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GWAH!!!!!!!

Steven Piek | 02/20/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For all my peeps out there, this is the one album to own. Sash in the past has proven himself to becoming better and better with each new album, and here is the proof again!!! Better than Trillinium, than Life Goes On, and It's My Life. Each track has a bit of it's own feel to it. Lemme pull this album apart.First we start with Ouverture, which gets everyone in the mood to tear the floor apart! This features TJ Davis singing, which is a blessing for all you TJ fans out there.Second comes Ganbareh, which is a trance-styled piece which blends Japanese instruments (taishikotos, shamisens, etc.) and Japanese percussions with European Trance!Next comes the track I Believe. This features once again TJ Davis, and is very awesome. Especially so when the kick and bass dissappear after the first verse and all the sounds are fading in.Fourth comes The Sunset. This is a really nice track. Sorta relaxin in a way. The X-tended version from the Sash's single Ganbareh-Remix Edition is what should've gone here.Fifth is The Secret featuring that foxy Broadway star, Sarah Brightman (best known for performances in the Phantom of the Opera). This one, if not prepared for it, will make you cry. I've never heard Sarah's vocals more beautiful than this, and the background instruments really make this track move.Sixth comes my favourite track, Run, featuring everyone's favourite gay singer from Culture Club, Boy George. This is not trance, but rather more or less a form of house that has guitars, vocals, and a really awesome accoustic bassline that'll leave you awestruck.Seventh comes the Rainforest. This is rather a slower but moving trance-like piece. From the sounds of the villagers chanting to the waterfalls to the African-styled instruments and drums (and a flute as well in one section), you'll be left amazed.Eighth comes a straight-up dance remix of Nessun Dorma. It's not the most amazing track on this album, but out of 10 I rate it 8.Ninth comes a really cool club-styled piece called Luna Llena. From the organ-styled bass to the Spanish-fly guitars on the left and right and the alluring voice of La Isla, you'll be up and dancing in no time.Tenth comes the COOLEST SONG EVER!!!! If you've listened to Brooklyn Bounce's album Restart but wished that they had straight melodies without too much talking, here is Habibi! It starts of like a trance-type piece, and it keeps you going for about a minute. Then the guy shouts in Arabian something like "Hizu Diku Malian Difu He Ya HABIBI!!!!" It's basically Arabian for "Get your party on!!!" Then, Sash breaks off from that tempo and makes this piece Bounce! Then he tosses in this haunting melody. After this, he takes the melody and puts it with the trance pace from before. MASTERPIECE!!!!Eleventh comes Peace of Mind. This is almost trance, but Kirsten's voice is what makes this track sparkle.Twelve and Thirteen comes (either Stop Pushing or Baila Loca, I forget the order). Baila Loca is another Spanish piece, and it's a little trancier, but still has a club feel to it. The reversed congas beside the haunting melody and the vocoded voice make this piece really cool. It'll get you dancing in no time at all. Stop Pushing is a song with a statement. Marvin Broadie speaks for all who are sick of being told what to do!! Whether you're sick of your parents nagging on you, or you're sick that your lover keeps threatening to leave you if you don't do as he/she says, this song is for you. This song is a cross between Club/House/and the dance artist French Affair.Fourteen is S4! Sash! This is the title track and it is straight-up a club-trance piece. This piece sounds really alien at first, but it's so cool.Fifteen is the remake of another song, and it's called The Walk. This song is trance, and it's trance at it's best!!! There's no denying that.Sixteen is straight club. Don't Be So Rude is 7 out of 10, but in my opinion was the best track to close off the album.And that's my review. Please buy this album, as you won't be dissappointed!!!NOTE: There was a dance version of Ouverture out there by Sash! called Gimme Tonite featuring some other singer than TJ Davis. Sash! unfortunately chose to redo the song differently."

5 Right away to Sarah Brightman

Steven Piek | Calgary, Alberta Canada | 01/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Cross-over artists can either make a big hit, or a huge failure. Thankfully, Sarah Brightman shines like the sun on her trace/dance track here. Sash did an excellent job with the production on here, making Brightman's voice sore over the moving trace rifts. There are many other stand out tracks here, track number 2 is very well done, and so is the Boy George track. All in all this CD is very well put together. Give it a listen!"

Good and Bad

Brent Prindle | Shoreline, WA United States | 03/12/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

"The album is great, from what I could hear.The version that I rcvd was European, with some sort of copy protection that kept it from working consistently on my CD players. I attempted to rip it for MP3 playback, but was unable to do that either.Ended up sending it back. As far as I am concerned, if I cannot play it, it is defective. Doing a quick analysis of the data, it does not conform to standards and should not even be called a CD.Perhaps when it comes to the US it will not have this BS copy protection."