am not sure where it can be obtained. This album was sent to me by long time visitor Sandip from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. JOHN THE WHISTLER is a project of African born UMBERTO CARLI who also written all the featured songs in this album. From his early teen-years he liked to whistle (after all this is the sound he heard in African jungle). Whistling is a leading motiv of this album produced by him but also by such a prominent EURO statue as AXEL BREITUNG. First single "I'm In Love" spread fast and became very popular (e.g. high position in dance charts in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Israel to name the few). I am sure you heard it already, you probably didn't know who was singing it. A very happy song, with nice rhythm and music line and of course whistling. So catchy, you just want to sing along. So are also other titles from this album such as "Tell Me" just released as a single for instance. Almost entire album is recorded in EURO-POP/DANCE style. Very good dance release from this newcomer to dance scene. The music is also quite original, so you should enjoy it very much so. I will be closely observing how the career of JOHN THE WHISTLER develops. As I said, I received this CD fron Sandip. He told me that if any of you would like to get the album, he will buy it for you. Trust me it is not going to dry your pocket. Leave him an E-mail at djsam2000@hotmail.com if you want to get it. For now enjoy the sound sampler featuring 7 tunes from this release!

for more information about JOHN THE WHISTLER, please visit their official website at www.johnthewhistler.com

01. I'm In Love (1)
02. Tell Me (2)
03. She's My Girl (3)
04. Saturday Night
05. It's Crazy (4)
06. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
07. I Know
08. Cheap Emotions (5)
09. Wild Wild Web (6)
10. Chain Reaction (7)
11. Shake It Up

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If you thought that we are short of EURO sound, you better revisit your opinion. Let me present you an oustanding EURO album coming not from Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Japan but from ... AUSTRIA. Yes, you read it right. RIMINI PROJECT is recording in Austria, yet the artists are of multinational origin. SCANDINAVIA - Anna Louise Molander (the blond girl) born in 1974 comes from Hudiksvall in Northern Sweden. SAMMY B - Samuel Oladipo Ajewole was born in 1977 in Paris as his sister SARAH K - Ester Olaide Ajewole that was born in Paris as well, but in 1979. Parents originally imigrated from South Africa. You should be actually familiar with this project already. They released three singles "Movin' Around", "Sounds Good" and "Wake Up". If you missed singles you have these titles in this album. The album is simply DA BOMB!!! Group put together an excellent set of 12 dance songs making this album one of the best recorded in this genre. You will find here true classic EURO sound it such tracks as "Wake Up" , incredibly powerful "Sounds Good", or "Bum Digi" in which SAMMY B. do very good RAPPING in best EURO style available around, bringing back memory of ICE MC. "Bum Digi" does not only do that, as a matter of fact in the middle of the tune TRANCE synths are starting building up. This one is truly EURO sound of 2001. Amazing dance and unbelievable production. This "new" EURO sound is actually present in other tunes. For instance "Sending SOS" is enpowered with synths line to die for. The female vocals is outstanding and melodic line unmatched. Same goes to Club Version of "Wake Up". There are two versions of this tune , but Club Mix is getting my two thumbs up. Melodic TRANCE/DREAM evolving into dramatic EURO. This one by far is one of my most favorite tracks from the album! Do you remember SABRINA and her DISCO hit from 1984 "Boys (Summertime Love)"? It was a huge hit at that time and is now classix. RIMINI PROJECT did a remake of it in truly mesmerizing EURO style. Another tune to look for in this album. Taken together so far the BEST EURO ALBUM of 2001 if I would vote today! Not to be missed by any of you who are serious about that sound! The album will be hard to trace though. So far it has been only released in Austria and is extremely hard to get even if it is Sony release. The hunting will be exhausting but worth of your effort. I promise! For now enjoy the sound sampler I prepared featuring 6 tunes from this album!

for more information about RIMINI PROJECT, please visit their official website at www.riminiproject.com

