{{short description|2011 album by AraabMuzik}} {{distinguish|Electric Dreams (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Electronic Dream | type = studio | artist = AraabMuzik | cover = ElectronicDream.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = June 14, 2011 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|electronica|trance}} | length = 36:00 <small>(Standard)</small><br>56:22 <small>(Deluxe)</small> | label = Duke Productions LP | producer = Abraham Orellana | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = Studio | cover = Electronic Dream (Deluxe Edition).jpg | border = yes | alt = | caption = Deluxe Artwork }} }}
'''''Electronic Dream''''' is the debut studio album by American producer AraabMuzik, released digitally on June 14, 2011, by Duke Productions LP. The album features AraabMuzik's signature MPC-driven hip-hop beats over heavily sampled popular trance and progressive house tracks from the era.
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Beats per Minute'' | rev1Score = 84%<ref>{{cite web|author=Ryan, Will|url=http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-araabmuzik-electronic-dream/|title=Album Review: AraabMUZIK – Electronic Dream|publisher=Beats per Minute|date=July 18, 2011|accessdate=July 19, 2011|archive-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719182639/http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-araabmuzik-electronic-dream/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Consequence of Sound'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Trunick, Austin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717165447/http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/07/album-review-araabmuzik-electronic-dream/|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url=https://consequence.net/2011/07/album-review-araabmuzik-electronic-dream/ |title=AraabMuzik – Electronic Dream |work=Consequence of Sound |date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Fact'' | rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Lea, Tom |url=http://www.factmag.com/2011/06/24/araabmuzik-electronic-dream/ |title=Araabmuzik: Electronic Dream|work=Fact|publisher=The Vinyl Factory |accessdate=July 19, 2011|date=2011-06-24 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev4Score = 8.2/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|author= Breihan, Tom |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15566-electronic-dream/ |title=AraabMuzik: Electronic Dream|publisher=Pitchfork |date=July 6, 2011|accessdate=July 19, 2011}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Resident Advisor'' | rev5Score = 3.5/5<ref>Ryce, Andrew (July 26, 2011). [https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/9434 "araabMUZIK – Electronic Dream"]. Resident Advisor. Retrieved July 11, 2016.</ref> | rev6 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev6Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name = "Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|last=Weiner|first=Jonah|date=January 12, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123022451/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/electronic-dream-deluxe-edition-20120112|archivedate=January 23, 2012|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/electronic-dream-deluxe-edition-20120112|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|accessdate=July 11, 2016|title=Electronic Dream (Deluxe Edition)}}</ref> }}
''Electronic Dream'' received positive reviews gaining an average rating of 80 from Metacritic which normalizes critic scores out of 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/electronic-dream/araabmuzik|title=Electronic Dream by AraabMuzik|website=Metacritic |publisher=}}</ref> Pitchfork's Tom Breihan gave the album 8.2/10, earning it a "Best New Music" accolade, writing, "There's something truly fascinating about the entire LP: An up-and-coming hardcore rap producer leaving his genre behind so that he can twist and scramble this hands-in-the-air big-room sound. And in peeling back its excesses and substituting in his own eccentricities, Araab uncovers a primal emotional force in this music, one that fits beautifully with his own air-raid siren aesthetic."<ref name="Pitchfork" /> Tom Lea of FACT rated the album a 4 out of 5 and, while admitting there is "nothing 'cool'" about ''Electronic Dream'', states that it's "a thousand times more vital and full of life than the majority of the overproduced, diva-for-hire vocal tracks coming out of the UK." The song "Streetz Tonight" came under fire from trance producer Adam K, whose remix of Kaskade's "4AM" was sampled for the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/11/27/trance-producer-adam-k-calls-out-fraud-araabmuzik-for-plagiarism/|title=Trance producer Adam K calls out "fraud" AraabMuzik for plagiarism|website=FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.|date=27 November 2012|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> The track was later removed from the standard edition as well as subsequent deluxe editions of the album.
