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Finally, Gatecrasher Retakes its Throne, April 30, 2002
By A Customer
Gatecrasher seems to have set some sort of amazing standard with the release of Wet, three years ago. The followup albums were equally as good. National Anthems, in my opinion, was the last of the greats. To this day, I still listen to it sometimes.
Discotech Generation turned the compilation series in a more progressive direction, and the two albums after it did the same. The moving, emotional trance that we alll loved vanished, leaving in the wake those harder and more progressive beats that the club was trying to promote. Many people lost faith in the series, myself included.
Digital Trance changes everything.
It starts off with the sounds of Jamnesia - She's My Friend, and never looks back. Flawlessly mixed, perfectly arranged, and literally euphoric, this double-cd album lives up to all of Gatecrasher's standards, and cleans the slate for those who didn't like the last two albums.
Doing what they do best, this cd shows that Gatecrasher isn't neccessarily about the newest commercial trance that you would find on the Ministry of Sound compilations, but about the best trance available today.
Returning to its Roots of melodic trance with a just hint of progressive/hard influence, this cd should have something for everybody, or everything for somebody. :)
Trance fans can be sure that this is worth the thirty or fourty dollars you'll spend on it.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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"Forget Analog,Crasher' Serves It Up Digital", April 30, 2002
The self described "Champions of Trance" return to unleash their laser spitting lion rampant on the chemical generation.Like it proggy,pumpin'or hard as nails hands in the air;Crashers got you coverd on this one.No boring chillout discs;strictly a double disc compilation of all kill,no fill anthems that definatley does the business.
Disc one jump kicks you with lizard man Picotto and his Verdi mix of "Pulsar" and the intense "No Return" by Solar Factor,before winding you up to Minimalistix mix of The Traveller in Motion's "Believe".Visions of Yawa provide the euphoric closure with "Tibet".
Disc two is where things get Hard & Dirty.The Mystery with their excellent tune "Devotion"sets the stage for a blinder of tune courtesy of Green Martian "End of the Earth" which sounds alot like "Industry" but bigger.Commitment to quality in the track selection builds us nicley to the monster remix of Art Of Trance's classic hit "Madagascar"by Push;huge.It's all systems go with strength to strength tunes like "Expander" by Marc Dawn and "No Sleep" from Mikado.Always the strongest finishers, crasher'close the set with the awesome "Altitude" by Altitude.A true reflection of the Superclubs'main room sound is what you'll get on DT not a hint of cheese.A revolutionary compilation no,but a pre-summer warm up to get you boshing like a crasher kid yes.
4 out of 5.
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Favorite of 6 Gatecrashers I own, June 20, 2003
I'd have to say this is my favorite of all six Gatecrasher titles I own. When people tell me they like dance but they never know what to buy, I loan them this and they always want more. Christopher Lawrence (any of them) is another excellent DJ. His out of print stuff, as well as rare Gatecrasher can be found through the amazon.com used sellers...
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