State of Mind (album)
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| Studio album by Michael Mind Project | |||||||||||||||||||||
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4th January 2013 |
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| Label (s) | Kontor Records | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| occupation | Jens Kindervater & Francois Sanders | ||||||||||||||||||||
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State of Mind is the second studio album by the Michael Mind Project . It consists of three CDs and was released on January 4th, 2013, exactly at the time of its 6th anniversary.
background
With the release of their 14th single Antiheroes , they announced that the album would be released on January 4th, 2013. The State of Mind titles were produced, written and composed by the duo themselves, with many other artists participating. The guest musicians or singers are not specified for all songs. The rapper Old Silverback, as well as the singer Caroline von Brünken , who have been the voice of many songs since the beginning of their career, also played many songs on this CD, for example Nothing Lasts Forever , Hook Her Up or Feel Your Body . State of Mind was released on the German record label Kontor Records .
Description of the CDs
- first CD ( ↓ track list)
The first CD of the album consists mainly of new songs. You can also find the single releases that have been released since 2011. The original version of all titles was used except for Hook Her Up , which is available in the Michael Mind Project 2k13 version .
- second CD ( ↓ track list)
The second CD of the album consists exclusively of remixes and 2k13 versions of all kinds of songs from the project, mostly old and no tracks that were recorded at the end of 2012. The remixers included the Swiss DJ Remady and the German DJ duo Bodybangers .
- third CD ( ↓ track list)
The third CD of the album is a thank you for all their fans and is a DJ mix with a length of one hour and twenty minutes. Songs like This Is My Love by Gold 1 or Summer Jam by RIO are only available as a single track in download portals such as Amazon or iTunes .
Deluxe Edition
A deluxe edition of the album was released on July 5, 2013. This contains on the one hand the new song One More Round , which was released in June 2013, as well as all the "extended versions" of the remixes that are included on CD2. The normal version of Razorblade has also been replaced by the single version. The difference between the two versions is that there are new vocals sung by Lisa Aberer . Furthermore, the radio edit of How Does It Feel has been added.
reception
The reviews varied. A reviewer on the "Albumcheck" site gave the entire album 
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- While the first CD ripples along and has the extremely poppy sound of the modern age to pray (more like 5 stars), the second CD amazes with strong tracks. Some of them are from the 80s. (here eight stars, because the songs repeat themselves). This encouraged me to dig the originals out of the closet again and play them back and compare them with one another.
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- CD number 3 has also turned out quite nice and offers a lot of variety. But if you listen carefully you get the feeling that the songs are repeating themselves over and over again. Here less might have been more.
Chart placements
For the time being, the album could not reach any chart positions, but after two weeks it rose to number 53 in the album charts in Germany. It also got involved in Austria. There it even reached number 43. It was also represented in the iTunes and Amazon charts, where it could climb into the top 30.
Singles
How does it feel
How Does It Feel was released on November 27, 2009 and was the first single release and the first harbinger of the album. The vocals were taken over from the song of the same name by electro house DJs Klaas . The song is also the first single to be released as "Michael Mind Project". The title stayed in the German single charts for three weeks, but rose again in 2010. Her top placement was 67th. The music video was released on November 18, 2009 in the form of the "Dutch Mix" on the official Kontor Records YouTube channel . On November 30, 2009 the video was uploaded to Radio Edit. The video shows the Michael Mind Project, Jens Kindervater and Francois Sanders. They walk through New York City together . In the subway, they lose sight of each other in the crowd. Sanders is pushed into the train and sees the child's father still standing on the platform. When they make eye contact again, Sanders points to his cell phone and tells him to call him. But the child father realizes that he has forgotten his. He tries to reach him at a phone booth, but Sander's cell phone is empty. Sanders gets out and they both wander through New York. In the end, they meet again in a large hall.
