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Ever since he dominated dancefloors in 2010 with "Take Over Control," producer Nick van de Wall aka Afrojack has been the go-to EDM DJ for that roller-coaster-with-a-double-loop experience. His crisp and punchy tracks come on with bumpy and infectious hooks, then at some point, everything goes wonky as the tune spins about the room brilliantly, bouncing off the walls and shooting off fireworks as it goes. The same applies for a great portion of the Dutch DJ's debut album, the wonderfully titled Forget the World, but "Take Over Control" is deemed a moldy oldy and doesn't appear here, meaning the polished track list is missing a hit where the artist still sounded fresh and hungry. The big hit here, the soaring "Ten Feet Tall" with vocalist Wrabel, sounds more like the stadium techno version of Coldplay, with hearts on the sleeves of shirts that cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Then there's the superstar Sting appearance on "Catch Tomorrow," where the former Police man feels free to vamp, and offers up a performance somewhere between Tom Jones and any given drunken uncle. The former places while the latter fails to show, but the winners here come from unexpected places, like the loopy, patented Afrojack break that makes "Freedom" an instant EDM celebration. With Wiz Khalifa and Devin Cruise on the cut and Afrojack showing some restraint, "Too Wild" introduces the subgenre of micro-EDM in fine style, then Spree Wilson and a furiously strumming acoustic guitar turn "The Spark" into a big rocket of festival circuit, jam band joy. Snoop Dogg in party mode is a shoe-in for this fluff, and his appearance on "Dynamite" does not disappoint, but the hits keep coming, and coming, and if anything, Forget the World plays more like a collection of 12"s than a well-tempered album. The curious can part it out while the Afrojack faithful can party on.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Greg Kurstin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Shatkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. Braide, ComposerLyricist - Wrabel, Piano, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Dennis van Leeuwen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Koma, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Production Coordinator, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - M. Koma, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Chantal Kreviazuk, ComposerLyricist - Sam Watters, ComposerLyricist - T. McEwan, ComposerLyricist - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Tim Pagnotta, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Gillmor, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Muhren, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jarett Holmes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Glenn, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DJ Buddha, Producer, Additional Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Clarence Coffee Jr., ComposerLyricist - Jelle van der Voet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guido Dieteren, Orchestra Leader, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - U. Vargas, ComposerLyricist - Guido's Orchestra, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - B. Andeonov, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Falco Borsboom, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ruud Peeters, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Daniel McEwan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Jack McManus, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Muhren, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D-wayne, Programmer, MainArtist - Jelle van der Voet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dwayne Megens, ComposerLyricist - Guido Dieteren, Orchestra Leader, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Guido's Orchestra, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Cuijpers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Falco Borsboom, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Joseph Young III, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Afrojack, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Drum Programmer, Recording Arranger, Keyboards Arrangements, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Spree Wilson, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - M.E. Maxwell, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Wall Recordings
Calvin Broadus, ComposerLyricist - Polow Da Don, Programmer - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Snoop Dogg, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Buddha, Producer, Additional Mixer, Co-Producer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - U. Vargas, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Polow Da Don, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wiz Khalifa, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - C. Thomaz, ComposerLyricist - DJ Buddha, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Drucker, Producer, Recording Producer - U. Vargas, ComposerLyricist - Devin Cruise, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D. Cruise, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Dennis van Leeuwen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack McManus, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. McManus, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Producer, Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
A. Sherman, ComposerLyricist - Bilal Hajji, ComposerLyricist - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Sting, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Siegel, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - ROB MATHES, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorothy Shearman, ComposerLyricist - T. Person, ComposerLyricist - Shirazi, ComposerLyricist - DJ Buddha, Producer, Additional Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Tearce Kizzo, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - U. Vargas, ComposerLyricist - A. Kierszenbaum, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Kierszenbaum, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Christian Walz, ComposerLyricist - Michel Zitron, ComposerLyricist - O. Goldstein, ComposerLyricist - Josh Abraham, ComposerLyricist - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Muhren, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Wrabel, ComposerLyricist - Jelle van der Voet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guido Dieteren, Orchestra Leader, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wrabel, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guido's Orchestra, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Cuijpers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Falco Borsboom, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Muhren, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shirazi, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DJ Buddha, Producer, Additional Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jelle van der Voet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guido Dieteren, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - U. Vargas, ComposerLyricist - Guido's Orchestra, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Falco Borsboom, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ruud Peeters, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Koma, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Production Coordinator, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Buddha, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - M. Koma, ComposerLyricist - U. Vargas, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Buddha, Producer, Co-Producer - U. Vargas, ComposerLyricist - Randall Urbanski, Engineer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
Chris Brown, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jamal Jones, ComposerLyricist - Polow Da Don, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Afrojack, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Producer, Recording Producer - Urales Vargas, ComposerLyricist - DJ Buddha, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leroy Styles, Programmer - Leroy Ghazi, ComposerLyricist - Nadir Sakir, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
John Hanes, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Afrojack, Producer, Keyboards, Remixer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Nick van de Wall, ComposerLyricist - Jared Leto, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Thirty Seconds To Mars, MainArtist - Jamie Reed Schefman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Virgin Records
Richard Hughes, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Fridmann, Programmer - Afrojack, Producer, Additional Producer, Remix Engineer, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Rice-Oxley, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Hough, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Grech-Marguerat, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keane, MainArtist - Tom Chaplin, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jesse Quin, Keyboards, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Duncan Fuller, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Ever since he dominated dancefloors in 2010 with "Take Over Control," producer Nick van de Wall aka Afrojack has been the go-to EDM DJ for that roller-coaster-with-a-double-loop experience. His crisp and punchy tracks come on with bumpy and infectious hooks, then at some point, everything goes wonky as the tune spins about the room brilliantly, bouncing off the walls and shooting off fireworks as it goes. The same applies for a great portion of the Dutch DJ's debut album, the wonderfully titled Forget the World, but "Take Over Control" is deemed a moldy oldy and doesn't appear here, meaning the polished track list is missing a hit where the artist still sounded fresh and hungry. The big hit here, the soaring "Ten Feet Tall" with vocalist Wrabel, sounds more like the stadium techno version of Coldplay, with hearts on the sleeves of shirts that cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Then there's the superstar Sting appearance on "Catch Tomorrow," where the former Police man feels free to vamp, and offers up a performance somewhere between Tom Jones and any given drunken uncle. The former places while the latter fails to show, but the winners here come from unexpected places, like the loopy, patented Afrojack break that makes "Freedom" an instant EDM celebration. With Wiz Khalifa and Devin Cruise on the cut and Afrojack showing some restraint, "Too Wild" introduces the subgenre of micro-EDM in fine style, then Spree Wilson and a furiously strumming acoustic guitar turn "The Spark" into a big rocket of festival circuit, jam band joy. Snoop Dogg in party mode is a shoe-in for this fluff, and his appearance on "Dynamite" does not disappoint, but the hits keep coming, and coming, and if anything, Forget the World plays more like a collection of 12"s than a well-tempered album. The curious can part it out while the Afrojack faithful can party on.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:54
- Main artists: Afrojack
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Wall Recordings
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 2014 Wall Recordings ℗ 2014 Wall Recordings
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