UltraMax "Technamericana"
Techno / Trance Remixes of American Classics
N	Track	Play	Time	Description
1.	Arwen's Song		9:40	Trance with operatic vocals on lyrics by J.R.R.Tolkien
2.	Letting Go (Vocal Mix)		3:48	Uplifting Euro-dance with piano
3.	So Sweet (Charleston)		5:23	Funky remix 1922 big-beat classic
4.	Crazy for Loving You		5:44	House remix of Willie Nelson's classic
5.	Summertime (Club Mix)		6:43	House remix of 1934 George Gershwin's classic
6.	Hey Dad, You Are the Best		9:02	melodic trance
7.	Glimpses of Hope		6:47	Trance considered 'infectious' by Judge Jules
8.	St. Louis Blues		5:01	Techno remix of 1919 big band classic
9.	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes		5:43	Dance remix of 1933 Jerome Kern's song
10.	Waiting for a Change in Life		4:20	Darker mix of the "Charleston"
11.	Arwen's Song (Radio Edit)		3:15	Bonus track
12.	Letting Go (Dry Mix)		3:50	Bonus track

Artist's Note

"Technamericana" was my first album with real commercial potential. The songs and production were finally good and appealed to broader audience including some "Top 40" listeners. Some songs went into top 10 in various smaller record pool, DJ and independent station charts with "Summertime" being the most successful one and advancing as far as #7 on Pulzar FM in New Zealand or #8 in Boston. Yet I did not push hard enough to capitalize on the album's success for I was moving to Pennsylvania amidst quarter-life crisis. Surprisingly, my hard-core fans still prefer Digital Bliss, apparently for it less-commercial sound.

Review

After introducing you guys and gals to the wonders of underground dance king Ultra Max via his “Digital Bliss” album, I was really looking forward to hear the progression of the Ultra Max sound. What I was presented with was something so special I couldn’t hide my joy at hearing “Arwen’s Song (Galadriel)” with its progressive uplifting stamp of trance that builds slowly to a fine crescendo of huge dance bliss. This particular song features a great sample from Russian operetta star Eugenia Zamchalova taken from Pavel Fomitchev’s “Galadriel” composed of lyrics in Tolkien’s Elvish language. He also remixes the classic “Charleston”, the great “St. Louis Blues” by W.C. Handy, and “Summertime” which is a remix of the ’34 classic. I’d expect nothing but great dance music from Ultra Max based on their previous work and I’m certainly not disappointed. Neither will you.
-- J-Sin, Smother Magazine