Feel your body
Feel Your Body was the second single on the album and was released on April 16, 2010. It only reached the charts in Germany, where it only reached number 67 and was there for a total of 4 weeks. The official music video was uploaded to the YouTube account of the record label Kontor Records on April 6th . There you can see the lyrics of the song, the Michael Mind Project and the heavily darkened singer Caroline von Brünken .
Delirious
Delirious is the title of the third single that was released on November 19, 2010. The singers on this track are Mandy Ventrice and Carlprit . However, the song could not reach any chart positions. The music video was first released on November 3, 2011. It shows various imaginative scenes and images , matching the title or lyrics of the refrain Delirious, which means fantasizing in German . Carlprit and Ventrice cannot be seen.
Hook her up
Hook Her Up is the fourth single from the album and was released as a promo single on April 29, 2011 . It appeared, like Delirious, completely without a record label, since Kontor Records dissolved at this time and the re-establishment took place later. This song could not reach any chart positions either. A music video was not shot either. The song is present on the album in the form of a 2k13 remix.
Ready or Not
Ready or Not is the fifth release from the album. She was recorded with the American rapper and singer Sean Kingston . The song rose to number 55 in the German singles chart and eventually became the official song of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany . The music video was released on June 9, 2011 on the official YouTube channel of the Michael Mind Project. There you can see how the two DJs go to a beach together with a group of dancers and footballers, where almost exclusively women are shown, where the DJs then set up their control desk and put their records on. Sean Kingston is shown again and again in the form of a graffiti drawing while he sings and makes appropriate movements to the sound.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is the sixth single from this album and was released on November 4, 2011. It also only reached the German charts, where it was represented at number 56. The song was recorded with rapper Bobby Anthony and Canadian singer Rosette. The music video for the song was uploaded on November 30, 2011 from the official YouTube channel of the Michael Mind Project. It starts with Bobby Anthony who wakes up in the morning after a party. Everything around him is devastated and several young women sleep next to him. He gets up and sees a bottle with something running out of it. He wipes up the liquid with his fingers and smears it on the wall. The women emerge from behind him and they see in the liquid, like through a pane of glass, Rozette singing the song Rio de Janeiro on the beach . The women wipe the liquid on their bodies. Suddenly you can see Bobby Anthony lying on the floor again, looking into a television where the video is playing.
Feeling so blue
Feeling So Blue is the title of the seventh pre-release single and was released on June 15, 2012. The American singer Dante Thomas participated in this song . The single reached number 38 in the German, number 20 in the Austrian and number 40 in the Swiss charts, making it the first single to be placed in Switzerland. The music video was uploaded by Kontor.TV at the same time as the single was released. In the video, two young women can be seen driving along a coast with a car and walking along the sea. The two DJs and Dante Thomas can be seen again and again with the lyrics of the song.
Nothing Lasts Forever
Nothing Lasts Forever was released on September 14, 2012 as the eighth single on the album and was recordedagain with the American singer Dante Thomas after the success of Feeling So Blue .
Antiheroes
Antiheroes was released on December 7, 2012 and is the ninth and final pre-release single. At the same time as the release, the album was first announced. The song reached number 78 in Germany and stayed in the charts for 3 weeks. It also reached the charts in Austria and stayed at 64th place for a week. The official music video was also uploaded to the Kontor Records YouTube channel on December 7th . The video shows a woman in a desert. Suddenly a misshapen creature from space comes flying towards earth and lands in the desert just above the ground. It consists of many individual shapes that are distributed around the body. It spins. The woman and the being wander through nature up to a mountain, where they watch the being from the very top.
Give me love
Give Me Love is the tenth single release and was released together with the album on January 4, 2013. So far, the song has not reached a chart position. The music video was uploaded on January 3, 2013. There you can see the singer of the video, Birk Storm. He sits by the window and looks out while he makes the mouth movements to the song. In another scene he can be seen, completely broken because of the loss of his girlfriend. The objects that he observes from the window are also shown.
