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Darude - The God of Trance

Paavo Stubstad | Oak View, CA USA | 10/26/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"People who say that Darude's first album - "Before the Storm" is better than this have no clue what they are talking about. In "Rush", he avoids the monotonous feeling that "Before the Storm" had due to very similar beats in most of the songs and an obsession with his "Sandstorm" synth, which he uses in about every other song. In "Rush" Darude shows his true talent for composing uplifting trance music with outstanding melodies like in "Bitter Sweet", "Rush", and "Passing By" along with much cleaner, crisper beats than many other Dance CDs. Also, I have always disliked lyrical trance and it is becoming harder and harder these days to come by an album with mostly non-lyrical songs - many great artists are veering towards the more cheesy lyrical trance (Blank & Jones, Paul van Dyk) but Darude manages a whole album with just one lyrical song (2 mixes of it). Best. Trance. Album. Ever. If you like Darude, check out some music by "Ignite" at http://www.ampcast.com/ignite"

My favorite Trance artist!

Sanojei Salovaara | Helsinki, Finland | 06/04/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't care what others say about him or his music. Ville makes some of the best music in Trance because he is different. I hear a lot of people put down 'Before The Storm' (Especially from other FINNS, which is sad) because of the overuse of the 'alert' siren he sampled heavily. Well, this is typical of this type of music. In fact, it is typical of most music to sample something heavily since most of your music should resemble the same feeling of the #1 tracks. This guy made his music known from small little Finland, a country of only 5 million people. Most surprisingly, most of my Finnish friends say Finns do not like him as much as Americans, Australians or Britons. That's gratitude for you.



Either way, this is the CD to get if you like Trance and Darude in particular. I bought it, I liked it and he is my favorite Trance/Electronica artist no matter what others say about him, his music, 'Before The Storm' or 'Rush'.



Kittos paljon Herra Ville "Darude" Virtanen, Jaakko "JS16" Salovaara ja Heikki "Bostik" Liimatainen! Kippis ystävyys!"

Flippin sweet

Olaf Sierpinski | Moraga, CA USA | 11/17/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"ok ive had this cd since it came out like a year or 2 ago and it has been my pump up cd for swimming eve since, this cd has replaced every other cd i own











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