How commerical is Darude?

Viceroy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:28 pm

Just wondering what you guys think, cause there's a wide range of opinions out there. I just got his new album Rush, and I have to say I rather like it. Smile

davehart · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:49 pm

To rate him on the cheese factor I'd put him on the same level as ATB. As for being commercial, he's an inbetween. I have to say that I am a fan of his stuff.

Spherix · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2003 8:32 pm

>Pretty commerical, but not as bad as DJ Sammy or Lasgo

Ya know what the worst should have been? As commercial as Scooter!

I'm not really a fan of him... tho his last album was pretty good..

Bradz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2003 8:55 pm

Darude is a bit but I still like him.. his old stuff and new..

RayvinAzn · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2003 9:23 pm

I'd actually hardly consider him commercial...the only reason the general public knows his work is because of Sandstorm and Feel the Beat (which they probably think of as the same song), and even then, most of them dont know either the title of the song, or the artist...his biggest his was the song that basically put trance into Americas clubs, but he hardly gets any recognition for it.

I'm not a fan of his work, but i DO own both his CDs...and i must say, he surprised me with Rush...still not really my thing, but still, a damn good job

Dj Traxxlover · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:21 pm

i like darude coz although he's commerical his songs r very good.

and he certainly made the public gave more attention to trance/techno after sandstorm.

bounce · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:25 am

As for being commercial, I think that it's great the Darude got the attention he did, especially here in the US where almost no one knows anything about trance. I remember when Sandstorm was getting a lot of airplay, my friends who were die-hard rap or rock fans were totally loving that song. Ever since then, a lot of them are much more open-minded about music, and a few of them even listen to trance regularly. Darude opened up a door in that perspective, he really introduced a lot of the American public to a whole new and unfamiliar style of music.

I like Darude's stuff. I've had Rush for a while now and it hasn't left my CD changer since I picked it up. It's some real good stuff.

So, in all, I give Darude a big thumbs-up. Very Happy

PeterB · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:13 pm

Feel the Beat and Out of Control were VERY commercial, cause the videoclip was there BEFORE it was released on vinyl :S
That is very commercial I think

spacedinvader · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:55 pm

I love the Rush Album, close to the 'paul van dyk' sound.

Quality uplifting & melodic, would have been nice to have more variety though.

Laughing

Viceroy · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2003 5:28 am

What surprised me about Rush is that it wasn't all radio friendly uplifting stuff - he even stuck some progressive on there, which was quite cool.

davehart · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2003 11:13 pm

Not had the chance to check out his latest album, when was it released?

Spherix · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2003 1:10 pm

supersaws · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2003 4:25 pm

I like a lot of of his songs. I think that because he's really well know by ppl who aren't into trance that people who are into trance think he's mainstream.

davehart · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:35 pm

Evereybody knows about Darude's own productions, but has he done any remixies to date? I can't think of any he's done.

narcism · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2003 1:22 pm

his good looks get him a little further in my eyes Razz

in all seriousness he has improved some what from his last album, i guess as an artist he is still growing and maturing

E. Mitchell · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2003 6:48 am

Ah, Sandstorm. He's only commercial because of that. But lately I wouldn't consider him to be. I still hear Sandstorm once in a while on the radio though. Rolling Eyes

davehart · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:14 pm

Spherix · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:55 pm

Viceroy · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2003 11:34 pm

Blank & Jones - Beyond Time (Darude vs. JS16 Remix)
Barcode Brothers - Oooh Dooh (Darude vs, JS16 Remix)

I like both of these tracks. Confused