Tiesto - In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 5 Los Angeles
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Artist: TiestoEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Music Label: Songbird
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Malibu Beach
- Colour My Eyes
- Empty Streets
- Beside Me [Gothek D.C. Remix]
- Moonlight Party
- Everything Matters [Matthew Dekay Remix]
- Let the Game Begin
- Your Loving Arms [Club Mix]
- Let Me Be [Original Extended]
- Novocaine [Mark Otten Remix]
- People Will Go [Steve Forte Rio Remix]
- Small Step on the Other Side
- Told You So
- Arise [Exclusive Hammer & Funabashi Remix]
- Little Bird
- Lax
- Something Is Wrong
- Zanzibar
- Technophobia
- Green Astronauts
- These Days [Luke Chable's Those Days Remix]
- Tales from the South [Jonas Steur's Revision Flow]
- Irony
- Second Turn
- Hi Jack
- Genesis [Jimbo's Afterburner Mix]
- Helsinki Scorchin'
- Don't Forget Me [Guy Ehmetores Remix]
Free Music Notes for In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 5 Los Angeles
Free Music Review: Simple, Beautiful, Emotional
Hit: 5 Stars
You know, I have heard a lot of opinions about Tiesto and even more opinions about his In Search of Sunrise series. Perhaps the one opinion that I have failed to understand is that In Search of Sunrise has fallen downhill after either the second or the third installment. I hear a lot who hold the opinion that In Search of Sunrise 4 was sloppy and not "in par" with Tiesto's other work. Which shocks me.
The same people cite Paul van Dyk and Markus Schulz, or even Armin van Buuren, as some who have had "superior" releases. But I am a trance addict. I have all those CDs. And my opinion is as follows:
That Tiesto, above all his peers, releases the most consistent, most uplifting, and newest tracks there is. Yes, some times the music will be moody, dark. Sometimes, cheerful. Sometimes, in fact lately, a lot of "lightness." These points are cited as "negative" against Tiesto. I cite them as positive. They are signs of evolution - personal evolution. While everyone else is pretty much stuck on cheese trance, boring beats, and tried and true formulas - although good - they fail to inspire something new, something beautifully new.
Tiesto does that, and he does it consistently.
This latest releases is no exception at all. While it will be called "the worst" by some due to its lightness, I will call it the best of the series so far. And upon listening to simply the first CD alone, it's hard to say that there are "filler" tracks in there when every track has some serious characteristics, some serious emotion, some passion and beauty.
CD 1 is an experience - probably the best we will see for the remainder of the year, as I seriously doubt than young Buuren will be able to match, much less, outmatch this. And I have already given up on van Dyk after his Politics of Dancing 2.
CD 1 is a series of emotions, moments, wonders, thoughts, and sighs. It's light, it's profound, it's very inspirational in that it will instill in you what all trance music should: it will instill that feeling of connection to the melody, of connection to beauty, of connection to the world, perhaps.
The mix itself is near flawless, as one moment goes by, leading to the next, sometimes dark, sometimes light, but always moody. The selection of the music is flawless. From the opening track which reminds us of lightness and subtlety - which will be the theme of the whole first CD - till the following tracks, up until about middle of the CD, you get nothing less than emotion personified.
Track 8 will make you sigh and whimper as you listen to the synth work, the mix job, the vocals. Track 5 will make you want to park you car, turn up the volume, and dance in a parking lot. Same with track 3 and 4. Track 2 is a great driving around alone kind of track. Beautiful.
You get what I call "transitional" tracks in tracks 9 and 10 - they're short, sweet, to the point, and pave the way to track 11, by the lovely JES herself. I wouldn't call it her best work, but definitely something memorable (Talk Like a Stranger is my favorite work of hers).
