Will Atkinson & L U V A I N - Mind Body Soul [DOOF]

[skyriderz]

Scottish King of high-energy party music Will Atkinson marks his arrival on doof with “Mind Body Soul”, a track that cements his reputation for lack of repetition and cutting -edge production.

 

[Electronlyman]

Amazing... For someone who is capable of producing stuff like Edge Of Forever, which is imo one of the best unreleased tunes ever.

 

[Gijs]

Not sure why this is posted here, DOOF is a hard house/dance label and this isn't trying to be trance either. Given that Will's clearly moved on from the genre, I think it's probably better if we'd stop comparing his newer stuff to Numb the Pain, Sun Slip or Edge of Forever (especially since those last two will likely never be released no matter how much we complain about his recent non-trance tracks and repeat how much he's "fallen off"). I'm not defending him as I prefer his older stuff like everyone else here, but I do think it's in our best interest to stop giving his songs negative attention when we can give positive attention to other, more trancey releases that fit the forum better.

As for the track itself: I honestly think this isn't all that bad as a hard dance track, in fact I've been waiting for this one ever since he premiered it at ASOT2024. Seems that he's changed the vocal at the last minute, preferred the original but don't really mind overall since it works better without anyway.

 

[Electronlyman]

but I do think it's in our best interest to stop giving his songs negative attention when we can give positive attention to other, more trancey releases that fit the forum better.

This was probably my first negative comment since the old TF forum days, since I normally only comment on releases that I enjoy. Like you have suggested in the second part of the quoted sentence.

I normally didn't comment on Atkinson tracks since a few years, as his stuff hasn't been my cup of tea for a longer while. I skipped a lot of them and decided to check this one out, because I was slightly triggered by the name of the label haha.

Could ofc be that it is a great track in a genre that I don't know much about.

 

[Trance4Ever]

After the drop part its actually not so bad all the way towards the outro part (the lead part with lots of twist & turns reminded me of Wills recent signature used in Rush but very suble though but yea its not trance still not according to todays standard anyway). Ngl I normally complain about Wills bs filler tracks sounding like copy cat of Ben nicky tracks.

Perhaps he is no longer trying to please one specific crowd, perhaps he's now gearing up to move closer to Armins current sold out 'style' then eventually Pure trance / Borderline so there might be still be hope? At least the entire track doesn't sound as annoying as those Calvin Harris rip-offs / tend.