Dylan Forbes - Mind Expander (EP) [Haŵs]

Artist(s)
Dylan Forbes
Release title
Mind Expander
Label name
Haŵs
Release date
Jan 28, 2022
Release type
EP
Link to external store
https://hawscardiff.bandcamp.com/album/mind-expander

Redrot

Senior Member
Jan 11, 2022
408 Posts
418 Thanked
Northern California
https://soundcloud.com/lyamsterdam%2Fpremiere-dylan-forbes-ride-da-flange-haws-1
https://soundcloud.com/les-yeux-orange%2Fpremiere-dylan-forbes-mind-expander
https://soundcloud.com/hurfyd%2Fdylan-forbes-searching
https://soundcloud.com/houseum%2Fpremiere-dylan-forbes-take-u-over-haws
The undisputed Irish prog master Dylan Forbes steps up with an idiomatic release of club-orientated house tracks marbled to perfection for Haŵs' 14th release.

Sitting beneath swathes of euphoric synth lines, acidic iterations and probing basslines, 'Mind Expander' is a record formed by collective ideals from the solitary walls of Dylan's lockdown studio back in 2020.

The realms of your augmented consciousness are waiting for you inside our digital mind expander... enter, if you dare.

"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."

One of my most anticipated EPs of 2021 and it turns out I misread the release date, so now it's my most anticipated release of 2022 until further notice!
 

Redrot

Senior Member
Jan 11, 2022
408 Posts
418 Thanked
Northern California
'Mind Expander' will be my fav from the EP: 7/10
Ironically that's my least favorite :p I'd say it's probably the one I find the most standard.

My favorite's probably Take U Over, though it's probably the least "trancey" of them all. Ride Da Flange reminds me of old Sasha, like Magnetic North, so I've got a massive soft spot there. Adam Pits opened one of my favorite sets last year with Searching and it did proper damage. But the set was removed from soundcloud!! :mad:
 

TRANCEBLASTER

Elite Member
Jul 21, 2020
1,233 Posts
1,511 Thanked
Ironically that's my least favorite :p I'd say it's probably the one I find the most standard.

My favorite's probably Take U Over, though it's probably the least "trancey" of them all. Ride Da Flange reminds me of old Sasha, like Magnetic North, so I've got a massive soft spot there. Adam Pits opened one of my favorite sets last year with Searching and it did proper damage. But the set was removed from soundcloud!! :mad:

I wish that 'Ride Da Flange' would be more raw, its too sterile for that kind of a track ...the other two tracks are not really for me.
 

Hensmon

Admin
TranceFix Crew
Jun 27, 2020
3,138 Posts
2,632 Thanked
UK
Take U Over is very nice, my pick of the bunch. Think it sounds more Trancey than others in the mix actually but overall this is still vert much a House EP with some Trance sounds here and there. Liking it though. Mind Expander also something I would come back to. Nice share, usually like Dylans Stuff. Soma still heavy on my playlists
 

MDD

Elite Member
Jul 17, 2020
1,116 Posts
412 Thanked
Uk
Trippy tones in the Mind Expander track. Enough going on to keep me engaged.