Welcome to Rainbow


Welcome to Rainbow is the extended play by Swedish musician Basshunter. It was self-released by Basshunter on 1 April 2006. Welcome to Rainbow comprises four tracks, which were re-released on subsequent Basshunter studio albums.

Background and release

announced the release of Welcome to Rainbow on 20 December 2005. Ultimately he self-released it in Sweden as an EP on 1 April 2006. Basshunter wrote the lyrics and music; Fredrik Jansson mastered the songs. The artwork was produced by the company Djb Design.
The EP contains four tracks which last 18 minutes and 53 seconds. The first two tracks are "Welcome to Rainbow" and his "Hardstyle" Remix, which is the longest track on this release lasting five minutes and 29 seconds. The remaining two tracks, "Evil Beat" and "Boten Anna", are a bonus tracks. "Evil Beat" is the shortest track at three minutes and 30 seconds.
Basshunter initially published his song "Boten Anna" online in March 2006. Within twenty-four hours, the song was downloaded 37,000 times. With this success, Basshunter received several proposals from music labels. In April 2006, he signed with Extensive Music and Warner Music Sweden, and on 9 May 2006, a shorter version of "Boten Anna" was released as a single. It was later included on Basshunter's second studio album LOL. By 8 June 2006, the song had been downloaded over 1,000,000 times. "Evil Beat" was renamed "The Beat" and released as a reissue on LOL. "Welcome to Rainbow" and "Welcome to Rainbow", which was renamed "Hardstyle Drops" were released as reissues on his fourth studio album Now You're GoneThe Album.

Track listing

Personnel

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