''Pitchfork'' placed the album at number 40 on its list of the "Top 50 albums of 2011".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8727-the-top-50-albums-of-2011/2/ | title=Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2011 | publisher=Pitchfork | date=December 15, 2011 | accessdate=January 8, 2012 | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091548/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8727-the-top-50-albums-of-2011/2/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_music = AraabMuzik | headline = Standard Edition | total_length = 36:00 | title1 = Electronic Dream | length1 = 2:32 | lyrics1 = | title2 = Streetz Tonight | note2 = <small>originally released<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/araabMUZIK-Electronic-Dream/release/3154062|title=Discogs listing for Standard Edition|website=Discogs }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2011/07/album-review-araabmuzik-electronic-dream/|title=Original review from reputable music site Consequence of Sound making reference to "Streetz Tonight"|date=14 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/9434|title=Another review from reputable site Resident Advisor which not only mentions Streetz Tonight but has a full tracklisting that includes the track.}}</ref> but now absent from streaming services<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/electronic-dream/1364851139|title=Apple Music}}</ref></small> | length2 = 3:34 | lyrics2 = | title3 = Golden Touch | length3 = 3:48 | lyrics3 = | title4 = Free Spirit | length4 = 3:01 | lyrics4 = | title5 = Underground Stream | length5 = 3:15 | lyrics5 = | title6 = Make It Happen | length6 = 2:05 | lyrics6 = | title7 = Lift Off | length7 = 2:44 | lyrics7 = | title8 = AT2 | length8 = 4:52 | lyrics8 = | title9 = Let It Go | length9 = 3:09 | lyrics9 = | title10 = Feelin' So Hood | length10 = 3:41 | lyrics10 = | title11 = Lost in a Maze | length11 = 3:13 | lyrics11 = }} {{track listing | total_length = 59:19* | headline = Deluxe Edition | title1 = Electronic Dream | length1 = 2:32 | lyrics1 = | title2 = Golden Touch | length2 = 3:48 | lyrics2 = | title3 = Free Spirit | length3 = 3:01 | lyrics3 = | title4 = Underground Stream | length4 = 3:15 | lyrics4 = | title5 = Make It Happen | length5 = 2:05 | lyrics5 = | title6 = Lift Off | length6 = 2:44 | lyrics6 = | title7 = AT2 | length7 = 4:52 | lyrics7 = | title8 = Let It Go | length8 = 3:09 | lyrics8 = | title9 = Feeling So High | length9 = 3:41 | lyrics9 = | title10 = Lost in a Maze | length10 = 3:13 | lyrics10 = | title11 = I Remember | length11 = 4:07 | note11 = <small>announced and released<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/araabMUZIK-Electronic-Dream-Deluxe-Edition/release/3332099|title=Discogs listing for Deluxe Edition|website=Discogs }}</ref> but later removed, no longer appears on most editions</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/electronic-dream-deluxe-edition/1364879521|title=Deluxe Edition on Apple Music}}</ref><ref name="Amazon Deluxe Edition">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Dream-Deluxe-Araabmuzik/dp/B07CCZQPG6|title=Deluxe Edition on Amazon|website=Amazon }}</ref> | title12 = I'm Waitin' for You | length12 = 4:07 | title13 = I Live My Life | length13 = 4:25 | title14 = Outer Space | length14 = 3:47 | title15 = Silent World | length15 = 4:17 | title16 = Not Afraid to Die | length16 = 3:12 | title17 = DoomsDay | note17 = <small>eMusic exclusive<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g46FJabmj0|title=Youtube upload of track with reference to eMusic source (eMusic is now defunct)|website=YouTube }}</ref></small> | length17 = 2:55 }}
==Samples== * "Electronic Dream" samples "Satellite" by OceanLab * "Streetz Tonight" samples "4 AM (Adam K & Soha Remix)" by Kaskade * "Golden Touch" samples "Right in the Night" by Jam & Spoon and "Follow Your Heart" by Favretto ft. Naan * "Free Spirit" samples "Why Don't You Dance With Me" by Future Breeze * "Underground Stream" samples "Underground Stream" by DJ Nosferatu * "Make It Happen" samples "Your Eyes" by Dogzilla * "Lift Off" samples "Castles in the Sky (Peter Luts remix)" by Ian van Dahl * "AT2" samples "Heart (Temple One presents Tu Casa remix)" by Espen Lorentzen feat. Simon Latham * "Let It Go" samples "All the Way" by Ronski Speed * "Feeling So High" samples "So High (Martin Roth remix)" by Starchaser feat. Lo-Fi Sugar * "Lost in a Maze" samples "5 Million Miles" by Hiver & Hammer ft. Javah * "I Remember" samples "I Remember" by Deadmau5 & Kaskade * "I Live My Life" samples "All of My Life (Airpanel Remix)" by Aluna * "Outer Space" samples "The Greater Good (Marcus Schössow remix)" by Judge Jules * "Silent World" samples "We Are in Words" by Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox * "Not Afraid to Die" samples "Everything to Lose (Armin van Buuren remix)" by Dido
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