Track 12 and 13 are so beautiful it hurts. Track 12 is light, paving the way to something heavy and moody, track 13 - by Tom Cloud. When you listen to this track, don't say I didn't warn you: it radiates with emotion all the way till the last second. The bass work is delicious. The ethnic-like voices are dramatic. The whole track is filled with tension - it wants to explode, it wants drama, and it does just that throughout, up until it leads to its climax, which is found in the following track 14. The melodies on this track are simple, but so haunting and memorable. The synth and pad work is "old-school," which I know a lot of people will appreciate. Next we reach the closing track, which is dramatic in its own right. The vocal work, admittedly, seems a little bit too 90s for my taste - not that their bad though; the music itself on this track is, again, beautiful - memorable and haunting. A good closing.
If this is not great work, I honestly do not know what is, and I do not know what people want. This is Tiesto's best mix to date - yes, to me, it's better than In Search of Sunrise 1, 2, or 3.
I must confess that I am so overtaken by the first CD, attempting to digest its beauty, that I have neglected listening to the 2nd CD very thoroughly. Truthfully, though, I could care less what the second CD has - the fact that there is not a single track, that's right, not a single track, that I want to skip on the first CD makes it a great purchase alone. A word of advice, though - when you listen to the first CD, do not skip a single track. Try listening to it from beginning to end at least once.
If CD 2 is half as good as the first CD, I will consider it a bonus. Worst case - let's say it's horrible - then, I'll pretend it didn't exist. But, judging from what I've heard so far on the 2nd CD, it does sound like we are again in for a treat, though, again, from what I heard, it does sound a bit weaker as far as the content itself, hence the 4 star rating. When and if you purchase this CD, you will see while you will be caught in CD 1 for a long time before you even pay attention to CD 2.
To make it fair for Tiesto, and you, I will say this - the first CD gets a solid 5 stars from me. It alone is worth your money.
If you like dance music, trance music, house, electro, or just looking for something moody, emotional, and beautiful - this CD is probably a great place to start. Don't be without this CD for long. Summer is around the corner, and this is its great soundtrack.
In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 5 Los Angeles Poster
After the great success of volume 4 Tiesto is back with the latest installment of the In Search Of Sunrise series, volume 5, subtitled Los Angeles. Los Angeles, the city of angels, was the city where In Search Of Sunrise 5 was mixed, as Tiesto is spending his days now getting some rest and working on new tracks with one of world's finest producers, Brian Transeau a.k.a. BT. Therefore Los Angeles is an obvious title for part 5 of the series, containing a blend of the most beautiful progressive- and trance tracks from this moment. Tiesto has selected some of the finest tracks from his playlists, and has most signed tracks especially and exclusively for this compilation. In Search Of Sunrise 5 will be packaged in a special slipcase, printed with metallic foil.Trance is about as Dutch as windmills, and more than any other DJ, Tiësto is its ambassador. His highly successful In Search of Sunrise series can claim much of the credit for this, and this fifth installment, Los Angeles, delivers in spades. As ever, the man finds his inspiration in the female voice; from Late Night Alumni's "Empty Streets," which pits a bassline that bounces like Silly Putty against Becky Jean Williams's dreamy vocals, to Karen Overton's dancefloor-destroying cover of Billie Ray Martin's "Your Loving Arms," Tiësto again proves himself a master at driving sets to soaring highs with well-placed siren songs. The second disc finds the Dutchman in more progressive territory, luring in the unsuspecting with Pink Elephant's effervescent "LAX" only to drop the hammer with Alex Stealthy's "Something Is Wrong," a track with a disorienting beat that seems to tumble over itself and a haunting melody that sounds as though it were trapped under ice. Tiësto also shows he hasn't lost his affinity for engaging the listener in a test of wills, as in A Boy Called Joni's vertiginous "Green Astronauts." Like all good mixes, the fifth in the ISoS series is after all a study in contrasts. Ironic, perhaps, that with the title Los Angeles the album makes a compelling case that the trance crown won't be leaving Holland anytime soon. --Brent Kallmer
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