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“The first track, Intangible Dream, features vocalist...”

written by nyctrancemaster06 on 02/12/2006

Good Points
technotrek’s album, Phantom Of The Dance, is an amazing tour-de-force trance/dance music compilation with 14 original tracks featuring female vocalist Eva and including remixes from Klubjumpers.

Bad Points
None.

General Comments
The first track, Intangible Dream, features vocalist Eva. This is a hi-tempo, trance cut that also has some rock element. Eva does a phenomenal vocal performance keeping form with the mood and groove of the song. Near the conclusion of the song is a ripping guitar riff that just soars alongside of Eva’s vocals. Great stuff! Intangible Dream takes Trance to the next level with its high energy, dance floor appeal, and commercial ability.



The next track, You Are My Reason, is a fast-tempo, melodic trance cut which has a very danceable beat and nice, catchy synth chord progressions.



Keeping the tempo going, next up is, Letz Party Hearty. This track is all about moving you to the next level on the floor with Whytenoize MC-ing with a rapcore style vocal on-top of hard trance and rhythmic synthesized effects.



Phantom Of the Dance is next. This track starts off with some nicely orchestrated strings and ambient pads along with Whytenoize’s vocals starting it off with the Phantom Of The Dance hook during this phase of the track. The beat eventually kicks in relentless fashion and great melodic overtones with synth trance rhythms abound. An amazingly dark, moody, and melodic vocal from Whytenoize sits atop it all. The track gracefully exists with the Phantom Of The Dance vocal hook over the well orchestrated strings. This is top-shelf stuff, people.



The tempo notches down slightly for the greatly composed melodic trance cut Horizons. This track features some really nice builds and breaks. This is a very musically emotional track.



Next track Inner Light, picks up exactly where Horizons left off, except this track moves in a progressive fashion.



The musicality and emotions run even higher with track Memory Sky. This is an incredibly composed trance anthem. The break at 4:36 is, simply put, amazing. This break resolves into a crescendo of breaks that finally evolves into the main groove and then cuts loose until the end. This is an instant classic!



Switching things up and slowing the tempo down next is the dance track That Thing I Do, featuring Eva. This is another stellar vocal performance. This track has great commercial radio appeal. For good measure, a ripping guitar solo is in there as well.





Makes Me Feel Just Right, featuring Tina B and Erin C, continues exactly like That Thing I Do finished except the tempo speeds up drastically during the start of the song to a tempo suitable for the Trance genre. Accent vocals and hooks are performed nicely by Tina B and Erin C and fits well within the song.



Tracks of Steel is next up and throws down the gauntlet for Trance anthem greatness. This track has everything going for it, melodic ambient pads, incredible kick drum, breaks in all the right places, spatialness, expertly orchestrated, and, need I say more. This is a must have in your collection!



Tracer Fire is a creative cut that is trance with a lot of techno elements.



Summer Chillout comes along next with some uniqueness as well. This trance cut has some unique drum patterns including conga drums with minimal synths and effects.



Next up is the That Thing I Do featuring Eva, Klubjumpers Mix. This song has found a home on many mixshows on commercial, satellite, and internet radio stations. And for good reason: Eva really belts out the hook when necessary and sounds sensuous in other parts. Klubjumpers did an expert job in the arrangement.



Rounding out the Phantom Of The Dance offering, is a progressive cut of Intangible Dream featuring Eva, Klubjumpers Mix. This is another high quality piece by Klubjumpers with great ambiance and beat plus some great vocal hooks from Eva throughout.



In conclusion, technotrek’s Phantom Of The Dance offering is a must-have for your collection. This is a fantastic collection of amazingly composed trance and dance tracks with amazing vocals and meaningful lyrics which is extremely enjoyable to both listen to and dance to, plus non-vocal trance anthems that evoke emotion, exhibit high compositional skills and are danceable as well.