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Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 What is so great about Rank 1? I've never been able to understand it...so they had one massive hit: Airwave...big deal. They're VERY over-rated IMO. Their remixes are nothing outstanding either.

Thank you.

They're good, but not worship material. I never really understood it either. Must be a Dutch thing.

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noway.. these guys are quality producers

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It's the work they do under their aliases that really impress me.. Stuff from Benicio, Quest...
Quest - Shaken Not Stirred is one of my favourite tunes of 2000.. (or was it 2001).

I'd have to disagree. Actually, I consider Airwave overrated -- it's a great track, but it's not the best trance song in existence. Incidentally the Rank 1 vs. Dutch Force Mix deserves more credit than the original... but I digress. Apart from Airwave the lesser known Rank 1 release from the same era, Black Snow / The Citrus Juicer, doesn't get much recognition and is very good. Moving forward, Many Miles Too Soon was lauded upon its playing and while the final release saw some criticism of the vocal content one can't ignore the fact that it was a huge track. Besides, the Deep Dub got rid of the vocals and demonstrated their talent in a less anthemic domain. Awakening was for the most part critically acclaimed, but what strikes me most is that none of the singles I've mentioned sound anything like each other. In a world where one-hit wonders can't seem to resist milking their big anthem for everything's it's worth it's refreshing to see that Rank 1 have not followed suit. Such Is Life and Awakening may not be the two best trancers in the world -- but they're no Airwave clones either.

I won't say much about remixes but I think most people would agree that their takes on Superstring, Cry and Reachers Of Civilization speak for themselves. Finally, while these three are quite similar they've shown they can do it differently with their Dreamland edit. Seems like a pretty successful project to me, all things considered.

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Originally posted by Gooseman It's the work they do under their aliases that really impress me.. Stuff from Benicio, Quest... Quest - Shaken Not Stirred is one of my favourite tunes of 2000.. (or was it 2001).

Yes, but I am speaking of this alias only.

randummboy, you did not answer my question...

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Originally posted by starglider Apart from Airwave the lesser known Rank 1 release from the same era, Black Snow / The Citrus Juicer, doesn't get much recognition and is very good.

I have heard Black Snow and I'm not a fan of it at all. There are some great remixes of Rank 1 tracks (Awakening (Ferry Corsten Remix) for example) but the originals lack quality IMO.

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Originally posted by Gooseman It's the work they do under their aliases that really impress me.. Stuff from Benicio, Quest... Quest - Shaken Not Stirred is one of my favourite tunes of 2000.. (or was it 2001).

Couldn't agree more, although Benno de Goeij alone is responsible for those aliases (hence my not mentioning them above). On the topic of older aliases Rank 1 have also remixed many tracks under the Bervoets & De Goeij guise and are the equal of their later productions, to say the least.

IMHO Rank 1 are very high quality producers and remixers...sure, they're well known mainly for Airwave but they've done a lot of other high quality work like:

Such is Life
Awakening
Many Miles, Too Soon
Passage to the Unknown
Cygnus X - Superstrings (2 Remixes)
Baby D. - Let me be your Fantasy (Remix)
NU-NRG - Dreamland (Remix)
System F - Cry (Remix)
York - Reachers of Civilization (Remix)

And that's just the stuff I've burned, I'm assuming there's more...

As I said, I think it's really a matter of taste, either you like their sound or you don't...they certainly don't have any shortage of material IMHO...

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Originally posted by starglider I'd have to disagree. Actually, I consider Airwave overrated -- it's a great track, but it's not the best trance song in existence. Incidentally the Rank 1 vs. Dutch Force Mix deserves more credit than the original... but I digress. Apart from Airwave the lesser known Rank 1 release from the same era, Black Snow / The Citrus Juicer, doesn't get much recognition and is very good. Moving forward, Many Miles Too Soon was lauded upon its playing and while the final release saw some criticism of the vocal content one can't ignore the fact that it was a huge track. Besides, the Deep Dub got rid of the vocals and demonstrated their talent in a less anthemic domain. Awakening was for the most part critically acclaimed, but what strikes me most is that none of the singles I've mentioned sound anything like each other. In a world where one-hit wonders can't seem to resist milking their big anthem for everything's it's worth it's refreshing to see that Rank 1 have not followed suit. Such Is Life and Awakening may not be the two best trancers in the world -- but they're no Airwave clones either. I won't say much about remixes but I think most people would agree that their takes on Superstring, Cry and Reachers Of Civilization speak for themselves. Finally, while these three are somewhat similar they've shown they can do it differently with their Dreamland edit. Seems like a pretty successful project to me, all things considered.

I agree with you almost 100% although I rate Airwave as their best production. I LOVE their remix of Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy. It's exactly what uplifting vocal trance should sound like. They made an amazing job out of it.

I have never liked Airwave...IMO that tune destoryed the trance sceen , without that track we would have MORE 99-00 style tracks these days.
They started the Stab Melody trend...

But I do dig The Awakening.....that track is MASSIVE!!!