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Track Listing
1. Kaleidoscope - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Jonsi)
2. Escape Me - (with DJ Tiesto)
3. You Are My Diamond - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Kiana)
4. I Will Be Here - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Sneaky Sound System)
5. I Am Strong - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Priscilla Ahn)
6. Here On Earth - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Cary Brothers)
7. Always Near - (with DJ Tiesto)
8. It's Not The Things You Say - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Kele Okereke)
9. Fresh Fruit - (with DJ Tiesto)
10. Century - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Calvin Harris)
11. Feel It In My Bones - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Tegan & Sara)
12. Who Wants To Be Alone - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Nelly Furtado)
13. La Ride - (with DJ Tiesto)
14. Bend It Like You Don't Care - (with DJ Tiesto)
15. Knock You Out - (with DJ Tiesto, featuring Emily Haines)
16. Louder Than Boom - (with DJ Tiesto)
17. Surrounded By Light - (with DJ Tiesto)
Album Notes
Fans of Tiesto's progressive-flavored trance anthems of the early-`00s were already well versed on the DJ-turned-producer's fondness for ethereal, siren-like vocals and epic-sized productions (best illustrated on female-fronted remixes featuring the likes of Sarah McLaughlan, Sixpence None the Richer, and Faithless). But, despite the relative pop leanings of such past collaborations, Tiesto never enjoyed major success beyond the club circuit. KALEIDOSCOPE, the producer's 2009 album, not only has its sights set on a more mainstream pop/rock appeal but--with guests spots from Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, Sigur Ros' Jonsi, and Canadian twin-songstresses Tegan and Sara--possibly beyond into indie credibility. Betraying the influence of the aforementioned Icelandic post-rockers, the album kicks off with the appropriately majestic "Kaleidoscope," a hypnotic, leisurely epic of dreamy synth pads and Jonsi's wispy falsetto. A consistent, dreamlike quality is sustained throughout, particularly on the piano- and breaks-driven "It's Not the Things You Say," featuring Kele Okereke, and "Feel it in My Bones," a gritty electro-pop ditty backed by the clean vocal harmonies of Tegan and Sara. And even if Tiesto's nods to dreamy indie pop and rock may be unfamiliar ground for his diehard trance and progressive followers, KALEIDOSCOPE contains enough unmistakably Tiesto-esque calling cards along the path that they're sure to enjoy the ride either way.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [His career] will be enhanced by this collection of stadium-size anthems, which proves almost as big a surprise as its guestlist.
KALEIDOSCOPE represents a virtual avalanche of personality.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [With] flanged rhythms, kinetic yet varied tempos, and enough anthemic bursts of sanctified electronica to incite a stadium of football hooligans to dance...
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