Ronald van Gelderen - Calling 99 [RAW RCRDS]

[Z Dobrej Woli]

Announced return of trancy Ronald…

 

[TeardropNL]

Total Anahera ripoff

 

[Z Dobrej Woli]

Main theme is not a ripoff but it feels like „Anahera” was at least a reference track to this composition

Sometimes you just need to go back.

Not because you want to live in the past, but because you need to reconnect.

The past year confronted me, and the people I love, in ways I never expected.
Privately, I went through some deeply painful and emotional circumstances, moments of loss, reflection, and facing realities that hit harder than I was prepared for. It was intense. Confronting. At times, overwhelming.

But in that darkness, something else happened.

I felt the urge to create again. Not for charts, not for trends, not for algorithms, but for healing. For honesty. For emotion.

I went back to 1999 in my heart and mind.

Back to when trance wasn’t built for short attention spans, but for long emotional journeys. When tracks unfolded slowly and told a story. When melodies carried hope. When the dancefloor felt like one shared heartbeat.

I even returned to some of the original hardware from that era, producing the way I did back then. No pressure to make “the next big thing.” No chasing what’s popular. Just me, the music, and the feeling.

Today, I turn 50.
It also marks 25 years since I started my career in music.

That realization hit me deeply. A quarter of a century. A lifetime of memories. Highs and lows. Wins and losses. And recently, moments that reminded me how fragile and precious everything is.

“Calling 99” was born from that space.

It’s not just nostalgia.
It’s a reflection.
A confrontation.
And ultimately, a tribute to the part of me that never stopped believing in the power of melody and emotion.

This track became my way of processing everything.
Turning sadness into sound.
Turning memories into energy.
Turning pain into something beautiful.
Turning every scar into a song.

“Calling 99” is my time machine. Back to the dancefloor where it all began,
but also forward into a new chapter.

If this sound resonates with you, whether you play it in your set, listen to it in the car, or just close your eyes at home. Know that it carries something real.

Thank you for being part of this journey.
It truly means more than ever.

 

[TeardropNL]

Main theme is not a ripoff but it feels like „Anahera” was at least a reference track to this composition

Well if you have been inactive for ages like Ronald, I'm expecting a bit more original at least.

 

[Freezer]

Im glad he is back, however this is indeed a very Gouryella inspired track but the problem is the main lead is not catchy enough. The progression of the melody is not so interesting, its not epic, its not releiving, it goes and goes...to nowhere. I will give it a few more tries, but its only like 6/10 from me

 

[afterhourpower]

Glad that old legends revive. This is a bit Temu Gouryella indeed.

 

[Magdelayna]

Haha,yes the buildup is totally a rip off of Anahera - and i thought the main melody was quite cheap sounding and quite 'Jarring' as it went on,not much variation there. I do like the percs and bassline however.

 

[tranceissomewhatalive]

if anahera was made by a chimp, so cheap and utterly boring