Pretty Nice Compilation
The Spastic Fantastic Mighty House | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, Planet Eart | 03/15/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Here's the follow up to volume one of the Trance Classics series. Once again it's on a two disc set. Just like in volume one, great selection of songs here. A lot of memories brought back to me with this compilation.Disc one includes songs like DJ Sammy's "Boys Of Summer." Just like his other hit "Heaven," this single became good enough to make US radio. There's also DJ Jean's "The Launch." I used to enjoy this song a lot. I would play it everyday and say the countdown (Five, Four, Three, Two......, One, Zero, Ignition). Ian Van Dahl's in here with "Castles In The Sky." This song also made US radio. I was beginning to forget about that song. It's been two years since I last heard it. I also like "Everytime" by Lustral. It was a nice song for some reason. I don't know why. It must be because of the vocals. Those are beautiful vocals. There's also "Wavy Gravy" by Sasha, "The Dance Valley Theme" by System F, "Don't Stop" by German DJ Andre Tanneberger, a.k.a. ATB ("It's the real sound"). "Meet Her At The Love Parade" by Da Hool and more.Disc two's got Veracocha's "Carte Blanche." "Carte Blanche" would always play during 1999-2000. Indeed a classic. It was produced by the diddly Dutch master himself, Ferry Corsten who did the song "Punk" which is on here. "Punk" was my favorite song of 2003. I'd always chant the melody and say "digital punk" a number of times. Even though the song's still kind of new, it's still a classic. It was an instant classic. Another song on here is Gouryella's "Walhalla." I haven't heard this song for a while. Walhalla is actually the name of the heaven for norse gods. It was something like that. Did you know that? And there's Dario G's "Sunchyme." This song has samples of Dream Academy's "Life In A Northern Town." I liked this song for some reason and I don't know why. Plus there's "Toca's Miracle" by Fragma, "Touch Me" by Rui Da Silva, "Ubik" by Timo Maas, "The Theme" by Jurgen Vries, and more.It's still a nice collection of trance songs, but the problem is that the songs run slower than their normal speed. That's why I kind of knocked a star off. Everything else is alright. I still hope to see more good trance from these guys."