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Enigma State - Illuminate
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Still waiting "New Original" song from him hehe. This song sounds cool, very high-quality. But I began to notice that the melodies in his tracks are just self-copied, this happens when you compose a lot and there is no inspiration. I hope that didn't sound like hate 
EnigmaState
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Self copied? No inspiration?Still waiting "New Original" song from him hehe. This song sounds cool, very high-quality. But I began to notice that the melodies in his tracks are just self-copied, this happens when you compose a lot and there is no inspiration. I hope that didn't sound like hate
vocal chops don't sound too exciting (more on the repetitive side of things), the arp is cool but hearing it 20x times the same also isn't too entertaining
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Julian Del Agranda
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Arp part very similary like in your previous tracks. Maybe you don't notice it because you often listen to it when creating a track and I don’t know how to say this expression in English "Lost freshness of vision") Although I would still prefer to listen to your track for its authentic classic sound than another modern steroid ctrl c ctrl v uplifting trance track from beatport)Self copied? No inspiration?
TJY001
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So what? Listen to Matt Darey's remixes from 1999 - they are all carbon copies of each other in a lot of ways but if it ain't broke don't fix it. @EnigmaState's sound is exactly what trance needed tbh and I'm loving it!
EnigmaState
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I just make music for me and how I like it and if people enjoy it along the way then it's a bonus
Julian Del Agranda
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It's not an accurate statement. Transolar had totally different synths. Lunar's Theme with the bleepy melody, also not the plucks. And Sacred Art is also more of a Rank-esque 'big synth', rather than plucks. So it's not like every Enigma State has 16th note arpeggio's in them. It's not a fair statement at all to say they all sound alike. They don't.
They do however all sound "Enigma State", which is a very good thing.
They do however all sound "Enigma State", which is a very good thing.
NJRoddy
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Some people like tracks, some people don't. I thought that was the whole idea of a message board? Everyone has an opinion and just because Enigma has produced some fantatic tracks does not mean every track is a home run.
From what I hear in the sample, its okay and not particually inspiring.....
From what I hear in the sample, its okay and not particually inspiring.....
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Trance4Ever
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Wow this one sounds very punchy, nothing wrong with vocal samples either, everything fits nicely here.
Progrez
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4 strings had similar arps with their tracks for years and years. It was only tracks like the odd track here and there which was away from their signature sound. PS I have not heard the track yet.
Altair
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I'm not sure why people are complaining about the vocal chops, we need more tracks with them not less. Early 2000s had amazing tracks from Orkidea, Andy Moor, BT featuring chops and they all sounded original and fresh because you can do so many spins on chops. Lead might be a bit your run-of-the-mill Enigma sound, but at least you know it's Enigma and not someone else! Artist identity is as important as originality.
PVD and Askew use the same kick as from the peak VANDIT days still, does not mean it doesn't sound great!
PVD and Askew use the same kick as from the peak VANDIT days still, does not mean it doesn't sound great!
Trance4Ever
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Yea you gotta put your stamp / dna / signature sound on majority of the tracks otherwise people will say "anyone" could have produced it.
This is the current signature sound of Enigma State but id love to see what he can show when he eventually starts making some trance 2.0 tunes someday for big labels with the classic esque sound or the modern trance sound and further demonstrate the new levels of his signature sound evolve along the way as his discography gets bigger and bigger.
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