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Cosmic Gate - Sign of the times (8.5 / 10)
dinsdag 17 maart 2009
Trance (Black Hole Recordings)
| | Dat “The Signs” een veelbesproken film was met acteur Mel Gibson daar hoeven we niet verder over uit te wijken, de vraag die ons nu echter bezig houd is of “Sign of the times” even spraakmakend zal worden. Cosmic Gate, de Duitse producers van het Black Hole label, komen namelijk met een gloednieuw album op de markt en deze belande in de postbus van onze redactie.
De heren stonden in het verleden nog op een Sensation Black, maar sinds een aantal jaren focussen de heren zich helemaal op de terugkerende Trance sound. Met “Open Your Hart” maakt Cosmic Gate meteen duidelijk waar het om draait; heerlijke tranceklappers die je laten wegdromen. Tiff Lacey verzorgt hiervoor netjes de lyrics. “Under Your Spell” is tevens zo een overheerlijk nummertje! Laat dit niet de enige samenwerking zijn die Cosmic Gate op dit album in petto heeft voor ons. Aruna, Keyler England, Emma Hewitt en nog vele gaan op dit album de samenwerking aan met de heren. “Flatline” en “Not enough time” met laatstgenoemde zangeres vloeien echt heerlijk uit onze speakers. Deze tracks weten echt de diepste gevoelens in een tranceliefhebber naar boven te halen. De frisheid waarmee de heren weten mee naar buiten te komen maakt dit album reeds een hebbedingetje en we hebben nog niet eens de helft voor de boeg gehad!
Het tweede deel van het album geeft ons eens net dat tikkeltje meer partygevoel en daar zit ongetwijfeld “F.a.v.” en “Body of conflict” voor iets tussen. Vooral body of conflict laat ons niet ongeroerd achter en is met hoofd en schouders onze nummer één van dit album. Naarmate ook het album vordert merk je toch wel in het bijzonder de capaciteiten van Cosmic Gate. Lekkere rock en electro invloeden worden zonder feilloos in hun trancenummers ingewerkt. Daar waar anderen ongetwijfeld hun producer handen af houden, komen de heren net wel mee boven en dit maakt het album ook dusdanig gevarieerd en heerlijk om te beluisteren. Ja, zelfs onze harddance redactie is hiervan onder de indruk! “Whatever” knalt deze CD bijna helemaal uit met enkele stevige kicks op Trance niveau. Laatste track komt naar ons inzien op een wat misplaatste plek in de tracklisting en dit had vooraan het album beter tot zijn recht gekomen mede door de verwachtingen die we hadden na “Whatever”
Laten we er geen twijfel over bestaan dat Trance weer helemaal back is voor diegenen die er nog aan zouden twijfelen. Cosmic Gate heeft zijn Black Hole weer een mooie compilatie opgeleverd die aan het succesvolle rijtje kan toegevoegd worden. Tiësto en Armin krijgen in Nederland hun eigen evenement toegewezen maar Cosmic Gate verdien ongetwijfeld dezelfde status en erkenning in hun eigenste land. Het zou ons ook niet verwonderen moest Black Hole enkele evenementen organiseren in teken van Cosmic Gate hun album release! |
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