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▀▀▓▓█▌ Saeed Younan - Spotlight ░
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▀▀▄▓▒▓ Artist .....: Saeed Younan ▓▒▓
▐█▓▓ Title ......: Spotlight ▓▓█
▀██▓ Year .......: 2007 ▓██
██▓ Genre ......: Dance ▓██
███ Label ......: Younan Music ▓██
███ Source .....: CD ▓█▓
███ Bitrate ....: 173 kbps avg ██▓
███ khz ........: 44.1 █▓▓
███ Mode .......: Joint Stereo ██▓
██▓ Encoder ....: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ██▓
██▓ Reldate ....: 2007-08-15 ▓██
██▓ Storedate ..: 2007-00-00 ▓██
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███▌ Tracklist ▀ ███
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███ 1. Ronny Van D - Ping Pong (Saeed Younan remix) 11:15 ███
███ 2. Marcello Castelli - Tribalismo (Mijangos 7:50 ███
███ Remix) ███
███ 3. Saeed Younan - It's Time (Original mix) 6:32 ███
███ 4. Saeed Younan - Keep Me Up (Mastiksoul Remix) 7:55 ███
███ 5. Kermit - Earth Parade 8:02 ███
███ 6. John Creamer & Stephan K and Lance Jordan 7:06 ███
███ featuring Suzanna - The Healing (Saeed ███
███ Younan D.C Love Dub) ███
███ 7. Kermit featuring Blanca - Burn The Dance 8:56 ███
███ Floor ███
███ 8. Saeed Younan - To the Beat (Original mix) 7:30 ███
███ 9. Alex Celler - NightShift 7:52 ███
███ 10. DJ Moffy - The Prime Time (Joy Marquez) 6:35 ███
███ 11. Tom Sawyer - Tonight (RPO Remix) 6:09 ███
███ 12. Saeed Younan - Keep Me Up (Original Mix) 7:16 ███
███ 13. Mark Pappas & Tom Sawyer - Cabaret (Original 6:50 ███
███ mix) ███
███ 14. Ronny Van D - So Fine (Massivedrum So Techy 7:37 ███
███ mix) ███
███ 15. DJ Wady - Introducing the sound (Original 7:24 ███
███ mix) ███
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██▓ 114:49 min ▓██
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███▌ Release ▀ ███
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███ Saeed Younan excels in many fields. He is a world ███
███ class, ███
███ globe-trotting DJ; a recording artist; a ███
███ sought-after remix producer; ███
███ and head of his own record label. On his new album, ███
███ Spotlight, he ███
███ showcases all these roles, via one thrilling mix. ███
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███ Younan's previous album, Remixed (2006), was ███
███ composed solely of ███
███ original productions and remixes. He takes that ███
███ concept to the next ███
███ level on Spotlight, emphasizing tracks culled from ███
███ artists on his label, ███
███ in addition to his own handiwork. "Everything comes ███
███ full circle with ███
███ this album," he says. "I'm spotlighting me, as a ███
███ producer and a DJ, and ███
███ the label for what it is. I'm bringing the two ███
███ businesses together." ███
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███ So not only does Spotlight double as a calling card ███
███ for the myriad ███
███ new signings Younan has championed, it also ███
███ celebrates his ability to ███
███ program music in a compelling manner. "It gives you ███
███ a taste of the ███
███ format you would hear from me if I was doing a ███
███ four-hour set, from ███
███ beginning to end, in a club." That he achieves this ███
███ using only fifteen ███
███ tracks, all pulled from his own catalog, is a ███
███ testament to his skill ███
███ sets in every category. ███
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███ Although renown for his facility with tribal and ███
███ percussive grooves, ███
███ there is no signature Saeed Younan sound. Instead, ███
███ on Spotlight he ███
███ progresses through a variety, building momentum by ███
███ allowing the music to ███
███ ebb and swell, enhancing tracks and fashioning ███
███ graceful segues with deft ███
███ effects and EQing. The disc kicks off with his remix ███
███ of "Ping Pong" by ███
███ Ronny Van D., full of percolating beats and frisky ███
███ low-end, then ███
███ graduates to the warm, sexy vibe of Marcel ███
███ Castelli's "Tribalismo Samba ███
███ Dub," a cut with a distinctly Latin twist, ███
███ reminiscent of the glory days ███
███ of Twilo. From the extraterrestrial adventures of ███
███ "Earth Planet" by ███
███ Kermit, through the mischievous subversion of Alex ███
███ Celler's ███
███ "Nightshift," the set integrates fluid changes in ███
███ tempo and texture, ███
███ finally climaxing with the DJ Wady's joyful and ███
███ radiant "Introducing the ███
███ Sound." ███
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███ Among the highlights are several fresh originals by ███
███ Younan, including ███
███ "Keep Me Up" and "To The Beat" (both chart-topping ███
███ smashes at BeatPort ███
███ earlier this year) and his latest single, "It's ███
███ Time." That latter cut, ███
███ a masterpiece of minimalism, makes a nod to the past ███
███ without descending ███
███ into nostalgia, chopping and editing together vocal ███
███ samples and infusing ███
███ them with funk flavor. The result? A new twist on ███
███ old school house. ███
███ ███
███ ███
███ But Younan doesn't hog this Spotlight. "I also ███
███ wanted to give ███
███ recognition to all the artists who are already on my ███
███ label. And it ███
███ seemed like the best way to go about that was to put ███
███ out selections I ███
███ had already signed, from these new fresh talents out ███
███ of South America, ███
███ Canada, and Europe." ███
███ ███
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███ Cherry-picking these prizes from the deluge of new ███
███ music loosed on ███
███ the universe daily requires Younan to utilize not ███
███ just his ears, but his ███
███ imagination, too. When scrutinizing a new track û be ███
███ it one of his own ███
███ productions, or something he has an eye on securing ███
███ for his label û he ███
███ tries to envision how it would go down on the dance ███
███ floor. "I picture a ███
███ great gig I've had somewhere and think, How would ███
███ this sound if I ███
███ dropped it at prime time?, or How would it sound to ███
███ build on this other ███
███ track?, or How would people react to this? I look at ███
███ all those specific ███
███ factors." What he doesn't examine too closely is ███
███ genre labels: "I don't ███
███ have one specific sound that I like." ███
███ ███
███ ███
███ But in order to achieve the uplifting, spontaneous ███
███ character of ███
███ Spotlight û or any of his creations û Younan must, ███
███ in fact, pay ███
███ extraordinary attention to detail behind the scenes. ███
███ "A lot of people I ███
███ work with characterize me as a perfectionist, ███
███ because I'm very picky ███
███ about things," he admits. "In the studio, I can work ███
███ on a single bass ███
███ line or a single loop for, literally, five or six ███
███ hours. So I get it ███
███ just right. When I know something can be done right, ███
███ I'm going to go for ███
███ it and do it. In my heart, I feel like that is how ███
███ it has to be: There ███
███ is no plan B." ███
███ ███
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███ Saeed Younan is a man with many jobs. But armed with ███
███ his fierce work ███
███ ethic and a limitless passion for music, he is ███
███ welcomes each new ███
███ challenge. "It's a lot of juggling," he admits, but ███
███ I'm used to it. I've ███
███ done it all my life." As Spotlight brings his ███
███ abilities to higher levels ███
███ of international demand, he is at the ready. "I'm ███
███ excited about the ███
███ future, about my label and my production work. I ███
███ wake up every morning ███
███ and ask, What is going to keep me going? What can I ███
███ do that nobody else ███
███ has done yet? What's next? ███
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