Archive for Trance
June 18, 2006 at 12:06 am · Filed under Beatport.com, cold & clean, Trance
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…
May 9, 2006 at 2:27 pm · Filed under Free, House, progressive, Trance
Harry Lemon, aka Lemon8 is one of the best progressive trance and house DJs going. Based out of Holland, his consistently fresh productions, remixes and live sets are always in demand. I went to a Paul Van Dyk event a few years back, and the DJ who opened for him (name unknown), while suspect in his mixing skills, played the best progressive tracks I’d ever heard. The “peak” of his set *wink wink* was the dancefloor monster: Kid Vicious – Contagious (Lemon8 remix). It blew me away. Hypnotic, menacing house gave way to pounding tech-house. Alas, this track is not available for digital download. Sorry.
But his fantastic live sets are!
Here is one of my favorites… the first half is solid gold, a blend of progressive house and trance.
Also, check out his excellent productions available at Beatport.com
May 9, 2006 at 2:06 pm · Filed under Beatport.com, Breakbeat, cold & clean, progressive, Trance
Cold, clean, synthetic beauty: the track Designs (dirty mix) is the epitome of the progressive, trancey breaks genre. Designs is one of my all time favorite tracks by anyone, and I heartily recommend it. Proggy Breaks doesn’t get any better than this.
Next up is Stefan Anion and Blake Potter’s remix of Nutrition’s track, Skyline Dreamer. This track is beautiful, chilled, glittering progressive breaks with a strong trance flavor. Dope. Like Noel Sanger’s Designs, in can be found in Noel’s Electrofly mix on Hybridized.org.
May 9, 2006 at 12:58 pm · Filed under Breakbeat, cold & clean, Free, progressive, Trance
I first heard Noel Sanger spinning on proton radio a few years back, on a segment sponsored by Electrofly records. The set was extraordinary, but unfortunately I only caught the last 45 minutes of pure gold. I emailed Noel, asking him for a copy of the set, and he informed me it would be up on Hybridized.org soon enough. Indeed it was! Thanks, Noel.
Also from Hybridized.org is another great set Noel, from Global DJ Broadcast 2004. It’s well worth checking out.
