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Stoneface & Terminal – „Be Different“ Reviews
Stoneface & Terminal "Be Different" is out now!
Over the past weeks we got some Track Reviews for the new Stoneface & Terminal album "Be Different" from various producers, DJs and
prominent reviewers which you'll find attached.
'Be Different' is Stoneface & Terminal's second artist album and was over a year in the making. It proves again that the two school friends can create true musical brilliance, which is exactly what an artist album should be. Being known for numerous successful club singles, Stoneface & Terminal deliver with their new album which provides an interesting mixture without forgetting their own sound. 'Be Different' is a journey from catchy vocal songs to techy rhythms via trancey lines and laidback sounds. Interesting collaborations with Kyau & Albert, Ellie Lawson, Sean Ryan, Amurai, Ronski Speed & Synthea and Ana Criado turn 'Be Different' into a timeless album. Prior to this album, Euphonic released the massive single 'For You' featuring Ellie Lawson.
Visitors (Review:
Giuseppe Ottaviani)
"I’m a big fan of
atmospherical intros and chill out music when it comes to an artist album, it’s
probably the way for me to really see if there’s a musician “inside the DJ”.
And what an amazing track the guys delivered here. Love the piano melody and
pads that keep building through a beautiful break-beat groove. I can see the
sundown if I close my eyes, this is going to be my ultimate Ibiza soundtrack
this year Great job guys!"
Sonus (Review: Maarten
de Jong)
„The German Duo Stoneface &
Terminal who always had a prime spot in my sets, released a new album called
“Be Different’' including this monster track “Sonus”, an amazing bass driven
track with crispy percussions on top, in the break a catchy string melody which
will take you away and coming back with that phatt bassline blending it with
the main melody on the drop, which is simply in one word "AMAZING"..
Big ups for this track and the whole album can’t wait to drop this one while
touring this summer…“
Let You Fall (with Amurai) (Review: Rich
Solarstone)
"From the blissful opening few
bars, a team up between S&T & Los Angeles-based producer-dj-vocalist
Amurai proves a fabulous thing. Enveloped in rolling breaks and warm pads,
Amurai's heartfelt vocal delivery plucks at the heart-strings. When a monster
stabbed lead is unleashed at the break, the full majesty of 'Let you Fall' is
revealed. Gorgeous "
Travellers
(Review: Richard Granholm / EDM TOR)
"I’m here to discuss one track
only: the album’s fourth track, Travellers. Stoneface & Terminal really
came out of their shell with this instrumental tune; it sounds like trance,
mixed with tech house, mixed with big room – and there are definitely some
other flavours in there as well. The drops are heavy in grooving percussion,
and the breaks are soft, with smooth, distorted synths and the sounds of
airport ambience.
Be Different is coming out in July, on Euphonic Records. From what I’ve heard,
it will be quite the diverse album, really showing off what the duo can achieve
creatively. This is definitely a group that needs to come back to Toronto,
stat!"
Be
Different (with Sean Ryan) (Review: Dimitri Kechagias - 1mix radio/
Flux BPM Online)
„The highly influential and celebrated
all over the world German duo Stoneface & Terminal reveal the magical title
track of their awesome album Be Different. Once again they succeed to compose a
highly memorable progressive trancer with the words Trance Anthem all over it.
The stunning vocals courtesy of Sean Ryan who collaborated with great artists
amongst them ATB will speak to your heart straight away. It starts with
wonderful rock infused piano and guitar intro with electronic blissful blippy
synthy hook that will hypnotize the listener without doubts and transfer them
to a higher level of understanding, loving and being peacefully together on the
dancefloor. Chunky grooves, pulsating deep basslines, warm strings and
sunkissed melodies are merged to form the magnificent foundation for Sean Ryan
to appear and add his indie rock/ pop edge to the track with his dynamic but
very ethereal voice as well. Dreamy sing a long Balearic trancer that nicely
leads on the breakdown that is packed with colorful synths, mystical melodies
and heartfelt strings that make you feel like being in the sea side hearing the
therapeutic sound of crashing sea waves on the beach and smelling the summer
breeze. The climax offers the finest crescendo moment with all the soundlayers
coming together to offer you shivers all over your body from head to toe. It
finishes with very sweet and tender ambient outro to leave the listener wanting
to listen more. Be Different is #PureGold album
that will shine eternally! Love iT“
Deepressure
(Review: Kathy Vitkus - EDMforLife.com)
"One simplistic scenario of a
great track-in-the-making is a formidable yet gratifying task that is a
combination of the innate, the creative, the learned, the educated guessing and
that pleasant-surprise discovery of sounds captured in the process. It’s also
undeniably a labor of love as the achieved product is hopefully that
tantalizing, engaging and euphoric track of acclaim and permanence.