01. Moving Around - 3:30
02. Boys (Summertime Love) - 3:15 (4)
03. Can I Have This Dance - 3:06
04. Wake Up - 3:37
05. Away - 3:52
06. Bum Digi - 3:17 (6)
07. Sounds Good - 3:18 (5)
08. To Limit - 2:50
09. Forever - 4:29 (3)
10. Sending SOS - 3:54 (1)
11. Wake Up (Club Mix) - 5:07 (2)
12. Sounds Good (Club Alarm Mix) - 5:27

( ) - number in parenthesis indicates featured track in sound sampler from this album

If you want to buy this album or other great euro releases, visit www.europemusic.com

I know most of you who cherish EURODANCE sound were waiting for the album from the classic EURO act E-ROTIC. Well... the wait is over, and the album is officially out from May 09, 2001. It has been released in Japan, the country that still fall for simple and melodic dance tunes. No wonder E-ROTIC have fans in there. As a matter of fact E-ROTIC has fans all over the world, however it seems that listeners of this style of music are not powerful enough to inflict the proper pressure to the labels. That is probably the reason why again E-ROTIC released this album first in Japan. I am not sure if there are any immediate plans for it to be released in Germany, the country where the project is coming from. Once again BROS team of DAVID BRANDES, FELIX J. GAUDER, GARY JONES, DOMENICO LABARILE have proven that they are THE BEST writers and producers of EURO. If there would be an award for LIFE ACHIEVEMENT in DANCE Music, they surely would take one of the highest places to receive it. This new album, takes you back to classic E-ROTIC sound characteristic in their early albums. Sexually loaded lyrics, but in truly funny and not exactly explicit way. Simply pure fun. You have 15 tunes in this album and all of them are brand new. This is indeed an album to have because the sound is exactly what happy EURO was back in 95-97 (with an exception that FRED is gone and his place took RALPH :-) ). BROS team did not incorporate too much of the synth lines as it happens these days with many new EURO tracks, but rather kept the original sound E-ROTIC is well known from. There is however the remix of "Sexual Healing" that actually contains some hard synth lines, yet the version is breathtaking! Knowing some of you are constantly not happy, I envision the critics like: Oh same thing as it was long time before, why didn't they update the sound? On the other hand if group would sound different, some of you would say: Why they do not stick to original sound? So, tough luck and get over it! This is an album for truly devoted, hard core EURODANCE fans. All tracks are written by David Brandes, Jane Tempest and John O'Flynn, however words to "Sexual Healing" were co-written by CHRIS NORMAN. Yeah! he is still around! I am not going to single out the titles, but the sound sampler I made, features 10 !!! out of 15 tunes from the album (mix starts with my favorite tune from this album: "Tempt Me On The Line" a superb EURO), so you can get a clear idea what you are after. I am sure some of you will do anything possible to get it, so let me warn you that it is not going to be a cheap treat. I paid almost $34.00 including postage from the Japanese link below. However, price will not be a stop factor to some of you who love and adore the group!

For more info about the group, please refer to my E-Rotic Page

01. L.O.V.E. (Sex On The Beach) - 3:43
02. Sexual Healing - 3:17 (3)
03. Tempt Me On The Line - 3:49 (1)
04. Ralph, Don't Make Love By Yourself - 3:58 (4)
05. Veejay The DJ - 3:35 (5)
06. Shag Me - 3:31 (6)
07. Lay Back - 3:30
08. Seven Seconds - 4:01 (7)
09. Johnny Y. - 3:35
10. Got To Get It - 3:33 (8)
11. Baby Please Stop - 3:44 (9)
12. When I Lie - 4:01
13. Test My Best - 3:52 (10)
14. L.O.V.E. (Sex On The Beach) (Extended Version) - 6:02 (2)
15. Sexual Healing (Remix) - 4:22

