MUMBAI: Tiesto, one of the world’s most popular DJs, tries to broden the playing field with his record Just Be….
Known for creating hypnotic electonica in which fragments of airy female vocal melodies weave through pulsating layers of rhythms, Dutch DJ Tiesto is one of the most noted producers/remixers in progressive dance music . JUST BE continues Tiesto’s forays into beat – based trance music, and his trademark sonic elements—floating vocals, synth textures, and incessant, high-energy beats—are all present and accounted for.
Forever Today ,… which opens the album, features a building, swelling orchestral fanfare before launching into a flurry of breakneck beats. Surging compositions (particularly Love Comes Again… and Nyana…)’ complete wirh the requisite electro-hi-hat, conjure visions of late-night ravers contorting wildly, their waving hands illuminated by psychotropic light displays. The real surprise comes with the ghostly, lovely UR; the closest Tiesto gets to conventional song structure, this track recalls Japan, Nick Drake, and Radiohead, while still maintaining his lush electronica sound. A clever, twitchy reading of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings… closes things out, putting a cap on 78 minutes of innovative DJ music.
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