From the video description:
My explanation?
Cloud is one of the reasons I'm glad this "modern trance" section exists. It's such a fine, clean trance track and my favorite from 2013, but it's criminally underrated. The official Platipus upload of the original mix only has 2.8k views.
Ploud starts off with a mysterious atmosphere that doesn't really tell where the track will go. 15 seconds in you start hearing this tribal-like pattern, and 30 seconds in you get snippets of the bass. The track keeps making increments like that in ~15 second intervals, adding new elements relatively quickly.
Cloud is largely rhythm and ambiance-driven, and melody takes the back seat up until the breakdown. Even then, this track isn't trying to make you remember a catchy tune or have you jump in the air on the bass drop. It is proper, Platipus-styled trance devoid of elements common in the genre, and in 2013 that's a huge accomplishment. The strangest part? It still pulls off dark melancholy for a full minute as its main climax.
The closest ambiance I can think of is progressive psytrance, but Cloud ultimately feels more like an evolved version of the early '90s Platipus sound.
Original mix:
Airwave remix:
My explanation?
Cloud is one of the reasons I'm glad this "modern trance" section exists. It's such a fine, clean trance track and my favorite from 2013, but it's criminally underrated. The official Platipus upload of the original mix only has 2.8k views.
Ploud starts off with a mysterious atmosphere that doesn't really tell where the track will go. 15 seconds in you start hearing this tribal-like pattern, and 30 seconds in you get snippets of the bass. The track keeps making increments like that in ~15 second intervals, adding new elements relatively quickly.
Cloud is largely rhythm and ambiance-driven, and melody takes the back seat up until the breakdown. Even then, this track isn't trying to make you remember a catchy tune or have you jump in the air on the bass drop. It is proper, Platipus-styled trance devoid of elements common in the genre, and in 2013 that's a huge accomplishment. The strangest part? It still pulls off dark melancholy for a full minute as its main climax.
The closest ambiance I can think of is progressive psytrance, but Cloud ultimately feels more like an evolved version of the early '90s Platipus sound.
Original mix:
Airwave remix:
