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Armin Van Buuren - Sail (pg. 2)
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| TranceElevation |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Actually not bad until the two minute mark when the melody comes in that is, as Jon notes, a blatant attempt to copy the sound/vibe of 'Adagio for Strings.' Except he adds those ty seagull sounds over the breakdown to make it fishy or exotic or appeal to blue collar listeners or some bull. ing minute and a half breakdown, too. SO EMOTIVE. So boring. Completely unnecessary second breakdown, too, with more ty seagull sounds, and some unpleasant distortion. Not a good song. |
Funny you say that cause I think tracks like that, along with Serenity, contributed greatly for the change of direction of Trance Energy, Sensation and other main festivals. People were bored to death. They just wanted something to dance to. :stongue:
Not that I care so much what they want but I kinda understand them.
However, regarding it being a copy I disagree. Adagio came out in 2004. Two years is quite long time span. Armin is usually quicker to detect trends and deliver. I like to believe 2006 were the last moments where he was still genuine about the whole thing.
And 'Shivers' actually is the one that seems cheesy to me. Maybe the vocals trick me to consider it more cheesy than what it really is.
"Sail" on the other hand is soft and pure. It stands out imo. That breakdown is really a moment. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceElevation
However, regarding it being a copy I disagree. |
I actually had to take a listen and one of the chord changes is straight out of Adagio - it actually caught me off guard when it didn't go that way after all.
I'm also getting very strong flashbacks of Martin Roth's version of The Orange Theme, which (surprisingly enough) also came out in 2004. |
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| Syntonic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Robotrance
there are only two decent avb tracks:
- Virgo
- Pound (feat Mike) |
Blue Fear, Intruder(feat M.I.K.E.), and Dust.wav(Instrumental)? |
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| trancedanne |
Anyone remember this one?
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| cjart |
| ^ I'd add to those titles also 'Lost Soul Society', but need to admit that I've listened to this one years ago, so I'm not sure if it withstand the test of time ;) |
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| Trance-M |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancedanne
Anyone remember this one?
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No, but that's because I didn't want to remember it. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
I'll just leave this here.
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| DJ Sarah H |
| quote: | Originally posted by Syntonic
Blue Fear, Intruder(feat M.I.K.E.), and Dust.wav(Instrumental)? |
Take dust.wav out of that equation, it really is quite dire. |
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| 2techs |
I've heard how a lot of trance fans back in 2002 were pushing Armin to be the dj of the year because he was simply that good that year. he went from #27 to #5 on DJ Mag's top 100 in 2002, which says something. this was obviously before he became a pop icon and was producing solid trance. it ended up going to tiesto eventually since his stock had risen tremendously since he blew up in 2000.
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I'll just leave this here.
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ah yes, now this is what you can actually call a good uplifting trance track without making it an oxymoron. :stongue: |
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| Syntonic |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Sarah H
Take dust.wav out of that equation, it really is quite dire. |
I like it mostly for it's time, as 2003 is among the weaker years of Trance music imo with and it felt like a no nonsene track. It's all about the 'Dub Mix' |
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| Kilixpree |
| also, there's a huge difference between ASOT circa 2001 episodes and the 2003 ones. In 2001 he used to play tribal, progressive, techy, deep, breaks, ambient, psy, anthem, and all that . In 2003 he used to play more anthem trance based. |
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