Airwave - Rank 1

When I was younger, I was hit by the real "beginning" of dance music. Acts such as "2 Unlimited" and "The Shamen" attracted my attention, and soon I was a big dance music fan, with a large tape and vinyl collection. With the introduction of CD's, I started to spend my money on those instead, since they offered better sound quality, but it had always been my dream to get my own set of decks and DJ like some of my heroes. Years and much musical advances later, I purchased my own set of the latest decks. I instantly started to spend my money, not just on CD's, but once again on the amazing audio medium that is vinyl. I ...  Read the complete review

The two records, 'Airwave' by Rank 1 and 'Day Time' by 4 Strings are very similar. I still don't know which I prefer. Anyway, Rank 1 break their way into the conciousness of ignorant common people throughout the UK with Airwave, some time early in 2000. The CD single has a Radio Edit, the Rank 1 vs Dutch Force Remix and ATB Remix. The Radio Edit is fine if you like a woman singing "I feel you... over the airwave" on it, the ATB remix is what you should really avoid, but listen to the Rank 1 vs Dutch Force remix again and again. I greatly reccommend this mix out of all of them. This looks to be turning out as my ...  Read the complete review

Airwave is one of those tracks that only comes along 2 or 3 times a year, you hear it in the club, spend ages finding out what it is, wait months for the release date and then finally get your hands on a copy. It is quite a traditional trance tune with a 4/4 kick drum throughout, none of sasha's breakbeats for this one. The melody is very floaty, guaranteed to pick you up wherever you are, it is one of the most uplifting tunes ever. It does not have a vocal, but in my opinion this would ruin the track, making it far too cheesy. When played in the right place in a dj's set this makes the crowd go wild and is perfect for that last tune of the night, as you'll ...  Read the complete review

Its yet another fantastic record brought to you by the record label Manifesto. They have brought out a succession of hit songs in the past and they done it again! I loved listening to this song everytime it was playing on the radio, Ide drift away. Its a typical trance song,with the build up of the percussion and the synths then there is the calmness of the synth and then it breaks into an energetic...thing. Ide love to be playing that song in a club as the DJ. It was a song that ended up in most DJ's record box, It was even no1 in dave pearce's big 3 for a few weeks. im sure if rank1 brought out another tune it would be just ...  Read the complete review