From "Clear Blue Water" in 2001 to today, it's been 22 years since Oceanlab started up. Since then, Above & Beyond has been a massive part of my musical journey. Justine Suissa was one of the first vocalists in trance I knew by name and sound. In short, Oceanlab was the first trance act I truly fell in love with. 

"Satellite" came out in 2004 and was a massive hit. I remember hearing it and wanting to make stuff like that. Up until then, I'd been just messing around with Reason 2.5 a friend of mine gave me. After a few hours, I thought to myself that it'd be impossible to make something that I truly loved making as much as I loved hearing. 

That has changed. While I was making this, I ended up zoning out to it and just dancing along. Singing along, even. It's still an amazing vocal. I guess this is more or less a "thank you" to A&B and Justine Suissa. 

The only thing I would change about this is turning it from a remix into a cover. I don't think there's been many covers of dance music, and maybe... Maybe I should be taking some vocal lessons.

Oceanlab - Satellite (Siraph Remix)

Starting at age 4, Russell Paac started learning music. Studying classical piano, he knew very little about electronic music. It wasn't until he was 15 that he started listening and enjoying EDM. Under the Siraph name, he's put down multiple remixes and original tracks. The multitude of artists he's loved in the past are influential in his style today, with the likes of Above & Beyond, Lane 8, BT, Sultan + Shepard, Keinemusik. His Coffee House DJ sets are a study into music he's been gathering influences from since the pandemic, pandemic.