What Stoneface & Terminal have fashioned with their eternally admirable and
humble success is to seamlessly navigate that terrain of adversities and
creative process to once again construct a harmonious triumph in their latest
“Deepressure.”
This gem delivers a stunning pleasantry of multiple beats from varied
directions with traces of tribal undertones. It’s engineered to precision
rendering the listener unstoppable while indulging in and succumbing to its
grip. It ascends and then delivers a gentle ebb of breakdown but with the
anticipation of that adrenaline-rising rebuild that is eminent just beyond the
next few beats. The slight cessation resonates a trace of cosmic before
striking again with acoustic force. It’s this creative framework and weaving
that is the pillar of the quintessential, enduring hit. It’s that persistent
beat and that compelling energy. It’s that formula that the duo of Henri and
Mathias, aka Stoneface & Terminal, have mastered time and again and have
demonstrated here.
With another win for the record books “Deepressure” manages to define the
notion that it’s definite dancefloor sensation material but also a euphoria to
experience and revel."
Alive (Review: Anthony
J Rodarte (Roschambo Productions/ Venture Capricorn/ RvsF Music Label)
“Alive defines the
exhilaration of a remarkable day, that day you remember for a lifetime. If that day had a soundtrack, Alive would be the track.
This beautiful
track ascends to a higher point of musical definition, connecting emotion and
music. The piano gives the production a
timeless orchestration that which connects to the signature evolving S&T
rhythm and layers.“
For You
(with Ellie Lawson) (Review: Stu Fleishman)
"From its first heavenly tones,
Stoneface and Terminal's latest collaboration with Ellie Lawson "For
You" takes the definition of ethereal to a new level. Written by
Ellie Lawson during her pregnancy, this track is about the sweetest, purest
love imaginable... that being a mother's love for the angel she's waiting to
meet for the first time. The beauty of this track is not only in the
lyrics, but in an uplifting melody, combined with a euphoric drop that both
lifts my mood and keeps me dancing. Stellar work!"
Electric
Rain (Review: Aaron Sim – Trancerepublic.org)
"The track “Electric Rain,” amazed me
as it had neither heavy beats nor driving basslines like a regular Trance
track. I guess Stoneface & Terminal really wanted to “Be Different” by
having a variety of sounds in their album.
The initial warm and dreamy pads brought me into a dream-like state while
percussion instruments slowly started to creep in, adding groove and rhythm to
it. During the preview, I felt like my studio was transformed into a lush
natural forest filled with the sounds of nature, instilling a sense of peace
and calmness for the duration of the track.
“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves
for a few hours.” ~ Elton John.
And this track “Electric Rain” is one of those.“
One Heart
(with Ana Criado) (Review: Raz Nitzan)
„It's always such a pleasure to be
asked to collaborate with Stoneface & Terminal and I was delighted when the
guys asked us to work together on a new track. "One heart" was a
particularly personal track for all of us! The idea behind the lyrics is that
we are all one big heart and we are the ones to make the difference in our
own lives. To be our dreams and live them while being the better version of
ourselves imaginable through love, connection and seeing the best in other
people as we're all part of the same heart and planet. Ana Criado sang the
track with so much love and brought the small yet meaningful concept to reality
and when we got to hear the final Stoneface & Terminal mixes we were all
blown away. It was THAT good... and yes it did make the Beatport charts Top 5
accordingly! In any case, I can not wait to hear the full album and I wish
Henry & Matthi all the well deserved very best!“
Yuma (with
Ronski Speed & Synthea) (Review: Carsten Reber / DJ Cyre)
"Yuma" definitely catches
the sunshine and brings it into your heart. A summery tune composed and created
for real trance lovers and trancers who love the big melodies and massive
breaks. When listening to this track I think of Ibiza and the high energy you
need to get the amazing dancefloors on the magical island filled with euphoric
people. This tune has definitely the potential to crowd every dancefloor - in
hot Ibiza or in colder Germany. The voice elements of Synthea make shivers on
your back - and the melody really gets into your ear and stays there for a
loooong time. "Yuma" is a high energy collaboration with Ronski Speed
which is surely worth 5 out of 5 stars.... We love Stoneface & Terminal
exactly for tunes like this!
