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Back in June 2010 one the worldâs most celebrated DJ/producers asked EDM addicts everywhere the album-question, âDo You Dream?â Fan praise, cross-genre DJ support and dance press acclaim greeted one chart-scaling, master-blasting single after another. âšâšFrom that albumâs day of release though, Markus Schulz had already begun imagining and conceiving the sound designs that would make up his next long-playing excursion. Now – comprising a 19-track packed collection of ear catching, floor quenching, super-seismic audio – that âDreamâ is about to turn into a âScreamâ!
âWhen youâre in the studio, deep in production mode on an album, the mindâs eye is forever picturing the reactions that tracks, and particular moments in tracks are going to generateâ, says Markus. So in many respects the title âScreamâ is also this albumâs mission statement. Itâs that response, that surge of feeling and emotion I want to come back up off the floor when one of its tracks goes into the CDJ. When it happens, you know all the late hours in the studio, putting the pieces in place, have been worth it!â
With a single-minded quality-and-quantity credo, Markus has made astute use of known vocal talent on the album, matching it with new singer-songwriter blood. US songstress Jaren gives the chiming melodica of âCarry Onâ its soul-searching lament, whilst Paper Aeroplanes front-woman Sarah Howells burns up the microphone, bringing a floor-enrapturing essence to âTemptedâ.
Also joining âScreamâs vocal cast are precocious newer genii. NY-based singer Seri marries wildfire catchiness with mainstream hook on âLove Rain Downâ. Elsewhere the sky-seeking synths of âCaughtâ (vocalled by new Schulz discovery/protĂ©gĂ©e Adina Butar) have already brought a collective rush of blood to the head on club floors.
For every daytime radio bound number (âUntil Its Goneâ &Â Nothing Without Meâ to tag but a few), thereâs a track lending âScreamâ itâs essential underground counterbalance. The haunting, redolence of âDeep In The Nightâ, the low-slung nonchalance of âI Like Itâ, the stripped-bare confession of âAbsolutionâ and the thrilling anthemia of its title track all make up the different colours and shades of âScreamâ.
During the final weeks of the albumâs production Markus observed that: âone of the side-effects of producing instrumental long-players like the Dakota âThoughts Become Thingsâ series is that you keenly feel how much you miss working with lyrics and vocals. âScreamâ is without doubt my most vocal-oriented album yet and I believe that the singer-song-writing talent Iâve collaborated with, it will also make for my most accomplishedâ.
âScreamâ though isnât exclusively about the song and lyric. Building the consummate EDM album experience requires contrast. Markus knows that. Thus those of you of an instrumental disposition will not be going home empty handed. Far from it! From the scene-setting beat-free splendour of âOur Momentâ to the serrated synthery of firebrand floor-ammo like âTriotonic (with Elevation & KhoMha)â, âSoul Seeking â and âLoops & Thingsâ (with Ferry Corsten), it fulfills its panoramic, 360°, day-or-night-time remit.
Through the album Markus has once again demonstrated that the production side of his mind is alive, kicking and quite literally screaming with ideas! On August 31st it arrives. Planet EDM will never be quite the same again.
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