DJ Loopy
Volume J
Sky High












Tracklist:
01. DJ Loopy - Intro (Loopy)
02. DJ Loopy - Islands (Loopy)
03. DJ Loopy - Take Control (Loopy & Stud)
04. DJ Loopy - Someone (Stevie So Fly)
05. DJ Loopy - Castles (Loopy & Stud)
06. DJ Loopy - Out Of Love (Filet MigNAM)
07. DJ Loopy - Drowning (Slim Tim & Fos ft Loopy)
08. DJ Loopy - Follow Me (Farm)
09. DJ Loopy - It's A Dream (Fos ft Slim Tim)
10. DJ Loopy - Rain (Loopy)
11. DJ Loopy - I Found Peace (Loopy)
12. DJ Loopy - So Long (Loopy)
13. DJ Loopy - The Way I Are (Loopy)
14. DJ Loopy - Is It Love (Loopy)
15. DJ Loopy - Desperate Religion (Loopy & Trippy)

Two tracks that I think are the best in this album:

1. Track 9 (Listen here): The constant xylophone ambient beat and the ambient during the breaks or short solos cause this trance-like, outer space feeling. Like the title suggests, it is kind of like a dream. Most of the time, when a title contains the word "dream", you can expect a very relaxed vibe in the song and very laid back. This track kept most of the original sounds and remixed some of the beats and ambients, but to keep the original sound of the vocals is highly respected because the DJ must then mix the beats and ambient to suit the vocals.
   
2. Track 14 (Listen here): The beat, tempo, ambients, and vocals create a very smooth song. The arrangement and clear sounds makes the track sound very fluid. At the middle of the song when the melody and bass has a volume increase, the vocals are gone so that it is not drowned out by the ambients and melody. After the quick melody and ambient break or solo, the vocals are introduced again, but the volume of the vocal is also increased to match that of the melody so nothing is drowned out. Most of the time when a DJ increases volume, the sound quality starts to get distorted, but DJ Loopy does a great job of equalizing everything so everything is balanced and results in a high quality track.

Overall, this album has very high quality sounds, no vocal is drowned out by the bass and melody. The arrangement to each song reflects a lot of effort to make the album sound clear and smooth. The happiest song in this album is Track 6 - Out of Love. When a song uses many high pitched sounds, including the vocals, the song tends to turn out to be a very festive and happy song. A con to this song is that, everything being happy makes understanding the track as a whole a very painstaking process. You will need to either just focus on the vocals or the melody one at a time to understand clearly what is sung.

The melody and vocals of this album being as good as they are is really a bonus to the main focus of the album. I've noticed that every track have a very clear bass line that is nicely matched with the surround sound effect. I'm not too familiar with the genre "beat", but that is what this album is categorized as. The beat consisting of mostly bass... I believe my statement about the focus being on bass is correct. Clear melody, clear vocals, and fluid yet changing beats make this an excellent album. This would be a 9 out of 10 on my scale because nothing ever gets boring due to changing beats and fun melodies. This album also contains tracks that are relaxing yet happy at the same time and some gives a space like, dreaming feeling. Also, I'm a big fan of clear vocals and smooth transitions from song to song that makes listening to the album enjoyable since it feels like one big song. A smooth transition from a relaxing song to a hyper happy song is very hard to do due to tempo and beat differences. The outro of a former song must be slowed or sped up and silenced to match the intro of the next. This sounds easy to do, but it is difficult. Just imagine trying to transition an opera song into a hip hop song.