Today we will have a more interactive Friday Flashback because I’ve chosen this track being inspired by the story of a good friend of mine, Trance Angel. We were talking some days ago and he was telling me how this trance tune influenced him and changed his life (like a second birth), how this track got him into trance music and also gave him his nickname. I was delighted to hear all the nice memories this melody brings out, not only for him, but for me too, so I was thinking if you could also tell me your stories related to this track. Yes, I bet you all remember it! 
But before anything else, let’s hear the story of the song!
On the 5th of December 1994, “45 RPM” , the debut album of Paul van Dyk, was out on MFS Records in Germany and so was one of the most popular trance hits ever produced. The first video of this song was filmed in the Riviera Maya in Mexico, during the year of 1994, and the vocals belong to Ute Lampka-Konrad. Initial copies of this album came with a bonus disc of remixes Paul van Dyk had done for other artists called “45 Remixes Per Minute”.
Later on, the tune was reworked and re-released (1998) as “E-Werk Remix” (a homage to the E-Werk nightclub where van Dyk used to be the resident DJ) on Deviant Records (UK) and Mute Records (USA) and reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart and #26 in the Irish Singles Chart. So, the second video was filmed and released, containing footages from the famous “Love Parade” in Berlin.
In 2009, it has been remixed by several artists like Activa, Filo And Peri, Miika Kuisma and, of course, PvD, and was released again by the record labels High Contrast Recordings, Ultra Records, Vandit Records, New State Recordings and Island Records.
I think that you all have guessed what tune I’m talking about. Here it is: For An Angel! And because I prefer the 1994 version, I’m gonna leave you with this video:
Don’t forget to leave me comments with your stories related to For An Angel. Bye and see you all next week!
Klangwelt
Oh, I love this tune! By the time it was first released i was liek 4 years old, so I cannot remember this one originally. but of course I have heard it quite a lot because it’s such a big classic!
A very good FF if you ask me!
Keep it up Andrea!
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