Album Review: Paul Vinitsky - Re*Invincible

Paul Vinitsky just released his second artist album aptly named “Re*Invincible” as a club version of this debut album released a year and half years ago. The 17 tracks LP contains a mix of Trance and Progressive with a little dose of house music.

The album kicks off with three emotional remixes beginning with Aknael & Bekeela remix of “Me & You”, a track which features the stunning beats, melodic rhythms and the lovely voice of Kate Walsh. This is followed by the Dejan S. remix of “For This Love” with Meital De Razon on vocals and the Jay P remix of “Hypnotised” featuring the lovely voice of Lizzie Curious. These tracks got the “relaxing vibe” to it with more emphasis on synths and melodic beats.

Vinitsky switches gears with “Smile,” a subtle classical inspired track filled with harmonious chords that would surely bring a smile into your face. This is followed by “Rock Tonight,” a collaborated track with Andrew StetS filled with haunting melodies and rock-vibe rhythms. Vinitsky shows another side of his production by lending his voice to this track. This is followed with a more progressive vibe in the track “Jogja.”

Vinitsky geared the next few tracks to a dancefloor vibe with Airsoul remix of “Heaven,” StetS remix of “Invincible,” “One Heart” featuring the lovely voice of Fisher and Vadim Spark’s remix of “Say No.” This is followed by Jordi Roure’s take on “Believe in Us” adding some techy-electro vibes in this melodic track which features Vinitsky’s vocals.

Adam Kancerski emphasize the bass in the track and changing the tempo in “Two Worlds” giving it a more trance vibe. This is followed by Arisen Flame’s take on “I’m Alone” doing almost similar to what Kancerski did to the previous track. Vinitsky the brings in the back to back uplifting tracks in “Save Me” featuring Jane Maximova and “Can We Breathe” which features Elizabeth Fields. These two tracks are filled with haunting melodies couple with techy synths that would surely be a hit on the dancefloor.

Second Sine added a more techy vibe to the track “Tomorrow” emphasizing percussion and big room sounds. The album ends with Oleg Espo’s take on “All I Know Now” with Lo-Fi Sugar. A track filled with high-octane beats and a melodramatic break.

Re*Invincible is mostly remixes of Paul Vinitsky’s album Invincible. Most of the remixes are good but some have similar sound. I wish there would have been a more balance between new tracks and remixes since this is an artist album.

8/10

Tracklist:
01 Paul Vinitsky ft. Kate Walsh - Me & You (Aknael & Bekeela Remix)
02 Paul Vinitsky ft. Meital De Razon - For This Love (Dejan S Remix)
03 Paul Vinitsky ft. Lizzie Curious - Hypnotised (Jay P Remix)
04 Paul Vinitsky - Smile (Original Mix)
05 Paul Vinitsky & Andrew StetS - Rock Tonight (Original Mix)
06 Paul Vinitsky - Jogja (Original Full Mix)
07 Paul Vinitsky & Marta Lay - Heaven (Airsoul Remix)
08 Paul Vinitsky & Khashassi - Invincible (Andrew StetS Remix)
09 Paul Vinitsky & Fisher - One Heart (Original Mix)
10 Paul Vinitsky ft. Loona - Say No (Vadim Spark Remix)
11 Paul Vinitsky - Believe In Us (Jordi Roure Remix)
12 Paul Vinitsky pres. Alien ft. Ruma - Two Worlds (Adam Kancerski Remix)
13 Paul Vinitsky & Diki - I’m Alone (Arisen Flame Remix)
1. Paul Vinitsky & Jane Maximova - Save Me (Original Mix)
15. Paul Vinitsky & Elizabeth Fields - Can We Breathe (Original Mix)
16. Paul Vinitsky & Diki - Tomorrow (Second Sine Remix)
17. Paul Vinitsky & Lo-Fi Sugar - All I Know Now (Oleg Espo Remix)

Released Date: April 22, 2013
Label: Vendace Records

Where to Buy:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Re-Invincible/dp/B00C8QL0WQ
Audio Jelly - http://www.audiojelly.com/releases/reinvincible/34835
Beatport - http://www.beatport.com/release/re-invincible/1070581
Dance Tunes - http://www.dance-tunes.com/#home/album/435483/reinvincible
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/re*invincible/id632306855
Juno Download - http://www.junodownload.com/products/paul-vinitsky-re-invincible/2185682-02//
TrackItDown - http://www.trackitdown.net/track/paul-vinitsky/re-invincible/trance/5674241.html

