Initially teased in October 4, 2020 in ilan Bluestone's instagram page
About 2 years later the remix sees its debut on Anjunabeats.
YouTube Music:
Opinion:
The original teaser featured better sustained like notes in the build up + drop that are now an arppeggio.
This arppeggio sounds extremely loud in comparison to the rest and is drowning the saw melody in the background.
I was expecting a lot more from the teaser. It's a disappointing track imo, especially when you hear the potential that it has.
Overall, not terrible. The intro is a lot better than other Stoneblue tracks like Hypnotized but it also falls flat on the percussion.
It's either extremely high-passed or there is way too much filtering for what are usually called "harsh frequencies" that can sometimes give tone to hats and rides.
This makes up for a very harsh on the highs track (like Always [Stoneblue Remix] and there's also a distinct ?filled-balloon? like EQ overall, that's kind of an ilan thing anyway. I'm talking about overemphasized mids, just in case.)
(Take the classic 909 hat for example, just low pass it, don't touch anything else. It ruins its characteristic sound)
Is it terrible? I don't think so. Is it a good example of what ilan can do? I don't know, he's done better. Much better.
This doesn't cut for me but it's still nice to see Uplifting/138 in Anjunabeats! They preach variety and leaving out this subgenre of Trance wouldn't make any sense.
About 2 years later the remix sees its debut on Anjunabeats.
YouTube Music:
Opinion:
The original teaser featured better sustained like notes in the build up + drop that are now an arppeggio.
This arppeggio sounds extremely loud in comparison to the rest and is drowning the saw melody in the background.
I was expecting a lot more from the teaser. It's a disappointing track imo, especially when you hear the potential that it has.
Overall, not terrible. The intro is a lot better than other Stoneblue tracks like Hypnotized but it also falls flat on the percussion.
It's either extremely high-passed or there is way too much filtering for what are usually called "harsh frequencies" that can sometimes give tone to hats and rides.
This makes up for a very harsh on the highs track (like Always [Stoneblue Remix] and there's also a distinct ?filled-balloon? like EQ overall, that's kind of an ilan thing anyway. I'm talking about overemphasized mids, just in case.)
(Take the classic 909 hat for example, just low pass it, don't touch anything else. It ruins its characteristic sound)
Is it terrible? I don't think so. Is it a good example of what ilan can do? I don't know, he's done better. Much better.
This doesn't cut for me but it's still nice to see Uplifting/138 in Anjunabeats! They preach variety and leaving out this subgenre of Trance wouldn't make any sense.
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