Lasgo - Surrender
Positiva
Catalogue Number: 12TIVDJD205
Catalogue Number: N/A
Extended mix
How I laughed when I broke the seal to this double vinyl pack. I must have been
a right asshole in a former life to of received this, id of been happier with C4!
Needless to say I swallowed my pride and took it to my 1210's (of which were cleaned with
bleach afterwards).
You don’t need me to tell you this is a typical pop trance track. Aimed at folk
between puberty and sensible, this is sure to be a huge hit across Ritzy dance floors this
spring. If I were fair (and it pains me to say this) there are only two flaws with this
track (besides it having Lasgo written all over it). One, the shocking sample of a bloke
shouting "Go!" is so incredibly cheesy it actually offends me. And of course the vocals,
Satan’s work no doubt. If this were stripped of the awful sample and vocals I can almost
guarantee you’d like it. The riff is actually pretty good; it has an uplifting feel to it
that holds the track on its own.
Tis a same, for something so wrong it's actually not far from being right.
Pulsedriver remix
Let's be honest, if any mix is going to change our opinions, its going to be this
one. Well, it comes close. That riff of the original is beefed up something chronic, if
you thought the original could hold the track on its own; this one would blow your mind.
But then in roll the vocals, dang.
Ok for the sake of this review let's just ignore them, block them out of our
noggin completely. Yeah that’s the stuff, a powerful riff and a well built bass line puts
this remix to the top of the ladder. It punches, it stabs, it kicks, and it rocks.
Defiantly one for the box... If it didn't have vocals.
Nik stikz club mix
The intro sounds very euro trance, the kick is very “pop pop” and the electric
riff will probably remind most folk of German hardcore from a decade ago. The drop to
the breakdown is abrupt; the vocals kick in almost immediately, thrown from one channel
to the left with reverb to give it that extra touch.
If the earlier riff didn't have you reminiscing about "Dune" and other 90's German
hardcore acts this next one will. Whilst it may have been all the rage during the mid
nineties, in this day and age it sounds god awful, even your average townie would probably
giggle and leave the dance floor, either that or loose the plot completely.
Unless your names Uttar or Sven and you’re stuck in a time warp, this remix isn't
for you.
Cor Fijnrman remix
This is all about the breakdown, there's no denying that. Whilst it may be short
and sweet it does exactly what you want it to do, work. The building elements share ideas
from just about every high powered trance track you've ever heard. There's more than one
riff to focus on and effects are thrown in for good measure. The vocals still drag this it
down into the depths of the ocean only this time not kicking and screaming, if, say only
the chorus had been used on this or just stabs at a verse it would of clambered to the
waters edge and made its way to shore. Nice, still not quite what we’d like but almost
there.
Jan Vervloet remix
At this time I didn't think I could go on any further. It's already become pretty
clear that whilst the track itself is a fine piece of music, the vocals shatter the illusion
and leave it for every youth minded music lover to enjoy. I queued up, held my breath and
released the 12" expecting the worst. I was surprisingly wrong. A nicely crafted track
focusing on a high energy euro feel riff echoed by a dreamy pattern electric pattern. Both
break downs have an amazing build up, exactly what you expect from a big trance track. The
remainder of the track flows beautifully, the only point you wish it would hurry up and move
onto the next bar is the mix out period, otherwise everything is well placed. Do the vocals
compliment it? Course not. Oh well.
Ronald van Gelderen remix
I'm sure I'll make many of you readers laugh when I say upon playing this remix I
checked to see if it was from the same bloke who did Timeless on Liquid records. What will
make you laugh even more, I was surprised when it wasn’t! (Ron van Beuken is behind Timeless,
corker of a tune!) Why you ask? Play them both, one after the other and spot the difference.
Ok the difference is obvious from the first kick, but how similar do they sound?
There's an awful lot of Dutch (I'm assuming Dutch?) courage gone into this mix,
clearly RvG has gone to great lengths to incorporate the vocals and keep it as far away
from the stilton factory as possible. He's done it. He's worked his way around everything
we clubbers despise and turned a cheese track into a loveable trancer. The riff is both
uplifting and dark. No it's not a filthy track but it would certainly fit in a set amongst
Flutlicht and SHOKK remixes, that alone shows quality.
Overall verdict? I'm not sure. I’d like to say cast this off into the pits of hell
so Satan can chew on his vocals one more time but then id be running away from the fact that
behind the Red Leicester special, its not all that bad. Every remix (bar the Nik Skitz) delivers
the good, only their all wrapped in a product of a barn yard animal.
What I'd suggest is get down to your local HMV come the end of April, pick up The
Ronald van Gelderen remix and give it a whirl for yourself. If there’s a mix you're most
likely to enjoy, its this...
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