Tiesto - In search of Sunrise 5
Review from a fan: I'm not sure why I bought 5, after being so disappointed with 4, but I had to give Tiesto the benefit of the doubt, in hoping that he would learn from his mistakes and capitalize on making an even better ISOS5. He has done just that. While it's not perfect (particulary a big chunk of disc 1), it's a much better set than last year's and one worth keeping and giving some solid play. Gone are the attempts to incorporate progressive house into the mix and he's back to just about all melodic and progressive trance.Track 1 on disc 1 started off very melodic and sounded like I was in for a ride like 1-3 of the Sunrise series. It ended there, as tracks 2-4 were some very mediocre sounding vocal tracks. When track one completely kicked out to be replaced by the dull lyrics of track 2, I was rather disappointed. Tracks 5, 6, 7 didn't fare much better, with some dull melodies, and an inconsistent flow. Track 8 is finally a decent vocal track, but then tracks 9 and 10 quickly drift back trivial trance territory. Luckily, starting with the always reliable Jes on voclas for track 11, we get a series of tracks that from here on in, closes disc 1 in exciting fashion.
Next up is disc 2, which after a nice melodic opening like disc 1, gets right back to some lively tracks like the end of disc 1 and the best thing is, IT DOESN'T STOP! This entire disc is a big departure for Tiesto, as it's some deeper progressive stuff then what he is known for and use to spinning, but he hits it dead on and comes up trumps with an intoxicating ride through superb, epic trance. A reviewer noted that this disc sounded a lot like Markus Schulz's Miami '05 and I agree. If you liked that one, you are going to love this disc 2.
If this one had a better set of tracks on disc 1, it could have been an all around winner, but it's very difficult to pull off what Markus and Cosmic Gate did last year: have a 2 disc run of all great tracks. One thing's for sure, it's a great mix and highly recommended for the good stuff that you have to kind of searh for on disc 1, and ALL the good stuff served up on disc 2. It's disappointing that he couldn't pick some better tracks for disc 1; and still no Surnise remix or track of his own. It's not your usual Tiesto, but it doesn't have to be! Link
