{"id":23023,"date":"2014-11-05T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avo-blog.nl\/?p=23023"},"modified":"2017-08-08T11:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T09:39:22","slug":"cd-review-saga-no-border-world-tour-euro-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/2014\/11\/cd-review-saga-no-border-world-tour-euro-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"CD review: SAGA &#8211; NO BORDER WORLD TOUR EURO MIX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the special occasion of the European tour, SAGA will release a EURO MIX CD with all songs they have made so far. It will also be the first release of the music trio: NO BORDER WORLD TOUR, with a compilation of all songs they\u2019ve made since their debut earlier this year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10671256_10203263130319058_5932638062725794927_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12556\" src=\"http:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10671256_10203263130319058_5932638062725794927_n.jpg\" alt=\"10671256_10203263130319058_5932638062725794927_n\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10671256_10203263130319058_5932638062725794927_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10671256_10203263130319058_5932638062725794927_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10671256_10203263130319058_5932638062725794927_n-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tracklist:<\/strong><br \/>\n01. TOGETHER<br \/>\n02. Life Is&#8230;<br \/>\n03. I Love You<br \/>\n04. Xinjie<br \/>\n05. Give Me Five<br \/>\n06. NA LUNA<br \/>\n07. Rainbow<br \/>\n08. Traveling<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>TOGETHER<\/strong> is a song that has been used in a Chinese drama series. The song, sung in Chinese (Mandarin), builds up tension from the very first moment through the voices of Ramy and Kevin, which come together beautifully in a duet. In the refrain, the tension gets released and the song takes a melancholic turn. The song is really cheerful and if you would know the lyrics, it\u2019s a great sing-along too! And if you don\u2019t know the lyrics, you can always just sing along during the parts where they go \u201cwoowoowoo\u201d. I personally think it would have fitted perfectly as an anime intro as well!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SAGA - TOGETHER\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUvcOMKpyzE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Life is\u2026 <\/strong>Is a ballad entirely sung in Korean by Ramy. At the start of the song, the lyrics are accompanied by just a guitar, but later on an entire orchestra joins in. Throughout the song, you can clearly hear the pureness and softness of the voice of the singer. When listening to this song I want to get a lighter and swing it back and forth softly like you would at a concert. Ramy wrote the song herself, making it feel more personal and emotional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Love you<\/strong> is the second ballad on this CD sung in Chinese by Kevin. The ballad is accompanied by the sweet notes of a piano, making the song a little lighter and smaller. Kevin shows through this song he too has a great voice, but overall, I missed some high and long notes to give it that little extra power.<\/p>\n<p>Next up yet another ballad. In <strong>Xinjie<\/strong> both vocalists join together again. They start off one after another singing a soft and small song, but as the song goes on it becomes bigger when an orchestra joins in and they start a beautiful duet. For this one too, it wouldn\u2019t feel out of place getting that lighter back out of your pocket again.<\/p>\n<p>When you get to <strong>Give Me Five<\/strong>, they\u2019ve left the ballads behind and you\u2019ll get a heavy drum sound followed by both vocalist with auto tune. The song, which feels like a great dance song, reminds me of a famous song by a very famous English Rock band, only with an electro twist of their own. This song was a real treat for my ears.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NA LUNA<\/strong> continues where Give Me Five left off. It\u2019s a great dance track with an electro twist to it. But the trio steps it up a notch, making the electronic sound more prominent, giving the track even more of a dance vibe than Give Me Five. It\u2019s almost impossible to sit still on this one!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rainbow<\/strong> starts off as a cheerful up-beat song, but after the vocals jump in accompanied by a piano and later on an orchestra, it turns into a somewhat slower song. What I clearly noticed was the somehow heavier voice Kevin used for this track. It doesn\u2019t hinder the experience though, and in the end, it\u2019s a really sweet and cheerful song. I just missed the upbeat part.<\/p>\n<p>When I got to the last track of the CD, the ballad <strong>Traveling<\/strong>, I got the feeling I was listening to a movie soundtrack. In the short song, Kevin shows his true colours once more with some beautiful long and high notes. And he\u2019s not scared to make the song feel softer soon after, making the ballad nicely fade into a smaller song. It feels perfect as an ending track for the album!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SAGA-Stairs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10748 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SAGA-Stairs.jpg\" alt=\"SAGA-Stairs\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SAGA-Stairs.jpg 800w, https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SAGA-Stairs-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most fun part about this album was how the two vocalists both get their moments and made some beautiful songs of their own. This made for a nice variety on the album, both in sound, the music and even languages. The album will be available during the European tour of SAGA. On November 6<sup>th<\/sup> the group will perform in <a title=\"Data Europese Tour SAGA bekend\" href=\"https:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/2014\/09\/data-bekend-europese-tour-saga\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Hague<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 80\/100<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the special occasion of the European tour, SAGA will release a EURO MIX CD with all songs they have made so far. 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