We Own The
Night (with Kyau & Albert) (Review: Kenneth Thomas)
"The bar is set extremely high
when you see collaboration like this one, between two giants in the realms of
progressive minded trance like Stoneface & Terminal and Kyau & Albert.
"We Own The Night" is a perfect record for today's modern dance music
scene. Storming dark beats with gritty progressive primed to push any
night deep into its peak. Fueled by techy rhythms that could find its way into
a trance set as much a driving techno set and relentless aggression, the
breakdown parts perfectly in time for Alberts' instantly recognizable vocals to
chime with his incredible heart-pulling lyrics. Finally a return to a charging
stab based pinnacle round out this peak time monster perfectly. Stoneface &
Terminal with Kyau & Albert proclaim "We Own The Night" and I
absolutely agree!"
Stuck In A
Loop (Review: Vladimir Chernov & Evgeny Svalov - Soundlab
Media)
The track «Stuck In A Loop» from the new
album of the German duo Stoneface & Terminal is remarkable due to various
strong points and, definitely, is an object that deserves close attention.
"The title of the track itself might be understood in different ways.
Someone is «stuck in a loop»... Is that a kind of self-irony of the musicians
from Germany in the moment of album production while they felt a lack of
creative ideas and the process does not progress any further except one looped
fragment? Or maybe that is a nimble description of the current conditions on
the mainstream Trance scene?
Let us leave these reflections aside and come to grips of the music. The track
«Stuck In A Loop» is obviously divided into two parts, moreover the unexpected
development coming to light from the middle part of the track by leaps and
bounds, shows the entire potential of this production.
The initial part inspired by the modern «Progressive Techno», it is first and
foremost House music in contrary to Trance, and could be perceived as a
self-consistent production in the genre of House — well, let’s just easily
remember what the fellow German countrymen of Stoneface & Terminal have
done a couple of years ago — Christian and Frank from D-Nox & Beckers and
what type of sound is being promoted in 2014 by another prominent artist from
Germany, Tomcraft — the similar lively, brisk, energetic and moderately
monotonous vibrations properly moves the crowds both on the dancefloors of
nightclubs and on the large festival arenas.
The second part is quite a specific «surprise» in the form of a leading melody
and its surrounding framework: these two easily move «Stuck In A Loop» into
another genre plane. In actual conditions, when the vast majority of producers
tend to stay within the limits of standard, generic moves and tricks while
creating new tracks and to stay «trendy» and «on demand». Having nothing going
for oneself is absolutely not the case of Stoneface & Terminal — the German
duo stands against this mass predictability and puts accent on the classical
Trance polyphony instead of the eagerly sought but too easy interchange of
breakdowns and drops."
Caligula (Review: Anthony
J Rodarte (Roschambo Productions/ Venture Capricorn/ RvsF Music Label)
"The 5:47 epitemology journey
– Legend states that Trance was born in Germany, all told, Caligula proves the
legend correct. This transforming journey is an intellectual musical upgrade.
(“Roman Empire vs Space Odyssey”)
The track begins with the neo-sound of S&T, buildingthrough a deep thinking
musical texture only S&T can create. Listening from the beginning the
track, we are transformed into a soundtrack of Platonism corruption or
Aristotelian revolution.
At 4:10 the “Neo-sound” drops, and the hard hitting, head-banging begins, as if
we were front row for Caligula’s (the Roman Emperor’s) extravagance, sadism,
and extreme nature, which resulted in his demise. I myself vision the song
fitting for a Stanely Krubrick – Trance Space Odyssey crescendo. Timeless trance.
One of the best"
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