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| 1. Sometimes They Come Back For More (with Arnej) |
| 2. Be Your Sound (with Emma Hewitt) |
| 3. Wake Your Mind (with Cary Brothers) |
| 4. The Theme |
| 5. All Around You (with Myon & Shane 54 and Aruna) |
| 6. Never Apart (with Alana Aldea) |
| 7. Over The Rainbow (with J'Something) |
| 8. Nothing Ever Lasts (with Andrew Bayer) |
| 9. Calm Down (with Emma Hewitt) |
| 10. Barra |
| 11. Drifting Away (with Cathy Burton) |
| 12. Flying Blind (with JES) |
| 13. Perfect Stranger |
| 14. Beautiful Destruction (with Alana Aldea) |
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2011 has proved to be another extraordinary musical year in the lives of Cosmic Gate. It s already brought the release of their early years retro-refit album Back 2 The Future - singles from which took up residence in Beatport s Top 10 for an unprecedented 3 straight months. They ve also delivered their hugely received Essential Mix debut for BBC Radio 1 and have already brought the C.G. experience to close to a 100 clubs, arenas and festivals around the world. Now saving their biggest and best till last they re about to crown the year with the release of their new artist album. Nic says: Wake Your Mind is our collective call-out to the EDM universe. We want this album to shake up people s conceptions of our music... And blow the lingering, out-dated misconceptions to pieces! adds Bossi. From the first beat and bar of the album, C.G. s finely tuned sonics tear relentlessly at the speaker fabric, with the strident, spiked synths of their Arnej collaboration Sometimes They Come Back For More leading the charge. Hot on its heels is their new single, Be Your Sound, which sees Nic and Bossi re-teaming (after 2009 s Not Enough Time) with IDMA-winning vocalist Emma Hewitt. On Wake Your Mind vocals play an ever-greater part of their sound-design and the album sports some of their very best. Taking time out from his film & TV singer-songwriter activities (including work on Easy A & Grey s Anatomy), Cary Brothers provides the contemplative, low-fi, rock-ish refrain for the album s outstanding title track. Cathy Burton meanwhile applies serious uplift on Drifting Away, while Wake hits it euphoric high around the stabbed synths and up-rush of Over The Rainbow (vocalled by South African singer J Something). Scene darling JES supplies the can t-miss vocal hook to Flying Blind and at the other end of the tempo scale Australia s Alana Aldea provides from-the-heart lyrics and flawlessly articulated vocal lament to the slow burning Never Apart. The Theme Cosmic Gate s cover of Jurgen Vries livewire club-smash delivers another floor bomb-drop. Its appearance in Nic & Bossi s early summer club sets was the album s vanguard track and sparked a rash of how-do-I-get-this? questions from some of the world s biggest DJs. As ever Cosmic Gate have looked to the less obvious margins to seek out the most imaginative co-production partners to work with on the album. Alongside Anjunadeep/Beats artist Andrew Bayer, they hit the H in House hard with Nothing Ever Lasts, which combines canyon-deep beats with swirling, sky-scraping prog atmospherics. Another vocal reunion (after the Sign of the Times track Under Your Spell) sees the Cosmics back in the studio with U.S. vocal doyen, Aruna. Completing the line-up (and forming something of a trance super-group in the process!) are Hungarian studio wizards Myon & Shane 54, and collectively they ve created the heady, intoxicating All Around You. Diverting brilliantly, Nic & Bossi continue to chart new courses and directions on Wake Your Mind. Whether it be the low-end tempo and hard-warp effects of Beautiful Destruction (Alana Aldea vocalling again) or the familiar, drifting sweep of their Brazil-gazing Barra, the album provides a 360°, all-tastes-catered-for listening experience. Forget what you think you know... and Wake Your Mind!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Heralding a throng of fresh new tracks from the respected musical minds of Nic and Bossi, their fifth studio album includes the recent single The Theme and 2010's epic, majestic Barra; co-productions with international artists like Arnej, Myon & Shane 54 and Andrew Bayer and vocal team-ups with singers including Emma Hewitt, Aruna, JES, Cary Brothers, Cathy Burton + more.
Dreamtime is over. Wake Your Mind!!
2011 has proved to be another extraordinary musical year in the lives of Cosmic Gate. It's already brought the release of their early years retro-refit album `Back 2 The Future' - singles from which took up residence in Beatport's Top 10 for an unprecedented 3 straight months. They've also delivered their hugely received Essential Mix debut for BBC Radio 1 and have already brought the C.G. experience to close to a 100 clubs, arenas and festivals around the world.
Now - saving their biggest and best till last - they're about to crown the year with the release of their new artist album. Nic says: "Wake Your Mind is ourcollective call-out to the EDM universe. We want this album to shake up people's conceptions of our music..." "And blow the lingering, out-dated misconceptions to pieces!" adds Bossi.
