Search - Safri Duo :: Played Alive: The Bongo Song

#1 Instrumental Track Out There!

Dance Music Guy | Cajun Country, LA | 07/24/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Safri Duo have themselves an instrumental hit here. This song is just sooooo cool! When I first heard this, I thought it was a song from "Stomp Out Loud" from N.Y.C. until I saw the video(which is really great)for it. There is a great combination of buildups, breakdowns, and neat keyboard-efx. The bass is also ferocious, for those that like to boom. This is a great club or cruising track, just be careful listening to it while driving because this song just makes you want to dance once the beat kicks in. I highly recommend this single. I guarantee this will be the best instrumental track that you own. If my review was helpful to you, then don't forget to vote. THANKS!"

Watch out for this one!

Evil. P | Toronto, Canada | 04/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Safri Duo are former classical producers who decided to take a shot at producing dance music - very smart move. What could have been an average euro-trance song is highlighted with Bongo Drums. Skeptical? Don't be because with their background they managed to blend it in nicely. It for the most part follows the euro-trance formula, but it really is the Bongo's that make this song phenomenal. With all the watered down vocal euro-trance out lately (won't name names), this definitely stands out as one of the better trance songs to be released over the past year. On the US release you get the Original and Nick Sentience mixes which in my opinion are the best. I usually like DJ Tandu's work, but don't feel his style fits the power this song has. It also includes a radio edit, but the original mix provides maximum enjoyment. Mixes *NOT* included are the Spanish Fly and Airscape mixes. I wasn't too impressed with either of them (and I am a big Airscape fan), because they fail to accentuate the power of the Original mix.I strongly recommend picking this up if you're into trance, its probably the best song I've heard over the past year. A euro-stormer to be reckoned with."

**Correction of previous review**

Evil. P | Toronto, Canada | 04/29/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just a note to my previous review, there was a change to the final tracklisting. The mixes included on the CD single are the Original and Airscape mixes, as well as the radio edit. It still deserves 5 stars strictly for the original, and after hearing the Airscape remix on the CD, it seemed better than I had previously thought."