Evolution [180 Gram Vinyl]

by Paul van Dyk

Overview

The ravenous fans might disagree -- suggesting that the details that signify significant growth are abundant -- but Paul van Dyk's 2012 effort could be called Quintessential for everyone else's benefit. Besides the bigger booms and the wider, wide-angle productions, Evolution sounds quite like his 1994 debut 45 RPM, just with many more vocal cuts. One of these, the blissful "Eternity" with Owl City's Adam Young, gives this one its "For an Angel," acting as the album's key track and granting the second van Dyk generation their prime-time trance number. Elsewhere, a swing beat makes "All the Way" undeniable to hips and head-bobbers, while "Lost in Berlin" bleeps along with a proper nod to that city's techno, and capping it all off is the closing "Heart Stops Beating," which brings stuttering vocals, beats that drop, and van Dyk's love of mixing bright (up-front synths) and deep (heavy bass drum). Think "winning formula" instead of "formulaic" and you're close to the value of Evolution, which along with Ferry Corsten's equally great WKND makes "trance ain't dead" the unofficial motto of 2012. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	04/03/2012
Label:	Vandit
UPC:	0634457558618
Rank:	45136

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Paul van Dyk   Primary Artist
Kim Sanders   Vocals (Background)
Fieldwork   Vocals,Featured Artist
Giuseppe Ottaviani   Featured Artist
Plumb   Vocals,Featured Artist
Caligola   Featured Artist
Per "Rusktrask" Johansson   Saxophone
Austin Leeds   Featured Artist
Tyler Michaud   Featured Artist
Johnny McDaid   Vocals
Bjoern Dixgard   Vocals
Gustaf Noren   Vocals
Michelle Leonard   Vocals,Featured Artist
Andreas Kipp   Cello
Sarah Howells   Vocals,Featured Artist
Adam Young   Vocals,Featured Artist
Ummet Ozcan   Featured Artist
Flo Dauner   Drums
Juergen Grimm   Conductor,String Conductor
Arty   Featured Artist
Sue McLaren   Vocals,Featured Artist
Kristina Labitzke   Viola
Anthony Scott Burns   Director,Composite
Sarah Louise Howells   Vocals,Featured Artist
FISHER   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Giuseppe Ottaviani   Composer,Producer
Rafael Ruiz   Design
Matt Bronleewe   Composer,Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer
Willem Faber   Composer,Additional Production
Richard Llewellyn   Composer
Paul van Dyk   Composer,Producer
Austin Leeds   Composer,Additional Production
Ron Wasserman   Composer
Tyler Michaud   Composer
Jonas Zadow   Pro-Tools
Jens Kuphal   Engineer
Kathleen Fisher   Composer
Marcelo Salazar   Engineer
Johnny McDaid   Composer
Bjoern Dixgard   Composer
Gustaf Noren   Composer
Michelle Leonard   Composer
William Faber   Additional Production
Sarah Howells   Composer
Tiffany Arbuckle-Lee   Composer
Adam Young   Composer,Additional Production
Ummet Ozcan   Composer,Additional Production
Dirk Reichardt   Composer
Juergen Grimm   String Arrangements
Arty   Additional Production
Artem Stolyarov   Composer
Stephen Massa   Composer
Sue McLaren   Composer
Mirko Schaffer   Composer
Anthony Scott Burns   Design,Artwork,Editing,Colorist,Producer,Animation,Cinematography,Costume Design,Visual Effects Designer
Schumann & Bach   Vocal Producer
Chris Halmo   Associate Producer
Conor Fisher   Colorist
Graham Garner   Producer
Kat Garner   Costume Design
Marilyn Porayko   Associate Producer
Mike Andrew Nash   Design
Sarah Louise Howells   Composer