• Perfectly built atmosphere in the cinematic breakdown
• Sudden, darker transition
• Psy-Trance drop fused with classic schematics

Dear Japanese fans, pardon me for my incomprehensible effort at translating the title, but “Togu” should mean “sharpen“. The cover art in fact, represents some buckets.

Anyway, today I’m amusing myself with Trance. Quality Trance. It has been years since I’ve properly explored this intriguing spectrum of Dance music (despite being a fan of many Armada artists, I leave the task to the expert @edmrevnik), so I may be a bit rusty, let’s be honest. However, I’ve had much fun with “Togu”, the latest striker by Alexander Popov, out last Friday on Who’s Afraid of 138?!

A detail that gets me most of the time is the imaginative and cinematic breakdown. The Russian veteran conjured up a spectacular one, playing with a particular vocal chopped melody… Slowly adding climax over an elegant pattern of strings. The atmosphere suddenly switches into a darker, old-school buildup sequence, then escalates in a Psy-Trance influenced drop.

I particularly appreciated how Popov, who has a reputable experience with classic trance, just adopts the triplet bassline structure and amalgamated it with his recognised trademark lead and melody. The outcome then presents some freshness, but doesn’t lose its nature.

A concluding detail: that ethereal vocal loop, despite being very simple, accompanied me until the final seconds… It was an absorbing idea, and in fact, it has been stuck in my mind despite being a second long and simplistic.

Thus, “Togu” is a wise release with a couple of superlative experiments fused with a vintage approach. Definitively suggested!

You can listen to “Togu” here:

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