I loved SVD in my trance days. Purple Haze, Eden, Control Freak, Grasshopper, Rush Dance4Life, etc... even his foray into tech house was ok from what I remember hearing

this is baaaaad

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Originally posted by Sykonee Y'know, it's not bad-bad, just totally generic ASOT-tripe.

...which makes it even worse.

Absolute dogshit. Words cannot express how much I hate that track.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery ...which makes it even worse. Absolute dogshit. Words cannot express how much I hate that track.

Eh, I found all that 'anti-climax' nonsense he was doing on his album to be far more rubbish.

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svd has to pay bills like the rest of us, as well.

What I just heard was definitely modern house in my terms. Ugh, I'm not impressed.

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Originally posted by LoveHate svd has to pay bills like the rest of us, as well.

god its awful

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Perhaps I'm simply reacting to my initially expecting something aesthetically reprehensible, but independent of the ridiculous vocals, it's actually somewhat listenable.

Anyway, it's too bad he's ditched the Purple Haze moniker, as it was usually a sound indicator that what you'd be listening to would be among his better work.

That main melodic riff actually sounds a bit Purple Haze-ish.

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost Perhaps I'm simply reacting to my initially expecting something aesthetically reprehensible, but independent of the ridiculous vocals, it's actually somewhat listenable.

You really think so? All I heard was a Guettaesque Fuck-me-I'm-famous-Fisher-Price-four-notes-to-even-more-fame catastrophe.

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Originally posted by couch-potato You really think so? All I heard was a Guettaesque Fuck-me-I'm-famous-Fisher-Price-four-notes-to-even-more-fame catastrophe.

'Somewhat listenable' is still very much within the scope of 'pretty bad,' and again, outside of the vocals, this is about as listenable as pretty bad gets.

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So pretty much everyone is in agreement. I've always been a big SvD fan, but this was really disappointing to me. I was hoping he'd never put out a vocal track like this, but I guess that's just where things are headed if you want to make real money.