A legend among trance devotees in Europe, Armin van Buuren has been gradually making a name for himself as a composer of original dance music as well as a world-class DJ and remixer.
His second artist album finds him taking the final step into real songwriting, working with such singers as Nadia Ali, Michael Burns, Justine Suissa and Martijn Hagens and continuing both to refine and expand his personal vision of the ways trance can be defined in a constantly expanding dance music universe.
The album opens powerfully with the surprisingly breaks-based "Wall of Sound," a well put together celebration of funkiness that luxuriates in a long instrumental intro before eventually turning into a song featuring the attractive voice of Justine Suissa.
From there on, things fall into a more familiar pattern: sonically pretty but rhythmically predictable club anthems supporting singers and lyricists of varying quality -- on the high side, there's the faintly Peter Gabriel-ish Ray Wilson on a very fine song titled "Gypsy"; on the low side is the breathtakingly tedious "Bounce Back" featuring both DJ Remy and Roland Klinkenberg.
Most of the rest falls somewhere in between, and will appeal mainly to those with well-developed tastes in the genre.
[A bonus track version was also released.].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wall of SoundArmin van Buuren, Justine Suissa | Armin van Buuren, Justine Suissa | Play | 06:25 | 14 MB | 44 MB |
| 2 | Empty StateArmin van Buuren, Markus Schulz | Armin van Buuren, Michael Burns | Play | 07:30 | 17 MB | 54 MB |
| 3 | ShiversAdrian Broekhuyse, Armin van Buuren, Raz Nitzan | Armin van Buuren | Play | 07:33 | 17 MB | 55 MB |
| 4 | ZocaloArmin van Buuren, Dave "The Wave" Dresden, Josh Gabriel | Armin van Buuren, Dresden, Gabriel & Dresden | Play | 08:40 | 19 MB | 54 MB |
| 5 | Gypsy | Armin van Buuren, Ray Wilson | Play | 05:24 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Who Is WatchingNadia Ali, Armin van Buuren, Ashkan Fardost | Armin van Buuren, Nadia Ali | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | Bounce BackArmin van Buuren, Roland Klinkenberg, Remy Unger | Armin van Buuren, Roland Klinkenberg, DJ Remy, Remy | Play | 07:34 | 17 MB | 51 MB |
| 8 | Control FreakArmin van Buuren | Armin van Buuren | Play | 08:08 | 18 MB | 58 MB |
| 9 | SerenityArmin van Buuren, Jan Vayne | Armin van Buuren | Play | 11:37 | 26 MB | 75 MB |
| 10 | Goldigger | Armin Van Buuren, Martijin Hagens | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 72 mins | 166 MB | |||||
| 72 mins | 498 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadia Ali | Composer, Main Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 2 | Adrian Broekhuyse | Composer |
| 3 | Michael Burns | Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 4 | DJ Remy | Main Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 5 | Dresden | Primary Artist |
| 6 | Dave "The Wave" Dresden | Composer, Producer |
| 7 | Ashkan Fardost | Composer |
| 8 | Gabriel & Dresden | Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Primary Artist |
| 9 | Josh Gabriel | Composer, Producer |
| 10 | Martijn Hagens | Main Personnel |
| 11 | Roland Klinkenberg | Composer, Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 12 | Michael Mees | Photography |
| 13 | Raz Nitzan | Composer |
| 14 | Remy | Primary Artist |
| 15 | Markus Schulz | Composer |
| 16 | Justine Suissa | Composer, Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 17 | Remy Unger | Composer, Producer |
| 18 | Armin van Buuren | Audio Production, Composer, Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocal Editing |
| 19 | Jan Vayne | Composer, Main Personnel, Producer |
| 20 | Ray Wilson | Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals |
Justine Suissa
2016 - 18 tracks
Above & Beyond: Anjunabeats Volume 12 (CD2) - Above &, Beyond, OceanLab, Justine Suissa
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |