The story of Swedish producer/DJ Jonas Erik Altberg’s--a.k.a
Basshunter--rise to fame makes for some compelling reading. He started
out making tunes on basic equipment in his bedroom and putting them out
via the Internet. After releasing his debut album through his home
page, he watched it chart all over Europe. Altberg then managed to get
into the Dutch Top 40 with a single ("Boten Anna"), quickly became in
demand as a producer and DJ and eventually inked a deal with major
label Warners. Now You're Gone
is his third album and features all the Basshunter trademarks:
repetitive bleeps and beats, euphoric vocals and surging choruses. The
record pummels away at the cerebellum with a relentless flow of
unchanging beats, formulaic builds/drops and tacky covers such as KC
and The Sunshine Band's "Please Don’t Go". After a couple of tracks the
album seems to blur into one long Basshunter anthem. The dearth of
ideas and lack of diversity may render it a little too one-dimensional
for many dance music fans, but devotees of euro-dance and fans of
Altberg's previous material will find it's thudding power hopelessly
exhilarating