mars Posted June 22, 2001 Author Share Posted June 22, 2001 Deedrah - Far And Away Artist: Deedrah Title: Far And Away Label: Hadshot Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 06'14" Liquid Skies (GMS Rmx) 02. 07'57" Far And Away (Low End Mix) 03. 07'02" Reload (GMS Rmx) 04. 03'50" Land Of Freedom (Radio Edit) Review: One cant deny "Liquid Skies" is from Deedrah as GMS havent tortured too much the track that is still dreamy with some specific growly sounds over it. Imagine a melodic track with a smooth layer made of the specific Deedrah bassline/drumthing..then a beautiful little melody ending on a raising layer that comes and comes as well as more and more GMS music style...then the music restarts and GMS now lead the progress of it (in a very good inventive day). Another break and you can jump over the place : Deedrah bassline has restarted...but the growly sounds come to overlap it in a final raise...and this tiny melody lets you breath one more time before a final fire totally GMS-are-psychos-like. This is a wonderful track ! Far and Away is less fine as the sounds are more crunchy. First this is an usual track that goes up and down in its melody several times before really begining. The drums and samples have been worked really well to make you dance. Then...beware..We have some nice layers like in the previous track...just before the sounds get totally distorted and put loads of crazyness among the listeners. there, the beat is a hammer ! Now i realize Deedrah could have stolen some IM synths-settings to do that !! Break. To give you an idea, the bassline is like the one in "Coming Soon" from XDream. Deedrah alternates clear sharp sounds and distorsions with loads of echoes. The track has lots of little stops between its parts..like little stories that follow. The kick stays very present over more smooth layers...and the mad part restarts. wow ! The whole track could be less hashed to be perfect but it's great as its something of a NEW style ! Making a Reload remix is a though task after the success the original has had. It didn't stop GMS at all ! Same begining, then the first rush is overlayed with GMS wobbly samples. Then it's GMS everywhere...They must be awoken currently as the work is really good. The track timeline hasn't changed much, but the rhythm is more jumpy to try to make you take off more efficiently. In the last quarter, after the still wonderful violin part, we have the highest point of the track that has a machinegun as the rhythm, growly manic sounds as the melody and..."still looking very good"..before the last patterns cooked by the 2 mad men. LOF is a true uplifting classic..now its cut to 3:50...let's see : the melody is less goa-like. The sounds are very clear but didnt loose their meaning. It's more dreamy but so annoying!! mmmh thanks Deddrah to have mentionned this is an edit made for the radio... After the first half of the track, the second is almost a cut'n'paste faded out at the end. I don't like it. To conclude, we have 2 killers first, then a successful hard remix and a commercial thing...Distinction to GMS who seem to be on the good track again. So it's totally worth rewarding Deedrah and Hadshot. 9.5/10 for the first 3 tracks. If the forthcoming album is like that i can't wait to have it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dreamer Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 Liquid Skies and Far and Away are pure killers! the GMS remix of Reload is one of the worst remixes I ever heard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jupiter Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 reload is one of the best remixes I ever heard....... best track on this ep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TRISTAN Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 GMS remix of Reload blows. The theme's still the same, just different order, softer beats and added effects. The original one is much more powerful. I expected better. I liked the other tracks very much, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest _______----A-----______ Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 I agree with Tristan Reload remix by GMS is VERY bad i dont even consider it as a remix ... all they did is added some fluffy sounds to it,,,,, how can someone campare this ugliness to the ORIGINAL beuty of the track RELOAD !!!! ,,,, i expected to see some progression in Deedrah's sound but unfortunately it didnt happend ....Overall i give this ep 3/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raver sick of listening commerci Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 liquid skies gms remix is really bad... came on guys,,, its ibiza shit comercial stuff , with some extra power by gms . 2/10 . far and away is melodic but with less terrible melody and some good effects. 5 /10. land of freedom starts like ibiza hard trance shit 303 ... man thats even worst than astral projection.... this guy is very bad taste in melody. i fell sick when i listen... i think i would throw up in a rave if i listen to that shit on dancefloor... COMMERCIAL SHIT!!! GO HOME GO PLAY IN IBIZA BEACH 0/10. thanks god its only 3:40 minutes, so u can save ur ear. skip or forward is even better than that!! reload rmx by gms is typical gms work but no criative here! is almost like the original, just changing some times. its good to dance, but its not good as original i think. best track here, anyway 5.5/10 Aniway, one advice for u : if u are not a playboy, a melody idiot lover or a shit head, dont pay for this shit. Very bad taste ep for commercial radio listeners, not for ravers or good taate people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest simon_bu[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted August 9, 2001 Share Posted August 9, 2001 great sight love this music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 well... reload might sound horrible indoor, but i have to admit that really drive you crazy in a party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TJ Posted September 17, 2001 Share Posted September 17, 2001 The Far and Away remix sounds exactly like early X-dream. It's a good EP though. I don't agree that the GMS remix of reload blows. It might be similar to the original but i like it also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Diepeveen Posted September 22, 2001 Share Posted September 22, 2001 I really like this EP... the first three tracks are awesome... I haven't heard the original Reload, so maybe i can't comment it, but i really like the rmx... Land Of Freedom is cheezy, but it was better than i expected... Just the 2 words: "Radio Edit" makes me wanna puke! - Overall a very nice Maxi though - 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted October 27, 2001 Share Posted October 27, 2001 (edited) These are actually some fairly decent tunes... GMS comes up with a winning remix. Not too memorable years down the line but they were good for their time. Edited April 4, 2006 by Basilisk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PsyBias Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 dieznyik good comment...the remixes of gms are well done Gms show us they are the best cause they do what they want with the song, they change it, put effects, move up move down, change order, put gms style ..and gms is pure psychedelic when you heard that is going to play gms in your city you know that its going to be a tribute psychedelic party Growling Mad Scientists rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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