Wide Range (2007)

Product Summary Label: Varese Sarabande UPC: 00030206074727 Release Date: 7/3/2007 Buy.com Sku: 204757344 Item#: M3N35J Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Arrival ~ Stoneface & Terminal 2. Pictures ~ Stoneface & Terminal 3. Soulseeker ~ Stoneface & Terminal 4. Endrophine ~ Stoneface & Terminal 5. Drowning Sunlight ~ Stoneface & Terminal 6. Floating ~ Stoneface & Terminal 7. Miami ~ Stoneface & Terminal 8. Sidewinder ~ Stoneface & Terminal 9. Inner Voice ~ Stoneface & Terminal 10. Incognition ~ Stoneface & Terminal 11. Venus ~ Stoneface & Terminal 12. Super Nature ~ Stoneface & Terminal 13. Another Day ~ Stoneface & Terminal 14. St. Francis Foley ~ Stoneface & Terminal 15. Super Nature - (Giuseppe Ottaviani remix, bonus track) ~ Stoneface & Terminal German born Matthias and Henry make up the DJ/producer duo of Stoneface & Terminal. After enjoying successful solo Techno careers, the two met in 2002 and S & T was born. Their music has been supported by the World’s top DJs including Armin van Buuren, ATB, Tiesto, Paul van Dyke, and many more.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Stoneface & Terminal are a German producer/DJ duo consisting of Matthias Gierth and Henry Nix, who prior to this release, in 2005, garnered lots of attention with the European club hit "Incognition/Drowning Sunlight" (with fellow German Ronski Speed). Both sides of that hit make this collection, which is their debut full-length, and in revised, "special" versions on Wide Range one can certainly hear the appeal of the tracks. (A version of "Venus" had also appeared previously and prominently, in 2006, on one of European trance tastemaker Armin van Buuren's compilations.) Stoneface & Terminal produce electronica fare that is very accessible, extremely melodic, and not overly beat-heavy, and there is a lot of attention to the high end: the orchestral touches, plunks of piano, and melody lines. This is definitely music of the "trance" ilk, but it is often quite emotive and euphoric in approach, and not simply mindless throb. "Drowning Sunlight" could conceivably be a pop hit. ("St. Francis Foley" even has a hint of a latter-day New Order remix.) The pretty "Incognition," reels out its celestial melody on wordless, syncopated voice echoes, while "Arrival" generates a great deal of excitement with its crystalline washes and pretty throb. And therein lies the appeal of Stoneface & Terminal: because they are so concerned with creating melodic and pretty soundscapes -- and because they do it well -- this is the kind of electronica album that isn't prohibitive to outsiders, or to the kind of listening that might happen outside the club and away from the stacks of speakers. The duo also chooses some fine vocalists to round out the tracks, including newcomer Sylvia Brandse (on "Drowning Sunlight"), Dutch singer Denise Rivera, and the Los Angeles-based Alexander Perls. ~ Erik Hage   Compilation Appearances State Of Trance 2006 (Rmxs) Nightmusic Volume 2 Pure Trance 8 All Rights Reserved Vol 2 Global Trance Grooves Vol 1:Two Tribe Cream Ibiza Sander Van Doorn Eddie Trance Vocal Session:european Edition   Associated Artists and Works Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 07/03/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : 060 747 Label : Varese Sarabande (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00030206074727    Product Image