Intellectual
J. Wahlgren | boston | 08/09/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"From Dave Seaman's renaissance series comes "Tracking Treasure Down" which was my first introduction to gabriel and dresden. This cd has a mix of both male and female vocals, most people like one or the other. "Let Go" is a great opening track with female vocals from Molly bancroft. This is as modern as you can get. Gabriel and Dresden managed to make a trance record, if that's what you call it, which sounds like modern pop with the likes of INXS. The mixing is fabolous, and the vocals even more. I was going to give this cd 4 stars but I'll make up for someone who is going to give it 2 for being a bunch of crap, which is far from the truth. Try Dave Seaman's renaissance which is another estounding album or Desyn Masiello's Balance 08 for the most current trance and house."
Something about it didnt hit me right
Chris Thonis | Denver, CO | 09/20/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Bloom was a good album. It was innovative, deep, and progressive. Unfortunately, this last album didnt take hold of the same feeling. Gabriel and Dresden have taken what seems to be the new direction many DJ's have been going in...music creation over music mixing. This is not to say that creation is a terrible thing. The genre needs a new direction, and the only way it will suceed is by experimenting with new sounds. The only problem with this current "new sound" trend is that it doesnt eminate the same kind of emotion that good progressive, trance, and house has in the past. Essentially, Gabriel and Dresden in their new album are looking for something new to bring to the table.I might even go so far as to say that a few of their songs stand out as being better than average. That is something to be commended. Techno is going nowhere without experimentation. But when I buy a CD, listen to it 3 times, and put it away to collect dust and give a listen to "some other time", that particular album in my books was not something to be amazed with. Therefore "Gabriel and Dresden" the album, is in my rating, "average"."
G&D gone pop =(
Sergey | greensboro, nc | 10/24/2006
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Wow! What a horrible album! Its tracks are filled with a bunch of predictable outcomes and very cheesy vocals. The only two tunes that I have found to be interesting were Eleven and Sydney. Eleven is actually my favourite tune. Gabriel & Dresden had the potential as they made some quality productions - although most of them were a bit too commercial, but still quility - throughout years 2002-2004. Then they released the awesome, their best in my opinion, track Arcadia. After the release of Arcadia, I just thought it couldn't get better than this - an awsome production without any of that cheesiness that you would find in their earlier works. But the reality was that from that point on it just went downhill for these two. And this album just proves it. All of these tracks are well done and finished, but too finished and too uncreative. It actually didn't surprise me after hearing their Essential Mix back in spring. Basically they have great production skills but absolutely no ideas. I would recommend just buying track Eleven on 12" or mp3."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1