Unbreakable
Unbreakable is the eleventh single from State of Mind . The song was released as a single on March 15, 2013. The official music video was uploaded to the official Kontor Records YouTube channel on March 6, 2013 . The video is about the love story of an initially very happy couple. But one day the young woman goes to her car, gets in and wants to turn on music. But there is no CD in the player. She looks in the car, opens the glove compartment and finds only one string that does not come from her. She goes back into the apartment and shows her boyfriend the garment. The situation escalates and becomes a major argument. Then she throws him the string and runs angrily to the car, where her friend is waiting for her. She throws her a graffiti bottle . She writes the word “Looser” in large letters on the windshield. Then she gets into her friend's car and the two of them drive away in front of their friend. The two young women travel together through Los Angeles with a lot of fun . In the end they see the sun go down on the Pacific. The video has an open ending. So you don't find out whether she's going back to her boyfriend or not.
Razorblade
Razorblade is the title of the album's twelfth single release. It was released as Unbreakable on March 15, 2013. However, a new version was used for the recording that can be found on the single, and this version was sung by the X-Factor participant Lisa Aberer. The music video was released on March 15th, parallel to the single release on the official YouTube channel of Kontor Records . The video was shot in LA . It starts where the video from Unbreakable leaves off. However, neither actress is shown, instead Lisa Aberer can be seen in various locations in Los Angeles.
One more round
One More Round is the 13th single from the album. It should be noted that the title is only included on the Deluxe Edition. The song was recorded together with the singer Raghav and the rapper TomE. The song was released as a single on June 28, 2013 and within a week it hit the single charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The highest placement took place in Switzerland with 40th place. The official music video was uploaded to the official YouTube channel of Kontor Records on June 28, 2013 parallel to the single release . In the video, Raghav and TomE can be seen on the one hand on a yacht and on the other on the beach. They are singing the text between pretty young women. In the instrumental part, the Michael Mind Project, Jens Kindervater and Francois Sanders can be seen performing live.
Track list
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| 1 | One More Round (feat. TomE & Raghav); (only on Deluxe Edition) | 3:44 |
| 2 | Antiheroes (Vocals by Andreas Öhrn) | 3:44 |
| 3 | Unbreakable (feat. Anais Aida) | 4:06 |
| 4th | Don't Wanna Go Home (feat.Irresistible) | 3:35 |
| 5 | Nothing Lasts Forever (feat. Dante Thomas & Vocals by Old Silverback) | 3:25 |
| 6th | Razorblade (Vocals by Ronja / feat. Lisa Aberer ) | 3:54 |
| 7th | Give Me Love (feat. Birk Storm) | 3:49 |
| 8th | We Bounce (Vocals by John Ludvik) | 3:07 |
| 9 | Feeling So Blue (feat. Dante Thomas) | 2:49 |
| 10 | Lettin Go (feat. Niles Mason) | 3:37 |
| 11 | Last Night (feat. Dante Thomas & Vocals by Caroline von Brünken ) | 3:43 |
| 12 | Illegal (Vocals by Fiora Cutler) | 3:51 |
| 13 | Carry Me (Vocals by Caroline Von Brünken) | 4:34 |
| 14th | Hook Her Up (Michael Mind Project 2k13 Mix; Vocals by Caroline von Brünken & Old Silverback) | 3:14 |
