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Paul van Dyk - In Between [Positiva]

20:50 - September 2, 2007

by davehart

Paul van Dyk puts his nomination in for album of the year with his brand new artist compilation. Following on from his last album Reflections he is back with fresh sounds and typically pumping van Dyk beats.

It's an album I've been waiting all this year to come out from a personal point of view. Throughout the year in his sets you will hear tracks that stick out and say I've really got to find out what that record is, only to realise its one of Paul's own productions slid in a tester to see if it gets a good reception or not. His new album is jammed with seventeen all new tracks including his current new single 'White lies' featuring the irresistible voice of Jessica Suita.

1. Haunted
2. White Lies-Feat. Jessica Sutta
3. Sabotage
4. Complicated-Feat. Ashley Tomberlin
5. Get Back-Feat. Ashley Tomberlin
6. Far Away
7. Another Sunday
8. Talk In Grey
9. In Circles
10. In Between
11. Stormy Skies-Feat. Wayne Jackson
12. Detournement
13. New York City-Feat. Ashley Tomberlin
14. Castaway
15. Dolce Vita
16. Let Go-Feat. Rea
17. Fall With Me-Feat. David Byrne

This album has been in the making for a few years and I'm sure that the final selection of tracks picked for the release had to be narrowed down from quite a fair few. There are more tracks on this album than any of Paul's previous artist offerings. Does that mean that the fewer tracks means more quality or more tracks the better? That’s very much a personal choice but as long as the tracks are good he could have put fifty on there for me.

I have all of Paul’s previous artist compilations and I regard those to be some of the finest CD's I own. He has enlisted the help of vocalists on most of the tracks in here. Wayne Jackson, who has produced vocals for Paul's tracks in the past, pops in with a vocal effort of the punchy 'Stormy Skies' track. Jessica Sutta's vocals on 'White Lies' you will be familiar with as that’s been the debut single taken from the album. That track I reviewed a few weeks ago and although some of the mixes were a little suspect the vocals gave the main mix of the record a catchy edge.

Ahsley Tomberlin puts the vocals on 'Complicated' which has a deep bass riff going on in the track to go with a floating melody spread over the vocals. On first flicking through the tracks, who listens to albums all the way through the first time these days? The tracks that appealed to be were 'Far Way' which was a track produced along with Guiseppe Ottaviani. The former Nu-NRG artist's musician influences really do stand out in this one. Maybe Paul just went for a cup of tea, came back and Guiseppe had come up with this little tickling melody that builds up and unloads like a cannon. 'Far Away' is not the only Track Guiseppe had a hand in producing here as he also helped out with 'La Dolce Vita' which has a melody more to Paul's style than Guiseppe's, maybe it was his turn to get the cuppas in.

I don't know why but my favourite track on the album is the catchy vocal number 'Talk In Grey'. It’s a simple track with a basic beat and kick but small groove changes with the vocal places on top perfectly to create that hook which keeps you playing it. Male vocalist Ryan Merchant puts the sparkle on the vocals with that track.

For those of you who purchase the CD album and not digital you will be pleased to open up the case and find a handy booklet with Paul in many dodgy pose's and his almost trademark vest's. All the tracks on the album which feature vocals are in there written up so you can read those at your leisure.

Styles change and if you compare this to Paul's previous albums there are big differences. The big sound over the past year or so has been 'Electro' and a few tracks in here are dripping with tints of the style. 'Sabotage' is a track with the electro style riffs and chord changes. There are some mild references in here that might make you think you were listening to an old van Dyk album with 'Castaway' having a tasty progressive edge with a dreamy vocal.

An interesting review of this album I read was in UK publication Mixmag who gave it two stars out of a possible five. I'm sure they did the review after Paul gave them an interview earlier on in the same issue. I don’t think its a bad album at all and although you could draw up a reference of what track Paul got the inspiration for this riff from all day long. Tweaking things in music always go on within this genre and similarities are all over the place. I like to take it on face value, just so long as it’s not a blatant rip off.

Conclusion:
Although I would not say this is Paul's best artist album he has produced its by no means a bad one and tells you the style of sound he is currently putting into his music. With a little help from his friends he has come up with some good tracks here that no doubt one the samplers are out be popping into DJ's playlist's. Go buy it.