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The ravenous fans might disagree -- suggesting that the details that signify significant growth are abundant -- but Paul van Dyk's 2012 effort could be called Quintessential for everyone else's benefit. Besides the bigger booms and the wider, wide-angle productions, Evolution sounds quite like his 1994 debut 45 RPM, just with many more vocal cuts. One of these, the blissful "Eternity" with Owl City's Adam Young, gives this one its "For an Angel," acting as the album's key track and granting the second van Dyk generation their prime-time trance number. Elsewhere, a swing beat makes "All the Way" undeniable to hips and head-bobbers, while "Lost in Berlin" bleeps along with a proper nod to that city's techno, and capping it all off is the closing "Heart Stops Beating," which brings stuttering vocals, beats that drop, and van Dyk's love of mixing bright (up-front synths) and deep (heavy bass drum). Think "winning formula" instead of "formulaic" and you're close to the value of Evolution, which along with Ferry Corsten's equally great WKND makes "trance ain't dead" the unofficial motto of 2012.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Austin Leeds, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Willem Faber, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Arty, FeaturedArtist - Artem Stolyarov, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Adam Young, Composer, FeaturedArtist
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Austin Leeds, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Willem Faber, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Matt Bronleewe, Composer - Plumb, FeaturedArtist - Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, Composer - Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Sue Mclaren, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Arty, FeaturedArtist - Artem Stolyarov, Composer - Stephen Massa, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Ummet Ozcan, Composer, FeaturedArtist
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Fisher, FeaturedArtist - Ron Wasserman, Composer - Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Tyler Michaud, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Kathleen Fisher, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Gustaf Norén, Composer - Björn Dixgård, Composer - Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Caligola, FeaturedArtist
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Michelle Leonard, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Dirk Reichardt, Composer - Mirko Schaffer, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Johnny McDaid, Composer - Fieldwork, FeaturedArtist
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Giuseppe Ottaviani, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Sue Mclaren, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Stephen Massa, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Paul Van Dyk, Composer, MainArtist - Sarah Howells, FeaturedArtist - Richard Llewellyn, Composer - Sarah Louise Howells, Composer
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
Album review
The ravenous fans might disagree -- suggesting that the details that signify significant growth are abundant -- but Paul van Dyk's 2012 effort could be called Quintessential for everyone else's benefit. Besides the bigger booms and the wider, wide-angle productions, Evolution sounds quite like his 1994 debut 45 RPM, just with many more vocal cuts. One of these, the blissful "Eternity" with Owl City's Adam Young, gives this one its "For an Angel," acting as the album's key track and granting the second van Dyk generation their prime-time trance number. Elsewhere, a swing beat makes "All the Way" undeniable to hips and head-bobbers, while "Lost in Berlin" bleeps along with a proper nod to that city's techno, and capping it all off is the closing "Heart Stops Beating," which brings stuttering vocals, beats that drop, and van Dyk's love of mixing bright (up-front synths) and deep (heavy bass drum). Think "winning formula" instead of "formulaic" and you're close to the value of Evolution, which along with Ferry Corsten's equally great WKND makes "trance ain't dead" the unofficial motto of 2012.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:31
- Main artists: Paul van Dyk
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: VANDIT Records
- Genre: Electronic Trance
2012 Vandit Records 2012 Vandit Records
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