From the first beat and bar of the album, C.G.'s finely tuned sonics tear relentlessly at the speaker fabric, with the strident, spiked synths of their Arnej collaboration Sometimes They Come Back For More leading the charge. Hot on its heels is their new single, Be Your Sound, which sees Nic and Bossi re-teaming (after 2009's Not Enough Time) with IDMA-winning vocalist Emma Hewitt. On Wake Your Mind vocals play an ever-greater part of their sound-design and the album sports some of their very best. Taking time out from his film & TV singer-songwriter activities (including work on Easy A & Grey's Anatomy), Cary Brothers provides the contemplative, low-fi, rock-ish refrain for the album's outstanding title track. Cathy Burton meanwhile applies serious uplift on Drifting Away, while Wake hits it euphoric high around the stabbed synths and up-rush of Over The Rainbow (vocalled by South African singer J'Something). Scene darling JES supplies the can't-miss vocal hook to Flying Blind and at the other end of the tempo scale Australia's Alana Aldea provides from-the-heart lyrics and flawlessly articulated vocallament to the slow burning Never Apart.
The Theme - Cosmic Gate's cover of Jurgen Vries' livewire club-smash - delivers another floor bomb-drop. Its appearance in Nic & Bossi's early summer club sets was the album's vanguard track and sparked a rash of `how-do-I-get-this?' questions from some of the world's biggest DJs.
As ever Cosmic Gate have looked to the less obvious margins to seek out the most imaginative co-production partners to work with on the album. Alongside Anjunadeep/Beats artist Andrew Bayer, they hit the `H' in `House' hard with Nothing Ever Lasts, which combines canyon-deep beats with swirling, sky-scraping prog atmospherics. Another vocal reunion (after the Sign of the Times track Under Your Spell) sees the Cosmics back in the studio with U.S. vocal doyen, Aruna. Completing the line-up (and forming something of a trance super-group in the process!) are Hungarian studio wizards Myon & Shane 54, and collectively they've created the heady, intoxicating All Around You.
Diverting brilliantly, Nic & Bossi continue to chart new courses and directions on Wake Your Mind. Whether it be the low-end tempo and hard-warp effects of Beautiful Destruction (Alana Aldea vocalling again) or the familiar, drifting sweep of their Brazil-gazing Barra, the album provides a 360°, all-tastes-catered-for listening experience.
Forget what you think you know... and Wake Your Mind!
Tracklist
01. Cosmic Gate & Arnej - Sometimes They Come Back For More
02. Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt - Be Your Sound
03. Cosmic Gate & Cary Brothers - Wake Your Mind
04. Cosmic Gate - The Theme
05. Comic Gate, Myon & Shane 54 and Aruna - All Around You
06. Cosmic Gate & Alana Aldea - Never Apart
07. Cosmic Gate & J'Something - Over The Rainbow
08. Cosmic Gate & Andrew Bayer - Nothing Ever Lasts
09. Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt - Calm Down
10. Cosmic Gate - Barra
11. Cosmic Gate & Cathy Burton - Drifting Away
12. Cosmic Gate & JES - Flying Blind
13. Cosmic Gate - Perfect Stranger
14. Cosmic Gate & Alana Aldea - Beautiful Destruction
Dreamtime is over. Wake Your Mind!!
2011 has proved to be another extraordinary musical year in the lives of Cosmic Gate. It's already brought the release of their early years retro-refit album `Back 2 The Future' - singles from which took up residence in Beatport's Top 10 for an unprecedented 3 straight months. They've also delivered their hugely received Essential Mix debut for BBC Radio 1 and have already brought the C.G. experience to close to a 100 clubs, arenas and festivals around the world.
Now - saving their biggest and best till last - they're about to crown the year with the release of their new artist album. Nic says: "Wake Your Mind is ourcollective call-out to the EDM universe. We want this album to shake up people's conceptions of our music..." "And blow the lingering, out-dated misconceptions to pieces!" adds Bossi.
From the first beat and bar of the album, C.G.'s finely tuned sonics tear relentlessly at the speaker fabric, with the strident, spiked synths of their Arnej collaboration Sometimes They Come Back For More leading the charge. Hot on its heels is their new single, Be Your Sound, which sees Nic and Bossi re-teaming (after 2009's Not Enough Time) with IDMA-winning vocalist Emma Hewitt. On Wake Your Mind vocals play an ever-greater part of their sound-design and the album sports some of their very best. Taking time out from his film & TV singer-songwriter activities (including work on Easy A & Grey's Anatomy), Cary Brothers provides the contemplative, low-fi, rock-ish refrain for the album's outstanding title track. Cathy Burton meanwhile applies serious uplift on Drifting Away, while Wake hits it euphoric high around the stabbed synths and up-rush of Over The Rainbow (vocalled by South African singer J'Something). Scene darling JES supplies the can't-miss vocal hook to Flying Blind and at the other end of the tempo scale Australia's Alana Aldea provides from-the-heart lyrics and flawlessly articulated vocallament to the slow burning Never Apart.