Stream:
Sound Cloud - https://soundcloud.com/paulvinitsky/sets/paul-vinitsky-re-invincible/
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeLiPW-kXt2a3JU6p5Y7nkAi1rjPgCF2c
Spotify - http://open.spotify.com/album/5mhg2QtwVevwzfXSls7lq3
Mini Site - http://www.paulvinitsky.com/reinvincible/

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Album Review: ATB - Sunset Beach DJ Session 2

It's been two years since Andre Tanneberger or better known as ATB released the first Sunset Beach DJ Session so it was due for a new edition. The two disc compilation contains 29 tracks for your listening pleasures

Disc one kick things off with ATB and Rudee's 'In And Out Of Love.' A groovy track with thumping bass before slowing down into lovely piano chords and vocals of Ramona Nerra and then switching back to more rhythmic synths and bass during breaks. It's like a roller coaster ride! ATB continues the faster progression with the thumping bass and amazing piano keys of 'Triumph' by Norin & Rad and Audien. He then switch things back to a smooth sounds of 'Baila' by Probe. But don't let this fool you as the track explodes into a some heavy bass and electro-beats as it progresses.

Andre brings back the voice of Nerra with the up-tempo track 'Never Give Up.' This track is just pure energy with massive beats and electro melodies that explodes into one massive track. Next up is 'Damaged' by Antillas. The transition to this track was sub-par. Still the track features heavily synthesized beats surrounding the deep melodic beats mixed with the sultry acapella by Fiora. Then comes the darker melodic bass and haunting chant of Duderstadt remix of 'Gypsy Room,'a track by Markus Schulz under his Dakota alias before continuing with the electro beats and deeper melodies of D-Mad's remix of 'Ordinary People' by LTN.

Things slow down with Offshore's 'Stereojackers.' This track starts off with some heavy beats before some piano keys gets mixed in exploding in a harmonious melodies that would soothe one's nerves. Then came in the angelic voice of Fisher in the classic 'The Last Time' by The Thrillseekers brought back by Johan Malmgren who added faster beats mixing with guitar strings and melodies - just amazing.

ATB slow things down with the smooth beats of 'Follow Up' by The Madison & Simon J and 'Into the Blue' by Hazem Beltagui before adding some vocals into the mixed with 'All You Took,' a track he made which features the voice of Amurai. Yep, you read it right, Amurai sang on this track and I would say he got a voice for it. He continues this trend in Mike Danis' 'For You' which features some haunting chants before ending disc one with another smooth track in 'Beautiful Moment' by Fade.

Disc two is filled with ambient music. ATB begins with some smooth bass and melody in 'Sunset Beach' before switching to the Zetandel's chill mix of 'Much Too Much' by Andain. This is such a lovely rendition of a great track with smoother piano keys mixed with Mavie's voice. ATB continues on the smooth progression with 'Klangsine' by Klangstein which features lovely guitar plucks and chords mixed with percussion beats.

Downtempo continues with 'Love & Light’ with ATB bringing back Amurai. This haunting vocal track with strong lyrics will surely captivate your minds. This is followed by downtempo mellow tracks in 'With You,' Titchimoto remix of 'Superhuman' by Virtual Riot which he did an outstanding in making this dubstep track into a very relaxing tune; and the DJ Milews remix of the piano filled tune 'Adriatic Sea' by Coastline.

ATB continues the ambient journey with Gary B's 'Time To Slow It Down,' a guitar-pluck filled track with relaxing vocals; Synthesizer-filled 'Desire' by Polished Chrome and Asheni's 'Lost In Time' which featured some angelic chant before gorgeous vocals come into play. This track will give you chills.

Kaskade ice mix of 'Room for Happiness' follows, a total opposite of the fire mix of this track with Skylar Grey's voice mixed with piano chords and string melody making this another soothing track. He continues with 'Beautiful People' by Summer of Space, a track filled with synthesized samples along with some lovely vocals. This is followed by two Sine tracks, 'Wolke' and 'Chillbar.' Both tracks are filled with melodic guitar plucks with the latter adding some percussion beats into the mix. This two tracks makes you feel like this is not a CD from an EDM artist. ATB ends our ambient journey with Eva Cassidy's rendition of the classic 'Fields Of Gold.' Lovely work by Cassidy with her amazing voice mixed with the smooth guitar plucks.

The 2nd edition of Sunset Beach DJ Session is quite interesting. You can tell that ATB created both disc for two different purpose. Disc 1 is more energetic, uptempo tracks suitable for beach session while disc 2 is more ambient though certain songs, especially the last three tracks, will make you think its a jazz album rather than an edm album. Still a great album to have in your collection.

9/10

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