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Finally on April 9th 2001, DJ TOMCRAFT released his first and debut album entitled "All I Got". Most of you who followTECHNO scene is familiar with this DJ and remixer. DJ TOMCRAFT started his career back in 1995 with "This Is No House". From very beginning he tied himself with German label KOSMO Music. During his 6 years he released several highly acclaimed singles by himself such as: "Mind", "The Mission", "Silence", "Prosac" or just out as a single "All I Got" the title song from this album. Released several months ago "Versus" with SUNBEAM was also a storming success. DJ TOMCRAFT is also a talented remixers and did numerous of them just to mention: NALIN's INC "Planet Violet", NIELS's VAN GOGH - "Pulvertum", SCHILLER's "Dream Of You" and several others. Album contains not only several tracks released as singles before but also some new material as well such as "Flashback", "Bipap-Song", "All I Got" just to mention the few. Album definately worth of looking for especially if you are more into TECHNO side. The sound sampler features 6 tracks taken from this album. Enjoy!

for more information about DJ TOMCRAFT, please visit his official website at www.djtomcraft.de

01. Mind (1)
02. Flashback (2)
03. 25:17
04. Prosac
05. Silence
06. Great Stufff
07. Viva
08. Bipap-Song (3)
09. Powerplant (4)
10. Versus
11. The Mission
12. The Circle (5)
13. All I Got (6)

( ) - number in parenthesis indicates featured track in sound sampler from this album

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I am sure that most of you embracing TRANCE sound know exactly who FERRY CORSTEN is. SYSTEM F is his pet project and under it's name we already were able to hear tracks like "Out Of The Blue", "Cry" or recently introduced "Soul On Soul". FERRY being busy and sought after DJ and remixer had hard time to finalize the album, but finally he did and the album hit the streets on March 21, 2001. Now I am able to give you a short preview on what's on here. FERRY has been a genious of TRANCE and this album reflects it. The title song "Out Of The Blue" became an uncrowned anthem of TRANCE. Indeed, in this album you will find another treasures like this brand new track "Soul On Soul" for instance. The beginning of the tune is not really breathtaking but it unfolds and unfolds HUGE! This tune was co-written with MARC ALMONDS who also provided vocal to this one. Another TRANCE monster is "Exhale". This one was co-written with ARMIN VAN BUUREN. The combination of both guys was fruitful and the track delivered big room stunner to die for. With full orchestration and synth work you are being transported to multi dimensions of space. Beatifully done. Pay special attention to second part of this tune that will deliver goose bumps! Very powerful and full blast TRANCE is also "Solstice". This one brings a little bit of sound of GOURYELLA the project of FERRY and DJ TIESTO. You will love the wavy character of this tune and music is truly beatiful. Worth of mentioning is also "Indian Summer". For this tune FERRY invited Asian vocals courtesy of HEART OF ASIA. While it is a TRANCE tune it has also some TRIBAL sound built in it. There are many other tunes, but be prepared for completely different sound. For instance "Insolation" falls into TECHNO/BREAK BEAT, "Needlejuice" is almost ACID TECHNO, "Cry" in it's unplugged version is ... JAZZY FREESTYLE. No kidding! No matter what, this release is essential for all of you who are devoted to FERRY's talent. The sound sampler features 6 track taken from this album. Enjoy!

for more information about SYSTEM F., please visit project's official website at www.system-f.com

01. Lost In Motion - 8:07
02. Indian Summer - 5:55 (6)
03. Out Of The Blue - 3:54
04. Elevate - 7:45 (1)
05. Insolation - 6:41
06. Cry - 4:17
07. Needlejuice - 6:33
08. Soul On Soul - 7:10 (2)
09. Exhale - 7:08 (3)
10. Solstice - 3:46 (4)
11. Mode Confusion - 7:08 (5)
12. Cry (Unplugged) - 5:38

( ) - number in parenthesis indicates featured track in sound sampler from this album

If you want to buy this album or other great euro releases, visit www.europemusic.com