The Theme - Cosmic Gate's cover of Jurgen Vries' livewire club-smash - delivers another floor bomb-drop. Its appearance in Nic & Bossi's early summer club sets was the album's vanguard track and sparked a rash of `how-do-I-get-this?' questions from some of the world's biggest DJs.
As ever Cosmic Gate have looked to the less obvious margins to seek out the most imaginative co-production partners to work with on the album. Alongside Anjunadeep/Beats artist Andrew Bayer, they hit the `H' in `House' hard with Nothing Ever Lasts, which combines canyon-deep beats with swirling, sky-scraping prog atmospherics. Another vocal reunion (after the Sign of the Times track Under Your Spell) sees the Cosmics back in the studio with U.S. vocal doyen, Aruna. Completing the line-up (and forming something of a trance super-group in the process!) are Hungarian studio wizards Myon & Shane 54, and collectively they've created the heady, intoxicating All Around You.
Diverting brilliantly, Nic & Bossi continue to chart new courses and directions on Wake Your Mind. Whether it be the low-end tempo and hard-warp effects of Beautiful Destruction (Alana Aldea vocalling again) or the familiar, drifting sweep of their Brazil-gazing Barra, the album provides a 360°, all-tastes-catered-for listening experience.
Forget what you think you know... and Wake Your Mind!
Tracklist
01. Cosmic Gate & Arnej - Sometimes They Come Back For More
02. Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt - Be Your Sound
03. Cosmic Gate & Cary Brothers - Wake Your Mind
04. Cosmic Gate - The Theme
05. Comic Gate, Myon & Shane 54 and Aruna - All Around You
06. Cosmic Gate & Alana Aldea - Never Apart
07. Cosmic Gate & J'Something - Over The Rainbow
08. Cosmic Gate & Andrew Bayer - Nothing Ever Lasts
09. Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt - Calm Down
10. Cosmic Gate - Barra
11. Cosmic Gate & Cathy Burton - Drifting Away
12. Cosmic Gate & JES - Flying Blind
13. Cosmic Gate - Perfect Stranger
14. Cosmic Gate & Alana Aldea - Beautiful Destruction
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Taken to the cosmos and back
16 Feb 2012
Cosmic Gate really upped their efforts in this album. Such an improvement from their older albums such as earth mover and sign of the times. You can tell that their style has changed slightly, but not to worry as it is for the better, in my opinion.
Previous albums has had a dark touch to their melodies, with a good dose of hard thumping baselines. Quite minimal at times, in the sense that there weren't many layers but isn't a bad thing, although some might not appreciate it as it can be somewhat be repetitive at times.
"Wake your mind" however has not only trance aspects to it, but they introduced some progressive house-iness (if that's a word) to it. A fresh change and with a more complex buildup, with more layers. Most of the songs here are emotional evoking songs with hair-raising build ups. There is also plenty of vocals. These songs for me stand out and gives an insight to how the rest of the albums sounds like, more or less.
Over The Rainbow (Feat. J Something)
Be Your Sound (Feat. Emma Hewitt)
Wake Your Mind (Feat. Cary brothers)
All Around You (Feat. Myon & Shane 54 & Aruna)
4 out 5 stars.
If you like Trance or Progressive music, do yourself a favour and get this album.
Previous albums has had a dark touch to their melodies, with a good dose of hard thumping baselines. Quite minimal at times, in the sense that there weren't many layers but isn't a bad thing, although some might not appreciate it as it can be somewhat be repetitive at times.
"Wake your mind" however has not only trance aspects to it, but they introduced some progressive house-iness (if that's a word) to it. A fresh change and with a more complex buildup, with more layers. Most of the songs here are emotional evoking songs with hair-raising build ups. There is also plenty of vocals. These songs for me stand out and gives an insight to how the rest of the albums sounds like, more or less.
Over The Rainbow (Feat. J Something)
Be Your Sound (Feat. Emma Hewitt)
Wake Your Mind (Feat. Cary brothers)
All Around You (Feat. Myon & Shane 54 & Aruna)
4 out 5 stars.
If you like Trance or Progressive music, do yourself a favour and get this album.
SHOULD READ: VOCAL DANCE TRANCE SESSIONS
1 Jun 2012
ARE YOU BORED WITH JUST TRANCE? THEN IF YOU LOVE TRANCE WITH A DANCE TWIST THIS IS THE CD FOR YOU! WITH VOCALS. LONG OVERDUE. IT IS AMAZING! I FIND TRANCE TOO MUCH OF THE SAME THING OVER AND AND OVER BUT THIS CD, MP3, IS OVER THE TOP. YOU WILL DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!. I JUST WISH THE TRACKS WERE A LITTLE LONGER BUT SOMEONE IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK! I AM THINKING THE NEXT CD WILL EVEN BE MUCH BETTER IF THAT IS POSSIBLE! TRUST ME IF YOU LOVE TO DANCE TO TRANCE, THIS IS THE CD FOR YOU!. YOU WON'T GO WRONG. AGAIN THIS CD SHOULD READ VOCAL DANCE TRANCE SESSIONS
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