qoob - The Four Stages Of Man [Pure Progressive]

[aSeb]

Brilliant atmospheric progressive tune.

 

[Archon]

It sounds very very good, however I feel like it's missing a section. Would like to see it progress somewhere, have some melodic moments.

 

[trancedanne]

Meh, yet another empty prog track with no drive. Modern progressive in a nutshell

 

[Spacetime]

Bullshit this is empty. It sounds great. Youre trying to compare it with some breeder 02 stuff, it's not trying to be that. There are other approaches to progressive that are still valid and have value.

 

[Daysleeper]

Its pretty boring. Its too subtle/ too static,too slow,musically/rhythmically uninteresting/dull. It basically only sounds good aurally/sonically. It has a bit of build/texture but it just doesnt evolve into anything more than a background elevator slow-pace proghouse number.

Its not entirley because its in this imo uncomfortable"feel-very-slow-zone" which is 120-128bpm I dislike these tunes, but its the productionstyle and way of building the tracks, theres so little emphasis on good arrangement and building momentum. Its basically just one beat running along the whole track, with some small subtle sound changes/fx running on top. Ive seen this stuff since the early 2010 as some sort of anti-movement on steroid trance, but it doesnt work, because it just does what steroid trance does but on the other side of the spectrum so to say. I rather listen to some dub- techno or ambient that is even more minimal than this but still somehow more musically intriguing.

 

[Pokkryshkin]

On the contrary, I like trance more calm, slow and measured. Although this is not a trance but a progressive house of the old school. Someone wrote that this is a modern progressive, this is not so.

 

[TwinSilo]

Not outstanding but will give it more tries. Some parts are nice. I didn't like the Luke Chable track from last year initially for some of the reasons mentioned above, but in the end really loved it.