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Like it or not trance is still popular. Very popular. Week in week out clubs around the world are rammed to the rafters with party goers stacking boxes in time to the doof-doof-dikker-der of the genre that refuses to grow up. Even a cursory glance at the annual DJ polls reveals that the top jocks all peddle a mix of arena filling bosh voted for by clubbers in their droves.
However, trance has yet to be graced by THE artist album; the record that defines and does justice to the mass popularity of the sound. Many have tried and failed. Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Armin van Buuren have all made the effort but none has managed to bridge the gap in a way that say, Faithless, Orbital and Underworld have.
Now it is the turn of UK outfit Above & Beyond. Housing the club bangers "Air For Life" and "Alone Tonight" Tri State is a sterling effort yet, unfortunately, it does little to deviate or expand on the brief. Whilst it's tightly produced, the boys haven't really managed to ascend beyond homage.
Having set their own bar so high with their amazing 2004 Essential Mix, Above & Beyond have backed themselves into a corner. The referencing of bygone classics combined with the spoken word element made the Radio 1 showa finely crafted, colourful master piece which is up there with Oakenfold's 194 Goa Mix. "Hope" stands out as a future single but little else raises itself from the sweeping lazer fodder.
Brilliant DJs though they are and required listening Anjuna Beats may be, Tri State is little more than a passable debut. Still, better to be bosh than tosh. --Andy Puleston
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I don't normally bother writing reviews because I find it hard to describe music with words (lush, deep, rich, hypnotic etc - load of pony) but, as with albums from BT, I felt the need to put something in print here. Tri State is one of the best albums I've purchased in the last 15 years. I remember when I first played leftfield's Leftism how diverse yet strangely compelling it sounded. You wanted to listen again and again and each time you found something new. This is the same. Right from the off - beautiful piano - each track brings its own qualities and the whole lot flows quite brilliantly. Stealing Time, Liquid Love and Alone Tonight weave strong vocals into the mix and are all worthy of a 'number one' but let's hope they stay here - the last thing we need is a 'radio edit' demolishing them. Yes, it is good background music, it's good music to play in the car doing 90 up the M1, but really, this should be LISTENED to, on a decent sound system, with no distractions.
So there we are - another pointless review that didn't really tell you anything about the album but I hope that this or one of the other proper reviews stands out and encourages you to give this a listen so you can see what we're all on about!
So there we are - another pointless review that didn't really tell you anything about the album but I hope that this or one of the other proper reviews stands out and encourages you to give this a listen so you can see what we're all on about!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
How refreshing to agree with the previous reviewer, that like most BT albums, one simply cannot resist putting at least a few words to paper (or the web!) in appreciation of something that truly is just that little bit different. In that sense Tri-state is a little different, for what a stunningly refreshing CD and like the aforementioned, genuinely a piece of music that fits awkwardly into a single-catergory of music, yet spans so many diversified tastes that everyone will gain something from it! We have shades of Delerium at their very best with "Good for me", a haunting etherial piece, awash with the kind of female vocals that send a shiver down your spine whilst rocketing your amp way up past ear damage levels!The opener is the kind of instrumental you kind of prayed that the likes of AIR would have produced had they not been so darn Fench and then we have the hypnotic, trance like beat of "Alone tonight" with vocals akin to the Blue Nile on viagra! From someone who actualy did not like their mixes, yet again in the footsteps of BT, Shasha & Way Out West the true artist proves that they do it best, when they do their own thing - no need for impersonations, imitiations - straight form the heart. I just hope Above and Beyond will do it again and again and again - A MUST for any collection - simply a beautifully crafted CD.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Above & Beyond strikes a hit again! To me Tri-State is the best trance album in the world so far in 2006. Tri-States proves why Tranceaddict.com voted Above & Beyond the No. 5 DJs in the world in 2005. Above & Beyond - Jonathan Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, Tony McGuinness - transgress beyond your day-to-day trance sounds and combine excellent music with beautiful lyrics and ethereal vocals (Zöe Johnston does a great job on "Good for Me"). Their melodically vocal trance fills your entire body with well being and energy. Pump up the volume - and do not hesitate to try some of Above & Beyond's Anjunabeats albums too.
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Happy State
"Tri-State" by Above and Beyond contains a balanced mix of lush melodies that harmoniously combine music from the electronica and trance genres. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stella Carrier
One of the best electronic albums.
I loved it! It is perfect and ballanced in rythm. A must have to anyone who enjoys electronic music! Read more
Published 3 months ago by George Mentzikof
Brilliant
Great item arrived exactly as described. Brilliant CD my partner is a big fan and loved this present will be buying more of these CDs without a doubt.
Published 5 months ago by Karlie
Top Notch Trance
This single disc took a little getting used to, but after a couple of full plays through, the quality of the album shined through. Read more
Published 7 months ago by D.Hatcher
Does anybody at the BBC know anything about music????
Well this has been bugging me for ages so I finally decided to write a review for this genuine masterpiece of music. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Lee R. Walker
Incredible
I like almost all of these tracks, a stunning album. My favourites are tri-state and air for life. This is one of my favourite albums of the year. Read more
Published 17 months ago by D. Cottrell
State of Ecstacy
In 'Tri-State' Above and Beyond have created a masterpiece. Whatever it is labelled as - 'Trance, Progressive Electro, Dance' - it is musical genius, and stands head and shoulders... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dr. Robert A. Josey
AWESOME!
No matter how many times I have listened to this album, I still love it. If you are into trance and do not have this album then you are really missing out. Read more
Published 23 months ago by L. Williamson
The Tri-State we,re in.
Came across this by way of someone who knows someone who go's out with the guy who sometimes sings for the band. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by russell clarke
This is currently my fav CD...
...among thousands owned. A matter of taste of course. Truly spectacular when enjoyed via a hi-fi system that covers 5 Hz - 20kHz flatly, as this entire range is covered in... Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2008 by A. Help
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