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A Sharper Edge
Craig Connelly
A Sharper Edge
Craig Connelly
'A Sharper Edge'. Following the 8-million-Spotify-streamsand-
counting 'One Second Closer', the album is another implicitly titled collection, alluding to Craig's
unlike-any-other approach.
At the core of its production lies something that is the result of - if not quite soul searching by Craig,
then certainly some introspection. Whilst other artists root their album biases in the instrumental or the
vocal, or a particular stylistic bandwidth, Craig composed his down four very specific thematic lines.
"I wanted to try a non-traditional approach to this album, says the Manchester born-and-based DJ, and
I thought a little pre-production mental exercise might give me some insight. So before 'A Sharper
Edge's day-one, I crunched what seemed important in my life and more and more four words kept
popping back. So when I sat down to compose each track, I tried to bring one of the four - Destiny,
Energy, Travel or Optimism to my foreground and subsequently channel it into that piece of music.
Whilst all the tracks represent a more radio or club focused sound, every one was designed to have its
own story - regardless of whether it has lyrics or not. Even the instrumentals were written with the
intention of being anchored in a strong human emotion or feeling."
That 'A Sharper Edge' spans trance's stylistic spectrum and breaks down evenly into seven vocals
and seven instrumentals is significantly less by design and more by the innateness of Craig's process.
While never absolute, the tracks' titles offer prime indicators of which theme drove them.
Likely, 'California' and 'Tranceatlantic' are amongst those that have their mental foundations in Travel,
whilst 'Earth Dimension C-137' and current single 'Time Machine' similarly channel it - albeit less
terrestrially. Destiny is most clearly touched on with 'Life Half Lived' (spiritually sung by Karina
Ramage) and Cammie Robinson's wondrously carefree turn on 'Run Away'. The album's overture
'Sonic Grey' and the bassy judder of 'Everyone Loves A Triplet' meanwhile address it in more opaque
fashions.
Media | Muzyka CD (Płyta kompaktowa) |
Liczba dysków | 1 |
Wydane | 22 maja 2020 |
EAN/UPC | 8715197020022 |
Etykieta | BLACK HOLE BHNL9702002.2 |
Genre | Electronic Trance |
Wymiary | 126 × 141 × 7 mm · 58 g |
Lista utworów
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- Sonic Grey
- Featuring Tara Louise - Time Machine
- California
- Featuring Karina Ramage - Life Half Lived
- Earth Dimension C-137
- Featuring Natalie Major - Watch the Way You Move
- Everyone Loves a Triplet
- Featuring Tara Louise - What Are You Waiting for
- With Peter Steele - the Fire
- Featuring Alex Holmes - Anything Like You
- With Factor B Tranceatlantic
- With Siskin - All for Love
- With Will Rees Inhale
- Featuring Cammie Robinson - Run Away