Nalin & Kane – Beachball

ATB, Sash!, Storm, Energy 52 and Paul van Dyk formed part of a strong German contingent during the golden era of trance – lest we forget, the late 1990s and early 2000s. Amongst all that talent pouring out of the country it was possible to overlook a minimalist trance gem which peaked at 48 the first time round, then 31 places higher after a remix courtesy of “Tall” Paul Newman. Even if unlikely to win any trance-deniers over, the renovated Beachball bounced ahead of new releases in the house (Golden Girls), hard house (666), trance (Mark van Dale) and DnB (Krust) categories in that week in October 98’.

Maybe an unnecessary comment but this vinyl does not contain the Beachball wíth the vocals that we so love ;) As it says, its the original mix without the vocals. Maybe pointing out the obvious but perhaps still helpfull for some people

The original is Pure bliss. There's an excellent rework of this featuring Beats International vocals, can't find it on vinyl anywhere though

Nalin & Kane scored a massive club hit in 1997 with the mesmerising 'Beachball'. Perhaps it was the lucious vocals or the sweet summery sound of waves and seagulls. Whatever it was, people could not resist the track. Then just when we thought it was all over, the following year Mr Tall Paul Newman gets ahold of the masters and resculpts an otherwise perfect House tune into a mighty floorfilling anthem. 1998 was a big year for me personally. It was my final year in school and I first started mixing music and so naturally, this track gets me all nostalgic every time I hear it.