Pure Trance 3 (2004)

Product Summary Label: Varese Sarabande UPC: 00030206040722 Release Date: 3/23/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60628801 Item#: M547L5 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25332 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Sky - Dito (Talla 2XLc remix) ~ Various Artists 2. Calling Your Name - Jan Johnston (Kansai remix) ~ Various Artists 3. Angel - Jezper Soderlund ~ Various Artists 4. Don't Stop The Party - Tory Kay ~ Various Artists 5. Jeh Rog - Shahin & Shiva Sound ~ Various Artists 6. Welcome 2 Wonderland - Y.O.M.C. (Y.O.M.C mix) ~ Various Artists 7. Oneness With The Universe - O.S.I.R.I.S (original club mix) ~ Various Artists 8. Time Is The Healer - Riva (Armin Van Buuren remix) ~ Various Artists 9. Free (In The Name Of Love) - DJ Greenhead/DJ Nuke (club mix) ~ Various Artists 10. Saturday - Olivia (radio mix) ~ Various Artists 11. I Will Not Forget - ATB ~ Various Artists 12. In My Heart - Moby (Ferry Corsten remix) ~ Various Artists 13. Empire - Second Sun (Paul Van Dyk mix) ~ Various Artists 14. State Of Motion - Tomcat ~ Various Artists 15. Eternal Voices - Hampshire & Nysse/Nikita (Tiesto's alternative break mix) ~ Various Artists 16. I Believe - DJ Dark Raven (G&M project remix) ~ Various Artists 17. La Nuit - Emerge (club mix) ~ Various Artists 18. And Then They Start To Dance - DJ Snow Man (dumonde remix) ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producer: Jose Antonio Oliva. Audio Mixer: Moby. Audio Remixers: Ferry Corsten; DeLeon; Jamx; Grey; DJ Ti?sto. Each volume in Water Music/Varese's Pure Trance series of compilations crams as many drastically edited versions of trance singles possible, just so they can boast about their "18 Chart-Topping Dance Floor Hits!" As with a lot of dance compilations, a high quantity of tracks on the disc -- especially when unmixed -- puts the listener at a disadvantage, since most dance tracks aren't designed for the three- to four-minute format. The third volume includes the requisite Moby track (the Ferry Corsten remix of "In My Heart"), along with ATB's "I Will Not Forget," the Paul Van Dyk mix of Second Sun's "Empire," and the Talla 2XLC remix of Dito's "Sky." Beyond a handful of memorable club hits, there's not much here to keep you coming back. ~ Andy Kellman The third installment in Water Music's Pure Trance series seems to have melody on the brain, which may prove confusing to the club-crawling cognoscenti but works out great for the rest of us. The album opens strongly with a remix of Dito's "Sky" and the lovely "Calling Your Name" by Jan Johnston, and although things start to slide into mere house-beat tedium with Jezper Soderlund's "Angel," they pick up again with the rhythmically varied "Don't Stop the Party" by Tory Kay and later with the sweet and lovely "Free (In the Name of Love)" by DJ Greenhead and DJ Nuke. There's also a welcome slice of Asian exotica in the form of Shahin and Shiva Sound's intriguing "Jeh Rog." Series producer Jose Antonio Oliva contributes the almost-funky "Saturday [Radio Mix]," and Moby makes an equally welcome appearance with a Ferry Corsten remix of "In My Heart." This is a good overview of some of the more interesting strains in club music at the turn of the century. ~ Rick Anderson Engineer: Moby; Andre Tanneberger   Technical Info Release Date : 03/23/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 060407 Label : Water Music/Varese Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00030206040722    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray