the original was a song that my older sister liked at the time it was released. i think i bought the cd-single because i had heard one of the remixes and was into it. it was this one and i was quite into the epic trance at time. i liked safri duo's "episode II" album but "all the people in the world" wasn't the obvious hit for me like say "played-a-live" was and i was reluctant to it but i bought the single anyways because it had remixes.
and if it was something i loved with the safri duo songs, it was the a load of remixes that was done. i really enjoy spanish fly's lush version of "played-a-live", riva's groovy trancy take of "samb adagio", dj asle's progressive house version of "everything" and not forgetting atfc's swanky house versions of "baya baya". on this cd single the remixers included steve mac, dj isaac and their country men f&w. there was also a remix by the "copenhagen clubbers" but i'm not mourning the loss of that on my single.
steve mac's remix is something that i have tried to give a chance to many of times but it really doesn't click with me. dj isaac's take is bog ol' hardstyle and it's not the type of hardstyle that i might enjoy either and the version that resonated with me was this by lars fredriksen and søren weile or f&w. their previous track record include producing "light a rainbow" as tukan and making the immensly brutal hardcore classic "sensless" as zekt as well as making a whole load of other tracks.
the f&w sound was very synthesizer driven and it can easily be mistaken as the dutch epic sound but it's different. several of the melodies sounded like those leadlines but it was their use of ducking that could tell it apart. the kick really cuts across the cloud of buzzing resonance and there was a groove, even with the synth on synth action that dominated the soundscape.
because of all this focus on the synth you would wonder, are they using safri duo's drums & percussion? the answer is yes but they aren't audible in that way. this is why the groove is alright as the bassline and the drums work wonders with it.
now in a context of dj, i don't want to play this as much if i was playing trance. reason beings that it uses two breakdowns and i haven't gotten around to doing a re-edit that has worked out yet. also because of it's heavy synth sound makes it a nightmare to mix in midtrack and i really don't believe in mixing from the drops.
i still like this a lot though and i well recommend it.
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