MacAngel - Summer In Berlin

Genesis, So It Began
Inspirational
Love Is The Hunter Feat. MacAngel
Beautiful Noise Feat. Alice
Elements Of Dance (Alpha-Omega Mix)
System Overload Feat. Spin
Tic Tic Bang
Trans Express
Pinball
Destination Moon
1:30 A.M.
Hola! Feat. Musa
Bang Da Beatz
Surrender
Mega Mix by MacAngel

This is the second album from MacAngel, produced by Berhard Lloyd (formerly of Alphaville), created over a marathon session of 20 days while MacAngel visited Bernhard in Germany. MacAngel then returned to his home of South Africa to finish the album, and in late February 2004 the album was released!

The album varies from hard-hitting trance instrumentals to poppy dance songs to hip-hop tinged songs, and everywhere in between. One consistent element is that everything remains upbeat and high energy throughout. "Love Is The Hunter" was a immediate standout to me, but it's more pop-oriented production and fully-fleshed out vocal performance were probably bound to appeal to a more synthpop-oriented person like myself.

But, even though the album is dominated by the instruments rather than vocals, it still has several very enjoyable songs on it. "Inspirational", "Trans Express", "Beautiful Noise" and "1:30AM" were all enjoyable songs I can see myself listening to several times. While the more trance-oriented elements don't appeal to me as much as they might to others, it's still a very solid album, enjoyable and worth checking out!

Added:  Monday, August 30, 2004
Reviewer:  Jason Baker
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Language: eng