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November 16, 2006
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Above & Beyond, Anjunabeats Vol. 4 In our post-9/11 world, everything has a safety-minded side, even trance, but we'll get to that after explaining (hopefully correctly) the background here. Above & Beyond own the Anjunabeats imprint, see, and the Anjunabeats compilation albums spotlight the artists on that label. If this has been horribly misunderstood, PR should immediately send a formal complaint to our You Didn't Really Think Critics Read Press Releases For Comprehension Did You desk and someone will print a correction within the next million-billion years. But back to the Taliban: unlike the European crowd-pump trance you're most likely picturing, Anjuna's ProTools freaks are into progressive, subdued forms that drip professionalism almost to the pedantic point ? it's literally more hypnotizing than danceable some of the time, not that that's a knock. Israeli teen Maor Levi provides the floor-filling climax in "Illumina" smack in the middle of the record, but all of it's like a cup of instant vacation, soothing, exhilaratingly sensual, life-enhancing. A- ? Eric W. Saeger |
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