Josh Gabriel & Dave Dresden, aka Gabriel & Dresden, are just about as big as it gets in the world of progressive house music. Their latest offering, ‘Tracking Treasure Down’, is a progressive anthem that definitely will crossover into funky house DJs record boxes. Following up from last year’s massive _‘Without You Near’ _ and one of the greatest progressive songs ever produced (in my opinion), ‘Arcadia’, the pair had a lot to live up, and they’ve done exactly that; by living up to and exceeding all expectations. The result is G & D’s first step into the new mainstream progressive/house market and I would compare it similarly to when fellow prog heavyweights Deep Dish came out with ‘Flashdance’ and ‘Say Hello’.

Assigned with the task of listening to the same song twelve times, 8 longer remixes and 5 edited versions, you’d think this would be an arduous task but it is pure listening pleasure for 77-minutes due to the quality of the song and its production. The angelic, near heavenly vocals are supplied by Molly Bancroft with background vocals by Josh and Dave themselves. The beauty of twelve different remixes over a number of different genres is that you are bound to find at least one remix/edit/original version that you like, my guess is you’ll find more than half the CDR that you’ll like. With mixes provided by the likes of Dave Seaman (Group Therapy, with Steve Anderson), Robbie Rivera, Francis Preve, Kyau Vs Albert, and, of course G&D themselves, I had several standouts featuring the longer mixes consisting of Robbie Rivera’s Vocal Mix, Kyua vs. Albert Mix, Group Therapy Mix as well as the longest mix, G&D’s Original Mix.

It wasn’t all good though, the Francis Preve Mix didn’t really tickle my fancy as such. Taking a jazzy/funky house twist on the song, the original song is basically unheard of apart from the vocals. If you took the vocals out of this remix then you wouldn’t even notice that it was G & D’s song. On the flip side I could see it used by funky house or lounge bar DJs, played down-tempo in a sitting environment it could definitely be used quite well. While Robbie Rivera’s Vocal Mix is one of the standouts of the twelve singles on the CDR, his Dub Mix doesn’t really do much for me. While it does have some nice glitches, bleeps and effects it really doesn’t go anywhere for the near 8 minutes and I thought was probably the poorest showing on the CDR.

The downtempo-ish Group Therapy Mix & Low Tech Mixes were highlights as well, but with Dave Seaman involved with Group Therapy how could it not be pure quality? Sometimes more mixes doesn’t necessarily mean more bang for your buck, but overall I liked this motley crew of mixes. Just like ‘Flashdance’ & ‘Say Hello’ this crossover anthem will no doubt be resonating throughout the airwaves of clubs and radio stations for the majority of the summer. I’d be very surprised if I didn’t hear this played 7 times at Summafieldayze this year (the yard stick for how popular a song really is, in Queensland at least!) A must buy for any house or progressive house lovers or DJs.