Ultrabeat's Erik Augustsson has teamed up with BEC Recordings to create a techno worship album titled E-Praise, in which he does the music work and some vocals but for lead vocals they got New Born Soul's Hannah Westin in to do the job.
Musically, this album is done fairly well; Augustsson does a great job creating the techno feel. However the good music gets drowned out with vocals that are quite annoying. Which, unfortunately, makes it a pretty poor experience overall.
The only track I enjoyed on this album was "Heart of Worship," because of the fact Augustsson took lead vocals on it. If only his voice was on E-Praise, then I know I would have enjoyed all of the tracks much more.
If you ever get a chance to pick up this album, don't take it (unless you are a huge techno fan, and don't mind the vocals). This album could have had a lot of potential, but again, lost it all with the vocal work. I didn't enjoy my time with it, except every time I hit the "Eject" button. I will, however, give it a tiny bit higher score, only because of the fact that the one song where Augustsson did lead vocals was a very good track.
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