Galen Behr vs. Hydroid - Carabella (incl. Galen Behr vs. Ørjan Nilsen Remix) [Yakuza] [2006]

Artist(s)
Galen Behr, Hydroid, Ørjan Nilsen
Release title
Carabella
Label name
Yakuza
Release year
2006

dmgtz96

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The Galen Behr vs. Orjan Nilsen remix is just *massive*. Good move by Armin to include it in ASOT Classics Vol. 4.
Tbh I had never heard the original. It's okay, but you can tell the melody and vibe are being held back by the slower bpm.

I think this track highlights what can be accomplished with melodic types of trance. It happened a bit too late, well past the golden era of 1999-2002 and slight progressive revival of 2004, but damn this track matches the quality of trance from those eras. Carabella along with Arksun - Arisen are an overlooked peak of this entire genre, imo.
 
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The remix clearly overshadows the original. Just lovely, uplifting trance that's actually uplifting. Not the first track of its kind - there were a few (Arizona vs Passiva the year before and his DJ Governor) - but one of the best indeed.
 

Julian Del Agranda

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I've heard Orjan play this during an ASOT event as his closing track. It's not often he picks his older (uptempto) tracks, so that was quite a surprise.

Great track. Like Gagi said, it's perhaps nothing extremely new, just executed REALLY well.
 
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dmgtz96

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Another top uplifter from the post-2004 era. To say that it's "powerful" is an understatement.

Live in EnTrance in Poland, uploaded 15 years ago:

Interesting that he mixed the beginning of the breakdown with the outro beats of the previous track. Wouldn't have expected that! Love to see/hear the audience's reaction during the drop.


Live at Armin-Only 2006:

I like how the audience starts clapping along at 2:21 during the beginning of the breakdown. I would probably do the same if I heard this track live.