Heaven's Earth remixes are here!
Mrs. Ana R Santos | London, Ontario Canada | 12/12/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This particular "Heaven's Earth" single is only one of two released by the ambient-techno duo of Vancouver, B.C. in Canada. However,"Heaven's Earth (Pt.1)" does not contain the original version. It instead is a collection of remixes of this particular song. The remixes are pretty good though. The CD starts out with the edit version of the "Matt Darey remix" of "Heaven's Earth" that has turned the song to pure dance type music with Kisty Thisk's angelic vocals thrown in. It is not bad, but the song is almost unrecognizable from the original. The instruments are more electric, and with a faster beat. With a piano acting as the introducing instrument, continuing along with typical techno and dance-isms thown thoughout the whole song. Matt Darey does however manage to keep the mysterious allure of Kristy Thirsk's voice, but loses the ambient nature of the song in the process. The second track on this three-track disc is the full length of the "Key South remix." Once again this is a dance remix of the original. However, this remix seems to have a slower, but more prominant beat that happens throughout most of song. The backgrounds to the remix, although beat driven, does manage to keep some of the ambient feel of the original by incorperating some of the instruments from the original version, along with some of the musical elements as well. However, the vocals by Kristy Thirsk are speeded up, and some of its mystical allure is lost. The last track is the full-length dub version of the "Matt Darey remix," which means that it is the background music without the vocals. Once again if you've heard the original you'll notice how different they sound from one another. All in all, none of the remixes are bad. They would fit perfectly in any dance club. However, if you are looking for the original version of "Heaven's Earth," you will not find it here. For that you must look in the special bonus track edition of Delerium's album, "Karma.""
Track Listings (3) - Disc #1