''Electronic Dream'' is the debut studio album by American producer

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, 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

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and

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tracks from the era.

Reception

''Electronic Dream'' received positive reviews gaining an average rating of 80 from

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which normalizes critic scores out of 100.

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'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." 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

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's "4AM" was sampled for the song. The track was later removed from the standard edition as well as subsequent deluxe editions of the album. ''

'' placed the album at number 40 on its list of the "Top 50 albums of 2011".

Track listing

Samples

* "Electronic Dream" samples "Satellite" by

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* "Streetz Tonight" samples "4 AM (Adam K & Soha Remix)" by

* "Golden Touch" samples "

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" by

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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

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* "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

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* "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

References

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