Raw, melodic and brimming with dream punk energy, ASTRAL BANDIT (Harmless Records, Underzone) make their LOST LANGUAGE debut with DIFFERENT KIND OF FRIEND, a track that evokes the Balearic Trance atmosphere of EL-EL's early years, but with the innocence and urgency of a new Trance underground, where delicate riffs are coiled around hardcore BPM's, and the production is tough, tight, and minimal.
LOSTLEGEND taps into the golden age of late 90's Trance with a Signum / Gamemaster inspired remix, whilst US producer VERGIL, fresh from collaborations with Pro Athlete and Transki, serves up a deep and muscular Tech-Trance rework for his label debut. Expect more from both this year.
As we continue with our Vaughan Oliver inspired explorations into the macro, Danish artist MAGNUS GAARDE NEIGAARD provides us with a stunning image, exploring the dichotomy between Water, Fire, and Earth, and the absurdity of destabilisation, via the medium of heat and glass.
You can find more of their work on Instagram @nejgaard
EL EL - 23
Original
LostLegend Remix
Vergil Edit
El El seem to be really doubling down on that oldskool trance/psytrance crossover stuff that's been picking up pace with the likes of Sioc & Claires Accessories providing remixes lately. (Astral Bandit is on remix duty for one of my upcoming releases on the label as well!)
There's some really interesting music coming out of that scene and it's good to see one of the more established labels throwing so much support behind it.
The original is such a vibe and remixing it was so much fun and I countered the hypnotic main riff by adding my own more 'traditional' melody for the main drop.
The Vergil remix takes a more harder edged approach to proceedings.
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