| 15th | Rio de Janeiro (feat.Bobby Anthony & Rosette) | 3:16 |
| 16 | Ready or Not (feat. Sean Kingston ) | 3:13 |
| 17th | Delirious (feat. Mandy Ventrice & Carlprit ) | 3:10 |
| 18th | Power That Let's Us Be (feat. Francisco) | 3:13 |
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| 1 | Show Me Love (Michael Mind Project 2k13 Remix) | 4:01 |
| 2 | Bakerstreet (Remady Remix) | 3:39 |
| 3 | Feel Your Body (Bodybangers Remix) | 3:21 |
| 4th | How Does It Feel (Jerome Remix) | 3:32 |
| 5 | Ride Like the Wind (Sunloverz Remix) | 3:18 |
| 6th | Blinded By The Light (Michael Mind Project 2k13 Remix) | 2:55 |
| 7th | Love's Gonna Get You (G&G Remix) | 3:11 |
| 8th | Two, Three, Four (Nils Van Gogh Remix) | 2:55 |
| 9 | Don't Walk Away (Eric Chase Remix) | 4:55 |
| 10 | Gotta Let You Go (Michael Mind Project 2k13 Remix) | 4:43 |
| 11 | Love's Gonna Get You (Laurent Wolf Remix) | 4:22 |
| 12 | Ride Like the Wind (Klaas Remix) | 3:14 |
| 13 | Blinded by the Light (feat.Manfred Mann's Earth Band; Remode Remix) | 4:28 |
| 14th | Gotta Let You Go (Dutch Remix) | 3:36 |
| 15th | Show Me Love (Gap 4 Remix) | 2:46 |
| 16 | Feeling So Blue (Dancecom Project Remix Edit) | 3:36 |
| 17th | Bakerstreet (House Rockerz Remix) | 3:43 |
| 18th | Rio de Janeiro (Duck on Dope Remix) | 4:25 |
| 19th | How Does It Feels (Dutch Remix) | 4:02 |
| 20th | Feel You Body (Rockstroh Remix) | 3:05 |
| CD3 | ||
| 1 | Nothing Lasts Forever - Michael Mind Project feat. Dante Thomas | 4:05 |
| 2 | Out of My Mind - Bingo Players | 4:01 |
| 3 | Gotta Let You Go (Michael Mind Project 2k13 Remix) - Michael Mind | 3:13 |
| 4th | Summer Jam (Rob & Chris Bootleg) - RIO feat. U-Jean | 3:20 |
| 5 | Apollo - Hardwell feat. Amba Sheperd | 3:50 |
| 6th | Im My Mind (Michael Mind Project 2k13 Remix) - Ivan Gough feat. Ivan Feenixpawel & Georgi Kay | 4:20 |
| 7th | Bakerstreet (Remady Remix) - Michael Mind | 3:59 |
| 8th | This Is My Love (Michael Mind Project Remix) - Gold 1 feat. Bruno Mars & Jaeson Ma | 3:47 |
| 9 | Show Me Love (Michael Mind Project 2k13 Remix) - Michael Mind | 3:31 |
| 10 | Razorblade - Michael Mind Project | 4:03 |
| 11 | Sunrise (I Won't Get Lost) (Tommy Trash Version) - The Aston Shuffle vs. Tommy Trash | 3:52 |
| 12 | Antiheroes (Extended Version) - Michael Mind Project | 4:16 |
| 13 | Crump - Tujamo | 3:28 |
| 14th | Illegal - Michael Mind Project | 4:04 |
| 15th | Lettin Go - Michael Mind Project feat. Niles Mason | 4:47 |
| 16 | Salvation - Barnes & Heatcliff | 4:00 |
| 17th | Seven Nation Army - Tradelove | 3:49 |
| 18th | Holy Bimbam - Finger & Kadel | 3:28 |
| 19th | Love's Gonna Get You (G&G Remix) - Michael Mind Project | 3:22 |
| 20th | Hold This Moment - Klaas | 3:30 |
| 21st | Feel Your Body (Bodybangers Remix) - Michael Mind Project | 3:05 |
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- ↑ Article about the album on My Smag ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Michael Mind Project announces the new album in the video description
- ↑ Exact listing of all contributors on allmusic.com
- ^ Booklet of the State of Mind
- ↑ Information in the CD lexicon
- ↑ Article about the album
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
- ↑ Rating on "Albumcheck"
- ^ German charts from January 21, 2013
- ↑ Austrian chart archive
- ↑ iTunes Top 10 Album Charts
- ↑ Amazon album charts
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Single charter successes of the singles ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Music videos from the Michael Mind Project
- ^ Report on the soccer World Cup song
