Ace - Ian Van Dahl

Ian van Dahl's first album nearly lives up to its title. It might not be 'ace' but it comes close, as it delivers a selection of trance fuelled euro dance hits. Who are they: Belgium based dance group who were at their peak in the year 2001. They struggled to find any hits here after the first few releases. On this album: The massive 'Castles In the Sky' is one of the finest euphoric trance moments of our time. Wispy feminine vocals meeting a superb synth riff, managing to melt the heart and also get you itching to get up and dance. The followup 'Will I' was more of the same. It is a lovesong with plenty of gutsy energy and ...  Read the complete review

Introduction Having read review of this album on Amazon, I was prepared to be dissapointed. With people describing it as having boring bears, boring lyrics and being "eurotrash" erc, I was expecting something quite "cheesy" - in fact I even thought twice about buying it, but I liked all of this groups hits so far - "Castles in the sky", "Will I", "Try" and "Reason" so I thought it can't be that bad. Well, I'm certainly glad I bought it! If you're into dance / trance style music, then this CD is a MUST! I can only assume that the people who gave this CD a bad review don't like ...  Read the complete review