We have a special birthday in the building today!
Crazy to think some Dance songs are entering their third decade of life right now. Such is the case of Paul van Dyk’s iconic track, ‘For An Angel‘, a record that is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. There’s no way you’ve never heard of it, as this timeless piece of Trance has soundtracked entire generations.
Selected by Mixmag as number eight in its “50 Greatest Dance Tracks Of All Time” feature and the subject of a new mini-documentary from DJ Mag, ‘For An Angel’ is one of the most beautiful and essential songs in Dance music history. It was first released in 1994 as a track on van Dyk’s first studio album, 45 RPM, and rose to legendary status in 1998 when it was re-released as ‘E-Werk Remix‘, a nod to the E-Werk nightclub where van Dyk used to be the resident DJ.
30 years are not an everyday thing. So to mark this special occasion, a double-vinyl release features the original ‘E-Werk Club Mix’ alongside new remixes from top-tier artists like Öwnboss, Julian Jeweil, LOUT, KOLONIE, Filo & Peri, and Miika Kuisma.
Each shining a different light on the classic, through a unique prism, the remixes adapt the melody that has lived on since the early 90s and transform the feeling to introduce different audiences to ‘For An Angel’. If I had to pick, my personal favourites are KOLONIE’s incredible Progressive Trance take, and the Filo & Peri Remix, a piece that is the perfect middle point between the classic nature of the original, and the modern sound of today’s Uplifting Trance, without going over the top.
Listen to the entire release below. Happy birthday, ‘For An Angel’!
