En-Trance

John O’Callaghan’s new artist album ‘Never Fade Away’ is fully ready to take over your stereo. Already premiered with 4 Future Favourites and 1 Tune of the Week on Armin van Buuren’s A State of Trance radioshow and the first singles ‘Surreal’ and ‘Find Yourself’ making waves across the dancefloor, John couldn’t have made a better start of 2009’s summer.

01. John O’Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells – Find Yourself (07:02)
Known from the Cosmic Gate Remix but with the Original Mix on the album, you expect nice vocals. For sure you get them, great for an opener of an album. But after you heard the Cosmic Gate Remix, you will be disappointed..

02. John O’Callaghan feat. Jaren – Surreal (07:53)
Jaren stands for lovely vocals. Combined with the producing-skills of John, you should get pleased when you here this. It’s not really uplifting this one, the break is rather chilling with the upcoming vocals. Nice if you want to listen to music without headbanging.

03. John O’Callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher – Take It All Away (06:43)
Kicks off immediately with a deep bass-line. Followed up with a chilling break (again) but this time it gets more energetic. Exactly what you want to hear from John. After that it sounds like the tune is repeated all over again, no much change in it.

04. John O’Callaghan & Giuseppe Ottaviani – Liquid Fire (06:57)
Giuseppe Ottaviani is well known in the more techy Trance world, perfect what we need at this moment. Great beats to begin with, combined with an “O’touch”. As we enter the break the bass-line disappears, returns softly, with more higher pitched beats. But yet again, nothing else really happens..

05. John O’Callaghan feat. Josie – Out Of Nowhere (07:23)
Maybe could Josie lighten things up after Jaren gave it a try. The beginning gets a smile on our face, great bass-line. Further on we were about to lose that smile, but suddenly a nice piano piece bumps in. Lifted up with the great chorus by Josie. Special? Not really.

06. John O’Callaghan feat. Lo-Fi Sugar – Never Fade Away (04:55)
Only 5 minutes you would think, really a shame for this beauty which is called after the album’s name. It starts with a bass-line, piano, broken vocals, it’s almost like the break was replaced to the start. Very chilling track again, no headbanging included, only flying away from this world. If you like Oceanlab, then this is your track!

07. John O’Callaghan & Tom Colontonio – Through the Light (08:03)
Another well known producer combined with John, yes we’re talking about Tom Colontonio. It starts of with a great intro, nice to begin a set with this one. Epic Trance is the keyword for this. Suddenly the album has gaven a whirl to beauty. But what in the love of God happens in the break? It changes from being in heaven to a diner with the devil. Luckily it gets back from where it started, so the complaining isn’t so hard.

08. John O’Callaghan – Broken (06:32)
Only John in this one, massive start followed up with the words “Let’s go”. And yes, he had a liftoff! It has energy all around this track, bring this on the dance-floor and you will see people go crazy. We can only support this behaviour!

09. John O’Callaghan feat. Lo-Fi Sugar – Every Lesson Learned (05:35)
They really learned their lesson after Never Fade Away. After hearing Never Fade Away you will be happy to hear this one, it has just some more energy in it. Pretty nice break also, we like it!

10. John O’Callaghan – Don’t Look back (06:14)
John is alone again, time to unleash the beast! Very long intro with nice synths and beats. After hearing ASoT 400 you will recognize this one. Raising up the volume wouldn’t be a problem at all, after the break we get some nice “vocals”. Sounds very Aly & Fila styled to be honest..

11. John O’Callaghan & Aly & Fila – Megalithic (08:10)
Pretty nice cliffhanger in the review above isn’t it as you see with who John teamed up with?! Starts of pretty simple, but you won’t have to wait long to get the Aly & Feeling. A shivering break, followed up with the beats from John you will hear a nice combination of the 3 producers!

12. John O’Callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher – Big Sky (Acoustic version) (04:16)
Who doesn’t know Big Sky? Awarded for the tune of the year by A State of Trance in 2007, John added an acoustic version to this album for the lovers.

13. John O’Callaghan feat. Audrey Gallagher – Big Sky  (Joint Operation Centre Deconstruction (Bonus Track)) (06:27)
There is a God! You’re about to spin a set? Blow some minds with this bonus track! Energy isn’t big enough for this one. Must-play!

Conclusion:
Above average album, it has tracks for everyone who listens to Trance. But to call it album of the year already is a bit overdone too bad..

Release date: 11.05.09
Release label: Armada Posted by Island on May 7, 2009 | Albums, Releases, Reviews

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