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Paul’s relationship with Cream and Ibiza spans more than 10 years and is highlighted by PvD having compiled and mixed the 10th anniversary Cream Ibiza album. Reflecting Paul’s legendary DJ sets at Amnesia, Cream’s spiritual Ibiza home, this album sees Paul mix the real sound of Ibiza over two CDs taking various genres of electronic music but always maintaining the Paul van Dyk vibe. Release date: June 16th 2008.
Tracklist:
Disc 1
1. Offdate - Always Want
2. Gap4 - Royal Flush
3. Marc Vedo - Fast Track
4. Terranova & Leeds - This Is What You Need
5. Supersub & Bas Thomas feat. Stanford - Get Down (Club Mix)
6. Carnival Junkie - After Dark
7. Dj Simi & Marotta - My House (David Tort Mix)
8. South Beach - Kid Chris
9. Steve Mulder - Electronik
10. Angello & Ingrosso - 555
11. Dero - i Retro
12. Tattoo Detectives - il saltu fuori
13. Funkagenda - What The f**k
14. Bob Sinclar pres. Fireball - What I Want / Solar Sun - Underground Tel Aviv
15. Solar Sun - Underground Tel Aviv (Sharp & Smoth Back 2 drums mix)
16. Dirty South & Paul Harris feat Rudy - Better Day (TV Rock Remix)
17. Lange vs Gareth Emery - Another You Another me
18. A&N Project - Just When I Think There's An Answer
19. Gareth Wyn - La Galeria
20. Jon Rundell - Taking Time
21. Phunk Investigation vs Mephisto - State Of Mind (Darkness Mix)
22. Houseplayerz - Hipnotize
23. Dinka - The Temptation
24. EDX - Premiumline
25. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke - Be (Masi & Mello Re-Work Mix)
26. R-Tem - Met-R
27. T-Rek - f**k House
28. TuneBrothers - Dirty Nasty (Micha Moor Remix)
29. Paul van Dyk feat. Ashley Tomberlin - New York City (Cream Ibiza Nights Mix)
Disc 2
1. Nitrous Oxide - Waves
2. Derelict - Voice of Hope
3. Super8 & Tab - Elektra
4. Technosquirrels - Love Comes First (Styrofoam Kid Remix)
5. Paul van Dyk - Let Go
6. David Shaw - Digital Prostitute (Flash Brothers Remix)
7. Tom Colontonio - Xtreme Tactics
8. Majai - Phoria (Elevation Remix)
9. Jose Amnesia - Follow Me (Giuseppe Ottaviani Mix)
10. Giuseppe Ottaviani - No More Alone
11. Paul Webster - Engaged
12. Paul Trainer - Totally
13. Mekk - Resistance
14. Robbie Riviera - Back To Zero
15. Reaves & Ahorn - Shifting Lives
16. Stoneface & Terminal - Pictures
17. DJ Dazzle - Chaos Theory
18. Kascade & Deadmau5 - Move For Me (Instrumental Mix)
19. Kuffdam - Burn It Up
20. Alex Morph - Spirit - Dub
21. Jon OBir - Ways & Means (Paul van Dyk Mix)
CD 1 Review
When looking at the tracklisting for this CD I have to say I was a bit sceptical to CD1 since it is not something you would come to expect from Paul Van Dyk, but after giving it a few listens I think it is a rather interesting selection.
The mix goes through a great amount of track in rapid succession, tackling all forms of house music while doing it. This could have been a really bad mix since some of the tracks are only a minute long or less and few are more than 3 minutes, but because it is mixed so perfectly it actually flows really well and keeps you on the edge of your seat not knowing what is coming next.
This is obviously a change in direction from Paul Van Dyk, but it is really nice to see which other styles of Electronic Dance Music he likes and also that he does have a interest in this side of the scene as well as trance.
If you like all forms of house music (including Electro, Tech, Progressive, Tribal, etc) you will like this as it jumps from genre to genre throughout, even finding time for some trancier elements from A&G, Genix and finishing on a cheeky rework of New York City by the man himself. However, if you are strictly a trance fan this is to be avoided as it is not ‘typical’ PVD.
In all honest it is actually a great reflection of the type of sound you could expect to hear when on the terrace for a Cream night at Amnesia in Ibiza and has also got me hoping that in the future Van Dyk may consider doing a set in here as well as the main room as I think it could be something special.
Top marks for creativity and for me personally a great track selection.
CD 2 Review
If you are a fan of Paul Van Dyk and his main room trance sound this CD should and will be right up your street. This CD is more of a reflection of what you would expect to hear from Paul Van Dyk in a headlining slot at the Cream night in Amnesia.
The CD builds really well, starting with the electro influenced Singalrunners Remix of Waves, but quickly going into the more uplifting side of trance Van Dyk is famous for. The mix never lets go of you and a peak time track follows a peak time track.
This mix is also a great promo for Van Dyk’s Vandit label, consisting of many artists which the label has championed over the years including Kuffdam, Giussepe Ottaviani, Jon O’ Bir and Paul Van Dyk himself. One of the highlights of the mix for me are the cheeky edits/mashups which are included in:Technosquirrels - Love Comes First (Styrofoam Kid Remix)/Paul van Dyk - Let Go and especially Mekk – Resistance/Robbie Riviera - Back To Zero, were Van Dyk combines the vocals from Robbie Rivera too the uplifting trance of Mekk with great fashion, turning an already great instrumental into a great vocal trancer (would love a copy of this).
The only fault i have is that he didn't play long enough of Pictures, but this is only because i am a big fan of that particular track.
Overall, This is a refreshing and well thought out mix compilation which has broken away from the ‘norm’ and tried something different. Don’t let the huge amount of tracks on the Mix put you off as although only some of the tracks are short, it makes up for it with the pure energy of the selection and structure of the mix.
Rating 4.5/5
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