Trance4Ever
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Brandt Hoff - Quantum Drift [FSOE]
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Thank you very much for your support @Trance4Ever t!!! It means a lot to me!!
NameLessYet
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- Dec 1, 2024
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Out today. Really like it.
Reminds me a bit of @Allan_Morrow_AM_Studios's Strobe in Movement: One, which was one of my favourite in 2023.
Reminds me a bit of @Allan_Morrow_AM_Studios's Strobe in Movement: One, which was one of my favourite in 2023.
NameLessYet
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By the way, I also really like the Aurora Pulse that @Julian Del Agranda played in his Borderline Radio last month. I find that it seems to have released on SoundCloud, but it is not available now. WIll it be released again?
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Yes @NameLessYet , it will be officially released. I'm happy that you like it!!!
Top top Track, Reminds me abit of Will atkinson - Numb the pain, especially in the breakdown, again better than most of the FSOE releases
Daysleeper
Lost in Trancelation
Its too atkinson/noble six "try-hard" epic for me. I wish modern producer could just be a little more original in their approach
Edit: still better than your average temple fsoe stuff though
Edit: still better than your average temple fsoe stuff though
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That melody really works for me, and love the synth choice. This is the best thing FSOE have put out since you last released with them.
If I made a small criticism is that its sounds quite busy/chaotic to me after the break, with tons of elements all competing and not as breathable as I like for my taste.
If I made a small criticism is that its sounds quite busy/chaotic to me after the break, with tons of elements all competing and not as breathable as I like for my taste.
erickUO
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- Jul 13, 2020
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Many 138 or 140BPM tracks lacking drive nowadays, but you nailed it again with this one.
Daysleeper
Lost in Trancelation
I just listened to the 7 min track now and tbh its not as good as the comments suggest. Its just a drawn out build and I have to be completely honest its quite boring/unengaging and never developes into anything more than a washed out try-hard "amateur"copycat atkinson/noble six (their tracks are already copycats/reshuffles of older trance) trance production. The pluck is overused/repetitv and feels kinda cheesy and overdone in this faster tempo like its just snatched from an old trancer but used in a less creative classy way. The track feels hectic just from the first seconds and just jumps right into it and it doesnt have any sort of gradual build to adjust or evolve. And before anyone just accuses me of being negative for the sake of being negative just take a listen to the whole track and try to understand my point.
A very flawed track imo that rides on this "yeah but its better than the usual stuff" comment that we've heard on this forum since it started. I mean way back in 2010s.
A very flawed track imo that rides on this "yeah but its better than the usual stuff" comment that we've heard on this forum since it started. I mean way back in 2010s.
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Pokkryshkin
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- May 7, 2022
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Yeah, the track has that old-school trance vibe. You can find a lot of similar material on early Armada labels releases, which reminds me of old A State of Trance episodes. It even sounds like it’s straight from there 
I can’t say anything negative or positive about this track, but it does evoke pleasant nostalgic feelings in me.
I can’t say anything negative or positive about this track, but it does evoke pleasant nostalgic feelings in me.
Daysleeper
Lost in Trancelation
Dont agree with any of this. Nothing from early armada sounds like this. Why did you like my comment even haha. Language confusion maybe.Yeah, the track has that old-school trance vibe. You can find a lot of similar material on early Armada labels releases, which reminds me of old A State of Trance episodes. It even sounds like it’s straight from there
Pokkryshkin
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I liked your comment because I agree with its content. The track doesn’t really stand out; it lacks development and sounds a lot like something Atkinson would produce. But it’s just a track, after all. The artist probably wasn’t aiming for some grand artistic statement, judging by the simple, some might even say “cookie-cutter,” melody. It seems the artist just enjoyed the process of creating it, achieved the result they wanted, and conveyed the emotions they intended.
I’ve never understood your criticism of the technical aspects of tracks – pointing out perceived issues with tonality, instrumentation, tempo, and so on. To me, that seems like such subjective nonsense. It’s as if there’s some perfectly calibrated, universally agreed-upon formula for writing a masterpiece, and somehow it has to meet your specific criteria.
Allan Morrow actually spoke about this really well when people started telling him he wasn’t doing things “right.” In essence, he said he simply enjoys the creative process and gets satisfaction from making tracks sound the way he wants them to sound. I’m sure with his skill, he could make a track exactly how some people want to hear it. But what’s the point of being an artist if you can’t express your own feelings and vision through your music?
Great support from Ferry Corsten at ASTOT last episode. First time for me. Verry happy about this. @Daysleeper you should try to produce music thats on your taste. I understand your opinion. I will try more next time. Cheers.
@Reverb1234 Sounds nothing like Atkinson tracks maybe I miss them, which one in particular? To me it sounds a bit like 2002/2003 trance it is overused pluck but I don't mind hearing it to be honest. That synth bit after where the vocal sample say "Quantum Drift" needs some work. It sounds nothing special though and it needs some tweaking.
Congrats on being played on ASOT by Ferry Corsten.
Brilliant modern uplifter. This is genre its own now, its meant to be to-the-point trance and somewhat formulaic, which I personally don't mind. If the melody and energy is good, and its not crazy with the steroids, I will enjoy it.