Es Vive Ibiza 2007 [Digipak] - Various Artists

Advantages: The word IBIZA in the title! Some really good tracks on here.
Disadvantages: None

...This CD album is brilliant. By Ministry of sound, Ibiza Annual 2007 brings you three cd's of fresh, uplifting funky house from the last year. Cd1 gets off to a good start with Robyn's great track With Every Heartbeat. Big hits from Freeks, Booty Luv and Yves Larock follow and some more house tracks that are not as commercial which is a good thing, all in all a good 1st disc. CD2 begins with Armand's rework of Degrees of motion's Do You Want It Right Now? Which is above average, great tracks from Axwell Its True and Mark Ronson Stop me follow, again more underground tracks finish the mix and a good mix it is to. Finally cd3 is pretty solid Samin Heater is great check it out, was surprised to see Greece 2000 Three Drives here this remix sounds alomost the same as the original to me. I would definatley recommend this CD to every party... Read review

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Advantages: Great new styles, not afraid of trying new trance techniques, good lengthed songs
Disadvantages: Not many well known songs remixed, lyrics are always the chorus of the song repeated

...This album shows just how much Armin is capable of. A State of Trance 2007 features 28 long trance tracks, ranging from 2 minutes to 8 minutes (Most around 6) that flow into eachother. Armin has used various techniques that other trance music creators have not tried yet, such as bit-crunching, and has achieved the desired effect. I have really enjoyed this album, and have listened to it for 3 months now, without being bored of it. One of my favourite aspects of this album is the use of drums, he has used different samples to make his music provide the 'rushing' feeling to it's listener that most trance artists cannot achieve. This album is well worth it's price, as it has over 1 and a half hours of tracks inside, that you will not get bored of. There are a few original songs by Armin in this CD, but most are tracks from other people... Read review

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Advantages: Great for relaxing to. Not your average Ibiza album.
Disadvantages: Can be a bit too relaxing at times. Not to everyone's taste.

...I'm not your typical Ibiza type. I want to get that straight before we start. Anyhow, the other day, I was sitting in front of the infernal box, watching some high-brow programme when an advert came on for this album. It seemed fairly laid back and didn't bring up too many images of drugged up pillocks on some Mediteranian island. As the cover notes go out of their way to explain, there are different sides to Ibiza, the not-so-chilled-out side, and the chilled-out side, which, although it's had less publicity, is definately worth paying attention to. The album is a two-CD set, CD1 being the more laid back of the two. It starts with the mellow sounds of Kinobe's "Slip into something more comfortable", and manages to avoid anything that I'd heard of until Massive Attack's "Teardrop" with it's pounding bass. A fair way apart... Read review

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