Rank 1 - Strobo [High Contrast Recordings]

Artist(s)
Rank 1
Release title
Strobo
Label name
High Contrast Recordings
Release date
Feb 21, 2025
Release type
Single
Link to external store
https://www.beatport.com/release/strobo/4877871

PegaSus

Nolan's Witness
Jul 14, 2020
331 Posts
199 Thanked
Hmm not too bad. No where near their golden age tunes of course. Still likeable.
 

Freezer

Elite Member
Sep 13, 2020
1,845 Posts
863 Thanked
Dissapointing stuff, sounds like a combination of that dance revival beat and with some techy sounds. Maybe I prefer the Dub, but I doubt its gonna be more like 5 or max 6/10 from me :)
 

Trance4Ever

Senior Member
Dec 18, 2021
674 Posts
375 Thanked
Very fun & fast sounding track from Rank 1, maybe a bit too fast (combination of Rank 1 signature synth with rest of it produced using Armins ghost production 'melodic techno" folder).

Love the sound of that follow up counter pluck on the Dub mix during the main climax / drop section.
 
Last edited:

Tievb21

Member
Jul 14, 2020
227 Posts
184 Thanked

they were always trying to make good clubby tunes, and they made some brilliant ones like Beats At Rank-1 Dot Com ^^ I hope we'll see it with a remaster one day. Just to sound clean, no changes.

Regarding the Original, it has very nice bass and sound quality but it is just very simple and the sound they use is very generic.

The Deeper mix is way way better. Nice little banger for clubs/lives, I would like the main melody sound on break to join back after the drop.

An okay track but hard to remain relevant.
 
Last edited:

Dan Holden

Member
Feb 20, 2024
72 Posts
48 Thanked
Sounds like something I could work with but 4:39 for the extended dub?

Should be called "Shorter Dub Mix".
 

Julian Del Agranda

Elite Member
Jul 3, 2020
1,941 Posts
2,382 Thanked
Hmm… it’s the LED synth sort of, but without a nice melody. Just the same few notes repeated throughout the track. Would be cool if it builds to something, but it doesn’t. No cool atmospheric breakdown (think of the pads from Beats at Rank1 DotCom).

Some great elements, but I think it needed more work and effort.