Richard Durand with BT - In Search of Sunrise 13.5 Amsterdam

Release date: | 20.07.2015 |
Total discs: | 1 |
Total play time: | 8:42:33 |
Genre(s): | Dance, Trance |

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If, from its sequentially un-synched ‘13.5’ numerals, you were to guess that change was afoot with the mix-comp line that MIXMAG calls “the greatest trance series of them all!’, well… you might be right.
Since the reigns passed from his former mentor Tiësto to Richard Durand, the I.S.O.S. helmsman’s search has sailed him to South Africa & Australia; to settings as contrasting as India & Vegas and most recently, in 2014, out to Dubai. Well versed in seeking sun-up in the most exotic and far-flung of spots, this year’s ‘In Search Of Sunrise’ though brings the search considerably closer to its spiritual home. In fact about as close as close gets, which of course means… Amsterdam! A native and resident, Richard’s had a ringside seat on which he sees and participates in the city’s year-on-year ascension to club, festival and electronic music metropolis. And with I.S.O.S.’s 2015 edition, he pays AMS its due!
Change could also be sensed with the selection of this year’s co-host - a man who typically needs little in the way of introduction. Richard is thrilled in 2015 to welcome the one-&-only, in-the-dictionary-under-legendary BT to the I.S.O.S. decks! Brian brings with him an unparalleled sound, as well as a new stylistic, artistic tangent to the fabled series. Together Brian and Richard have sought, signed and woven a best-of-the-best trance/progressive/house nexus into ‘13.5’s disc triad. Across 47 tracks, they feature the latest, hottest and brightest from dozens of producers, Andy Moor, Tenishia, Arty, Moonbeam, LTN, Andy Duguid and Dimension being just a few. Additionally, it also features numerous ‘I.S.O.S. 13.5’ exclusives, including the forthcoming, ready-to-thrill R.D. singles ‘Typhoon’ and ‘Time Warp’.
Arriving at the latest stage of the mix-comp series’ journey, Richard says: “Amsterdam is my hometown and, since I started mixing the ‘In Search Of Sunrises’ the electronic music lights around here have grown brighter with each year passing. Recognition of that is long overdue, so with this edition, I’m bringing it back home!” As to the origin of the new edition’s 13.5 ‘code’, Richard reveals: “I’m not the world’s most superstitious guy, but I’m as ‘13-phobic’ as they come! So there’ll be no 13th floor at the ‘Casa del Sunrise’ and no 13th stop on the I.S.O.S. voyage on my watch! Be lucky! Stay lucky!”
Richard gets ‘Amsterdam’s first mix underway with the savannah-like themes of Sue McLaren & Michael Badal’s ‘Recapture’. The box-fresh ‘Electrifying Love’ from Alex O’Rion, and latterly the Dutchman’s new single ‘Koi Koi’ further develop Disc 1’s sun-teased atmosphere. Through a triple hit of ‘Heaven’, ‘Memories’ & ‘Soulstring’, Russian duo Moonbeam stamp their enigmatic, quixotic mark on the cooler of Richard’s two mixes. In its latter stages, the ever-impressive pairing of Andy Duguid & Audrey Gallagher return with ‘This Is Life’, before Johnny Noberg’s ‘No One’ and ‘Love Your Scars Away’ from Somna & Michele C sign it off. Durand overtures both of his 2015 I.S.O.S. mixes with the music of recent discovery Vidda Deborras.
The contemporary chillout composer respectively supplies discs 1 & 2 with the beatific splendour of ‘Tower Of Tears’ and the beat-free radiance of ‘Bikini Atoll’. From there, palpably, the album’s heartbeat accelerates and becomes more floor-robust. Hot from his own studio desk, Richard charges its midfield with new productions ‘Time Warp’ and ‘Typhoon’. They, in turn, gateway Dimension’s Beatport chart-topping ‘Origami’, ‘A New Dream’ from Tenishia & Jonathan Mendelsohn and Airbase’s renovation of Arty’s ‘Hope’. Binary Finary vs. Three Drives’ ‘Icon’ & ‘Abhyasa’ from Menno de Jong lock some earlier I.S.O.S. influences in and bring proceedings to a turbulently trancey head!
