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Blake Jarrell - Concentrate (Album)
Armada Music proudly presents ‘Concentrate 2009’, the brand new compilation album by Blake Jarrell. He made a special selection of his own remixes and tracks and tells you a story on ‘Concentrate 2009’.
In a musical career, you’ll have to find the right balance between producing and dj’ing. That particular balance was hard to find for American DJ/Producer Blake Jarrell. He has been heavily touring for the past two years, as his career skyrocketed right after being discovered by Armin van Buuren. His discovery came right in time. Blake had just lost his home in New Orleans by the devastating hurricane Katrina and was forced to adopt Chicago as his now hometown. A double feeling, cause in Chicago Blake got infected by the dance virus. After handing over a demo of his productions to Armin after one of his gigs, he received a phone call by them man himself. If he wanted to be the special guest DJ on Armin’s tour. Ever since, Blake has been playing in more than 90 cities all across the world. From Ibiza to Amsterdam and Buenos Aires to Chicago.
Blake looks back:“In that time I left a lot to be desired from myself in the studio. I missed being able to totally immerse myself in a project without time constraints and artistic boundaries. I missed the learning process and the experimentation in new ideas and techniques. I missed the unbridled spurts of creativity that come pouring out when you don't have the stress of airports and set times.”
In January 2009, he finally had some time off. For more than a month, he found himself working out his idea for an album. But not ‘just’ an artist or mix album. Blake needed something special.“I didn't want to put out just another DJ-mixed compilation. I remembered an album of remixes where each remix was specially designed to fit one another in such a way that it not only makes sense as a traditional DJ-mixed set, but as an intricately customized story. The idea always intrigued me, but it wasn't until now that it dawned on me that I had the perfect set of songs for such a project. I immediately fell in love with the concept and became obsessed with it, locking myself in the studio.”
The results of that inspiring month in the studio can be found on ‘Concentrate 2009’. Focusing on Blake’s remixes and productions, all in perfect balance to one another. It doesn’t only contain his own tracks, but also a dash of new remixes by Blake. Blake: “Within each remix is also a smaller story. I chose to remix these songs because each of the original versions spoke to me either as a DJ, a producer, or as a person.”
Let Concentrate 2009 tell you a story. One of deep progressive beats, trancy melodies, housy sceneries and indulging side-effects, to find yourself lost into it all within the blink of an eye.
Disc 01
01 - Blake Jarrell - Concentrate 2009 Intro (extended version)
02 - Astrid Suryanto - In A Distant Bar (Blake Jarrell extended remix)
03 - Mike Foyle pressents Statica - Bittersweet Nightshade (Blake Jarrell Extended remix)
04 - Gabriel & Dresden - Let Go (feat Molly Bancroft - Blake Jarrell extended remix)
05 - Nosmo v Kris B - One For The Road (Blake Jarrell extended remix)
06 - Dobenbeck featuring Joanna - Please Don't Go (Blake Jarrell Extended Remix)
07 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (original extended mix)
08 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Perc & Fx Stem)
09 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Bass Stem)
10 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Synths & Vocals Stem)
11 - Jerome Isma-AE - Smile When You Kill Me (Blake Jarrell extended remix)
12 - Arnej - Strangers We've Become (feat Josie - Blake Jarrell extended remix)
13 - Cerf, Jaren & Mitiska - You Never Said (Blake Jarrell extended remix)
14 - Khaz & Boris MD - Eliana (Blake Jarrell extended remix)
Disc 2
01 - Blake Jarrell - Animal (Original Mix)
02 - Marscruiser feat. Kendra Foster - Not Alone Tonight (Blake Jarrell Club Mix)
03 - Blake Jarrell - Take Care (Original Mix)
04 - Christopher Manik - 2 Piano's (Blake Jarrell Mix)
05 - Royal Sapien - Everyone (Blake Jarrell Mix)
06 - Blake Jarrell - Punta Del Este (Arnej's Minimal Drum Dub)
07 - Jose Amnesia feat. Jennifer Rene - Wouldn't Change A Thing (Blake Jarrell 190 Db Remix)
08 - Blake Jarrell - Tabanka (Original Mix)
09 - Hammer & Herbick feat. Boytronic - You (Blake Jarrell Instrumental Mix)
10 - Moussa Clarke & Terrafunka - She Wants Him (Blake Jarrell's Panty Dropper Remix)
11 - Blake Jarrell Presents Thraser - Hosoi (Original Mix)
12 - Blake Jarrell Presents Thraser - Hosoi (Simon & Shaker Remix)
Release set for : May 4th
" Arnej feat. Josie – Strangers We’ve Become (Blake Jarrell ‘Concentrate’) featured on asot 399" |
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| ThomasNeil |
| Some of the remixes on disc one sound fantastic, look forward to their full release |
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| Scoops |
will this be released in stores???
or digital DL only??? |
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| THE_Chris |
07 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (original extended mix)
08 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Perc & Fx Stem)
09 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Bass Stem)
10 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Synths & Vocals Stem)
To me, thats not how you define an album. An 'album' is supposed to be an original work, not 4 remixes of one track in a row. |
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| Blake_Jarrell |
| quote: | Originally posted by THE_Chris
07 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (original extended mix)
08 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Perc & Fx Stem)
09 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Bass Stem)
10 - Blake Jarrell - Eilat (Synths & Vocals Stem)
To me, thats not how you define an album. An 'album' is supposed to be an original work, not 4 remixes of one track in a row. |
the tracklisting is wrong, and those STEMS are just dj/remix tools being released on beatport.com, they are not on the actual CD. |
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| miniscus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake_Jarrell
the tracklisting is wrong, and those STEMS are just dj/remix tools being released on beatport.com, they are not on the actual CD. |
Edited. |
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| nick stoynoff |
| Absolute quality from start to finish, excellent! |
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