Gabriel & Dresden - My favs

Celestial (Reprise) out now on Beatport: http://smarturl.it/VimesReprise 
Get the Gardens of God Remix on Beatport: http://smarturl.it/VimesGardensofGod 

VIMES – the production duo made up of Azhar Syed and Julian Stetter – continue to grow on the strength of their stylish, future-forward electronic music, combining both melancholic 80s touches with a contemporary live instrumentation and upbeat production. Celestial (Reprise) is their debut single on Needwant and comes with remixes for Gardens of God and a Needwant Extended Mix.

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VIMES - Celestial (Gardens Of God Remix)

Motorcycle was a collaboration between Gabriel & Dresden and vocalist Jes Brieden

Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes [Sweeping Strings Radio Edit]

Rachael Starr gave Dave a demo copy of this song in 2003. Dave immediately loved it but didn't really think Josh was going to so he never played it for him. But then one day almost two years later, Dave got up the balls to play it for Josh and, lo and behold, he loved it. So, in 2005 Gabriel & Dresden did a remix for this song which helped get it signed to Positiva Records as well as Ultra Music. 

One of our best-loved remixes to this day.



Rachael Starr - Till There Was You (Gabriel & Dresden Club Mix)

The seeds of Zocalo were planted in early 2003 when Dave handed a demo of "As The Rush Comes" to Armin when he was playing at the Mayan in downtown LA. The next day Armin called Dave to tell him how much he loved the song and that he wanted to sign it to the label he was starting called Armada Music, thus becoming one Armada's first releases.

At that point, Armin wanted to get into the studio with us and create an original song together. In the fall of 2003 we went to Armin's house in Leiden, NL to create something. We spent a week in his studio and made a demo titled "16 Days Ago"  that we liked but didn't love. And thus, it never was finished.

Two years later, Armin got a copy of our song "Arcadia" and once again, this opened the conversation for us to collaborate. After the Winter Music Conference that year, we all headed to San Leandro, California to create something together in the studio and this is exactly what was made that first week of April, 2005.

While we were making the song, Armin and Dave decided to walk down the street to the local Zocalo Coffeehouse to get an afternoon pick-me-up. Armin loved their coffee so much that he decided that "Zocalo" should be the name of the song. We both agreed and the rest is dance music history.






Armin van Buuren feat Gabriel & Dresden - Zocalo

In 2004, We released a mix compilation on Nettwerk Records called "Bloom" - it was a 2 disc affair which included some of our favorite songs we were playing in our sets along with our newest tracks and remixes. 

Once we had most of the songs compiled, we felt like the compilation was missing something. Something that "took you there" but also with a bit of soul and real instruments. 

So one day, on a lark, Josh decided to pick up his Fender Jazz bass and start playing some stuff. Dave immediately loved what Josh was playing and implored him to record what he was doing so it would not be lost in the ether of "great ideas never recorded."

What happened next was pretty incredible. We started building this song layer by layer. By the end of that day, we pretty much had it finished. A couple days of tweaks and it was done. 

We were so over the moon that we had made a song in such a short period of time that we didn't know what to call it. Enter Dave's realtor, Carol Robbiano, who was showing him a house on Arcadia Avenue in Oakland, CA. While driving to see the house, Dave played her the song. She suggested we name it "Arcadia" if Dave ended up liking the property. 

in 2005, we decided to start our own label called "Organized Nature" and we knew immediately that "Arcadia" would be our first release. For the single we updated a couple of things, re-mixed it to sound bigger and fatter and added a swing-y house beat. So the version of "Arcadia" on the "Bloom" compilation is technically a demo.





Gabriel & Dresden - Arcadia (Original 12" mix - edited)

Andain - Promises (Gabriel & Dresden Radio Edit)

The Engine Room - "A Perfect Lie" [Gabriel & Dresden Remix]

Yes, we have made remixes for Spinnin' Records - but that was 2001, y'all.

4 Strings - "(Take Me Away) Into The Night" - Gabriel & Dresden Remix

Oakenfold - "Southern Sun" (Gabriel & Dresden Unplugged Mix)

Did you know that ATRC started it's life as a funky house song?

This has never been released and very few people have ever heard it. 



**RARE** Motorcycle - "As The Rush Comes" (Gabriel & Dresden Original Demo)

Gabriel & Dresden feat Scarlett Etienne - "Eleven" - (Album Version)

Chris (Retrobyte) and I put this mashup remix together several years ago on a whim. I always felt Bigtop - Sub was a solid club oriented track that never got the attention it deserved and just needed some vocals to really make the distinct driving sound more powerful. Chris, being the incredibly talented producer he is, made the "Subtisfaction" remix dream a reality.

Bigtop - Sub (Retrobyte & Reinke Subtisfaction Remix)

Faithless feat Cat Power "It's A Kind of Peace" (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)

This was made no more than 4 months after we made "Beautiful Things"

What are the odds?



Annie Lennox "1000 Beautiful Things" (Gabriel & Dresden Teckfunk Mix)

Gabriel & Dresden "Portobello"

Gabriel & Dresden "Serendipity"

Gabriel & Dresden feat Jan Burton - "Dangerous Power" (Acappella)

Özgür Can - "Changed" - (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)

Josh Gabriel "Alive"

our July 21st set live through the microphones at Soundcheck in Washington DC

Starts off kinda techno and definitely not classics, but then goes from there to an all classics set. We like to warm up with pretty techno. 

Tracklist can be found here: (thanks to DJ Unclesam!!) http://www.1001tracklists.com/tracklist/115431_gabriel-dresden-at-soundcheck-nightclub-washington-dc-united-states-2016-07-21.html


Gabriel & Dresden - My favs

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