With its third disc, I.S.O.S. 13.5’ tunes to a new and every bit as exciting frequency. On it, BT mixes up a brilliant ether-filled equation of progressive x house x trance. Ten Words’ engagingly vocalled ‘His Way, Right Way’, the thrall of Forerunners’ ‘Watching The Lights Go Down’ and DIRTYHERTZ’s tripped-out anthemia on ‘Forgiveness’ set a major sonic precedent. ‘The Girl With The White Shoes’, ‘Don’t Be Shy’ and ‘Cruisin’ come hot on their heels: a evocative, imaginative triple from the ever-so-hot LTN. NYC producer Lyon Hart works up a remix storm on JES & BT’s ‘Every Other Way’, before Luke Chable adds club edge to Oliver Englafjord’s amazing ‘Molntus’.
Track list
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013:04Tower of TearsBy Vidda Deborras
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025:58RecaptureBy Michael Badal with Sue McLaren
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037:09Electrifying LoveBy Alex O'Rion
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044:42HeavenBy Moonbeam featuring Sopheary
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056:27Start the DanceBy Urry Fefelove & Abramasi
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065:52MemoriesBy Moonbeam featuring Deniz Reno
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075:52SoulstringBy Moonbeam
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086:58First KissBy Azotti
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095:52DisappearanceBy Bastian Salbart featuring Ghost WARS
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107:30NavagioBy Clarks
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117:38Koi KoiBy Alex O'Rion
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127:07Pull Me Back AgainBy Masoud featuring Hysteria
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135:59The Longest RoadBy Tom Cloud
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146:12No HesitationBy David Broaders
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155:41This is LifeBy Andy Duguid & Audrey Gallagher
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164:41No OneBy Johnny Norberg
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177:45Love Your Scars AwayBy Somna featuring Michele C
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1871:02In Search of Sunrise 13.5 Mix 1By Richard Durand
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192:28Bikini AtollBy Vidda Deborras
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203:52Beauty & the Beast (Radio Edit)By Tarmo Tammel
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215:45The Guilty Get to SleepBy Kiholm & Kris O'Neil featuring Roberta Harrison
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223:45Last Decade (Radio Mix)By ReSeize & Dani Avramov
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236:18Fly (Never Come Down Again) (Kris O'Neil Remix)By Michael Badal & Lotte Kestner
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245:43OneBy Magava
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257:17SupernovaBy Genesis
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267:36Time WarpBy Richard Durand
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276:04OrigamiBy DIM3NSION
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287:26A New Dream (Pedro Del Mar & Beatsole Remix)By Tenishia & Jonathan Mendelsohn
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296:27Hope (Airbase Remix)By Arty
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306:09TyphoonBy Richard Durand
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314:25You Are the Sun (Temple One Remix Edit)By Breame featuring Fiona Reid
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327:31IconBy Binary Finary vs. Three Drives
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336:39AbhyasaBy Menno de Jong
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3475:03In Search of Sunrise 13.5 Mix 2By Richard Durand
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356:15His Way Right WayBy Ten Words featuring Medialuna
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369:24Watching the Lights Go DownBy Forerunners
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374:38Be With YouBy DIRTYHERTZ featuring Hadara
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386:15The Girl With the White ShoesBy LTN & Kokai
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395:32Fire & Ice (Instrumental Mix)By Kevin Wild featuring Kelly Sweet
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407:04MirageBy Tom Cloud
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4112:11Every Other Way (LyonHart Remix)By BT featuring JES
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428:01To the LostBy Amir Hussain
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435:40Don't Be ShyBy LTN & Kokai
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446:03CruisinBy LTN & Kokai
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458:04Molntus (Luke Chable Remix)By Oliver Englafjord
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465:59ForgivenessBy DIRTYHERTZ & Joel Jungell
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475:53One Thing About YouBy Andy Moor & Somna featuring Amy Kirkpatrick
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486:46Beautiful Things (Kastis Torrau & Donatello Remix)By Andain
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497:03SerenataBy Au5 featuring Keeley
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5060:03In Search of Sunrise 13.5 Mix 3By BT
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517:05One Thing About You [Bonus Track] (Andy Moor's Eco Mix)By Andy Moor & Somna featuring Amy Kirkpatrick
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526:16A New Dream [Bonus Track]By Tenishia & Jonathan Mendelsohn