Quick to cement their status as favorites in the A State of Trance community, Crowd+Ctrl — lauded trance producer ReOrder and emerging Australian talent Jordan Tobias — fire off their most significant piece of collaborative output yet: ‘Smoke & Mirrors’. Drawing from their firsthand experience with the debilitating noise and chaos that casts a shadow on modern times, their debut artist album showcases their musical synergy and innovative sound design across fourteen genre-transcending productions that tap into their unique self-dubbed “uplifting techno” style.
With six previously unreleased tracks as well as collaborations with long-established artists such as Ferry Corsten, Super8 & Tab and Ruben de Ronde, ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ fearlessly explores the darker aspects of life in search of solace and purpose. It’s a leap forward on both a personal and an artistic level, and one of such musical significance it will pave the way for the duo to leave their indelible mark on the world of electronic music for years to come.
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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Crowd+Ctrl is a brand new electronic music duo that manage to make the world notice from their very first singles. By combining their immense knowledge in electronic music production and music design along with years of DJ experience ReOrder and Jordan Tobias deliver their must have album Smoke & Mirrors. An excellent selection of powerful ultra energetic tracks that will please ears and of course move the feet on the dancefloor. Aggressive dark basslines combined with sharp techno kicks, punchy drums and melancholic dark synthy themes along with some great vocals in some of the tracks to send any listener to outer space and beyond. The Movement is dark melancholic epic track inviting us to join their new music adventures. Ruben de Ronde & Crowd+Ctrl feat. 88Birds with Oxygen is magical ride of pulsating basslines, thumping drums, and excellent ethereal vocals that will give you the needed lifesaving sounds. ReOrder & Jordan Tobias present Crowd+Ctrl feat. Ben Thrills track High stands out with the very excellent male vocals and deep throbbing basslines and pounding drums with epic melodramatic synths and strings. Synthetic Dreams has the magnificent balearic relaxing summer vibes ready for mainstage. Like You is smooth dreamy with piano chords and sensual female vocals that add fantastic context. Hysteria features Ellae on vocal duties within a powerful dominating mainstage friendly pounding groove, dystopian synths and suspenseful arrangement to keep you wanting more. The already released Gasoline is a certified club burner with major names supporting it. Zuma is deep driving balearic melodic techno tool. Super8 & Tab and Crowd+Ctrl feat. Jess Ball anthem Incomplete is well recognized hi-octane production full of melodic goodness and vocal bliss. Hush is dancefloor bomb despite its great lyrics that invite us to stay quite and silent, sorry but on this one many screams will be detected on the floor. Crowd+Ctrl & Yan Weinstock feat. 88Birds with Silence Is Golden is powerful and atmospheric as it can get with cinematic atmospheric, slightly distorted vocals and playful tribalish foundation. We Are In Ctrl can be the theme of the duo as it encapsulates well in the most captivating and mesmerizing way the main sound concept of the album. With Alexis Naylor the title track of Smoke & Mirrors is bulldozer style of the track with so much energy, passion and unstoppable amounts of clear energy. Lastly Ferry Corsten vs Crowd+Ctrl collaboration is mainstage targeted bomb that will age as good wine as classic of course Hades Can't Stop Me. Maybe the best album of the year! #PureGold Love iT [/content]
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