''A Song Across Wires'' (promoted by the hashtag #ASAW) is the ninth studio album by composer and electronica artist BT, released on August 16, 2013. This album features more vocal tracks and a plethora of guest artists as part of his alternate instrumental and vocal album productions. The album consists of 12 songs and was released in both digital and physical copies. On the album, BT collaborates with singers and producers of his previous album, '' These Hopeful Machines'', such as Christian Burns and JES, as well as new ones, such as

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, Nadia Ali, Aqualung,

tyDi TyDi (; born Tyson Illingworth, 31 May 1987) is an Australian songwriter, record producer and DJ specializing in electronic dance music. Originally from Queensland, TyDi was signed by Armin van Buuren's Armada label at 17 and was ranked at N ...

and more.

Background

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Beatport Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that can be u ...

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singles from BT's ninth artist album on the Beatport genre charts. The first single from the album, "Tomahawk", was released on October 31, 2011. "Must Be the Love" is the second album single, produced alongside Arty and Nadia Ali, and released on September 17, 2012. The official music video for the song premiered on February 22, 2013. The third single released from the album is "Skylarking", an instrumental track that appeared in Armin van Buuren's ''

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'' and came out on February 18, 2013, with its official music video being released on June 10, 2013. "Surrounded", the fourth single from ''A Song Across Wires'', was released on July 15, 2013. The official track list of the album was released by BT himself on July 10, 2013. The album trailer was released on August 3, 2013. On CD, the album consisted of a 79-minute DJ set of all 12 songs. Digitally, the album was released either entirely in radio edits (such as on iTunes and through record label Armada's own website) or in extended form, alongside the DJ mix. Notably, ''Extended Versions'' features an extended mix of the previously released "Must Be the Love". The album itself contains "City Life", a song sung entirely in

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, along with a new recording of BT's 1995 single "Anomaly - Calling Your Name", which was originally released under the name Libra presents Taylor and was featured in '' Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' and '' American Pie''.

Track listing

CD pressing

Charts

References

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