DJ Tiësto – In Search Of Sunrise

Does anyone know the location for the cover photo? I'm guessing it's in the Netherlands somewhere?

Great Trance, will never understand the morons saying this is 'mainstream', 'safe' or 'not proper trance'.

Most of what I listen to today is techno, tech house and "true" progressive house but I still like to go back in time and listen to what got me into edm in the first place, and this is one of those albums. I find classic trance to be much better than the current stuff for the most part. This is a good classic trance album with many big tracks and being mixed on 2 actual turntables. While I think IOS 2 is a bit better this is still a must have for any hardcore electronic music fans.

In Search Of Sunrise is widely criticised for being mainstream and safe, and that is true to an extent, but it's still a good listen, contains a lot of the fin-de-siècle trance sounds and styles which have now disappeared, and is well structured as a mix.

Fully half of these tracks are vocal trance, immediately distinguishing it from the Magik series and indeed most of Tiesto's mix compilations to date, but when the songs are of the quality of Mercury and Solace and Calling Your Name, even the sniffiest trance purist would have a hard time finding fault with them. The vocal of Remember (To The Millennium) is a little on the corny side, and Billie Ray Martin's Honey doesn't fit at all, but these notwithstanding, most of the material here is of a high quality.

Sparkles is a stunning finale to the disk, and The Reachers Of Civilization contains a captivating spoken vocal recalling (possibly) the classical era or pre-Columbian America - or perhaps northern European holidaymakers arriving in the resorts of the Mediterranean.

ISOS 3 was the first instalment to have an official geographic designation, but this first album is Ibizan in all but name (number 6 in the series is officially dedicated to Ibiza, but focuses on daytime and evening vibes rather than the night-time club evocations of this album).

This album contains a high proportion of tracks by English and American producers, in contrast to the almost exclusively Dutch and German make-up of most of Tiesto's releases until this point.

Nice to finally get a copy. This was I guess, the outing of Tiesto on the Trance scene and by 2005 or so we were all heartily sick of him and his genre.
As time has gone on it's nice to revisit and collect all the albums that you might not have touched at the time.
I picked this up 'cos I had ISOS2 and wanted to get the first one, turned up for 3 quid in a charity shop and it was a no-brainer.
I likes it, lovely melody doesn't take itself to seriously, not too many arpeggio's nice steady pace. Reminds me what got me into the trance in the first place!
So from a 2013 perspective Fantastic snapshot of 1999 I'm happy!

That Lange remix is so crap quality on my copy, anyone else with this problem?!

PERFECTION!!!!!!
The Best ISOS Album. I love the intro...

FLAWLESS. The best ISOS by Tiesto and for me this is the pinnacle of turn of the century trance. Every track is pounding, with the best being 'mercury & solace', 'dark blue', 'going up', 'i believe (tandu remix)', 'far from over' and the immortal 'sparkles'. Amazing release!!

Not sure what the hype is behind this one. There are a couple good tunes, several bad ones, and it's cliche uplifting trance for the most part.

This CD has great melodies and vocals (take for example Billie Ray Martin or The Morrighan or Libra pres. Taylor) and it is quite a skilled mix. Continuity is good and the first track really sinks you into this sea of melody. However i tend to prefer Nyana Indoor to this, it has better melodies. Anyway it is a must have in your collection. Tiesto has put a lot of effort to this, a lot of work and you really enjoy it in the end. It leaves a good feeling also.