Faxing Berlin is one of the most overrated tunes of 2007. It works great as a so-called "transition track", but nothing more. The quality of production is average, the sound lacks thickness and richness. Thanks to the Beatport's chart system, this tune was ravished by every trance dj (although this isn't trance at all), and thus was destined to commercial success and heavy playlisting. I have nothing against the track itself. It's the hype over it that is annoying.

In my opinion this IS their finest production. The original mix literally takes you on a 10 minute journey, which is something that the rest of G&D's tracks and remixes fail to deliver. You may hate Gabriel & Dresden with all your heart, but you cannot deny the fact that this is one brilliant production.

All I can say is WOW! This is one hell of a track selection. "The Collected 12" Mixes" simply portrays the golden period of deep progressive "Markus Schulz-style" trance. Tracks like "In The End", "Languange", "Not Even Winds", "Eighties", "External Key", "TV Dinner", "Clear Blue", "Largo", "Crossroads", "Simple", then some stuff from the first Coldharbour Selections from the time when Coldharbour Recordings didn't even exist yet... they are all on here! The vast majority of the gems of 2003-2005 progressive trance got included in this release - UNMIXED! When I first found out about the existence of this release - I thought that this is some bootleg compilation. It just seemed too good to be true. This is a must have for any fan of progressive trance.

Wow! What a horrible album! Its tracks are filled with a bunch of predictable outcomes and very cheesy vocals. The only two tunes that I have found to be interesting were Eleven and Sydney. Eleven is actually my favourite tune. Gabriel & Dresden had the potential as they made some quality productions - although most of them were a bit too commercial, but still quility - throughout years 2002-2004. Then they released the awesome, their best in my opinion, track Arcadia. After the release of Arcadia, I just thought it couldn't get better than this - an awsome production without any of that cheesiness that you would find in their earlier works. But the reality was that from that point on it just went downhill for these two. And this album just proves it. All of these tracks are well done and finished, but too finished and too uncreative. It actually didn't surprise me after hearing their Essential Mix back in spring. Basically they have great production skills but absolutely no ideas. I would recommend just buying track Eleven on 12" or mp3.

Original and Elevation Remix are okay. But the Santiago Nino Dub Tech Mix is what this record is all about! Basically, Santiago took a dark, average and cold-sounding, progressive trance tune and turned it into a summer anthem! Everytime I hear it, I remeber some of the biggest personal events of that 2005 summer. If I was a DJ, I would still be hammering the Dub Tech Mix up to this day.