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4.0 out of 5 stars
Kevin Aviance's next dance hit, June 18, 2002
This review is from: Alive (Audio CD)
This is the second Kevin Aviance record Ive heard, and although I liked his remake of Din Da Da better, this is a good track too. Theres a reviewer known as music fan from NY who seems to have it out for this performer, and I have to admit that his vocals arent the strongest part of the record. Here he mostly sings in the upper register of what sounds like his head voice as opposed to a gut voice. His deep voiced vocals, which he does use a bit on Alive, are generally much more powerful and edgy. In portions, his producers mechanized his voice in the same way Chers voice sounded on Believe. This effect works well, especially in The Tribalist Mix. The music from the album version reminds me a bit of Martha Washs Gonna Give It To You. They have similar energy levels and often similar pitch. Junior Vasquezs chill-out room Translucent Mix starts to use a nice tribal beat about halfway in. It sounds like hes using a drum from India called a tabla, but I guess its probably an electronic simulation. Either way, its very good. I suspect the best mix for a high energy dj would be Tony Morans Millennium Funk Mix. (If I counted right, its about 129-130 bpm.) The Tribalist Mix is also very hot, and probably the deepest house groove on the record so its best for after-hours. (I think its the same bpm.) I just have a little Emerson boom-box, so I could only imagine how fierce the bass of this mix would sound on a decent club system. It reminds me a bit of The Hayden-Andre Projects Tribal Life and the Trendy Tribal mix of Princess Dis Whose Dk Is This? Warning for all us beginner DJs: Its not as easy a mix as the Millennium Funk theres not as much of a simple bass bridge to help you out and the ending drops on you kind of suddenly. Buy it for the Tribalist Mix, and if you like it, get a second copy because I think after-hours DJs could have a lot of fun mixing back and forth between some of the tracks Juniors steady, driving instrumental Homodustrial Beats comes to mind. Emerge/Centaur was smart to release this in June as Kevin Aviance is openly gay. The songs positive energy makes it a likely candidate for a pride month anthem for the next several years.
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