Recent content by s3baman

JJ is my fav trance singer, and it's for two main reasons: - She has a lot more mature lyrics, not your standard cheesy fluff. - She has a very deep and soothing voice, and a unique rhythm that doesn't follow the traditional 4/4 for most of her bars. The instrumental is fine wine as well...

Absolutely love Vol de Nuit - one of the most underrated tracks of the mid 2000s. It was done during a period where tech-trance and tech-lifting was taking over in the old Airwave-like sound was fading rapidly. Ferry was heavily influenced by Airwave (hence their Cape Town alias), and you can...

Melody def has that 90s UK sound to it from the snippets. Curious to hear a longer sample.

Can't wait for the release!

Ovnimoon - Galactic Mantra is one of the best intros ever to an electronic record.

Was totally not expecting that violin melody re-interpretation and breaks!! The original always had super cheesy vocals, so I have no issue whatsoever with them still being cheesy!! I think it's a sign of the period and that relates a lot with the simply massive lead sound Nu-NRG tracks had...

Brilliant composition. Yimanya influence is strong. For some reason, the track made me think of Jonas Steur, although that would be a strange artist to feature an ID from in a VII set. The melody in the break does sound like something Activa would do however. Curious to find out who's behind...

The first track uses the same vocal sample as Neptune Project - Orenda, nice touch :P I get an early Armin circa 1999 vibe from the soundscape (mainly the undertones + kick) from the first track, and the second one even more so!

Well I'll be damned, never thought I would see the day when a PVD-sounding track would be sign by Tiesto!! After 30+ years of listening to this genre, I still managed to get surprised. About the track itself - it's heavily inspired by Alone, which was my pick for TOTY last year. That says it all

The entire set is brilliant, loads of IDs and White Label remixes

Rank 1, Estiva vs. Orkidea, Digital Blonde vs. Scott Bond, Sophie Sugar, Magnus (OK, we new he was working on an album for a few years now) Eco (same thing as for Magnus)

That breakdown makes me think of Jamie Walker releases on Defcon Recordings in his early days. Great acid work too, lovely.

Whatever v32 sounds like, removing the psy kick was a good choice. Askew soundscape is just not made for that type of combo. Gimme an industrial kick or the good ol' PVD-replica from Discover days. No reason to fix something that's not broken.

I wouldn't call it commercial - the vocals are weird I must say though, never a fan of auto-tune bar a few exceptions. The stutter edit is very well executed, it's been a staple of Rank 1 and the main lead is Dutch Anthem Trance enough. Having said that, that ID that's been floating around is a...

The underpinnings are very Rank 1. The lead needs more supersaw goodness in it, but given he did this in one day I'm sure it can easily be improved.