| |
 |
2010-07-28 DJ Mag 2010 Poll – Voting Begins
|
|
|
DJ Magazine cut the ribbon on their 2010 search for the top 100 spinning elite yesterday. In 2009 Roger was delighted to make a formidable 37 place jump up to the no.21 position. It’s technically impossible for him to do the same this year (!) but we’d certainly love him to see him rise up again. So if you’ve been out and about, seen Roger play, picked up one of the albums, compilations or Magic Island releases or enjoyed the radio show over the last 12 months and felt like popping his name in one of those ballot boxes, well it would certainly put a smile on his face! DJ Magazine
|
 |
 |
2010-07-26 roger Shah, ralph fritsch pres black pearl - discovery (MAGIC040)
|
|
|
The Black Pearl sets sail again! After previous expeditions to 'Bounty Island', the 'Coral Sea' and 'Java', this time captains Roger Shah and Ralph Fritsch invite you on their journey of 'Discovery'. Your musical trip with the two German DJ's and producers will take you to open sea, where you'll pass bittersweet violin melodies, soothing synth-sound waves and experience a marvelous, powerful build-up.
Also aboard is Swedish DJ and producer Kim Svärd. He takes over the helm with his 'Discovery'-remix, on which he faces a more stormy route. He hits the highest highs of uplifting in the break down and accompanies you through dark, progressive baselines. Enjoy your trip!
|
|
 |
2010-07-05 roger shah & tenishia ft lorilee - catch a cloud (MAGIC038)
|
|
|
Uniting the best of one world, results in what some call ‘a combo to die for’. Tenishia and Roger Shah are two of the names who wear that tag. Collaborations ‘I’m Not God’ and ‘You’re So Cool’ have made many of a trance fan close their eyes on the dance floor and totally lose themselves in the music. Those hands-in-the-air memorable moments now return with a new soundtrack: ‘Catch A Cloud’.
This follow-up goodness is a-foot in the Magic Island release schedule with Roger Shah re-teaming with Malta’s Tenishia and vocalist Lorilee for ‘Catch A Cloud’. Steeped in float-away beauty, but with plenty of synth power for the peak-time play, it’s a workhorse all-rounder of a track.
|
|
 |
2010-06-04 Roger Shah - Magic Island - Music For Balearic People, Vol. 3
|
|
For the next instalment of Roger Shah’s pre-season audio-postcards to the White Isle, he returns with chapter 3 of ‘Magic Island: Music For Balearic People’.
Everyone who has ever taken an Ibiza-bound flight has been influenced and inspired in some way by the island. Few though have felt its magnetic pull to quite the same degree as Shah. Musically every move he’s made in the last 5 years has stemmed from his attachment to the great White Isle and his expedition to capture musically as much of its essence as possible continues with his new compilation album.
Vol. 3 again brings 160 minutes of previously unheard music, all entirely exclusive to the album. Mixed together in super-immersive fashion by Roger, each disc moves through a sound arc, from the daytime trappings of sun, beach and bar, and on (with perfect tone & tempo progression) into the night… and into the clubs.
Magic Island aficionados will know that Shah uses these albums as the first listen-in points for the tracks he’ll be using as his prime dance-floor rockers during his round-the-world-and-back summer season.
Following the runaway success of his ‘Lost’ track, Roger has re-teamed with Zara Taylor to deliver ‘Found’ – its beatific, luminous sequel. To the doubtless delight of fans (‘Lost’ was after all the no.1 track on the no.1 trance radio show in 2008) ‘Found’ will become the first track to spin off as a single from the album. Also on the re-collaboration tip, Roger has made a speedy return to the studio with Signum’s Ronald Hagen. After their Beatport chart-busting ‘Healesville Sanctuary’, the pair are back with another well-primed piece of floor-artillery in the shape of ‘Ancient World’. Another of Roger’s most renowned pseudonyms kicks off MI:3 second disc. Co-crewed by Ralph ‘Fridge’ Fritsch, Black Pearl sets sail again (following up ‘Bounty Island’, ‘Coral Sea’ and ‘Java’) with the mellifluous, halcyon ‘Discovery’. Already the subject of fairly intense fan speculation (with Roger using the track to open his ASOT450 set in NYC), it was met by a flurry of ID request..
On the compilation Roger is also exploring new collaboration routes. ‘Eden’ is his debut team-up with Dutch DJ & producer Leon Bolier and the latter’s ‘trance with twist’ effect can clearly be heard on the moody atmosphere-laden number. At the opposite end of the scale ‘Lay Down’ (don’t let the title fool you!) is a peak-time vocal number with Ross Lara on co-production duties and Todd Wright on vocals.
The album also contains a number of solo outings from Roger; included among them are ‘Over and Over’ which on-the-ball fans will recognize from his Songbook long-player. Roger has given the Nadja Nooijen sung track a more club-energizing feel on his 2010 remix and it will quickly follow ‘Found’ out of the gate as a single. This summer Roger will undertake his first ever solo show, which will take place on ‘Guaba Beach in Cyprus. ‘Guaba Beach’ the track will naturally enough become the anthem for the event!
Aside from all Shah-fired audio attractions there are also white-hot new tracks spread across the melodic-thru-euphoric trance range to look out for from young guns like Nuera, Walsh & Mcauley, Pedro del Mar & The Ridgewalkers, Semantica, Dimension… the list goes on.
The Magic Island albums are a million light years away from the typical throwaway Ibiza compilation that haunts download stores and CD racks come summer. Each one is every inch a serious endeavour by Roger to capture the spirit and quintessence of the island through exclusive, relatable quality music. They are now becoming the last box-ticks on the to-do list of clued-up clubbers & beach lovers from around the world before they jump onboard airplanes and head Evissa-bound. Pt 3 should prove no different.
Armada Music took a trip down Magic Island with Roger Shah himself and found out all about his ideas, thoughts and driving forces behind this must-have audio-experience. Find the whole interview here
|
|
 |
2010-05-24 Roger Shah pres Sunlounger ft Zara Taylor - Found
|
|
Two years after the unforgettable and ever-resounding ‘Lost’, Zara Taylor has found the way to Roger Shah’s studio again. Not that she ever lost it, her sense of musical direction always makes her find it back. The powerful, Balearic trance force of Roger Shah and his Sunlounger moniker joins forces with one of the most tender voices in dance, the one of Zara Taylor.
Succeeding their collab ‘Crawling’, is the answer to ‘Lost’: ‘Found’. Hitting in with the same delicate Balearic trance sound and an emotional, melodramatic feel to it – ‘Found’ is a more than worthy follow-up to the trance scene’s future classic.
Remixes from Roger Shah himself, in a deeper, more trancy version of the stunning original, and Pedro del Mar, peak-time and energetic, are part of this memorable release.
1. Found (Roger Shah Original Mix) (08:16)
2. Found (Pedro Del Mar Remix) (09:20)
3. Found (Album Version) (06:45)
4. Found (Radio Mix) (03:41)
|
|
|
|
 |
Lee Bridle
| P: |
+44 (0) 8444 99 2323 |
| F: |
+44 (0) 203 014 5340 |
| M: |
+44 (0) 7956 461 372 |
| E: |
lee@mostwantedglobal.com |
| W: |
www.mostwantedglobal.com |
|
|
|
