TRANCE REVIEWS
Breakfast QUICKIES
& Mike M
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Lightpath/ Science American house producer
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Lifeforms Twisted Intent Nima Nasseri. The vocal is
Flashover NOYS
the real star on ‘Closer’, as
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The twin styles of Breakfast & Standout new offering it idiosyncratically throbs
Saint-Jules collide head-on in truly from the Parry-Jones with a great Iio-like
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electrifying form on these tracks. boys. Big horns, tech quality
x 2
Prog-trance up to the break, squelch and a great
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‘Lightpath’ throws down a speaker mid-section soar are
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2, Oxf
challenge early in the game with a compressed together into Clear View
single, scything pitch-bent this fi ery concoction. Very feat Jessica
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synthesized thriller. Confi dently strong remix from NOYS Tell Me
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loosening its grip for a whole minute boss Mike Koglin too.
Songbird
it dives into spacey, celestial sounds
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A mild-mannered intro
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before exploding back in the blink of keeps expectations quite
an eye. ‘Lifeforms’ has a touch less Sied van Riel & low on this track. Canny
atmosphere, but is the slightly more ROR trick, as it transforms
driving of the two. Heart-stopping Closer To You brilliantly (through neat
stuff.
Spinnin
effects, a superb organ riff
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Yet another stone-cold and lush, lamenting vocal)
killer from the into a fi reball!
unstoppable Van Riel, as
Andy Duguid
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Myon & Shane 54 ‘Central Park’ didn’t have its whirlwind the riff. Ivan Spell gives it a smart,
The Beach/Not a Lot Left lead synth-line tucked away in reserve hard-grooving prog workout, before
Anjunabeats
to deliver the absolute KO. Huge. JPL delivers an ice-cool, Schulz-like
Shane 54 has built a career out of using Scando-trance reboot.
uncharacteristic, quirky vocals and
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samples on his trance tracks. Now Joop
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working alongside fellow Hungarian 3008 Haris C feat Anthya
Myon, he’s delivered two of his best.
High Contrast
My Angel
‘Not A Lot Left’ has the Anjuna sound Deep and tense, but with a hard,
Insatiable Records
down to a tee, with its “If you strip grafting fl oor edge, the strong original ‘My Angel’ isn’t an instant smash, but
away the dance beat” vocal adding an camps out on the borders of tech and over repeated spins Anthya’s haunting,
all-important recognition factor. ‘The dark trance. DJ Preach nails the calling vocal projects subtle volumes.
Beach’ meanwhile has that chilled, tougher mix with a slick production Tenishia’s mix largely mirrors the
grooving Joonas Hahmo vibe and some that occasionally throws in some super-chilled harmonic tones but allots
great periodic drops, which give it attacking hard-style sounds. Dyor uses more space in the production for the
proper fl oor appeal. the original’s jittering, skittering riff beautiful strummed-guitar breakdown. Dancefl oor destroyer!
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to the max, shuttling it incessantly
between the speaker cones.
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COSMIC GATE
7 Skies & Static Blue Arney S
Central Park
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The Girl From Riga/A New BLACK HOLE
Breathe Music
Rapid Eye Beginning
Combining faultless elements with a Circa-Forever (2008 Remixes)
Avanti
Wippenberg
bomb-drop production, 7 Skies & Static
ATCR
With twinkling xylophone riff and Chakalaka
Blue deliver a thrill-ride euphoric Rapid Eye’s 2002 classic gets a dominant piano line, ‘The Girl From
High Contrast
trancer. The intro’s approaching complete overhaul. Maarten de Jong Riga’ is Arney S’s EP hors d’oeuvre. The “We both had the same idea right away when asked for our
melodies are left tantalizingly hanging vividly refashions ‘Circa’ into a main course though is ‘A New Dancefl oor Destroyer. ‘Chakalaka’ has been setting fl oors
in the background and just out of tech-trance framework, with huge Beginning’. Housey drums and alight ever since we played it for the fi rst time at Privilege
distinct ear-reach. Into the drop it rolling drums and warping synths. fi nger-snap percussion generate a this summer. This progressive-trance masterpiece fi rst
marries a stunning (but remarkably Corderoy, Aly & Fila and Galen Behr & chilled backing, and it presses its hooks you in with its Prince-infl uenced beat, and slowly
controlled) rock guitar riff with Orjan Nilsen all align down the advantage with super-heated, builds upwards to all-out mayhem. A perfect climax, and
evocative NY police sirens. All this melodic/euphoric road, with the latter mellow-as-you-like trance riffs. one of those tunes that just make your night.”
would amount to little though if partnership developing a fresh spin to
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