Vorsprung Dyk Technik - Paul Van Dyk

Advantages: great album spanning 6 years of hard house and techno
Disadvantages: dated in places, too commercial in others

Well, well, well. What can you say about this German DJ. Revered for his amazingly uplifting and hypnotic DJ sets, he has been a regular on the UK club circuit for about 5 years but his trademark hard melodic trance has made him one of the world's big 5 DJ's over the last year or so. A laid back fellow, with a good hear for tunes and some great musical ability he stepped out from the DJ booth and into the studio. The music that can be found on this ...
...Paul play's and the music that he has remixed, but all have a credit to his production skills. Whether as remixer, producer or arranger. The first CD is the most up to date, you see the 3 CD's cover over 6 years of Paul's prolific output. (Incidentally, he spent 18 months working on a remix of Age of Love's Age of Love, committed or what?) It is on this first disc that his most commercially recognisable music is found. Collaborations with American ... Read review

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despite the name that so many jokes can be told about, this man is a very good artist and has released some pulsiating tunes. last christmas came 'another way' which climbed pretty high in the charts and he has released a number of good tunes since. he is a solo artist and works on many of his own tracks, unlike some artists who have all the hard work done for them and all they have to do is slap their name on the label. this man certainly does have ... Read review

Advantages: For an angel?
Disadvantages: blah?

Paul Van Dyke is one of the best producers around at the moment. I first noticed the guy after the phenominal club hit for an Angel. That tune is still one of my favorites and was an instant classic. However his newer stuff is cool too, the double A side, Avenue and another way were excellent too. The trancy pop friendly another way to suit most of the chart buying public and the darker atmospheric avenue for the rest of us, and then the even more ... Read review