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Steve Hill vs. D10
» Cold As Ice/Punk
Reviewed by Dean Zone
/ Submitted 29-05-07 16:06
Label: S-Trax 008
Format: 12" Vinyl
Genre: Hard Trance
Steve Hills label S Trax might not be the most innovative of labels ever to have committed music to vinyl (seeing as every release so far has been a remix of some sort or another), but that did little to stop me getting excited before listening to the labels latest offer.
Cold As Ice
The A side of this release is a remix of the seminal Cold as Ice by Foreigner back in 1977. Despite any reservations I might have had, it actually works really well, mainly because the use of the vocal is kept to a minimum. The riff sounds really good converted into a trance synth too. The breakdown is fantastic, excellent use of piano in the background, using the full vocal, with a cool break beat section thrown in for good measure, before the tune goes back down and starts building again, this time with the riff starting from scratch and filtering up, ending to a snare fill that could so easily have been overdone.
A very accomplished production and a very enjoyable tune.
8/10
Punk
Punk was originally a smash hit for Ferry Corsten on his Right of Way artist album. Here it gets the Steve Hill vs. D10 treatment (or a stomping German hard trance rework to you and me).
Starting with a breakbeat and staying with it for the entire intro section is a nice touch, even if the bass line takes far too long to be introduced. The eagle eared tune spotter will recognise the first 5 keys of Punk, just before a German bass line hard enough to knock you over comes crashing down. Using the riff to build the energy of this tune works well and the main breakdown makes you wait ages until it unleashes the riff proper, which builds tension wickedly. Only under-rock dwellers and those new to the scene will not have recognised this by now. The main break does go on for a bit long and uses a few too many snare fills in the process for my liking, but all is forgiven when it drops back in to send the dance floor wild. Certainly far better than recent remixes of other Corsten tracks, notably Cry and Out of the Blue.
9/10
Ok, so there is not one original tune on this record, but who cares when they are done as good as this? Granted neither are quite as good as the Ready or Not remix available on this label (S Trax 005, complete with a DJ Wag vs YOMC remix!), but this is still a very good purchase overall.
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