專輯曲目
1. First State – My Sanctuary (Extended Mix) (7:39)
2. First State – Exeo (Extended Mix) (6:34)
3. First State feat Elliot Johns – Surrounds Me (Extended Mix) (7:36)
4. First State – Cape Point (Extended Mix) (8:01)
5. First State feat Relyk – Cross The Line (Extended Mix) (9:04)
6. First State – Mojave (Extended Mix) (7:43)
7. First State feat Sarah Howells – Reverie (Extended Mix) (8:01)
8. First State – Butterfly Effect (Extended Mix) (8:40)
9. First State feat Elliot Johns – Breathe On Me (Extended Mix) (9:16)
10. First State feat Sarah Howells – Brave (Extended Mix) (9:03)
11. First State – Primate (Extended Mix) (6:59)
12. First State – As You Were (Extended Mix) (7:50)
創作背景
荷電天王tiesto力捧猛將!black hole鎮廠大將!身為solarstone、tiesto、armin van buuren等天王dj指定混音好手,crossroads radioshow主持人,歐陸trance指標大廠black hole頂尖悍將,1981年出生的荷蘭小將sander van dien,絕對堪稱當代最炙手可熱的新生代trance巨星!在父親的啟蒙下開始創作的sander van dien,曾經接受正式的吉他和鍵盤演奏訓練,2003年結識了甫嶄露頭角的ralphie b(ralph barendse),並受邀為其化名midway發表的熱門單曲〈amazon〉打理混音,正式展開於電子國度的職業生涯。2005年,兩人合體化名first state帶來同名單曲,隨即獲black hole副廠in trance we trust網羅,緊接著推出的首張專輯《time frame》以及〈evergreen〉、〈off the radar〉等大熱單曲,加上馬不停蹄的全球巡迴,讓first state聲勢水漲船高,儼然成為black hole鎮廠之寶!2009年6月,ralph b為全心投入個人事業,毅然離開first state,讓first state成為sander van dien獨挑大樑的個人project。正當樂迷憂心2缺1的first state是否會因此失去光彩之際,回歸單曲〈brave〉踩著與飄渺的trance輕煙與迷離的electro電氣從容而至,甫以曾為lange〈out of the sky〉和john o'callaghan〈find yourself〉獻聲而於全球舞池聲名大噪的英倫民謠女伶sarah howells知性嗓音詮釋,讓所有疑慮頓時煙消雲散!延續著〈brave〉這般層次豐富的電舞質感,《changing lanes》開場搶先帶來雄踞beatport排行top 10長達4周並獲得tiesto青睞選為《in search of sunrise 8: south africa》開場曲的〈my sanctuary〉,以鋼琴鋪陳起浪漫柔美至極的progressive曲式,與尾隨登場的〈exeo〉,構築出一幅令人屏息的舞曲風景;爾後,優雅的uplifeating trance底韻下,techno和electro勁拍來襲,漸強的曲式中,〈surrounds me〉媲美jónsi(sigur ros)脫俗男聲elliot johns與深邃重拍交織的反差媚惑,〈cape point〉瀰漫太空氣息的和諧感,〈primate〉滲透著一絲minimal techno的懸疑緊迫,到稱霸audiojelly下載排行top 10四周的〈as you were〉那股夾帶實驗性格的tech-trance生猛節拍,12首剛柔並濟的迷幻詩篇,打造一段蘊含深層情感和人文氣息的曲折電舞旅程!