Shivers

by Armin van Buuren

Overview

A legend among trance devotees in Europe, Armin van Buuren has been gradually making a name for himself as a composer of original dance music as well as a world-class DJ and remixer. His second artist album finds him taking the final step into real songwriting, working with such singers as Nadia Ali, Michael Burns, Justine Suissa and Martijn Hagens and continuing both to refine and expand his personal vision of the ways trance can be defined in a constantly expanding dance music universe. The album opens powerfully with the surprisingly breaks-based "Wall of Sound," a well put together celebration of funkiness that luxuriates in a long instrumental intro before eventually turning into a song featuring the attractive voice of Justine Suissa. From there on, things fall into a more familiar pattern: sonically pretty but rhythmically predictable club anthems supporting singers and lyricists of varying quality -- on the high side, there's the faintly Peter Gabriel-ish Ray Wilson on a very fine song titled "Gypsy"; on the low side is the breathtakingly tedious "Bounce Back" featuring both DJ Remy and Roland Klinkenberg. Most of the rest falls somewhere in between, and will appeal mainly to those with well-developed tastes in the genre. [A bonus track version was also released.] ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	06/03/2022
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8719262023871
Rank:	51545

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Armin van Buuren   Primary Artist
Michael Burns   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nadia Ali   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Justine Suissa   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jan Vayne   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ray Wilson   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Roland Klinkenberg   Primary Artist
DJ Remy   Primary Artist
Gabriel & Dresden   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Dresden   Primary Artist
Mick Burns   Featured Artist
Remy & Roland Klinkenberg   Featured Artist
Josh Gabriel   Bass (Electric)
Susana   Vocals
Martijn Hagens   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Armin van Buuren   Audio Production,Editing,Composer,Producer,Vocal Editing
Michael Burns   Composer,Producer,Vocal Producer
Nadia Ali   Composer
Markus Schulz   Composer
Justine Suissa   Composer
Jan Vayne   Composer,Producer
Roland Klinkenberg   Composer,Producer
Uncle Jack   Engineer
Adrian Broekhuyse   Composer,Producer
DJ Remy   Composer,Producer
Josh Gabriel   Composer,Producer
Martijn Hagens   Composer
Remy Unger   Composer,Producer
Raz Nitzan   Composer,Producer
Dave "The Wave" Dresden   Composer,Producer
Michael Mees   Photography
Ashkan Fardost   Composer
Dave Dresden   Composer