Ultra Dance 02 (2002)

Product Summary Label: Caroline Distribution UPC: 00617465112324 Release Date: 6/25/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60558100 Item#: MJSDLX Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Thank You - (Deep Dish Vocal, with Dido) ~ DJ Encore 2. They Say Vision - (DJ Encore Vocal mix, with Res) ~ DJ Encore 3. We Are All Made Of Stars - (Tiesto Vocal, with Moby) ~ DJ Encore 4. Heaven - (Extended mix, with DJ Sammy/Yanou) ~ DJ Encore 5. I See Right Through To You - (Pulser remix, with Engelina) ~ DJ Encore 6. Who Will Love Me - (Radio mix, with Riva/Dannii Minogue) ~ DJ Encore 7. Wanna Be With Me - (Extended mix, with Da Buzz) ~ DJ Encore 8. Laut Sprecher - (Extended mix, with David Guetta Omnibus) ~ DJ Encore 9. Fire - (Orange Factory Vocal mix, with Dolce) ~ DJ Encore 10. Sound Of Goodbye - (Robbie Rivera Vocal mix, with Perpetuous Dreamer) ~ DJ Encore 11. Safe From Harm - (with Narcotic Thrust) ~ DJ Encore 12. Sunglasses At Night - (with Tiga & Zyntherius) ~ DJ Encore Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. 643 (Love's On Fire) - (with DJ Tiesto/Suzanne Palmer) ~ DJ Encore 2. Like A Prayer - (Main mix, with Madhouse) ~ DJ Encore 3. You're Not Alone - (2nd Clubb mix, with ATB) ~ DJ Encore 4. Close Cover - (DJ Gert Vs DJ Bonka remix, with Minimalistix) ~ DJ Encore 5. Take Me Away (Into The Night) - (Vocal Club mix, with 4 Strings) ~ DJ Encore 6. Be Angled - (Paul Van Dyke Club mix, with Jam & Spoon) ~ DJ Encore 7. Someday - (with DJ's At Work) ~ DJ Encore 8. Infected - (with Barthezz) ~ DJ Encore 9. Nebuchan - (with Frank Trax) ~ DJ Encore 10. Never Freak - (Paul Van Dyke Late Night mix, with Romanthony's Nightvision) ~ DJ Encore 11. Open Your Box - (Club mix, with Yoko Ono) ~ DJ Encore 12. Work - (Main Original mix, with MAW) ~ DJ Encore 13. Star Guitar - (Pete Heller's Extended mix, with The Chemical Brothers) ~ DJ Encore   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Emij, Jay P., Moby, Suzanne Palmer, Yvonne John Lewis, Beverley Skeete (vocals); Esbj?rn ?hrwall (guitar); Per Lid?n, Warren Clarke (keyboards); Frederick Jorio Presents Sextravaganza (programming); Antoinette Roberson (background vocals). Audio Mixers: DJ Encore; Ernie Lake; Bobby Guy ; Leon Roberts, Jr.; Jahkey B; Moby; Riva; Sash!. Audio Remixers: Dubfire; Ernie Lake; Bobby Guy ; Jon Ciafone; Norman Cook; Robbie Rivera ; Sharam; DJ Ti?sto. Editor: DJ Encore. Arranger: Romanthony. Because Ultra used up most of the really popular dance-pop hits on the first volume in its Ultra Dance series, the New York record label goes with more eccentric fare for its second volume, namely a plethora of Euro-dance-style hits. Sure, there are a few exceptions, like Deep Dish's remix of Dido's "Thank You" and the original mix of Masters at Work's "Work"; however, most of the tracks on this double-disc set are European, and if they're not produced in Europe, they're certainly influenced by Euro-dance. So, when you consider what's popular in Europe in 2002, you realize that you're in for a lot of melodic trance. And that's precisely what you get -- lots and lots of synth melodies. You even get DJ Encore to mix the set, a popular Euro-trance producer not much removed from the likes of ATB, DJ Ti?sto, and Paul van Dyk. And though -- again, unsurprisingly -- these three producers appear here, there are a few surprises. Perhaps the most welcome is the inclusion of Tiga & Zyntherius' "Sunglasses at Night," a neo-electro update of Corey Hart's 1984 left-of-center pop hit. In contrast to the first volume in the Ultra Dance series, the second disc, which is subtitled "Underground," isn't really that underground. It actually features some of this set's most established producers: ATB, Ti?sto, van Dyk, Chemical Brothers, Masters at Work, Pete Heller, and so on. So rather than sit through a set of unfamiliar tracks like you had to on the previous volume's second disc, the hits don't stop here. You get two discs laced with the year's biggest dance hits, not one, yet another reason to champion this series. ~ Jason Birchmeier Euro trance spinner and remix artist DJ Encore shows he has more strings to his bow than his involvement with the satin-smooth Engelina with this extended collection of dance platters chosen and mixed by the funky Dane himself. All the cuts on ULTRA DANCE 02 bear the unmistakable, grandiose stamp of Euro disco; some of them, such as Moby's "We Are All Made of Stars" will be familiar to even the most peripheral clubber, while others, notably the left-field remix of Yoko Ono's "Open Your Box" (originally the B-side of John Lennon's "Cold Turkey") will come as a pleasant, if mildly shocking, surprise. Of course there's the obligatory Dirty Vegas "Days Go By" remix and DJ Encore's own "See Right Through To You," both of which come high in the ear candy stakes, but it's tracks such as the Chemical Brothers' "Star Guitar" and 4 Strings' "Take Me Away" that provide the true aural high spots here. Producer: Ole Van Dansk Vs. Danny Age; Bart Claessen; Dubfire; Lenny McDustin; Markus Boehme; Bobby Guy; Stuart Crichton; Matthew Roberts; Leon Roberts, Jr.; M. Schwartz; Jahkey B; Jam el Mar; John Ciafone; Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez; Louie Vega; Mark Spoon; Moby; Norma Engineer: Frederick Jorio; Moby; Simon Thornton; Warren Clarke   Compilation Appearances Underground Partyvol.5 Summer Vibes #1 Dance Album Best Of Club Hits Vol 2 Best Of Best Of Club Hits   Technical Info Release Date : 06/25/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 1123 Label : Ultra Records Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00617465112324    Product Image