Axtone Presents Thomas Gold
Axtone Records' Axtone Presents Thomas Gold showcases the German DJ who's one of the label's brightest stars. Many tracks on the album are regularly played during Thomas Gold’s live shows, including songs from David Guetta, Afrojack, and Axwell. Gold’s style of progressive house is characterized by uplifting synth-based melodies, intricate drum patterns, and speaker-shattering breakdowns. The original productions “Sing2Me” and “Circles” certainly fit this mold. Thomas’s finest tracks, however, are his remixes. Gold takes on Lady Gaga’s “Judas” by minimizing the vocals to a short loop and building on the original song's melody with his signature synth chords. The defining track of this collection is Gold’s remix of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain.” With original vocals and piano elements intact, Thomas adds quintessential progressive house melodies and a heavy drumbeat without taking away from the feel of the original production.