The Other Side (feat. Wayne Jackson)

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Paul van Dyk

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This track is a slower paced male vocal trance, but not in terms of the beat or melody, rather the way it's sung. It's not your typical sounding male trance track (which there have been many as of late) and it takes a few listens to become accostomed to it.

I didn't like the radio edit, as it's a very short cut of the original mix and it starts with what I feel is the weakest part of the track, the guitar chords. The original mix is superb, with a faster, storming sound, not heard from as of late from PVD. It's especially not like anything on Reflections. The Deep Dish mix is a scrumptuously long journey (11:00+) into some seering house beats, meshing very nicely with Wayne Jackson's vocals. There are 3 breakbeat mixes on here, but with the great original track, the blazing progressive house mix by Deep Dish, and what I will refer to next as the best track on this single, quite frankly, who needs them!

Martin Roth had two great remixes for Blank & Jones on their Perfect Silence CD single. He also has a bootleg remix of British pop band Keane's single This is the Last Time, called Martin Roth Hands on Keane Remix that is all the rage by DJ's and trance fans this summer, and he follows that up with another incredible remix of a male vocal track. The Martin Roth remix of The Other Side is THE BEST cut of the track, by a long shot. I didn't think it could get better after hearing the original and Deep Dish, but it did! A frenzied beat at a dance floor stomping pace, adding flair and an incredible vibe to the vocals, making it all come together pefectly in this mix. When he flutters out the vocals at the end of the lyric "... tongue is tied", you know you are in for a wild ride!

I can't recommend this single enough, as you simply have to have the Martin Roth mix. With the hot Deep Dish remix as well as a great original mix, this CD is worth it's weight in gold.