Archive for June, 2006
June 28, 2006 at 3:45 am · Filed under Beatport.com, Chillout, Trance, cold & clean
It’s time to unleash two absolutely stellar trance tracks, as I notice many of my visitors are into the trancier side of things.
I can’t decide which of these is doper; I’ll leave that to you.
Above & Beyond generally do what I call sacharrine-cheese trance, which is a little too over-the-top cheesy for me (think vocal trance, and lots of it!). But Tri-State is freakin’ awesome… Make sure you’re chewing gum when you hear this, we don’t want you to grind your teeth flat… ;)
This next song is aptly named Ambience, by Michael Burns. MB has some other fresh tracks under his belt, but we’ll get to that some other day. For now, feast your ears:
If you’d like to chime in on which track is even doper than the other one, leave a comment below or drop me a line. I’m also always on the look-out for more great material, not that I’m running out of fresh tunes any time soon, so if you have any suggestions, get in touch.
June 27, 2006 at 12:26 am · Filed under Beatport.com, House, cold & clean, hard & nasty, progressive
Opencloud is one to watch… I first heard of the duo (Blake Potter, who has a dope remix elsewhere on this site, and Corey Spengler who I’ve never heard of) when they won a remix contest on Protonradio.com and since then, Opencloud has had many fine releases, mostly on the relatively new Proton label.
These guys are prolific, having released like 16 tracks on Beatport… in 2006! And we’ve got half a year to go!
To grab this Opencloud track for free, sign in to Beatport (or register with them if you haven’t already), search for Opencloud, and view page 2 of their releases… it’s right at the top. You have to be signed in to see free content (of which there’s quite a bit!).
The Fallujah remix is just… raw and nasty. It has almost a Drum & Bass sensibility, and you know how I feel about D&B… This track just steamrolls in like a tank, plowing down everything in its path.
June 27, 2006 at 12:06 am · Filed under Beatport.com, House, cold & clean, progressive
June 19, 2006 at 4:42 pm · Filed under Breakbeat, Free, House, cold & clean, progressive
Micah opens up a can of progressive whup-ass with his very popular free mix, Ruhn Song 003. Micah is a talented producer, and a good DJ, but this mix… surpasses all expectations! Dope from start to finish, it has such solid gold tracks as Shiloh’s beautiful remix of Change Your Ways, as well as their unreleased remix of Imogen Heap – Loose Ends.
Grab it for free from Hybridized.org stat!
June 19, 2006 at 4:30 pm · Filed under Beatport.com, Trance, cold & clean, druggy, hard & nasty, progressive
Fresher than a thousand freshes, the UK label Method is well worth watching. If you like cold, smooth, synthetic progressive trance with decidedly druggy overtones and stellar production values, you’re in for some head-bopping treats.
My all-time favorite from this label is Central Rush’s Out Of Focus (Tkac and Haverlik remix). One word: WOW. A beautiful, rich, vibrant and enveloping 3 dimensional soundspace surrounds you, disorienting you while tweaked female vocals repeat the drugginess-inspired title of the song. The proggy freshness builds, slowly, into more and more intense, tighter circles of sound around you. What was merely beautiful starts to become vaguely menacing. This song gives me E flashbacks in a big way.
This track will make the hair on your neck stand up. This is a MUST HAVE.
Speaking of druggy proggy trance tracks, this next one will make your teeth rattle with its pounding, merciless, metallic punctuating drones, while freaky male vocals urge you to leave your law-breaking raver friends and find a Safer Place without them. Mind-numblingly hypnotic, and anxiety inducing, you will love this track’s druggy feel… it’s only a matter of time.
June 19, 2006 at 4:26 pm · Filed under Beatport.com, Chillout, cold & clean
I stumbled across a track by some artist named The Runner called The Creeps (DJ Pisces remix). This track is gorgeous, deep, and weird, just they way I like my down-tempo chilled beats… deep, thick, dark lumbering bass throbs envelope you like a warm and muggy summer’s night, and wind chimes softly clang in the background, reminding me of the sailing boat storage yard at Jericho Beach. When a breeze blows there, hundreds of sails clang and clung in the shipyard.
Gregorian chant-style vocals drift in and out; a male vocal “Ahhh…” punctuates the black space, a light-hearted female vocal samples asks a bizarre question… This is some seriously great chillout material for warm summer nights with the windows open. I’m very pleased with this mature, unique, unusual gem… 5 stars.
June 18, 2006 at 12:27 am · Filed under Beatport.com, Chillout, House, cold & clean, progressive
I first heard Walking On Fire (Bedrock remix) on Proton Radio many years ago… I caught the tail end of it, and fortunately had it saved to my hard disk. I had no idea what it was called, who it was by… I just knew it freakin’ ruled. Years later, I managed to track it down, and today it is available through Beatport at 320kb/sec for $1.49 USD. You can’t go wrong.
The music conjures up visions of tearing down a highway at night, with teary, blurred vision and a death wish… cars streaking past, etc.
Both the original mix and this version are well worth buying, but the version below is my favorite so I put it here for all of you who have either never heard it, or didn’t know who it was by. This is top-notch Progressive with emotional female vocals riding the waves of “Digger’s” choice remixing style. Anyway, enjoy!
June 18, 2006 at 12:06 am · Filed under Beatport.com, Trance, cold & clean
Alfa’s track Sorella is the best freakin’ trance I’ve heard in a long time. It harkens back to Vangelis’ soundtrack to the seminal Sci-Fi classic, Bladerunner, which happens to be one of my favorite movies of all time. Alfa produces an emotive, beautiful soundscape that falls out from under you as it reaches its peak. The other great thing about this track (I bought both mixes, and still can’t decide which I like more) is that the sounds used to construct it are fresh and not the usual caustic, saccharine cheese candy raver shit I hear all the time. This music has an uncommon depth and sophistication not often found in trance music.
The first sample below is a little longer than usual… it would be cruel of me to crop it at the 2:00 mark…
