Paul van Dyk featuring Second sun - Crush
Positiva Records Records
Catalogue Number: N/A
The latest outing of Paul van dyk comes in the beautiful form of a full on epic
trance journey “just like they used to make em.”
There’s no pissy farting around with this one, everything Paul van Dyk is loved
for is seen and abused right here in this special triple promo pack. Below is a quick
run down of what to expect with each mix.
Extended mix; Aimed purely at the radio listeners market. The driving kick is
tamed to an enjoyable pace which lays the ground work for a lovely “plinky plink” riff
and outstanding vocals. There’s not much going off in terms of dancing material until
quite late into the track when it breaks down to an instant favourite riff. It has that
kind of recognisable pattern to it you feel you’ve known all your life… Something you’ll
find hard to get out of your head for many hours.
Whilst not the best of mixes this one sets the ground work for new listeners to
the trance industry. Good, but tame.
PVD mix; Flip this bad boy over and the pace is quickened for some full on dancing
material. This mix however, will be the bane of your clubbing life. The majority of the
track is spent building and building to what you could only imagine will be something to
completely loose the plot over. Oh how wrong you are. It all goes off in a lengthy euphoric
breakdown towards the end but then kicks back in with… well, nothing. Such a waste. A
beautiful remix like this has such potential to clean up at any night, but dropping to nothing
is a let down…
PVD Original mix; There’s a little more emotion to this mix than previous, the intro
to the first breakdown features a lovely string that alone holds the song perfectly. Upon
kicking back in after a stab at the chorus this mix begins to show its true colours. The
strings return with echo’s of the chorus fading in and out of the back ground whilst plodding
on to the moment that puts this above previous listed mixes.
The breakdown on this is phenomenal. With minimal sounds going off all focus goes to
the simple yet very effective riff. A little over halfway this takes a turn for the better.
Beefed up and more in your face you can picture yourself stood at the back of a club watching
every last body raise there hands to the ceiling. Unfortunately like the PVD mix, it kicks
back in with nothing more than a simple beat and minimal effort. A tease if you like. Shame,
it could have all gone off.
Vandit mix; The most diverse remix I've heard from PvD to date. The general PvD feel
to a track is missing, in its replacement is a tamer kick and what feels like an industrial
stab. There are some beautiful moments during this track, particularly when the lead vocals
pierce the speakers over a real high pitched teck string. It really plays games with your
emotions. The familiar break down kicks in and thankfully builds to more than nothing. The
riff follows onto the 4 beat along with the teck string, unfortunately not for very long
though, still, long enough to put this mix miles ahead of the rest. Different, but bloody
amazing.
Hyper remix; Oh ai this is what it’s all about. Breaks. Stabs n kicks off centre with
twisted guitar patterns thrown over the top, just too really mess with your head. The chorus
is used through out most of the song, odd, male vocals never do it for me but these compliment
the track more than I feel female vocals would.
As the second break down kicks in it’s pretty hard to imagine how it could possibly
get any better than the first half of the track. How could this beast be strengthened any
further? Well, I’ll tell you, a different riff from that of the PvD mixes is raped with
effects over that electric guitar sample, so much so repeat listens are needed to take
everything in. Again the male vocals sweep in and out pushing it further and further into
your head making this a firm favourite of any diverse fan.
There is another mix on the flip side to Hyper remix (Funk D-Void) however it would
be wrong of me to cast my views as it is as far from my style as paper is to concrete.
Final verdict? For the longest time I’ve seen Paul van dyk as nothing more than an
average producer. Don’t get me wrong I’ll always give his material a listen, but I'm rarely
likely to buy anything with his name on. Such classics like “For an Angel,” “We are Alive,”
“10 in 01” and “Guide me God” will never be repeated, but by heck this one comes close.
It’s in my box. It wont have the shelf life the above mentioned did, but I guarantee it
will get a battering.
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Review by Muzik
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