All posts tagged in Trance
• Great first drop, with Future Rave finale • One of the most unnecessary vocals ever • Generic, with few interesting features Originally made known to the world in 1963 by Jorge Ben, “Mas Que Nada” was reworked by Sergio Mendez in ‘66 and later in 2006 (featuring The Black Eyed Peas). Most people will
• Several months after the release of “The Core”, Caster remixed it • Amazing atmosphere with heavy Trance influences • Stunning melodic drop! I’m not feeling miserly in my life, but when it comes to 90+… They are so rare that I gave only one in 2021 (to the amazing “Symphony by” Aspyer). Fourteen months
• Flashing début for the artists • Hard-hitting drop sequences • EMKR’s influences on the breakdown This particular release has made me a lot happier, even if the lower ratings here don’t suggest it otherwise. After following Azael and EMKR since, well, they started their production career to which I had left a couple of
• Trance with mainstream progressive • Louder kick that doesn’t conflict • Not entirely inventive It’s fun to see two-time Grammy nominated Paul Oakenfold, who also earned DJ mag awards (#1 in ‘97 and ‘98), with a career lasting more than twenty-five years, becoming rather more industrious in the Trance scene. His forthcoming album is
• Explosive first drop • A mix of everything: Trance, Tech House, Big Room. • Ending on a melodic note Experimenting needs undivided commitment. This is something I have found soundly present within the discography of the scintillating Maurice West. I won’t mince my words that admire him anyways, as the Dutch act has harkened
• Suitable for clubs • Not-so-dynamic drop but effective • Mariana carries all the weight Waiting for Tomorrowland to release anything remotely interesting requires a huge effort. Their label was one of those cases where they had their ups and downs, yet more of the latter. This time, their newest single seemed to be a
• Future Rave/Trance with Progressive • Energetic drops, slower breakdown • Lesser featuring of Future Rave After his recent departure from being the face of former trio Dash Berlin, Jeffrey Sutorius hasn’t slacked any since. Nowadays, he’s a familiar face on Revealed Recordings with his BODYWRMR imprint designated under the Dutch label. Anyways, there’s nothing
• Trance, Future Bass and more! • Pushed over vocals with quality lyricism • Different drops, a hallmark of Ophelia records American alias Far Out singlehandedly managed to craft an explosive mixture of sweet Future Bass and hard-hitting growls of Melodic Dubstep, enriched further with influences from Trance and Progressive House. I know, a lot
Not every classic release gets adorned as gloriously, remaining as a lesser known hit that is nonetheless fondly remembered. Happening to coincidentally finding today’s throwback last week, which I first listened back in ‘08 but didn’t catch its title due to lack of immediate resources back then (yes, internet was still at its infancy back
• Haarley’s vocal is the secret weapon of the track • Dark Trance Big Room background • First drop: OK. Second drop: Crazy! That’s an unusual review for our rules, since we mostly accepts songs that have been released in the past 15 days, but sometimes a pinch of flexibility is allowed, if the readers
In a world where live music festivals have gone extinct, reputed imprint Glow Records decided to take the risk and present a five track EP. Consisting of regulars like Wyko, Sixcap and Zanny Duko, this also hosts unheard but promising names like D2J, SE3K and LinX. Surely this compilation will please most expectations of festival
• Festival re-work of a classic • Brassy leads of Future Rave with soaring atmosphere • Different from the usual “W&W” Big Room In the past several weeks, I saw developments announced from the Swedish singer-songwriter, Linnea Schossow. She hinted at an unexpected festival music heading this summer by mentioned the two international heavyweights; label-heads
Let’s be straightforward, shall we? In this fast-moving world, nobody’s got time. Information relayed short and sweet is most welcomed among Internet dwellers. I am aware that our reviews appear in midst of the multiple heart-stealing animal pictures or something more eye-catchy (ughm!). Plus as we discussed just a few weeks back, listening and writer’s
For this month’s throwback, I decided to take a hike back to 2001: infancy of Internet, flip-phones, weird hairstyles and buying Dance music compilation CDs to play all day long. Many iconic melodies were forged around this time. One of them, a nearly twenty year old track named “Played-A-Live” by Electronic pair Safri Duo, has
• Native American chant, on a loop • Psy elements in the first drop and breakdown • Darker atmosphere “Rave Tribe” has got me excited plenty, which happens to be a Big Room Trance production from the up and coming Kaotix, excluding room for potential development in a genre that has stuck to specific boundaries
• Experimental and Leftfield approach • Emphasis on synths, a signature • Alluringly abstruse albeit minimalism In my current list of Electronic artists who have earned a great deal of my admiration, Agents of Time have found themselves atop for their singular methodology towards this industry. After having clicked on one of their recorded performances
If you have kept a careful watch on our blog lately, you might have noticed that I haven’t written as much lately; after a productive run featuring various 90 pluses and blasting a few with the lower ratings, creative block hit me from nowhere. Lacking any inspiration, I scrolled endlessly through multitudes of new music
• Refreshing and invigorating twist • Progressive Trance nuances with stand-out features • Doesn’t dilute the emotions of the classic When the popular website of 1001Tracklists came out with its top 101 producers for last year, the first name was surprising for me but gradually making more and more sense to me. Oliver Heldens has
• Thematic yet distinct • Powerful sway… as per the norm • Hypnotizing melody In a previous article, I touched on Maddix’s creation titled “Technology”, I explained why it fell just short of perfection due to factors primarily revolving around its axis of monotony. I made the point that the early stages of rebranding should
• Sublime and morphing atmosphere • Sentimental and hooking melodic aspect • Polished production quality from Murtagh The deeper spectrum of Dance music has often awed me, as I find such quality compositions now and then; a standing testament that this minimal niche of industry has hidden gems to be explored. Let me be slightly
• Quality Tranceroom , as expected from veterans of the genre • Riskier choice for an complex but attention-catching melody • Predictable circumstance in the breakdown The trio OUTRAGE (2) and TBR (1) have to be the most efficient combination in the specific niche of Trance Room. After years of sharing a solid studio chemistry,
