"Fade" into silence...

Silence, the amazing masterpiece from Delerium and Sarah McLachlan, is one of the top tracks with mixes that define trance today.



Yes, yet another single. But this single has some new mixes that put a new spin on the classic.



You will notice that there are actually only TWO new mixes (originally Scumfrog and Gabriel & Dresden were signed on to make mixes. G&D had cancelled, don't know what happened to Scumfrog. There were even talks about a Paul van Dyk mix.)



The other 3 mixes are just ones that most listeners are familiar with. Especially Tiesto's mix, who hasn't heard that one?? Fade's and Michael Wood's are both great too, in respect to the type of mix they created.



Tiesto's mix can be found almost everywhere, in it's original version, mixed... etc. Both Silence singles that came out before the 2004 edition have the Tiesto mix, as well as Sarah McLachlan's "Remixed" album, and Club Ibiza. It can also be found on Delerium's "Odyssey: The Remix Collection" which is a compilation of re-mixed Delerium tracks. On this remix album for Delerium, you can also find Fade's Sanctuary Mix (not the edit like on this single) and Michael Wood's mix. You can also find both versions of Fade's Sanctuary Mix on the blue Silence single with Tiesto's mix and Airscape's mix (a mix they should have definitely put on this album as well).



Above & Beyond's mix is amazing, any fan of Above & Beyond will definitely love this one as well as any fan of the "Silence" track. It's refreshing to hear a brand-new mix that blows you away. Above & Beyond layered trance beats with a new piano melody. Their arrangement of the vocals is interesting too. There's a part of the verse that they split up into three parts, which sounds real nice. You can find the original mix on Delerium's "Best Of Delerium" album also. ("Best of Delerium" features their biggest hits and singles since their 1994 release of "Semantic Spaces".)



Filterheadz mix could've have gone somewhere, but they didn't do anything to make you like it. It builds up to nothing really, though it did has some cool beats and synths. It's nothing similar in quality to their mix of Roc Project's [featuring Tina Arena] single, "Never".



Basically, if you don't have any of the mixes of Silence at all somehow, definitely get this single. It's harder to get the first copies of the Silence singles when it came out in 1997. (Though Amazon seems to have gotten a stock of those.) But the only single on here if you've heard the other mixes is Above & Beyond's mix.



I gave it three stars because of Above & Beyond's single was the only good and new thing on there, they just stuck old mixes to make it a single worth buying.



But as a Delerium and Sarah McLachlan fan, trance-lover and CD maniac, I'm not complaining. (Too much.)

classic.

another one of the few classics. this song, although it has been played maybe one too many times, is always going to be amazing. most of these mixes are old, but good nonetheless. and for the price you're paying -- it's well worth it. you'll be listening to this track more than you'd ever imagine. and for good reason.



5 stars.. because 4 just wasn't enough.

Definately no Silence here!

Delerium's 'Silence' is known to be one of the biggest tunes in the history of electronic music, if not THE biggest! Much thanks to Tiesto's breathtaking remix, which has been played over and over again in clubs all around the world. Remixing such a masterpiece isn't an easy task, but Above & Beyond has certainly managed to bring this classic tune up to date with their catchy uplifting remix. The Filterheadz and Michael Woods remixers are great too in their very own special ways, but I kinda miss the Airscape remix that was featured on the older release of 'Silence'. I would gladly replace it with the Fade remix.



Overall this CD is definately worth buying if you don't already own it. But I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5, because the Airscape remix isn't there.