Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Natalie Horler, Panos Liassi (vocals); Julian Napolitano, Simon Langford (keyboards, programming); Hannon B. Lane (keyboards). | | DJ: Stryker. | | Audio Mixers: Panos Liassi; Fabian Marasciullo. | | Audio Remixers: Julian Napolitano; Simon Langford; Robert Larow; Jason Nevins; K-Klass; Mike Rizzo; Bimbo Jones. | | Recording information: Apmamman; Hit Factory Criteria Studios, Miami, FL; Soul Seekerz Studios; The Engine Room, Milwaukee, WI. | | Photographer: Lionel Deluy. | | The TOTAL DANCE compilations specialize in collecting the hottest hip-hop, R&B, pop, and rock tracks from a given year as remixed for the club from some of the industry's hottest DJs. The second volume of the 2008 installment offers up tunes by Ne-Yo, Kelly Clarkson, Yung Joc, Fall Out Boy, Nelly Furtado, Diddy, Gym Class Heroes, and others, mixed by the likes of Josh Harris, Mr. Mig, Sunfreakz, Thomas Gold, and more. The resulting disc is a 16-track party that turns everyone's 2008 radio favorites into dance club anthems. | | Like the first volume in Thrive Music's series of Total Dance 2008 mix albums, the second volume strings together club remixes of contemporary pop hits, 16 of them in all. Most of these songs should be familiar to anyone who either listens to pop radio or watches MTV on a regular basis: the biggest hits include Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl," Britney Spears' "Piece of Me," Flo Rida's "Elevator," Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss," Estelle's "American Boy," and Kanye West's "Stronger." However, the inclusion of numerous international pop hits toward the end of the mix (Kylie Minogue's "All I See," Supafly Inc.'s "Be Together," Robyn's "Handle Me," Cascada's "What Do You Want from Me," Natasha Bedingfield's "Love Like This") may strike a chord of unfamiliarity for some Americans. The seamless mix is credited to Stryker, a Los Angeles-based radio personality who is the featured DJ on Ellen DeGeneres' daytime television talk show,The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He lets the songs play, for the most part, and keeps the tempo high throughout. The remixes aren't especially creative -- in most cases, the original version of the song plus bass-heavy club beats and shimmering electronic effects -- yet this should please those who enjoy high-energy club music that isn't techno, house, trance, or anything else exotic or unfamiliar. ~ Jason Birchmeier |
Producer: Julian Napolitano; Simon Langford; Andrew "One" Tumi; Hannon Lane; Panos Liassi; Jason Nevins; K-Klass; Kanye West; Klas Ahlund; Timbaland; Will.I.Am; Bimbo Jones; The Stereotypes |
Engineer: Christian Dwiggins; Panos Liassi; Jimmy Douglas |
Musical Guests | | Timbaland | | T-Pain | | Travis McCoy | | Mims |
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